I'm Jack Schitt from the Frontier Forums, hoping to become part of the PvE group if my request is accepted before beta 2.00 rolls out. I'm currently playing ED under my real name, Cmdr Kevin Reilly, but I have reserved a couple more names including Jack Schitt which I might make my primary once we're in gamma, assuming FD will let me swap them.
My reason for joining the PvE group is basically pre-emptive. I intend to do most of my flying in Open Play, and am not averse to the occasional bit of contextual PvP even though I lose at least 80% of the time. But it's becoming increasingly clear that for anything other than chance encounters, the PvP elements of ED are likely to be dominated by those players who have
- a lot of spare time for practice, and
- a lot of spare friends with whom to group.
But hopefully my fears will be mostly unfounded and the sheer size of the galaxy will limit PvP to one-on-one random encounters, for which I'll be happy to stay in Open Play and take my chances. But just in case Open does indeed turn into a gank-fest, it's nice to know this group is here.