I think a big part of that is because of #2 also. Everybody who is shipping packs around for $$$ is doing it intracontinental and sticking to safe zones. Gilda star runs to Freedich are rare enough that getting ~20 people and guarding freedich just isn't worth it.I'm completely with you on #3. I like that sea is a 24/hr PvP zone but the incentive to do more then fuck with fishing raids has plummeted since launch. I don't think PRX has done a large sea raid to jump merchant ships and steal their stuff in a long while.