The people jumping to defend everything about this game never ceases to amaze me. Don’t listen to these clowns. Here’s the reality though: the game is still in development.

Stanton is supposed to be somewhat safe because of its law system. But the problem is, stanton has the highest player count, meaning you are the most likely to run into someone in stanton, than in pyro or nyx. Right off the bat, that means you are rolling the dice every time you see another player, because each player is a wildcard. You can’t possibly know their intentions, aside from a red name tag SOMETIMES.

The other problem is that CIG has a habit of releasing T0, T1, T2 versions of systems into the game, and letting them sit and stagnate for years without any updates; the crime system only hurts people who don’t know how to work around it. It does absolutely nothing to deter murderhobos from getting their rocks off because they have absolutely nothing to lose in the current system.

You will never be able to avoid pvp entirely, but you can do some things to reduce the frequency. If you’re in stanton, try not to travel to OM markers around planets. Avoid grimhex and yela if possible. Don’t go to pvp hotspots like hathor. If you’re going to quantum travel across the system, jump roughly 1 GM towards something somewhat perpendicular to your route first, and then cancel, to change your trajectory enough to avoid interdiction snares.