Out of Pod Experience

Meh, he had enough skills to get to a WH and fly a barge...

Just apparently not enough skills to stop this from happening.

PIBKAC- Problem Is Between Keyboard And Chair

Wow so many nice people in this thread...

Call it what you might, I do somewhat agree with the poster. Take every skill in the game and cut the training time in half, and no I'm not talking about doing this today, should have been done from the beginning so that the elites wouldn't have a reason to whine otherwise.
There is no reason to make some skills take 20/30+ days to train other than making it a money grab scheme, might as well ask for a month's subscription money because guess what, at that point that's what you are paying to use that t2 launcher anyways. Instead of paying $20 for a skill, you are paying $20 AND waiting 30 days; that's how I see it.

There are many things great about eve, I play it. But some of the skill training times are borderline ridiculous.

go cry
on somebody else's shoulder
I'm so much wiser now
and one whole year older

I sure don't need you now
I don't love you any more

Can I have your stuff?

That said, I was considering ditching EVE. Then I got back to playing it again. Actually PLAYING it. Interacting with people, doing stuff, not just updating my skill queue.
I got hooked all over again as soon as I heard the targeting noise. It all came back, and I remembered why I played it in the first place. It's like finally scratching an itch you can't quite reach.
Skyrim was immersive, but it didn't have spaceships and complexity.

DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT - Dylan Thomas - 1951

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rage at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

You are clearly not cut out for this game. If 13 days is what it takes before you can't stand not being able to fly "ship x, y, z" you will never last the years it takes for others. I heard about this game called 'World of warcraft' or something, it has pandas, you'll like that. Bye!

The gap isn't that big as you might imagine. By specialising what you train you can get the basics very quickly and then start to broaden your "knowledge". The biggest difference between newer and older players is mostly versatility. Remember: EVE has no real progression like most other MMORPGs. You don't have to fly perfectly fit battleships or capital ships to compete with anyone. You don't have to be Level 90 to be able to do something with your corpmates. The "gap" you have to close can be closed relatively quickly.
Even with lower skills there is plenty you can do in EVE. Your "endgame" begins within the first days, do what you like and be happy when you slowly get better at it. If you want to play EVE you need a lot of patience.
The bottom line is that it is more about learning the game mechanics and getting some friends to close that gap.

By the way: CCP has to earn some money from subscriptions. The learning systems helps them to keep as many subscriptions as possibly. Yes, you might interpret that as "greedy". I say it is necessary to keep the game alive. After all, they can't just print some money in their cellar, can they?

That blew to bits my sarcasm-o-meter...

It feels nice to finish a long queue.

I like things that feel nice.

Short things don't feel nice.

- xxx, Sis