[RobNottsUk]

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A 300 BB swing in limit is 6 buy-in as NL, which is not a big deal.

In 1/2 Limit that is a $600 swing. In NL, a $600 swing that is 6 buy-ins would be a $100 buy-in game, meaning .5/1 Blinds (usually) .5/1 NL is a higher-stakes game than 1/2 Limit. Do you see why you're wrong?

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There's a flaw in this argument. I'll convert Big Bets to bb, to make a comparison.

FLHE - bankroll 600bb, for a normal win rate
NLHE - bankroll 2,000bb, for a normal win rate (and this probably on low side for Pro's)

So saying the 6 Buy In $100 NL game, is much bigger is a fallacy. Bankroll of $2,000 standard win rates would suggest :

NLHE game $100 Buy In, 50c/$1
FLHE game $3/6, with $200 comfort cushion

The $25 Buy In NLHE game is the right comparison with $1/2 FLHE.

In practice with a small online bankroll, I found my win rate at No Fold'em FLHE (lots of callers large swings), was sufficiently high, to make 400bb perfectly adequete.

If you make 10bb/100 multi-tabling on 4 NL tables at 50c/$1, you'ld make $40/100 hands played.

At $3/6 multi-tabling on 4 FL tables at $3/6, winning 3bb/100, you'ld make $38/100 hands played. A 4bb/100 FLHE player would make more than the NL player off same bankroll, with more security.

At the micro stakes, when I built my bankroll from nothing, I was 10+bb/100 at FLHE, and I could start at 25c/50c game, rather than looking for a $5 Buy In game.

All a bit moot, as the sites seem to be killing off FLHE with high rake and increased rake caps, so I'm playing PLO more often than FLHE now. I think there's more bad (and beginners) players playing NL for higher stakes, because it's what they see on TV, and it's 'macho' to play NL.