my general perception of null is that the politics are horrible, people tell you what to do and if a CTA goes out then you have to drop IRL **** to play a feckin videogame.

and that's probably either a complete misconception or a stereotype of a corp/alliance that just plain sucks but i don't think i'm alone in this.

The ability to wardec a single player on a NPC corp would solve this problem.

I've actually gotten hardcore into exploration as my main source of income. It can be hit or miss, but the fact is that the thrill is in potential of what you might find. Having said that, exploration is broken in it's reward scheme. Relic sites in HS are more or less pointless, due to the extremely low ISK drops, and are barely worth it in Low. Data sites provide a much more consistent income in both areas. Hitting Null on the other hand almost completely reverses this trend, with Relic sites being consistently more profitable.

They need to streamline the sites so they're worth doing in all sectors, in comparison to ratting and mission running. Maybe no constantly, but enough that it's worth sticking with as a career in either part of space. As for Ghost sites? Hmmm...it'd be interesting to see what implants they dropped, but then I'm skilled out for Null exploration, and can look forward to making the most out of them.

To be honest, if CCP wanted to retain a player base and get new people involved, they'd cut out the side projects and focus on revamping Eve - finishing off unfinished parts, and revamping High sec to make it more enticing for newbies. As much as people will hate to read this, WoW is successful because it provides in depth PvE and PvP. You need the PvE side of things to get people in through the door, and let them make their own way over to PvP. They need more epic arc style missions, with oodles of flavouring, npcs to interact with...etc. All in the aim that each person in the door will take the safety rails off when they want to. Allowing others to do that, will just lead to the perception that Eve is entirely populated by dicks out to get you.

How can you determine exactly what is 'too much' or 'too low' ??

They pay the highest taxes in the game in order to have that very protection.

Nerf mission income enough and any casual new subscribers will just leave, so no thanks for another bad idea.

EVE is a funny thing, but the fun is running out. No matter how hard they try, they're mindlocked in the "must be this tall" mentality. Latest case in point: the just announced exploration "Ghost sites" which may drop BPC to build player-made implants. Do we need to ask what are the chances of such a drop in hisec Ghost sites? "You must be this tall to play", effectively. Yet they'll take your money no matter else...

Oh no. Why should you possibly explain yourself ? Can't substantiate huh ?