Draco here....regarldess of what name it puts my post under (Mind looking at that again forum admins?)
I like the game and now I've seemingly manged to somehow suddenly click with tractor beam usage I'm slowly liking it but I can totally get how a new player can get frustrated or worse, even manage to blow up their ship through not realizing their cargo hold is full. IMO an automatic protection would go a long way towards noob-proofing the game down the line, something like 'You can't lock onto debris as your cargo hold is full'
Been thinking about the weapons and this occurred to me.
IMHO, only let people attach each other if they sign up for PVP in some form, be it bounty hunters, guilds, clans, flags, whatever. That way the starting station isn't a bloodbath and those of us who don't want to be harrased by people shooting constatnly (since we know it'll all happen) can play how we like.
Or, even, later on down the line have AI controlled stuff for weapons to be used on.. Just thinking aloud here....but I can again totally see a new player getting frustrated by being ganged up on by older players. I mean earlier on in the chat there were people asking the most basic of questions that the help didn't really covver such as how to work the ship or how to collect cargo. Yes, the guide's useful but again that's not in the help documentation as it is right now.
Draco.