I simply think there should be some kind of minor cost for using the normal empire jump gates.
I think this might help with player retention given you have a limited number of jumps you can go before running out of ISK, i think it would encourage a player to ask for help.
Either people have enough ISK that they basically ignore this feature, or they are new, run out of ISK and quit playing when they cannot even travel home as the gate tax is too high.
The only people this feature affects are new players that don’t have enough ISK.
while we’re at it, it doesn’t make sense for people with -5 sec status to be able to use the gate system… so obviously they should be barred from it.