Null Sec Life

Well I have hung around null sec now for a week or so and was surprised how quiet it can be if that is what you are looking for.

As a new player, 0.0 has an entirely new set of terminology that does not build a huge willingness to venture out of empire space; gate camps, bubbles, pirates, large wars, etc.  I started post release of Aprocrypha but pre Dominion.  0.0 space appeared to be pretty much closed down ... yes there was stories about Band of Brothers (http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=990381&page=1) etc. that meant it was not completely out of bounds but for all intents and purposes, unless you join a corp that is part of one of the main alliances it is going to be hard to establish space all on your own.

Reports on renting space (sharecroppers) are certainly not getting the best of reviews: http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/67275.  Whilst trying to find moons that make it worth it are difficult as most of them are taken (I assume).  Dominion has changed this to a small degree as held regions have been reviewed and reduced but still, most of the high value areas have remained in the grasp of the larger alliances.  See http://www.rifterdrifter.com/2010/01/a-quick-introduction-to-nullsec-politics-part-1/ for a review on nullsec post Dominion (also a good blog in general). Will CCP release infrastructure hub modules at improve a moons minerals?  We will have to wait and see.  What I did find out in my roaming was that this is definitely a sandbox; if there is a large war going on somewhere else with a large number of ships, it will crash the whole of EVE.

All this aside I have seen a large amount in the last week and learnt a huge amount to; how to avoid a gate camp, avoiding bubbles (or getting out of them when you cannot avoid them), null sec scouting, moon surveying and lots more.  Have seen too many macro ratters / miners in low sec (especially in the quieter areas of nullsec) and would still like to see some of the larger battles.