Hi! I’m Ajaqa, and I live in highsec.
(Oh boy, I really need to rewrite this section because I haven’t lived in highsec for months years [time really does fly, doesn’t it] now, pretty much since Trying New Things…)
I know, I know, some of you will immediately be like “oh no, not another one,” but I guess some people just don’t like the idea of non-consensuality. I am well aware that highsec doesn’t completely protect you from assholes who just want to ruin other peoples’ days1 (and lifes) but it reduces the amount of bullshit you have to deal with by quite a bit.
(1 Everybody has a plan of what they’re doing, where they’re going, and why, and if you blow up their ship you mess with that plan. Having one’s plans messed with does influence your mood and while you can totally argue that EVE is “not real” or “just a game” I assure you the emotions you feel are very real.)
So, yes, highsec… oh, and Minmatar! If I hadn’t been born in the Minmatar Republic I would have willingly moved there. The people are amazing, the ships are beautiful, and everything else exists in abundance here as well! So why go anywhere else? No idea!
Highsec seems like it was a long time ago, but that’s just because so many things happen in quick succession once you’re moving into a different area of space… first I moved to Feythabolis with EVE Linknet, then joined FIRE in Wicked Creek, and then quickly moved along to joining Brave, first in Pure Blind and Fade, and now in Querious and Delve. In the short time since I left highsec I have witnessed an eviction (on the receiving side), moved around quite a lot, was in a defensive war, and in an offensive war. While I sometimes miss the general peace and quiet in highsec, I certainly cannot complain about things being boring out here. 😄
I still don’t PVP a lot, but it is a part of defending your space, and that makes it important, my personal reservations notwithstanding. Some parts of that actually come with earning a couple ISK… but to be honest, I have never cared much for money. Sure, it’s nice to be able to feed yourself and always have what you need to survive but I found that I don’t have a pressing need to spend all my time chasing the ideal maximum amount of ISK for every hour I live. Fuck that! If your only idea of fun in a universe as dense and diverse as New Eden is “ISK/h” you’re nobody I want to associate with.
Oh, and by the way, my name is pronounced “Ayasha.”