Massive just get rid of the emotes already ...
Seriously, does anyone in this game use these for any legitimate reason? The same for "proximity" game chat?
I'm not saying they cannot have a legitimate use, the surrender emote can be used to signal non-hostility (although almost no-one trusts anyone when they do it anymore) and proximity game chat can occasionally be used to alert others that you didn't intend to go rogue (again, usually a waste of time).
On the whole however, it seems that the emotes and proximity game chat are good for nothing except talking trash, being deliberately disrespectful and taunting other players. If Massive is serious about cleaning up PvP in the game, I think getting rid of both would be a good start.
Anyone have a different opinion? It just seems a bit peverse that the applause emote now signifies "you're trash" and the help emote means "bring it on".
Plus removing emotes would free up the D-Pad button for a more useful function.