When I was new I found that fighting bots was not very engaging, as you do in the current novice lobbies... This is likely a major reason why new crew and pilots try to strike it out in non-novice lobbies. I feel that new players would appreciate a low level only (1-14 maybe?) PVP lobby where new players can experiment with ships and get their blades bloodied.
Maybe also adventurous players should still be able to unlock ships even in this PVP novice lobby, say if they really want to get a head start on their goldfish piloting.
