He's right, for better of for worse a lot of players do take pride in their K/D ratio.
Zuperman, the next consequence of changing the average rates of gaining Ks and Ds will be a fuss about how hard it will be for the up and coming pilots to catch up with those with already high ratio.
"You can't please all of the people all of the time"
Maybe a reset of some kind? What happens if everyone goes back to zero K and D....?
(Much prefer Elite, just needs more players. Being able to hide in the clouds is fun. Looking forward to the next version of Elite, the water looks great!)