EVE General Discussion

I know. I'm perfectly comfortable moving around in lowsec. I do all my PI in lowsec, and after hundreds of trips in an Iteron III, have only lost two of them. I also find it disappointing to see less than 10 people in local when I jump into Rancer. I love travelling in lowsec. But there's very little point to doing so.


Could not agree more.

I generally think of it like this:

Hi sec is optimized for individual players
Null sec is optimized for large alliances
Wormholes are optimized for small or medium corps
Low sec is optimized for small gangs

That isn't 100% true. There are certainy some large alliances that thrive in hi sec and some individuals that do very well in null sec and so on, but IMO that is what uses those types of space lean towards. To me, that diversity is the coolest thing about eve. It means I have a whole menu of literally 100s of different ways to play the game I can choose between. Just dumbing the game down to basically just one way to play the game- as a peon in a big sov alliance- would totally ruin it. Honestly, from the posts we get here from null sec inhabitants sometimes I get the impression that many of you just don't ever experience the wider universe. It's like you have blinders on and can only see your own little slice of the game.... Your suggestions always seem to boil down to "make everybody play the way I do"... Why? That's great you find that style of play the most fun. More power to you. But that's only like 5% of what EvE has to offer. There is no reason to just blank out the other 95% for no real reason.

Zzzzz....

CCP will do whatever they hell they want. Lore is endlessly mutable (which why I don't see any point in holding a candle to it.) It's CCP Dropbear's job to come up with the lore justification to please you. And you'll eat it up no matter.

I will remember that for when they glide on past your idea and stick to the lore.

I sure will eat that up.

so what your question was about?

you asked, you got answer, you don't like it.

Now low sec is unnecessary danger, also a hide out for negative security status.

If low sec was extreme Danger and very generous rewards, then hell yes, low sec - place for adventures, risk, piracy.

Today's low sec is like Tundra. Nothing to be had, nothing to be seen, empty empty space. Occasional prey and predator.

If low sec was flourishing like Jungle, with lots of resources, lots of promise, myriad of competitors - then it would be hazardous and rewarding, fun and dangerous.

If low sec was like Desert - rewarding, but not crowded, mysterious and uncharted, with occasional bandits, hubs, and certain protection - then it would be perfect.

To create a low sec hub - you'd need pay to protect sentries and hired Navy. Example, you set out extra sentries and assign navy ships to protect a station for a high fee. Traders can come, people can come, but no bullies outside, because of paid bodyguards. Such places would prosper.

low sec is there for killing trespasser with supers or titan bridged 200 man fleets.

If there would really be a that substantial portion of players, they would go to null and claim the control over the systems, but still, most of null is deserted because (suprise, suprise!) the substantial portion of players doesn't want to get involved with politics and other nonsense connected with control of space. Low should be for people who want to simply log on and shoot without any headaches.

If you want to populate low sec more you have to make getting into it easier.

I'm curious as to how effective adding NPC Navy (not Concord) ships would be to the 0.4/0.3 boarder systems that directly connect to high sec in order to give a semi-illusion of security at the gates.

I certainly don't want NPC Police in all of low sec, but currently the difference between 0.5 and 0.4 isn't a small shift, it's a massive brick wall, and I think that scares a large portion of highsec'ers away.

If you made getting into and (back out of) the boarder systems easier, then it might encourage more people to go exploring.

Hopefully those people who find the boarder systems less scary than they imagined would actually then explore more of the less safe low sec systems.


Of course, the ironic thing about EVE is that the pirates who want more targets in low sec operate in such a way that it deters people from going in the first place. Bit like poachers in Africa, eventually they'll cause their prey to be so rare if not extinct that by their actions, they'll destroy their own livelihood and money income.