Reactions to master modes have been pretty across the spectrum. Some people recognize that this will do it, and others say they don't see how this will work and that it's just going to segment the game.
TL;DRThey expected mixed reactions to master modes and couldn't cover everything at CitizenCon; the questions about ganking and racing will be explained in depth later by the team, with a joking "yes, ganked" aside.
Yes. With a change of this scale, we knew this reaction was going to happen, and there was only so much we could put into that CitizenCon presentation. I think the guys did a great job of getting the basics out there, but we couldn't cover everything. So there was lots of questions about, hey, is my cargo ship just going to get ganked all the time now? Or what happens to racing?
The answer is yes. 100% ganked.
We knew those questions would come up. We just didn't have time to expand upon it in that piece. So when Rich and the team get a chance to do it again — like I say, it was supposed to be today, but sickness and holidays fought against us — we'll go over what the plans for those are. It's their pet project that they've been working on for a long time, and it should really be them that gets to explain it in depth.