Wet Ferret
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Posted - 2010.05.19 11:08:00 -
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How long have you been playing?
Just a bit over 4 years. Started before RMR.
Have you ever been in low sec?
Many times, lived in 0.0 for a year actually. Pass through low-sec regularly for trading.
Do you run missions or complexes in low sec?
Nope
If not, why not?
Mostly very inconvenient. As in, limited to small ships and therefore small complexes/missions. Efficiency-wise, just not worth it (I don't consider flying anything larger than a normal cruiser to be viable in low-sec).
Are rewards in low sec in line with the risk?
I think they are fine when it comes to the things that can actually be done there with relative safety.
Is the risk in low sec over-stated?
Hardly. Anyone who says otherwise is looking for targets. Of course there are some areas that are quieter than others and there's not always a gate camp waiting for you, but anyone who doesn't believe there is... is dead already.
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?
Mitigating risk is the very thing that makes low-sec not really worthwhile, IMO. It's certainly possible to hang out there and do some things without much danger, depending on how you do it, but making decent ISK isn't one of them. If you go there at all, it's for the excitement.
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.  )
Get rid of HICs, or make them the anti-capital they were designed to be rather than the one-click-catches-all ultimate tackler for everything. I'll spare you any further ranting about that subject...
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?
Doubtful. More prey = more pirates = less prey. I doubt anything will ever seriously make low-sec attractive to PvP averse players unless it becomes drastically easier to avoid PvP combat while doing business that's actually profitable. I've personally found the only thing worth doing in low-sec to be hauling through with my prowler. And that's great fun... but I wouldn't suggest for anyone to go live there.
But for the record, I only changed my sig because I was annoying myself with the last one.
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