Look at it this way, they tried , they failed, the "player base" which mostly consists of the very vocal 0.0 pilots and which this expansion affects the most don't like the changes and if there is anyone to listen to i'd say they are the ones, it's not like some random alliance is going to just hop in and get free space due to the fact that no one can afford to keep it running in their sovereign space. These guys fought and earned their space I think they deserve a say in what goes into the patch that's going to change the runnings of sovereignty and I think CCP is right to listen to them.