I think we should have a limit on how low the battle tab shows players. something like 15 levels below your current level would be good. It isn't right that a player that is 50+ level can hit people that much below him because his ship build stinks and he can not beat anyone around his own level. This would not affect alerts just from random attacks.

PVP is set up to give you badges for hits on players no lower than 40% of your rank smaller than you. So with this in mind, the lowest rank ships that you can expect to see on your battle tab would be Your Rank*0.6.

As an example, I am rank 398 right now, so the lowest rank player I can get badges from is rank 238. That will also be the lowest rank I can see on my battle tab.

They why are we getting rewarded for beating up on people almost half (60%) our size, you should only be rewarded for attacking people same or greater in level. I'm only an level 80 so I do not stand much of a chance on winning against someone who is been playing for a month or 2 longer. It seems this game is leaning tward catering to the people who have been playing longer which is a death sentence to any game.... not getting new players. I have noticed even the last 2 bi-weekly missions have been completed only by the senior players. I know they need something to do also but instead of making those missions for the senior players, make the bi-weekly missions for everyone and make the current missions for above certain levels. Who would want to start playing a game with the odds stacked so badly twards the more senior players.

simply put, suck it up man. We were all there. I'm at level 243 and i have level 330 players going after me without a alert. Up your cloak to get off the BT is the best bet in terms of duck or cover. Otherwise work up your armor as best you can to outlast all but the most determined.