Originally by: Nerodia Crotalus

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I'm sure this is going to cause more flaming, because NO one on these forms takes constructive criticism very well...

I used to live in Null-Sec until just recently. In fact, I was only a few JB's away from Goon space myself. I'm now living back in empire. Why?

Too risky? Nope - in fact I only lost one ship the entire time I was in null.
Too hard? Not really - ran a lot of plexes, did some profitable mining - all in all did pretty well for myself.

So why? Well, 'cause the attitude in Null-Sec SUCKS. Every Corp and Alliance "HC" member seems to think that they're the CEO of some world-renown business. I kept getting eve-mails like, "Every one do such-and-such a thing now or we'll kick you out!" and "If you're not at this place at this time, you'd better give us a good reason why not!!" and - my personal favorite - "If you're not participating in this op, you have to log off of EVE!!" Take the Ladie Scarlet posts from the beginning of this thread as example: that superiority-complex that makes these people think that a video game actually makes them worth a crapà

As a grown man with a career, a wife, house, several cars, etc, it drove me absolutely crazy having a bunch of kids trying to boss me around - in a video game of all places!

So I left null-sec. I'm back in empire where I can do what I want, when I want. And where you might think IÆm making less money, IÆm actually making MORE because IÆm having more fun playing, and can work for my OWN goals instead of some self-absorbed CEO.

My point really is that youÆre not going to drive more people to 0.0 by making it more profitable, or even by making high-sec LESS profitable. Until you change the attitude of the players in 0.0 (fat chance, really) then people just wonÆt be drawn into that atmosphere.

And though I fear making a post run this long, I do actually have suggestions that will improve the ômoodö of null-sec: Running corps and alliances in 0.0 is expensive. Alliances are charged massive amounts of ISK to hold sovereignty, to put up and maintain POSÆs, to have Jump Bridges, etc. The ISK ôsinksö in 0.0 are simply ludicrous, and I think that because of it, thereÆs such stress on these 0.0 corps to generate income just to pay the bills when frankly, the entire mechanic makes no sense. ItÆs also why smaller groups canÆt get started in 0.0 û they simply canÆt afford it. So in short, make null-sec CHEAPER for these folks, and maybe theyÆll feel less inclined to be such douchebags all the time. Improve the attitude in null, and youÆll get more players. Heck, even IÆd go backà

That is all.

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