Hi.. I know this only applies to the few instead of the many, but...
I'm trying to fly a few hours every day or two, consistent flight time but not so much that I play only a week then spend the rest of the campaign burned out. I run into live players occasionally, which is great...
... except for some, for whatever reasons (state of mind, morale, frustration, etc) who don't even bother to fly themselves across the border to disengage. My computer isn't a powerhouse and often needs complete reboots after mission bugs or drops, if it doesn't lock up immediately.
If I'm going to spend a quarter of my time rebooting because pilots won't stay the mission, I would rather uninstall this game completely and reinstall something else that I can have fun playing... I mean this in the nicest way I can think of to say, but that's the reality of it. I try to be as honorable as my mission profiles and orders allow, and I'm sorry if I have caused anyone grief, but I'm here to have fun just like the rest of you.
I stuck it out when the Alliance was getting completely stomped by the neat-o Coalition monster ships a few campaigns back until the end (pretty much 100% loss rate when disengaging wasn't possible), so frustration isn't a good enough excuse for me any more. I won't name names; I'll only mention publicly this once before going to RMs or just being one less person for you to play with, and being one less person is much less work for me.
Decide now if you would rather only ever face AI in missions, stay away from the contested areas if you aren't interested in PvP or something please. I"ve lost a few times this campaign to lag or stupidity on my part; you'll notice if you check my prestige total that I've also taken pp hits from losing to AI, and not alting. If I can do that, I don't think I'm asking too much to at least fly off the map or be a gracious opponent and lose if indeed that's what happens. I'm no one to instantly run from in a PvP match or even mid mission, come on...