https://support.eveonline.com/hc/en-us/articles/203209712-Rookie-Griefing
This is griefing.. If your toon is over thirty days old. It is open season. and extends to the sisters of eve epic arc. Now i have started and biomassed more than a few toon this last year. Not one of them was griefed. Nor was there any attempt either.
Griefing is not that much of a thing. Does it happen? Sure that is why this is in the EULA. But it is not a constant nor an ongoing problem. There are always a player in any game that wants to test how far they can go before the devs cheerfully slap them down or ban them.
In EVE the response to anyone griefing a new under thirty day player I have been told is pretty quick with only a warning or two and then banned if the player continues.
What you and your buddy here are contending is not griefing. It part of the game. I have in a previous post stated as much. If you think a player has broken the EULA and then fer gods sweet sake report the S.O.B. I mean that too.
And again mistaking a game for real life. That is just nonsense. As an EVE player I am EVE University. The oldest teaching Corp in the game. We do not punch down. Helping new players is pretty much what happens there.
New Eden is a wild west of hypercapitalism with near immortal pilots flying very unfriendly sky. If you were to show up on my overview and asking for help. I would do what I could. At the same time it would be with a measure of caution. This is Eve after all.
And yeah I have been accused of being a filthy arms merchant.. Which amuses the hell out of me. For very personal reasons.
And lastly I disagree with you. As it should never ever result in salty tears. If you lost a very expensive multibillion ISK ship + modules. Lost it for stupid reasons.
Not only am I not going to feel sorrow. I am going to shake my head in amusement. Now if it is lost in a battle. Well I hope the fight was a good one and that the player gave as well got. But salty tears for someone to drink. Nope. Take any game to seriously and you have this.
