As from my IRL experience, after several years of trading different types of securities, I would say: 0.0s are Primary Market, high-secs are Secondary Market, and low-secs are Junk Stocks. You can make profit on first one and second one, but not on third one because it requires totally different strategies (if you heard about GameStop, you should understand the idea).
The fundamental thing is: low-secs are systems where you can destroy ships without spawning CONCORD, and they are not profitable enough to establish a well guarded base there. If you will make them safer for solo pilots, low-secs will become another high-secs. If you will increase profit, they will be another 0.0s. Main goal of low-secs is ability to have non-binding PvP, not ability to increase profit. And the phrase about âhigh risk = high rewardâ is a bait for naive people who do no know that risk management exists. âHigh risk = always looses in long perspectiveâ â more appropriate phrase.
So, shifting any balance in lows-secs will just destroy them as a class.
And what about the small groups that can field 0, who are just coming in from high?
The point is the player progression for PvP is grossly broken and low is where it goes bad. If BS was the meta in low there would be a lot more activity.
capitals arenât the reason you donât use BS in low. frigates are.
I mean⌠what about groups of 10 pilots just moving into low when there are groups that can field fleets of over 30?
its not hard to avoid a small group of caps if you canât fight it. and a couple caps also arenât impossible to deal with if your group doesnât have any. Not to mention capitals really arenât hard to get a hold of anymore. Most groups I know even if they donât use it have someone with a FAX or a carrier in low or the abilities to get one.
most caps in LS are FAX for logistics. then any other caps that show up are normally to counter the FAX either by killing it or doing more damage than it can rep.
so no BBs would not replace caps in the current LS meta. They are too slow and too vulnerable to the much more common Frigs and cruisers that most LS gangs consist of. The only time you really see BBs are in fleets that have or plan to bring the support of a FAX. however even this has gone away for the most part do to trig BCs being able to rep each other and bash structures. bashing being the main use of BBs in LS and what normally brought capital escalations.
just had a wonderful idea
in fw areas
make de empire NPCs/turrets shot non militia enlisted or non empire people
i mean if you are in amarr fw area you have to be amarr or any militia else amarr npcs/turrets shot you
that way the non committed and especially NULL SEC CRAB BLOCKS will have less motivation to destroy all the fun in LS
at the same time people will have more incentives to enlist
btw put AMARR/ ETC militia above the corp name on the description of the char
why im saying this , wen the goons war become long a massive exodus of crabs to low sec occurred , they ruined the anarchic , small pvp culture , im "giving eve a time â because of that
dont put things in low sec, because the only thing you accomplish is to attract no low sec people and transform low sec in not low sec
edit:
maybe for the pirates can be a exemption if the home system of your corp is 10 jumps away in low sec âŚ
i mean⌠the LS pirates are a key part to the content in FW. The only thing I would change in regards to neutrals is to give them suspect when entering a FW plex but I donât think even that is needed.
this just seems convoluted unintuitive and restrictive. For one a big reason to not align to a faction is to increase your number of targets and a good way to do that is hunt both wz. not to mention just having gat guns shooting 3rd parties wont really be a deterrent of any kinds it will just need slight adjustments to how you are hunting.
only way thatâs going to happen is add in more NS systems with worse resorces than current NS to add more room with less reward for taking it allowing more smaller groups to take up in null without being absorbed into any of the blocks. This will create a healthier PvP environment in null and pull the heat that way.
though i doubt that would even work as im sure the blocks would still find a need to absorb them.
Because it is primarily populated with utterly boring +1up losers with totally boring and unimaginative behaviour and mindset at base.
Lowsec cannot be unfucked, no matter what you do, unless the playerbaseâs mindset and content culture changes, which an almost impossible shot given the current age and demographics of the game.
Eve is varied and complex enough to make worthwhile and complex engagements, but what do people in lowsec choose to do with it ?
Bring OP/Roflstomp for every engagement, F1 Monkeys, Dogpile, Farm plexes.
That sums up lowsec content, 95% of the time.
The other 5%, is not worth spending all the time to roam around for.
PS: Actually, that sums up the whole of Eve, not just lowsec.
I think we can safely count on most players NOT being sane. Thatâs not me being negative about the players, but itâs inevitable in trade. Someone always ends up with the hot potato.
Smartest thing to do, is never recommend good trading practices to anyone else. SOMEONE has to do the player-vs-environment game and fortunately, many players do.
I have been in a break of over two years but I have been doing fw since I came back. If this is the case then iv encountered a bug. Not even two days ago a neutral vaurger and gnossis warped into our plex. Have also had several slicers been neutral.
Is it just a suspect timer that never refreshes so you can wait it out inside a site? And does it not apply to opens?
You definitely donât get it on open. Like I said I just saw two ships warp in and land neutral.
But how are you going to critique people for your impression of a lack of experience when you only have extremely limited experience with the wider mechanic by staying in novice or small?
Why not? If Iâm out doing pve, then Iâm potential content for the pvp crowd. I donât even â â â â â about hisec ganking(itâs part of the game), if they get me itâs probably because I â â â â â â up.
I suppose itâs a matter of opinion whether my loot/salvage/minerals(from reproc) being sold to other players is a good or bad thing.
If I make more isk, then I can afford to take greater risks(which translates to me being out of hisec and in more expensive ships, which means better targets for the pvp crowd).