Player Features and Ideas Discussion

I recently tried a burner mission. It didn't last long and it wasn't pretty but it gave me an idea: PVP training missions.

Now, before you jump in and say "but it's an MMO", my personal circumstances mean that I can rarely devote an extended period of uninterrupted time to EVE so as much as I'd like to do small gang PVP, chances are I have to bail at some point.

But that's by the by. This could be for someone who

- is waiting for their mates to come on line
- wants to try out a new module and wants a bit more of a challenge than a regular PVE mission
- is a newbie who wants to try a few moves without losing ship after ship
- is not a newbie who wants to practice a certain move over and over without boring their mates

It's basically a practice mission.

The idea is to have Aura training missions from level 1 to 4 that are available in any station (or not) that will spawn a single ship that behaves in the same way as a burner but DOES NOT kill but instead warps away if the capsuleer is taken down to 10% structure (or something like that).

Like I said, I know this is an MMO and so group play should be encouraged and I know that you learn much more from other people than you do on your own but it's an idea and I think it may be helpful and after all there is nothing stopping a small group taking one of these missions to practice tactics together without fear of ship loss.

Apologies if this has already been suggested.

I am going to say no, because the way that EVE works is that you try something out and either win... or fail... and from that you learn to become better.