Originally by: K'racker

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Originally by: Cambarus

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Instas and scouting reduce the risk factor there by a substantial amount. These things require more people, or more effort, which is why most people don't bother. Again this boils down to there not being enough reward in lowsec as it is.

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requiring a second account for scouting, or splitting mission pay with a wingman, halves the mission payout. if you recall the recent patch when load-balancing was put into agents, a great deal of those who do run low sec missions, decided the risk of that much travel simply isn't worth the extra pay. again, it's not the low sec itself, but the travel through gates, that's the stumbling block to populating low sec.

in nearly every other game, camping is a derogatory term; only here is it defended so vigorously. which is kind of 'eve-y', but the result is vast underpopulation of low security space. the ability of a small group, to effectively shut down travel, is unbalanced. the two puny gate guns can be tanked by a ship that has enough mids left for tackle. i tried it on sisi; it's ridiculous.

my first six months i lived and missioned in low sec. there was true risk to pirates and i saw more than one blown up by gate guns. i'm not saying camping should be impossible, but there should be real risk, which would force a bit more selectivity in targets.

folks that are established in game, that have a second acct or can fly specialized ships, can travel fairly safely. the scores of new players who repeatedly get killed trying to do lvl 1's, run out of isk, and give up, are the future population of low sec. you're hunting them to extinction, then calling for a hi sec nerf to fix a problem you created.

this circular argument's been around for years. buff low sec too much, you'll have null sec alliances poking their nose in there. nerf hi sec too much, you'll see the bears take their money elsewhere. neither fixes low sec. only if the pirate players can release their white-knuckled grip on gates would the population shift a bit.

when i got access to lvl 3's, i decided the risk wasn't worth it, no matter what the reward. while i enjoyed the cat-and-mouse of low sec life, i hate giving easy kills. a sentiment shared by bear and pvp'er alike.

(sorry for the long post and getting a bit off topic, and ty Cambarus for your well-thought out replies)

ps no to hi sec lvl 5's etc..

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