Originally by: Solahn Merav

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As a genuine carebear, these are my concerns with going into low sec.

1. Sitting duck at gates.

2. Sitting duck at asteroid belts.

3. Paying for security doesn't work as I'm the first target and I pop like a balloon. In addition, ore/ratting in low sec isn't much better than in empire.

Some ideas to address these concerns.

1. Remove local from low sec. There is no reason that a pirate should know I jumped into a system, just as much as I shouldn't know he is there either.

2. Introduce the concept of gate synchronization problems in low sec which warps you to a random spot in system, not to a gate like it is now. To leave the system you must still travel to a gate a jump like normal. This takes away the sitting duck issue at gates which is number one on my list and many others.

3. Random asteroid belts in low sec. Mining class ships have built in scanners so they can find them no problem. Non-mining class ships have to fit restrictive modules to accomplish the same ability. This helps with the sitting duck at belts issue. If you want to find me, you have to use probes or gimp yourself.

4. Add a module that allows a protective ship to actually surround you with their shields. For instance, a raven could envelope my barge with it's shields. To kill me, you have to kill him first. While under this protection, my ship can't warp.

5. Introduce random npc fleet spawns that could be probed by ratters. These fleets would replace the usual belt spawns and would be composed of ships found in level 3-4 missions. If you found such a fleet, you could have it to yourself, you could have another player jump in and attack it as well, or another player could jump in and attack you then kill off the spawn.

The biggest obstacle is overcoming the belief I will be ganked the minute I step foot into low sec. Make me feel like I have a chance and I would begin to weigh the risk/reward, but until then, I stay in empire.

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