Player Features and Ideas Discussion

*high fives Samilian and FT*

Hi. My name is ShahFluffers. I have been living in low-sec for almost 6 years full time (since I was less than 6 months old too!).


Is it hard to break into low-sec?
At first it is, yes. But once you have the survival skills/tactics down (which come from the player, not the character) it is pretty easy to take a scenic stroll through it.


Is it hard to make money in low-sec?
Sorta. You can't min/max your ship like in high/null-sec. And you can't use the traditional "gank and tank" style for farming. Neither can you do the normal method of "wringing out" every last drop of ISK from every site.
Speed, evasion, range, and time-efficiency are how you make money in low-sec (ever wonder why you don't see many miners, explorers, or PI people in low-sec? Exactly. They don't want people to know they are there)


Do you have to deal with PvP a lot?
Yep. That is actually WHY most of us live in low-sec. It is more "interesting."
(hint: low-sec is where null-sec "burnouts" and "bloodthirsty" nubbins go because they don't want the restrictiveness of high-sec, the "cheap" tactics of null-sec (see: bubbles), and less excessive and convoluted politics and drama found in null-sec)


But don't people in low-sec want more people to come to their area?
Yes... but we would like to see people who are more keen on taking and managing risks. The only way to bring in truly "risk adverse" people into low-sec to increase safety to the point where low-sec stops being low-sec and instead becomes an extension of high-sec. And that takes away from the current dwellers of low-sec.


But what about gates and stations? Why can't we make those places safe?
Because most fights/ganks/PvP happen on gates and stations... as those are the "chokepoints" that players can be caught at (fighting in FW plexes is more the exception to this). And remember that most players will not engage unless they think they can win or are forced into a situation where they have to engage.


But it isn't fair to nubbins and rookies! They should not be shut out of areas of space by more experienced players!
Look... more experienced players are not gods or supernatural beings with access to weapons, tech, or intel that no one else has access to in the game. And they are subject to the same mechanics that apply to everyone else. They have simply learned how to manage and play the odds in their favor. And anyone else can do the same thing if they apply effort and manpower.
If a player is having a really hard time and needs guidance, then they need to ask for help or join a group that will "hold their hand."
And most low-seccers will be more than happy to offer you advice on how not to die (or even recruit you), usually after they have killed you (provided you ask nicely).


But I should not have to ask people that just killed me! And I should not have to join up with anyone just because I am a nubbin!
That is your perrogative. But you are making things unnecessarily hard on yourself. Those people that killed you? They were able to do so because they KNOW more than you. And they learned what they know because they grouped with others and learned from them.
If they are flying expensive equipment it is because they know how to use it and keep it safe from others like him.