While true, that’s kind of missing the point of what I said. A high-sec player is encouraged to either leave high-sec or leave the game. If they’re the PvP-averse type, it’ll likely be the later option.
It’s sad, because I can compare what looking for a high-sec focused corp to fly with is like now vs. 4 years ago, vs. 10-15 years ago is like. The further back you go, the more lively things were and more “start-up” corps you could find. Can obviously blame some of that decline on other changes, such as economy. But some of the sharper decline in the last few years in particular probably has at least some relation to the increased popularity of ganking.
Yes, I mean, isn’t it obvious that Highsec is a tutorial and you are supposed to graduate from Highsec and move on to something more interesting than Veldspar and Level 4 missions? I mean, what do you plan to do in Highsec??
That’s a bit of a disingenuous statement. These days it seems like there’s quite a bit more to do than just mine or L4s while based in high-sec. Homefronts, Incursions and Abyssals come to mind on the PvE side of things. Can’t speak for mining or the indy side of things much, as I’ve never enjoyed that style of gameplay, personally.
I’ve never really viewed high-sec as purely a tutorial area, so much as a mostly-safe zone, with low being a PvP zone and null being a PvP zone which players can attempt to take and control. EVE is a sandbox after all, not a game of linear progression.
CCP is looking to address FW awox’ing (“ganking for low-sec”), which may ultimately come in the form of standings changes (from @CCP_Okami on EVE Discord):
I’m not entirely sure this falls under “ganking”, but it’s long overdue…
If I didn’t commit a crime then CONCORD is not pursuing me. If I did, I can’t warp or dock until my ship is destroyed anyway. And once I am in capsule I can dock anywhere in highsec even in Jita. Laughable.
