EVE General Discussion

I love tears. They are the fuel that makes my instalock ship make care bears go blap. :D

Hi handsome Long time no see... Is there any pants now?

I'm sure i'm parked in LOWSEC right now.

Very true, except you miss the point that those 8 Battleships now control the gate, and access through that system. Meaning that their corp mates and friends can freely conduct whatever Low Sec business they have (and so can everyone else).

Low Sec gate camps are very vulnerable to being counter ganked (though not as much as Null Sec gate camps)... but it takes a little more brainpower and planning than simply jumping in 8 BS. You need a few tacklers and/or warp in points (if the camp is for the most part operating at range from the gate), preferably ones that have already slipped into system through the camp... and juicy bait is always a plus if you don't want to wait for an innocent to wander by and get snagged.

The gate guns are there to put the pirate camp at a disadvantage, not to eliminate it completely. The game mechanics are there to encourage hostile encounters, not to ensure they don't happen at all.

Very true... low-sec is completely useless/obsolete at this moment. There's absolutely no advantages for using low-sec instead of high-sec :(

Outside of FW, that is completely true and needs to be rectified. I'm hoping that there will be an overall resource/industry/economy restructuring that also takes Low Sec into consideration, instead of just focusing on Null and High sec.

Exploration, missioning, PI, Industry... all are safe in high sec.

Exploration, missioning, PI, Industry... all are safe in sov blue.

In low sec, nothing is safe. You have to learn how to do things the right way, and your tactics MUST change to survive. Low sec is what this game SHOULD be about. Not sov, not high sec Veld mining, not 11% missioning tax, 10% PI tax, and relative safety outside the Niarja and Uedama corridors.

Turn it up. And I don't mean more d!cks in Tornados that apparently have problems locking targets.

You don't control anything in lowsec. Assuming it's only 1 gate and your lame gatecamp might be semi effective at system control, well ... I can run a gatecamp in my sleep.

low sec is a lot like the NPC 0.0 sec.

Theres stations to dock in that cant be "owned" by players, theres small groups of pirates/pvpers and short cut taking high sec bears all buzzing around, occasionally shooting each other. Camps are pretty rare, the only consistent camps are the low sec systems closest to the trade hubs, *probably* 99% of low sec gates are uncamped.

Plus theres FW low sec areas for a little extra, randomness with the pvp.

The gate camps can be spotted very easily and also very easy to scout, map + docking in last high sec and buying a shuttle/newbship and checking the low sec step out first.

The isk to be earnt in low sec should be FAR closer to null sec payouts. Since low sec cant be bubble camped and sov claimed large organisations cant make it "secure" for their members. Theres many more people trying to earn money with the extra risk - usually more dangerous risks than being in a null sec alliance with space and earning money - the reward should reflect this risk factor better.

should be like this:
high sec: low but safe and steady isk - can be soloed.
low sec, medium isk, very risky, small gangs, solo is hard.
null/WH: medium to great isk, risky, large crops/alliances can hold sov and protect space with bubble camps and bridges, solo is next to impossible (ninja ratting/mining/exploration).

For all the extra complications and potential randoms either pvping you or doing the same PVE you are, rewards if they were nice and high, would certainly convince more bears to group and leave the lights of the big city high sec and get their hands dirty with some nice iskies :)

I also agree with you on that...the question is, what should these rewards be?