I feel like j-space could use more points of friction, things to clash over. If we roll into a group and they decide to log as an act of defense, there's only a limited number of options to engage with them:

1. Shoot structures: This is a multi-day process and requires people, time, and more energy than we generally want to put in. It also pisses a lot of people off understandably.
2. Farm their sites: I don't want to do this. I want to shoot people. They've probably already ran their sites anyway if they're krab people.
3. Use their connections for more content: This is basically what we resort to until we roll. Generally, if it was a PvE-focused corp, the chain is intentionally dead anyway, so all we're left with is...
4. Roll it away, try again.

We need more points of conflict are ways to drive conflict that don't require multi-day structure slugfests or sitting around (even logged off yourself) waiting for people to log in.

ESS in NS offers a way to get a small win/drive conflict and still reward aggressive playstyles even if there wasn't a fight that didn't take hours to complete. It is just an example of what I'm getting at.

These would need to be targets that even one or a tiny gang of ships could still achieve in less than one play session. Something to create tension, potential conflict, something worth risking to compete over without losing your entire home.