I do, I play nothing but pvp games. Do you know what pvp is? Do you know what good pvp is? I think not. I can't blame anyone for using mechanics that are in the game. Hot dropping is pvp... It's just not good pvp as it currently stands, except in very few scenarios where hot droppers do a very bad job of scouting their targets. Like I say theres always a group of people that would be very happy if they had something like an invulnerable deathstar to let them pulverize their victims with impunity, as long as it isn't done to them. With hot droppers that are always on the offensive, it almost never is going to happen to them. And the exploiters of bad mechanics ALWAYS cry foul when someone calls it what it is.

In every game theres always something, gear or ships, that gives a healthy advantage to those using them. Thats fine, those that have them probably earned them... the question is where you draw the line on how powerful those items/ships are and if they can be countered.

By definition, to me, any mechanic that allows people, no matter how many, to gank any target, no matter how small, and get away with zero chance of being caught, is a bad mechanic. Sitting with a covert ops fleet of your own for days/weeks on end waiting for a chance to ambush them is not in my opinion a chance to catch them. Risk free pvp is not pvp at all. Hot droppers at most risk one scout, and in nrds space they don't even risk that. Hot droppers are chickenshits, end of story. This is not "war" where anything goes, its a game with intended and unintended mechanics. Otherwise, just let everyone hack their clients and the server as best they can and have at it. All is fair. I'm not saying people are hacking but bad mechanics can produce similar effects.

I see the attraction in it, don't get me wrong, I'd have fun with checkenshit tactics for a while. It's not game breaking. EVE has lots of other good features and possibilities that more than make up for it or people wouldnt be here, but there is always room for improvement in any game. Hot dropping happens to be the first thing I would change. Not remove...

I realize that hot drops make it possible to catch fleets that dont want to be caught, so in some ways it is a neccessary mechanic. That is an issue though that could be handled in other ways that do not introduce as much completely one sided pvp.

I also agree with another poster... gate scouting is a lame requirement made necessary because of the gate system. I'd venture to guess though that it will never be removed because it encourages a ton of people to run multiple accounts, which is potential $ for CCP. IMO though there should be a way to probe the immediate vicinity on the other side of the gate without going through, and without a 2nd noob alt account.