The real problem is 95% of the new guys come to Defiance with a chip on their shoulder. They will tell you you're wrong when they have absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Next, they'll make fun of you for being 6k and wasting your life playing the same game they're playing. Finally, you're nothing but a 6k noob and they can do anything in the game solo in 5 mins or less.
Whenever you see someone giving away free stuff people come in troves out of the woodwork for their handouts.
Quantity>Quality=Defiance.
I get where you're coming from. Unfortunately, about 90% of the game's current population are f2p'ers. Not saying that all of them are arrogant scumbags, some of them are nice but there will always be a bad seed or two.
PS- you said something about wasting lives. I remember that one particular guy playing hundreds of expo's a week. Was it the same guy insulting you?