https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G42MQ1aVjlA&t=36m14s Video plays at 36m14s, where Chris Roberts discusses PVE and PVP. Here are some highlights of what he said: A lot of people seem to think of SC as PVP "there can be only one". It's not. Yes, if you want to participate in PVP... we are going to put that in there. The design of this is to have 90% of the universe be AI. ...most of your content will be PVE. ...fashioned in a way that if you don't want to engage in [PVP], you don't have to. One of the reasons why I want 90% AI population is that the problem with PVP is that there is always a winner and a loser, and both of those people... have paid money... and not everyone is the best dogfighter, FPS, trader.... So the great thing about AI is, we can make AI of all levels, so no matter what, even if you're a crappy dogfighter, you can still take down some AI pirates and feel like you're the man. I really want to make sure that that's there so people can have a good time. ...because if you're always competing against other people, then there will always be winners and losers, and if you're someone that's not that great or don't have enough time to practice up, it'll be a sucky experience for you.... So I want people that are full into that category to have opportunities to go out there and have fun and whip up on some pirates or do whatever they want to do without having to be forced into head-to-head competition. It has that [PVE] if you want it. It has that [PVP] if you want it. There isn't some "this is the master of the universe". We're deliberately building... for people that want lone wolf style, or small groups, or big orgs and fight over territories, or doing more peaceful style, mine or farm or trade... or combat... like piracy, or mercenary, or bounty hunter... We're building all those things to be in the universe and give you opportunities to do them on both a PVE and PVP basis, and there will be areas where there can be cross over between the two... ...but it's up to you, to whatever you're going to do. I am 100% on board with what Chris Roberts is saying in that video. I am about 95-100% into PVE and 0-5% into PVP on any given day. Anybody is welcome to be more into either or equally into both.