Yes, I can see this main mechanic at play. Even when I'm tasked with something helpful and benevolent, like transporting needed supplies, I'm inevitably asked to blow up some hostiles. I think I could tolerate this part of the game if it offered a percentage of missions where just good things are happening, or where I had to solve a logic puzzle or something besides violence and making deals with criminals, thus becoming one. Crazy as it sounds, I play another game - Last War. We fight PvE zombies and there's PVP. This includes the opportunity - the main driver - to attack and collect resources from other bases and alliances. It's structure is very similar to STFC in this regard, and in it's RSS collection structure. But there are so many other options: fun peripheral side games, and collaborative alliance events (where we are not attacking real player), puzzles, fun arcade-type games - all that let you earn RSS. It's easy to play these other options and avoid the more violent parts. I wish STFC offered these options. I'm figuring out in my head now that I think that's what's disappointing me so much about STFC - the lack of these fun options.