Asruv'ynn
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Posted - 2010.05.20 06:25:00 -
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How long have you been playing?
For over a year.
Have you ever been in low sec?
Yes, and quite frequently. Most of my time would probably be within the confines of lowsec.
Do you run missions or complexes in low sec?
I run missions, but rarely complexes.
If so, what is the appeal for you?
The appeal is simply play by my own means. Nothing really keeps me from playing here except myself.
If not, why not?
If I want to run some nice l3s and l4s in hisec, it is simply done out of convenience. No one bothers me and I've made good money an hour.
Are rewards in low sec in line with the risk?
Absolutely not. I've found hisec mission running to be less of a hassle, thus more profitable. As far as complexes are concerned, I can rat and do complexes within nullsec with no problem.
Is the risk in low sec over-stated?
Sort of. I've found it really comes down to what system(s) you fly through. Really, the reason is quite simply pirates and in a small way, the scale of mission quality/loot to security status and the ore available. The local ores are pretty much the same acquired in hisec which gives no incentive to industrialists to move into deeper space to work. If you want to change something about risk vs reward in lowsec thats it. You need more reason to operate there aside from flat out killing each other which is why it's a terrible place to fly in the first place.
Would education from savvy players about how to mitigate risk in low sec encourage folks who didn't just want to AFK L4's to operate there?
No. I've found that education isn't enough. Experience is. You could talk their head off all day and have little skirmishes in hisec about what to expect in lowsec and how different it really is from everyone's mindset, but it will not ever compare to the raw experience of just actually flying there. Then there are people who either don't like PVP or aren't interested in going back in for seconds after being pulverized by someone.
What is the number one change to low sec that would cause you to considering doing missions and complexes there? (Be realistic! "Kick the pirates out!" is humorous but not realistic. 
The lack of pirates and greater reward for my operations. Mostly the greater rewards thing though. If you get to experience lowsec as often as someone like myself does, then it really isn't as hostile except for an occasional annoying gate camp in some armpit of a system. As you can probably tell, I hate pirates, but to be honest, I see so little of them it really isn't so much of a problem. I think what I despise most about pirates is the tactics they use and in particular, gate camping. If gate camping was removed I wouldn't have so much of a problem with them because then they actually have to work at trying to get me and then ensues that awesome, heart-pumping joy many people get when they pvp, or have sex. Promise them riches and they will come.
Do you believe it is possible to make low sec changes that would allow both pirates and carebears to co-exist profitably without crippling either's play style to extinction? Why or why not?
Hard to tell, but first really there needs to be bigger reward for non-pirates that have the potential to operate there. A simple analogy is that of a wolf and a deer (or any other simple predator to prey). Predators can never out-number the prey because they'll starve to death. At the moment, that's the way I believe it is for pirates and they're growing tired of their 'fun' and thus complaining about it on the forums daily. There's already little food to go around for the deer, so the wolves will dwindle in numbers, yet never drop off entirely. What can be said is that there should never be more predators than prey because no one will ever want to go there which is exactly what we have currently.
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