Tics are every 20 min, not 15. And amount you get from ess are another 70% added to amount you get from normal ticks. Meaning if you get 10 mill normal tick, 7mill gets added to the ess
I think that a lot of players associate null with freedom, and in principal it is. However, in any scenario where other players have the means to define the parameters of that freedom for you, the end result is usually more oppressive and limiting than the alternatives. Maybe hard to imagine as you fart around in crowded high, but I think that if you're objective you'll see what I mean if you go to null. The same is true for the real world to a large extent, which is why civilization is kind of great. This is why the projects that have included an attempt at a recreation of a kind of civilization in null (like CVA) have always been the most interesting to me. The rest is mostly an even more reductive reality than high for the majority of players involved.
there is no real freedom in null either inside or outside of the larger corporations. there is little to do there except opportunistic predation and salt mining...
i rat in either a T3 cruiser or a marauder. Anomalies are steady cash and belt ratting can jackpot into a hauler spawn. Also mine a lot. R16 and up moons, and ark, bis and mercoxit. Just bought a dread and am fitting it for the alliance. It's got a rhythm to it; you can kind of tell when crap is about to go down. Used to do lots of data and relic sites in that same T3 cruiser. If the marauder gets blown, usually i recover with an Ishtar until I can buy another. When I moved down to null had something like 2 mil skills. Woefully bad. But survived and now many years in. High sec is... odd now. We fight there from time to time, but all the neutrals make me jumpy... Anyway, good luck with it and fly safe!
Ideally you wants accts in bull and in high sec and able to do both. I stopped after Indy was ruined for me but spent many years in null and also my own alliance stuff in low/high sec. Usually as long as you prepared, cloned and for right for the activity & task then it’s good. The worst thing in any space was just getting and new ship and fit and loosing before making the money back - sometimes the luck 🍀 swings a one day your cursed and another it’s great lol 😂
