EVE New Citizens Q&A

Low Security space scares me.

The fact that anyone can engage me there meants that I've been trying to avoid it.

I just don't want to lose a ship or a pod.

Is this attitude a good think or will it keep me from success in this game.

Also are the rewards of low sec space (and null space) worth the risks of death?

Early on in your EVE career, it is normal to feel a sense of attachment to your ships, both out of sentiment, and for financial reasons. You'll eventually learn to see ships and their modules as expendable tools. It is often said that the number 1 rule of EVE is never fly what you can't afford to lose. What this really means is that if the cost of a particular ship and its fittings makes you terrified of the idea of losing it, then you probably shouldn't fly that ship (or have purchased it in the first place). You are not your ship.

That said, it doesn't mean you should go gallivanting around lowsec carelessly getting all your stuff exploded. But you'll have to learn to get over that fear of losing ships if you really want to enjoy all that EVE has to offer. You can live in high-sec all the time if you want but you're likely to be missing out on a lot of opportunities for excitement and fun. But remember, sticking around in highsec doesn't mean you will never lose ships...

As far as being podded goes... well if you're properly prepared, it should be very difficult to lose a pod outside of nullsec space. Still, it's generally a good idea to have a jump clone with no or cheap implants for PvP activity.

The ship isn't your character, its your gear. have you played other MMO's? How often did you replace your gear?

A rifter set up for tackling only runs about a mil. Get a jumpclone, build out a few Rifters and hop in a fleet, and lose it. lose lots of them. it won't hurt.

Avoiding lowsec is no guarantee that you won't lose ships, anybody can engage you in highsec as well if they're prepared to take the consequences.

As others have said, your ship is a tool and is there to be used and abused. The best way to get over your fear of losing ships is to fit out some cheap ships and then go out and get them exploded, RvB or FW would probably be a good place to quash your fears cheaply, and learn to embrace the rush.

There is a tutorial mission that forces you to lose a ship.

The whole point is to not get emotionally invested in your ships.

Assume every ship you undock in is already lost.

Shop in a market hub, like Rens, Jita, Amarr. Save your fit once you get a good one, then you can open the fit buy all the mods then click fit to ship.

You should really go lose like 5 ships right now, and get over the fear.

Yopp

We call it losec around these parts

2 things....


1. Ships are tools. They aren't infinite.

2. High sec is not safe. You can and likely will be killed there too.

I once felt the same avoiding Lo-Sec because "entering it means instant death". Also, everyone knows there be monsters and all that alarmist bla that gets perpetuated all the time (mostly by people that never went there at all).

Then I fitted an Atron for speed and with a cloak and just flew around to "get the feeling" for Lo-Sec. Well, the truth looked quite different from all the horror stories.
When I was finally ready, I took a cheapfit Rifter there with the express purpose to lose it (as well as getting some PvP experience; but mostly to lose it), considering getting blown up as an achievement. Repeat a few times - always with the mindset of getting popped as a success - and you will discover that losing a ship really means nothing.
BUT on the other hand, getting your first kill is an incredible exhilarating experience.

Great I've just lost my cruiser to someone with a battleship and warp jammer.

Yeah I can afford to replace it (only just) but whats the point if it will just be shot up again.

I'm never leaving high security space again