They are (part of) the testing ground for new npc ai. Only thing I’d dial down is their response time. Currently a fleet of lots of small stuff and a couple battleships warps in 10 seconds (15 for battleships) from the time you show up on same grid as one of their mining ops. This is unrealistic compared to real response time of players. Even if a defense fleet is in local, it’s gonna take longer for 1-2 initial tackle to land. dps/ killmail wh▯▯▯s come much later.
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