Any newish players wanting to do this message me in game if you would like to fleet up...

Fly Safe

LOL

Yeah. That's a good idea. Noobs should fleet up with strangers and go to low sec.

You're post holds as much water as a strainer. You are clearly an experienced player, frustrated that no one goes out to low sec solo so that you can kill them, trying to trick noobs into stupid moves, so you can pad your kill board stats.

I started my life in low sec with 250k sp. I have been to 0.0 and you couldn't pay me to go back. Low sec is the best sec. Your always on your toes, always the possibility of certain destruction...sometimes you get to be the bringer of destruction....if your near faction warfare there are always pvp oportunites....to me its like living in the Wild West...no rules, no laws, full out outlaws but you get to live free, fly dangerous and die fast in a fireball just to do it all over again...Low sec for life....

My first venture was silly and unplanned as I was mining in 0.5 in my procurer and decided to go to the next system which was 0.4. I checked stats on the map and it seemed quiet and when I warped in there was only one pilot in local. I went to a belt starting mining and scanning. Feeling pretty nervous which is a strange feeling in video games.. Genuine worry off losing something and just the unknown I guess. Then some rats appeared and my hob 2's started shredding them but then.... I forgot to scan for like a minute..someone else had warped in out of nowhere, scrammed me and blew me to bits.. I made sure I was aligned before the end and warped my pod out of there. Wow I thought this is tough.

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Yeah. That's a good idea. Noobs should fleet up with strangers and go to low sec.

You're post holds as much water as a strainer. You are clearly an experienced player, frustrated that no one goes out to low sec solo so that you can kill them, trying to trick noobs into stupid moves, so you can pad your kill board stats.

You're post holds as much water as a strainer. You are clearly an experienced player, frustrated that no one goes out to low sec solo so that you can kill them, trying to trick noobs into stupid moves, so you can pad your kill board stats.

A little harsh.

Though I was struck by the fact that he had safes in a system he just wandered in to.

Go figure.

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Yeah. That's a good idea. Noobs should fleet up with strangers and go to low sec.

You're post holds as much water as a strainer. You are clearly an experienced player, frustrated that no one goes out to low sec solo so that you can kill them, trying to trick noobs into stupid moves, so you can pad your kill board stats.

see? people like you make eve suck and all the noobs scared of low.

if there's a time to go into low is when pilots are new to the game, no implants and cheap clones... fleet up with strangers, get ganked, lose nothing and have fun.

Well I've finally started to venture out to lawless space and to be honest.... I LOVE IT!!

I'm only ratting at the moment and try to build my awareness and evasion experience up. But it's so much more fun than high sec.

My first venture was silly and unplanned as I was mining in 0.5 in my procurer and decided to go to the next system which was 0.4. I checked stats on the map and it seemed quiet and when I warped in there was only one pilot in local. I went to a belt starting mining and scanning. Feeling pretty nervous which is a strange feeling in video games.. Genuine worry off losing something and just the unknown I guess. Then some rats appeared and my hob 2's started shredding them but then.... I forgot to scan for like a minute..someone else had warped in out of nowhere, scrammed me and blew me to bits.. I made sure I was aligned before the end and warped my pod out of there. Wow I thought this is tough.

Undeterred I thought I'll fit some merlins and go back not worrying about mining but just exploring belts taking out the odd rat if I could. I was in 0.4 for about 3 hours straight. The fights with rats were tough in the merlin, which made it more fun than running lv2's in my cruiser etc. Plus I had the excitement of being hunted. Watching ships close in on the scanner and wrapping to a safe spot to then go to another belt etc. it was great fun.

Well anyway I'm fairly new to EVE and have been in hi sec for all my time and started to think I'm getting bored of this game. Low Sec saved the day. This is what the game is really about.

Bit more time developing my skills and then to engage in some PVP, Null Sec and maybe some FW.

Anyway wanted to share my good time in eve and hope any newer players give it a try too, trust me hi sec is only the beginning.

Any newish players wanting to do this message me in game if you would like to fleet up...

Fly Safe

Going to take the time to sell out and post my lowsec guide for you :D
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1426530#post1426530

Needs updating now that the new mining frigate and gate gun changes are here, and written for those with little/no combat experience. More good tips in the replies too. Hope it helps!

+1 OP. Don't let a few forum warriors deter you. People who actually live in lowsec know it isn't all that unpopulated, we don't actually need to motivate people to come into lowsec. Off course that depends per location, we live in a crossroads system that sees quite some traffic. I agree with everyone that says newbies should go try stuff in lowsec, after all you have precious few things to lose and very low clone reactivation costs. Good read OP, stay frosty and keep aligned!

Really interesting read.. What cheap ship would you advise for finding and running sites..

Thanks

Best ships imo are tech2 or 3 crusiers. Tech 1's can work well but make sure you fit them for the proper resists. Something with midslots for analyzers and codebreakers and a spare high for a salvager. Should be able to tank decently and be able to kill cruiser/frigates. Moa/vexor/arbitrator are quite good for T1. As for scanning, you can equip a core probe launcher to any of those ships or use a sepperate scanning ship (saves time on scanning) and then switch out to a site running ship.
Certain rigs make it easier to use codebreakers and salvagers so having a dedicated ship for each radars, mags and combats isn't too far flung if you can find a quiet station, but I usually just use one and switch out mods depending on site.

The most surprising thing for me though is the attitude of the pirates.. Barring one they have all been helpful after my defeat and I've chatted with them to get advise etc. Plus the last one who blew me up when I was chatting with my corp while at a safe spot (stayed to long and was to slack on my scanner) said check your wallet and stay alert next time. We had been chatting for a bit too.. Checked my wallet 4mil isk in it..

There seem to be a lot of decent people out here who just want to pvp... anyway I'm enjoying myself that's the main thing :)

Yeah well I've continued for the last 4 days warping into to low sec and ratting, scanning and trying to find a frig comparable to mine so I can start trying to engage on my terms..