the 'carebear dollar' myth is exactly that, a 'simple and fundamental fact' proven time and again.

Read the first post, got disinterested. Boring topic about a boring subject. The end.

Because myths hold great power over the human mind.

And carebears are the whiniest motherfuckers on the planet.

Unless you are in wide sections of null sec, then you are pretty much safe as can be to farm away at the risk free isk making activities. They can even do that AFK which allows for more time to head to the forums and blame High Sec, risk averse, carebears for the downfall of Eve online and allow alts to start up ganking corps and run for CSM.

Amazing really.

This is where most of you fall off the logic train.

CCP is not making decisions based off of "carebears crying in high sec" they base them of market data,polling, internal demographics all which point them in a development direction that helps them maintain and grow their revenue streams as a business.

Its really hard to move past this statement and then take you seriously. Sorry, no offense meant.

If they REALLY cared about the game they would be pushing for sweeping changes to null and sov....but that would really screw with their risk free income,

Then chase your accomplishment. Nothing is stopping you. Why do you get to dictate what is game and just entertainment to others? Maybe scanning down grav sites is personally rewarding, maybe beating some rivals in the station trading game is personally rewarding?

This is mostly an argument of folks looking through very narrow lenses at the situation. Whether that is intentional to manipulate the meta game in their favor or simply because some cant or wont see things through a broader views.

With regard to the carebear playstyle, if you mean putting it back to the level it was at in the past (and then hopefully moving focus on to fixing lowsec/0.0), sure, why not? I wouldn't seriously advocate for the removal of highsec or something extreme like that because, as you say, EVE was always intended to have some level of carebearing.

I don't think anyone disagrees with that.

I dont disagree with much you just posted honestly.

There is many rewarding things in game that cant be accomplished in high sec that is only available in low and null. I think there need to be work done to null and sov.

I AM for changes like you suggest as long as they come with changes to sov and null that dislodge the "blue for days" mentality that was breed by greed and bad game mechanics.

So I should stop having BADWRONG fun. Got it. Everything should be PVP all the time forever and anything that takes away from that is KILLING EVE OMG. The weirdest part is, you guys don't seem to really want PVP. Not really. If you wanted actual fights, you would be out in null, or W-Space. What you want is to shoot at noobs in mining barges, using ships specifically designed to be expendable, and then chest beat about how you showed those wimpy carebears.

Nicely written, easy to see the comparisons swell. Had this been a blog people might not have bitched so much. I have to say I agree with what your saying, high sec is slowly changing for the worse but if they can balance income rewards for low sec all these problems will go away. Reduce belt numbers I'm high sec, reduce the number of high sec systems, move level 4s to new low sec areas along with manufacturing slots and make the high sec empires into high sec islands with risky areas to travel through between racial hubs. That way hi can be super safe but anyone wanting to make risk has to either TEAM UP and work together or take risks. Low sec thrives and eve wins

NPC null is a thing though, its jsut not widely promoted which is a shame, id like to see 4 islands of high, surrounded by low, followed by a border of NPC null and then proper null. That way people could progress a little smoother. Sorting out the income levels for all those bands of space would be tough but probably a little more clean cut.

I dont think a no bubles null is a good idea though, keep the bubles and teach people how to deal with them, plus if the amount of null entrances was increased dramatically it would be less of an issue

Actually, claiming your first nubship requires undocking at least once. This is unacceptable for a PvE-only character and so you must confine yourself to pod spinning.

Yay!!! I'm a pvper.

I am fighting to change Eve, just like James is, but I am fighting so it's more accessible to more people, rather than douche central like it is now.

Easy. I want Eve to lure in all kinds of players. Casuals, hardcores, PVE, PVP, Carebears, everyone. A truly diverse New Eden.

.... But also don't go whining to CCP about people comfortable in highsec when the null dwellers have become as risk-averse as you perceive highseccers to be because you've blued everyone. That is what the New Order, and much of nullsec is guilty of, and they're just blaming highsec because we don't appreciate griefing and nonconsensual PVP.

*ahem*

SANDBOX.

Meaning multiple styles of play, including solo ones.

Indeed. And being forced to interact is something that needs to change.

^^^ yet more silly trolling.

Please stop.

The more users think I'm trolling, the more cemented my views of the forum portion of the playerbase becomes.

I will give the New Order this; Eve is quite imbalanced at the moment.

But they are going about rebalancing it the wrong way.

The nullsec players have dug themselves into this pit they're in, and they're blaming EVERYONE but themselves.

I want to go to null. I want to lay eyes and lasers upon that ever-elusive Mercoxit. And I know every time I go searching, I'm putting a round in the chamber and giving it a spin.

But that's NOT highsec's fault.

Before I even consider moving anything to mine it, first I have to find it, which is proving a challenge.

I was under the impression that no matter where you are; null, WH, wherever, Merc has to be scanned down, yes?

CCP will always support highsec botters who pretend to be people with a lot of accounts mining in highsec because it makes their game appear populated.

They are killing a player so yeah pvp