EVE General Discussion

Didn't you blue all of them too?

I don't really feel obliged in anyway to play in null sec. I also don't acknowledge when others start doing my thinking for me, and I especially bristle when I'm told how things are supposed to be. I don't know how I got this way. I probably read too much Orwell.

I got it from reading Steinbeck.

It bred a healthy hatred of Steinbeck, and an almost psychopathic hatred of Orwell

Fascist dupe that he was

True, but if that isn't your cup of tea, there are alternatives. Our organisation has social groups for Black ops pilots, covert hotdroppers, and small gang fighters (some guys practically live in Syndicate). Even when the big set-pieces are going on, there is frequently reinforcement harrassment and other ways to get involved for those who dont want to be in 10% TiDi.


As i said above, big fleet-fights isn't the only way to play out in sov nullsec, and some options are more considerate of time restraints than others. Sure, the big strategic operations might be a no-go for people on limited or unpredictable schedules, but there are countless other ops that run to shorter length, or use more disposable ships (or ones that are easier to bring home unassisted like Interceptors or Bombers), so if you have to drop out halfway (which no-one will ever stop you, or "mark you down" for doing), you aren't stuck trying to extract a Battleship from hostile space.

Also, if you don't like the way nullsec currently is, try to help change it! There are many organisations currently waiting to make their play and step back in to null (the surviors of the -A- and Russian blocks for one), and take a piece out of whichever half of the current space kicked them out. Give them some love, they are in need of it. But if that's too much underdog for you, there are many nullsec "predator" alliances whose lifestyle is making the big guys lives difficult; we have many preying on us - Black Legion, MoA, Triumvirate, the Fountain Core guys, Pasta, to name but a few, and I'm sure N3PL have their own share of predators in their space too.


In defence to most of the guys who have posted, a lot clearly have first-hand knowledge, and it didn't jive with them. Thats cool, we can't all like the same things. But some are just regurgitating the misconceptions of others. And bare in mind, a lot of things people have brought up will be reasons why some people enjoy Nullsec; for example, Ramona's point about not being able to freely use stations is a big draw for me, since I find the asset-denial aspect a big part of control of space, and consider the effort required to ensure safe storage of ships in a way that means I don't lose all my wealth in one screw-up part of what makes null for me, and would not find it half as fun without it.

Honestly, you'll never know unless you give it a whirl. If you don't want to try, thats fine, particularly if you are happy where you are. But if you are tempted, what do you have to lose by giving it a try?

I've found from experience that the majority of issues people are pointing out in this thread are down to their lack of initiative, lazyness, bad decision making and/or ignorance.

However, to answer the OP, I was once in null but now I'm dabbling in the life of a merc.

Time is what keeps people out.

Quick question

Do you like the artwork of Timothy Bradstreet?

Living at an interface between high, low and null, having access to all three, I don't see a reason for it.

Best of all worlds...

for me, it's probably that i prefer being in a small group and knowing everyone in it. see my response in the 'what must a corp have' thread. i need a feel of 'home' that i can't see myself finding in null.

also, i'm in the uk, which seems to be a crappy timezone for large group work. i've seen it in other games too. it's like british people don't like working together in big groups. every large group i've been in, in every game, was run by Americans, and mostly made up of Americans, which is a terrible timezone for me. 3am fleets on a work night? not happening.

i tried npc null once (syndicate, i know, i know) but i'm thinking it didn't work for me due to the alliance being on a different timezone for fleets, and the people who did play during my timezone were russian.

i'm happy where i am now though

My Corp is not in null sec. I want to live where my friends are.