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Lowsec Should Be More Valuable Than Nullsec

Safety is relative. Null can be just as deadly as Low. However, when you are attempting to run sites (or missions), Low Sec is probably the riskiest place to do it. Maybe Wormhole space is riskier, but it’s harder to find a good variety of sites to do. If I recall correctly, Low Sec also has the lowest number of systems (of the securities) which means that the same number of players can saturate the area easier. The higher population density also leads to more conflict. I’m not saying this happ…

Crimson Harvest 2017 info/thread

I don’t control all of the rewards everywhere. Additionally, risk is relative and dynamic, and sometimes subjective but we have no way to even control for that yet. Our guideline is to best reward the highest risk. That is normally where I would end this, however since you asked. I usually put Low Sec on top of the list, followed by W-space and/or Null Sec and lastly High Sec. The problem with trying to assess risk for ALL of Null Sec and W-space is that they are so big and players can “own” …

The second post shows that it’s practically applied knowledge.
I do not know if, or why, this might have changed since then.