I guess I'm saying you're right for what you want out of it. But the side effects will just provide more incentive for the crap we now are saddled with.
See I look at the crap we are saddled with as noise. You are never going to stop the horde mentality and people that take bases that way. Trying to do so will only frustrate. So I look at it from a "ok how can I still enjoy fighting in such an environment".
Thus closer bases. When the bases are too far apart the only winners are the horde monkies. The horde is going for the next closest base no matter if it's in the same sector or a sector away. The only difference is wheather or not you have to fly 5 mins or 30 seconds to intercept it and fight. I will gaurantee you I am not going to fly into those odds if I have to wast 5 mins getting there.
As for the ho's they don't bother me, 99% of the time they are avoidable and like the horde they are here to stay.