Skill Discussions

Haven't found a topic discussing this so thought I would.

Unlike some of themore 'interesting' people playing EVE I view it as a game, something to do when I choose and ignore also when I choose. It's meant to be for my enjoyment.

The passive training model has a major flaw in that, if the queue empties, progression in the game halts. There is no recovery from this. No harcore playing to get quickly back to where I would have been if I had logged on.

The player has paid for the gametime and as the training is time sensitive it makes sense that this time not be lost.

I have read about players being given 100k SP when PI was launched, for which a mechanism exists allowing them to assign these SP as they please.

What I propose is that, in the event the queue empties in an active account, the SP continue to accrue. When the player logs on the training time will not have been lost and can be assigned as per the mechanism that exists already.

As the points are not related to any skill in the queue, attribute bonuses cannot be factored into the speed of the accrual, but the base attribute levels are 20 so that can be assumed when adding SP to the total.

This would end this absurd (in my opinion) situation where people are forced to logon or risk their training coming to a halt.

Comments such as "put a long train skill at the end" or "get someone to log on for you" (hand out my password?!? you nuts?) don't wash. Those of us with a life can often find ourselves afk for days at a time. The proposal removes any need for this stuff.

What do you think?

Such a system could be abused to at least partly bypass the disadvantages of a remap.
Also, sooner rather than later you WILL have enough skills that require a week or more to train, which should be enough for even the most infrequent player.

THIS JUST IN!

MMO REQUIRES YOU TO LOG IN TO THE GAME TO PROGRESS!

FILM AT ELEVEN!

Ahh yes... The good ole' days of cranking up the speakers before you went to bed and being woken up at 3am to EVEMon blasting "SKILL TRAINING COMPLETE"...

This is a terrible idea, others already pointed out, it takes less than 2 minutes to solve this, at most every day you would need 2 minutes.

The system is already easy/simple enough and incredibly forgiving now in comparison to before.

You probably would have gotten further suggesting an extension to the current 24 hours, rather than completely watering and dumbing down an aspect of the game so you can be lazy about the game. If you're honestly going to tell me in 2012 that you can't find an internet connection someplace to log in for 2 minutes, you've got bigger issues than a skill queue.

I've just gotten back after three weeks in hospital. Command Ships 5 will soon finish.
There are no issues with the current skill queue or training mechanics.

Translates to: "I can't be bothered to look anywhere else in this forum for the forty-three other threads saying this or something similar."

As much as it makes economic sense for CCP to take your money without you logging in even once, forcing players to log in from time to time is a good thing.

Also, I concur, pre-queue training was brutal, you always had some random long-as-hell skill in process that you queued up each night.

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>_> Though your example ended up driving home exactly the point I was making so :P all is forgiven.

Edit: failure to quote!

Find me decent internet access in Mtskheta. I dare you.

But yes, fine, it's been a few years.

Man, I remember cycling home from work like a crazy man in my lunch break, powering up the stairs, starting Caldari Cruiser 5 and then cycling back to work like a crazy man.

Plenty of exercise but no lunch for Malcy that day