EVE General Discussion

True. It would need some stop-gaps to prevent abuse, but I reckon it should be something worthy of taking a look at. The sec gain might perhaps be minimal but still worth it to someone who thrives on PVP.

They could put it on a tick system like NPC bounties and sec status gains. Each unique kill for every every two or four hours counts or something like that. That way people who are literally hunting pirates can get their sec status bump, but it kind of makes it infeasible to sit around blapping your own alt, since you could only benefit every couple hours.

People don't avoid LS because they're afraid of having a low sec status. So additional ways to grind sec aren't exactly significant.

I stopped reading here, learn the real EVE before huffing and puffing all this tripe.

You should have kept going, at least through the first paragraph. I had the same reaction as you, but then he redeemed himself.

I have to say OP, after reading the title and the first line of your post, I was expecting some hilariously bad an uninformed suggestions. But then your introduction basically said "I realize I have no idea what I'm talking about, so please tear my ideas to pieces and see if there's anything salvageable in the wreckage." That takes a sense of perspective that few players (who are new and suggesting overhauls) have. Which is why you're gotten a relatively gentle response from GD.

The problem is your underlying assumption that offering better rewards will get players out of highsec and into null or low. The fact is, this isn't true. They simply do not want to PvP. Not just because they're focused on making money, though that's certainly true, but because they're focused on never being subjected to loss. These are people that could be making 10 times the isk/hour they're making now including losses, and they'd still not live in null or wormhole space. Why? Because losing a ship means losing, and they cannot handle loss. It's why organizations like the New Order are important: whatever you think about the Space Mafia/Yakuza, they provide an element of risk to players that try to hide from risk. It nudges them into exploring parts of the game that they might otherwise steer clear of.

Essentially, game mechanics won't be the sole method for getting players out to null. There might be tweaking of risk/reward ratios to provide further encouragement, but ultimately it will be player-driven efforts that get dyed-in-the-wool highsec dwellers to branch out a little.

Trial accounts are free. And have three character slots per account. Capping the rate of gain isn't going to help: either it's significant and thus exploitable, or insignificant and fails as a feature.

Lol. Easiest way to break the game, you mean.

As a low sec resident who moves around freely, it's always amusing to see this type of crap being posted about gate camps.

Really, if you can't figure out how to deal with these, you deserve to be caught. In reality, they are also far and few between.
If you'd base your perception of low sec on these threads you'd think every single entry gate is camped by massive blobs of insta-locking HICs 24/7.

As far as the OP is concerned, his criticism is grounded on so many baseless premisses I don't even know where to start.
Try to adapt to the status quo first, maybe?