Interesting article, if long winded.  But I don't agree. There is a market for Open PVP if done right.  I play Eve also..11 accounts, live in Null have many caps yada yada yada. Eve works because it has High Sec (concord) Low sec, and Null. I read years ago that 70% of eve lives in High sec. I dont know if that has changed or not..but its very crowded.  While it does have ganking in high..they have at most 30 seconds then Concord kills them. And they can't escape Concord.  To survive concord is considered and exploit (I am told) and you will get banned. It's basically insta-kill by CCP.

I like eve because it's the closest thing to virtual reality we have. Many will laugh that, but you have to consider the player involvement. that's what makes eve real.  When you have wars that last for years (2 years on one for me) and the lengths people go to accomplish their goals, its not a game of kill kill kill. its way more then that.

So that brings me to Perpetuum.  I am here because it is structured like Eve.  It has a high Sec. (Alpha islands). It has a low sec, Beta..and missing Null i guess is Gamma.    I can stay in Alpha and rat and mine and get skills.  When I am ready I can go to beta and try my luck.  I am not griefed on Alpha. If you die on Beta that is not greiffing.  Beta is like Low Null in eve. You survive by joining an allaince. Or here a large corporation that controls territory.  Or you do small gang.  I like small gang. My plan for Beta is that. 

My hope is Perpetuum will grow over time. I think they need to Release it. I was hesitant to come because its listed as still "pre-release" and a lot of people will wait.

My only worry is with so few ways to get to Beta easy to spawn camp the teleports.   They do they in eve, camp the gates to low sec, but we have ways to get away because we have warp drive. 

I think we need cloaking on some robots. A covert class.  Weaker in hit points and firepower but the ability to cloak. 

And we need more then 1 terminal per island.