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Leave the implants the way they are... leave the boosters the way they are... and let choice and the consequences of that choice ride on the shoulders of the player.

Some players will gain advantages and benefits, others will not. Some payers can make smart decisions, some players cannot.
Some players can see and use a tool to their best advantage, others cannot.

No, everyone does not need to be "equal", because they never will be whether in a game, or in reality.

Attribute s definitely should be put in a bag and drowned

+1 to remove learning implants for all the reasons already cited above

Perhaps they could be replaced with legal boosters designed to be real cheap and easily produced even by beginners... in fact I'd overhaul the entire drug industry and make it more interesting & viable for new players. Just a thought.

This is not a good excuse. Please read The Lecture and come fight in lowsec. You will not lose your pod if you are careful.

I may have lost my snakes after frantically spamming the 'warp to' button on the beacon 10km away. But I guess lowsec can't be held responsible for that one :)

I know this thread is getting long, and old, but there is one point I haven't seen made regarding implants:

Jump clones.

If you're risk-averse you can always jump into an unmodified clone and run around doing PVP without risking your expensive implants. Then, after a day or two spent engaging in "risky" behavior you can dock up and jump back into your clone with all the learning implants. For example: I used to be busy enough that I would play EVE mostly on weekends and just check in on skill training during the week. Back then I would use a clone with tons of learning implants when I was (mostly) offline and then jump to a less "expensive" clone for weekend play.

I say leave the learning and other implants where they are. It adds another layer of strategy to the game and there are ways to mitigate the risk. Armor reppers mitigate the risk of getting asploded in an armor-tanked ship. Jump clones mitigate the risk of losing expensive learning (and other) implants. You can also maintain jump clones with different mixes of implants so that you can change them up without destroying and re-installing implants. Say, one with combat-related implants, one loaded with mining and/or industrial implants and one loaded with all the learning implants you can afford. Etc.

I'm not saying this is right for everyone but it's the way I play and, IMHO, it makes the game more interesting. Removing learning implants from the game would remove a welcome element of strategy and complexity. Isn't complexity one of the things EVE is (in)famous for?

If anything, I would say give more of a boost per level for the Infomorph Synchronizing skill but raise its training time multiplier. This would make jump clones more attractive at higher skill levels because you'd be able to "jump" more often. As it stands, the maximum boost you can get is 5 hours. Hooray! I only have to wait 19 hours instead of 24! If this skill were better balanced it would make training jump clones worth more and make them far more useful at maximum skill levels.

Fly safe.

Do with what you will with attributes, plants and whatever you like. Really does not mean fck all any way.

However, if this is an attempt to mitigate risk aversion, you are flat wrong. There is not a damn thing you can do to get the numb nut behind the key board from cringing and rubbing his/her/it's hands.

If this is a veiled attempt to close the skill gap between newbies and older players, you are an idiot and have no clue what is EvE is about.