User blog comment:JoshuaCoalskull/Breaking News: BIG Update coming Soon.../@comment-3511473-20110826002242/@comment-184.190.204.115-20110831180905

Not everyone wanted the SOTL. And, the game would have been waaay too easy. SVS would be impossible for those of us with war frigates and war sloops! And, plundering.... They'd have to add in NPCs as strong as bountyhunters that make regular routes....