Hello,

Im a casual player, a loner. I like to do things my way, at my own speed :) Ive played eve for some time now and ive tried a bit of it all. I currently live in low-sec.

Apparantly there are some myths regarding it. First of all its not more dangerous than 0.0, specifcally because there are no warp bubbles. However there are still certain chokepoints that you have to be aware of, and check, to avoid being smartbombed. To earn money in low-sec you can arrange a POS empire, because no-one bothers to shoot POS'es- possibly a failed mechanic tho - you can do exploration, even faction warfare. Its not hard to earn money, and it opens up to so many other areas of gameplay. Add to that the most awesome players seem to be in low-sec, at least there is a more relaxed atmosphere. Maybe someone can explain what exactly the problem with low-sec is? I for one am enjoying it

Well first of all, this hot debate about low population in lowsec didint start hisec dwellers. Low/null dwellers did. Hiseccers just pointed that this low population is mainly because of gatecaps. You cannot have high population in lowS when lowsec dwellers dont let them pass in. They are not affraid to lose ship in belts, doing l4-5 or other activities in lowsec. They are just disgusted being ganked soon as they enter into the lowsec by blob "elite PvP" camp.

That was predictable, stupid and doesn't work the way you want it to work.

I'm the -10 who flys around in Hek all day long, being a target for everybody, which is great.

Hiseccers just pointed that this low population is mainly because of gatecaps. You cannot have high population in lowS when lowsec dwellers dont let them pass in.
They are not affraid to lose ship in belts, doing l4-5 or other activities in lowsec. They are just disgusted being ganked soon as they enter into the lowsec by blob "elite PvP" camp.

I find it amusing how basically every 0.0 alliance is recruiting. It didnt always use to be like this. If someone wants 0.0 they can basically pick any alliance they want and gogo

Easy.
Most people in highsec are cowards. Loudmouths. Worthless scum that wastes space.

I've visited Rancer yesterday.
Wasn't even half as bad as people often claim it is. :D

If you aint willing to have requirements placed on your game time and activity you aint much...Fixed

This, in a way. I wanted to post something similar, but I didn't know how to word it right. Altruism is rare in EvE, and doesn't seem to exist among the denizens of lowsec. Letting that neutral slip through a camp? Not a chance. Letting a newbie ratter off the hook with a warning shot, halfway through armour? Not a chance. Run-off-the-mill lowsec players don't want new players to PLAY with, they want soft targets to kill with their 8 man gatecamps. People shouldn't complain there aren't any eggs when they kill all the chickens...

low sec is null on easy mode....

low sec is null on easy mode....

And spot another idiot who knows **** all about people who live in lowsec. ...

The last new guy I killed (little 3 week old coercer pilot happily ratting away in our home system with not a care in the world) I not only gave him enough isk to get him back on his feet but also gave him a load of advice about surviving in lowsec and what to expect when you spend a lot of time there. Genuine new players should be educated and encouraged and a swift death followed by friendly advice is often the best way to do that.

Some of this "myth" might come from carebear-ats sitting in starter-corps/-systems and ruining the noobs ...

Aww this reminded me when I started. When I was 2 weeks old I decided that high-sec misisoning was way too boring and I had to move in low-sec ("maybe is different there or at least they say agents pay more"); so I moved to Evati and started to do level 1 and 2 missions in the area.

In my very first days there I had a pirate entering in my mission; I was fast enough to warp in a safe spot (I studied before moving and I heard that was good to have safe spots). I thought was "safe" there, but of course the pirate jumped in there and destoryed my ship.

Then he convoed me ( I think he noticed the young age, was about 2-3 weeks) and asked me if I could afford to replace my loss and offered in case to refund me. I said was ok, the ship had insurance anyway and asked him what was wrong in my safe spot and how was he able to find me. He told me "your safe spot was fine, but I'm using probes". I was kinda like "wow, there're probes too...?". So he explained me the basics of probing and gave me some tutorials about it.

The outcome of this was:

1. I was never catched again in a mission site
2. I started to try and enjoy all the probes thing and started to develop exploration as profession and gameplay, that's what I still do today.

yes, I also lost a T1 ship. But I think was a fair trade.

Also about the whole gate camp, it varies on where you are. Most major highsec-lowsec connections will be camped, once you get past the first few systems it's usually a ghost town.

Its lowsec anyone you don't know should be considered a target, regardless of FW standings.

Which reminds me sec loss is another bad idea for lowsec. If concord is too lazy to patrol lowsec then wtf are they doing removing security status. Keep sec loss for highsec criminal actions only.

Just go to 0.0 if you dont like sec status loss

Quite a stupid reasoning. Sec loss doesn't actually add anything nor does it actually prevent anything in regards to lowsec, it actually prevents some from PVPing in Lowsec. So if it actually has no effect in low sec then why is it gained in there?

Saying just go to 0.0 is a lazy rebuttal. Try harder.