Harry has been trying to pvp me for a while now

My idea is to remove level 4s from low sec and buff low sec missions to give better rewards as follows;

Low sec level 1 = High sec level 2
Low sec level 2 = High sec level 3
Low sec level 3 = High sec level 4

This will give new players a choice. They can either stay in high sec and skill up a badly trained BS to run level 4s, or they can take their BC into low sec and get the same reward running level 3s. They will be able to cover the cost of a lost ship with just a few missions so the risk is more appealing and they will get into fights and find the game a lot more enjoyable, plus it will bring more targets into lowsec for gankers so there will be more enjoyable gameplay for all.

99% of replies to this thread: "EVE should only be a sandbox if it's my definition of 'sandbox' " or "sandbox doesn't mean you should be able to do what you want, it means I should be able to do what I want to you"

Eve needs more interesting missions. Small fleet based engagements that require a variety of roles, incorporating PVP elements such as alpha, tackling, and logistics. Something to fill the gap between solo missions and the larger fleet incursions.

They're already like that with the lp rewards. People still wont run them.

Because it's a sandbox.

It's not about "play however you want, solo".
It's about "play however you want, but with everybody else".

Nonetheless... please stop using the sandbox argument. It doesn't work that way.
Sandboxes don't center around the needs of individuals,
they work because of the interaction between players
and it doesn't matter if you want this interaction to happen or not.

I can't say I agree with this.

A sandbox game doesn't mean you have to play with others at all. Sandbox simply means there is no fixed route you have to head through, that once you're in your free to build and destroy sandcastles as you want. Maybe you want to build a massive twenty story sandcastle on your own and no one ever comes near you, you're still playing in the sandbox.

Mission runners are interacting with other players just not directly and via combat, they're buying the ammo and ships players build, the deadspace modules found out in nullsec and then giving back to others with faction ammunition, implants and modules from the LP store.

Missions could do with an overhaul, they're not really engaging or interesting to those running them and don't encourage co-operation or teaming up. Although I would rather not see a system which forces teamplay over solo, some people do enjoy just logging in and solo'ing a few missions.

CCP posted some ideas for a reinvented mission system in the missions forums a few months back and it got a lot of positive feedback. I would say the reason we don't see it is because of the time investment it would take during development and the amount of complaining and whining from the "EVE is only PVP" crowd.

It also has very little to do with mission running. It's a mining skill.

Mission runners are interacting with other players just not directly and via combat, they're buying the ammo and ships players build, the deadspace modules found out in nullsec and then giving back to others with faction ammunition, implants and modules from the LP store.