J Shaft
Caldari
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Posted - 2010.05.19 13:13:00 -
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How long have you been playing?
Started at the beginning - stopped, played since spring 2006, really became active about a year and a half ago.
Have you ever been in low sec?
Many times.
Do you run missions or complexes in low sec?
Not anymore.
If so, what is the appeal for you?
None.
If not, why not?
Not worth the risk.
Are rewards in low sec in line with the risk?
Not by far.
Is the risk in low sec over-stated?
Depends what you want to do there, if it is for any kind of PvE content, then the risk is very much real, and true.
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?
Maybe it would bring in more explorers (that are not doing combat sites), or some random pvp noobcakes.
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. Smile)
Inability of pirates to scan/probe pilots in mission space and warp to the same.
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?
There are few things that come to mind, though i think most highsec missioners would not bother no matter what:
- Make the aggressor in low sec completely lose his insurance if killed while aggression timer is on (that would give some ease of mind to people that actually can/know how to fight back).
- Answer from previous question.
- Increase mission pay and bonus.
- Make more interesting missions with ship restrictions which would force people to do them in fleets, thus increasing their chance of survival if caught by pirates.
I have been carebearing for full 4 months when i started playing EVE (i wanted to learn everything i can in theory before practicing it in reality). When i was confident i know enough there is to be known about game mechanics, i have started venturing into lowsec. It was going rather fine at first, until my 5 month old character in a drake got pawned by year and a half old character in a sacrilege (i got his shields down, but my amount of dps would take me over half an hour to break his armor tank, and that is a maybe). I didn't get discouraged at that moment, because i have earned a lot more in low sec in that 1 month than i lost.
But 10 days after that i ran into a gate camp (again in a drake) guarded by 2 ceptors and a command ship -> lost another drake.
After that point, to this day, i have only been going to lowsec in cheapest possible fitted frigates and cruisers (often with a friend or two), just for the lulz of maybe killing 1 or 2 pirates before we all die (we were going to death willingly, just wanted to kill some pirates on the way).
TL;DR
So my point is that going to lowsec for PvE is just plain dumb, and i don't think it will get better anytime soon.
Best regards, J. |