SO as a new player to eve and Faction warfare.
ALL I see are pirate corps set up on gates to low sec coming from High sec and insta poping and poding newbies.

As in all games where the masses are allowed to play there will always be "greivers", but that leaves me to 1 question

Why would anyone play THIS game if they are blown up every time they decided to go and try to plex a system, when your only route is thru the one gate where 10 pirates are posted waiting for you.

Sure isk is easy to make, after you have established time in the game and have the resources to earn it
Sure combat is easy, after you have established the time in the game to use the stuff that makes it easy.

I started with 5k isk and a ship that does lol 11 dps. so how am I to make isk in FW when I cant outrun, outgun or hold my ground from their assaults.

Not really seeing the fun in that.

Pirates at a gate aren't 'griefing' anymore than the enemy FW is when they camp gates or plex clusters. Denial of travel, resources, reinforcement, etc are among the most common tactics in any sort of warfare.
Nowhere does it say FW is strictly a two sided affair. That is an artificial and flatly incorrect interpretation of FW in the first place. What you want is R-v-B if you want clearly defined 'sides', designated combat areas, and artificial limitations on how wars are fought. FW is an organic war, taking place in space populated by civilians, including care bears, explorers AND pirates. They all are part of FW, whether they are in a milita or not.

Real militaries rarely operate lone warships during an open conflict (submarines being an exception), so flying solo into hostile space and being bushwhacked is a failing of tactics, not the game.
Much like the incident with the USS Pueblo in 1968. Essentially the US Navy had a multi-billion dollar T2 spy ship ganked. Lost to what amounted to pirates (for all intents and purposes- compared to the navy they stole the ship from, it's a fair assessment) because it was without escort in hostile waters.
TBH, it demonstrates how close Eve comes to 'being real' at times. Flying alone in hostile space is wholly unrealistic for any military, and the tactic works as well in Eve as it does in RL.

The term pirate is also somewhat misapplied. It could simply be that the people that live in those regions don't want ANY of the empires there. Consider Afghanistan as an RL model- the people that actually live there hated BOTH the US and the (former) USSR. The locals accepted the help of the US to defeat the USSR during the 80's, then immediately turned on the US when the Russians left- their ultimate goal to expel BOTH sides from their land.
Just like in RL, most of the military fighting in contested regions don't actually live there- they come from Empire space. They arrive in death machines to blow things up, kill anyone not 'blue' to them, then leave and go home to the safety of high sec. Leaving the people native to the contested space living in a state of constant fear and deprivation, just wanting to farm their PI while seeing both sides of the ongoing war as 'the bad guy'.


One capsuleer's terrorist is another capsuleer's freedom fighter

Not true there are griefer in all areas of game. When I lived in HS before FW my alliance always had wardecs because some people think that killing highsec carebear that can't shoot back is fun. Then I came to lowsec with FW and it is just more sociopath and more blobbing. Also friendly militia shoot me with no consequence!?

The answer is -

Don't go to High sec.

Then you wont have to pass any camps to enter low sec.

Maybe they just don't like you?

Not true there are griefer in all areas of game. When I lived in HS before FW my alliance always had wardecs because some people think that killing highsec carebear that can't shoot back is fun. Then I came to lowsec with FW and it is just more sociopath and more blobbing. Also friendly militia shoot me with no consequence!?

This is why I am not playing EVE right now because griever blow up my ship too much and don't want fights only ganks. You are totally right and the sad thing is that it is not much better even when you have lots of SP like me because WINMATAR. is pretty much unstoppable right now so why should I undock if they just blow up my ship everytime and have already won FW.

People throw around terms like sociopath because it's great hyperbole. How much more epic was a loss when it came at the hands of a mentally deranged person, rather than just another gamer nerd actually playing a game wholly within it's established rules?
All chess players must be virtual Hannibal Lecters in that case. .since the only goal in chess is the total destruction of the other side- often 'killing' a dozen enemy soldiers (and even clergy) on the path to beheading an enemy monarchy.
OR
It's just a competitive and social past time where no one actually gets hurt.....like Eve

You have to solve problems in this game. It's hard. That's why most people like it. As for your 'problems', they are far from insurmountable. Because I'm a lovely guy (ask anyone), I'll lay it out for you.

1) Enter low sec in a pod (pirates can't catch you)
2) Go to friendly hub system
3) Buy frigate
4) Find quiet backwater
5) Open plex
6) Run if someone chases you
7) Cash in lp

You can easily make an excellent income doing this which will fund your development as a player and increase your understanding of game mechanics.

When I started playing this game I ratted in low sec to earn isk. It took me about a day's grind to afford a cruiser. You could manage the same in about 15 minutes. In summary: quit whining.

SO as a new player to eve and Faction warfare.
ALL I see are pirate corps set up on gates to low sec coming from High sec and insta poping and poding newbies.
Not really seeing the fun in that.

Not always an option. I work offshore for 2 weeks of every month and currently have ships stuck in Sahtogas after we lost it whenever it was while I was at work. I tried searching for a neutral station but apparently they kick you out too when your faction loses the system.

I now use an alt in a throw away frigate to recon my intended route from high sec before undocking something more expensive. Kind of a PITA but it works. Still looking for a better solution in the meantime.

SO as a new player to eve and Faction warfare.
ALL I see are pirate corps set up on gates to low sec coming from High sec and insta poping and poding newbies.

As in all games where the masses are allowed to play there will always be "greivers", but that leaves me to 1 question

Why would anyone play THIS game if they are blown up every time they decided to go and try to plex a system, when your only route is thru the one gate where 10 pirates are posted waiting for you.

Sure isk is easy to make, after you have established time in the game and have the resources to earn it
Sure combat is easy, after you have established the time in the game to use the stuff that makes it easy.

I started with 5k isk and a ship that does lol 11 dps. so how am I to make isk in FW when I cant outrun, outgun or hold my ground from their assaults.

Not really seeing the fun in that.