Why did you have to bring up exploitation??
I don't know what the context was reagrding exploitation. I was mostly talking about the social sub-groups that withheld the advanced ACM even from their squadmates but happily flew with them to amplify their kills / status. Was my experience in The Few.
Regarding shades, not every shader is badly motivated. Some players just want to fly in peace, had a lot of PMs from people I formerly knew under other names. Awful lot of bravado and smack-talk in game. You read what I wrote about comments about my son?
Noticed you'd ran into 'squat'. You did not hear this from me, but you've fought him before, it is Rufio, DozyDuck, GunDog and a host of other names that used to grief players in the Tempest at the furball lake. Says he likes to 'hunt' people. He's in the MA a lot now because the lake is dead. Flies the Spit8. Very good at sustained turning but not well rounded ACM. You can beat him in the scissors if you can force the fight that way.
What keeps you flying Junky? I'm finding my enthusiasm flagging lately. Very hard to even find a fight on my timezone. I'm sure that's contributing.