My opinion on why the game has constantly been losing players

[Titan*]

^ pvp aces will kill mediocore players in any situation.

Well that is because of PVP Aces knows what to do. Discovery PVP is not just about your equipment level. Everything affects PVP that is why I love Discovery PVP more than other games but it is very difficult to learn and can make people angry and leave the game because most of PVP tactics are hidden from new players and thing is You can't learn these Tactics from fun PVE you have to train with real players and DIE a lot.

If you look at EVE online PVP, it is very simple not difficult to learn but its mostly relying on your Equipment and character skillpoints(like you need to train up your Artillery weapons skill to deal more damage etc)

Of course we cant compare Discovery with EVE because Freelancer is completely different but EVE PVP is suitable for newbies. Discovery PVP is very complex and i believe there is still hidden tactics waiting to be explored. If you want to make newbie friendly PVP, you need to change everything completely.