Skill Discussions

When I set long term goals for myself in EVE, one of those is to eventually have every skill I've injected to 5. All my armor skills are at 5, all my spaceship commands are at 5, etc. I'm not OCD or anything, but I think there's a satisfaction to that type of completion.

Unfortunately I have to balance that satisfaction against the horror of actually training Mining, Reprocessing, etc. to 5.

I'd love to see an option to either remove unwanted skills entirely, or perhaps cash them in for a percentage of their SP.

I'm assuming the idea has been tossed around before. What are some of the issues that would arise/technical challenges that would need to be overcome?

Injected Advanced Drone Interfacing not knowing what it was
Maybe I'll train it one day just because
This is the game that doesn't end
It just goes on and on my friends
Some people started playing it not knowing what it was
and they'll continue playing it forever just because
This is the skill train that never ends

Totally ruined this character when I injected Amarr Engineering Systems instead of Amarr Starship Engineering.

Would pay cash / aurum to remove such things.

Have you tried to ask a gm about it.

I have similar issue with my alt, more than a month of chains of e-mails with different GM's - and it was pretty much predicted a BIG hell "NO"!

I would be fine with the removal of skills, but you do not get any of the SP back.

I have 2 skills that came with this character at birth, industry and mining. I didn't want either, but had no choice in the matter. So I can understand the need that some players have with removal. I just don't agree with keeping any of the SP.

Only dependant upon why it's happening, not if.

If you wish to make changes to your skill sheet because you want to, then no SP redistribution. I want, is not a reason for change in this regard.

If CCP makes changes and removes a skill as they have in the past, then reimbursement of that SP is fine. That skill no longer has a use, therefore the SP is none functional. I'm sure there will be situations that may not go the way some like, but it's decided on a case by case basis by CCP. Like it or lump it.
Some even want to keep skills that no longer have a use, as it adds to the value or uniqueness of their sheet. So it's not always black and white.

And before you suggest it, no. Ship and module balance is not the same thing. Just because your ship and or module was brought into line with others, doesn't mean you get the SP back because you're not happy with the change. That falls under the I want reasoning. CCP would be remiss if they didn't balance things in game and you in fact agreed to those changes, when you said yes to the EULA.
Plus it's one of the pitfalls of FOTM or OP chasing.

Cons for deleting skills:
a) It would require dev and testing time to implement.

b) High Risk: If there's any screw up with deleting skills, (akin to the boot.ini fiasco,) it would be a major time sink to fix.

c) Idiots. Someone (and you who you are) will screw up and press delete by mistake despite all safeguards, and CCP will need to implement an undelete feature and/or waste a technical resource on reverting accidental deletes. Remember, EVE has a mature player base, a few of whom don't fly sober.

d) There aren't enough of you OCD, anal retentive, and/or role players to justify a business reason (i.e. money) to implement such a feature. (Meaning, if you really want this feature, CCP needs to make money off of it.)

Exactly that.
Characters have a value, and well skilled characters have a better value than average ones.
Skill swaps would delete/dilute value across the board.

What would be the point of removing skills? You're not getting anything back. It doesn't have any benefits.

And for those who injected the wrong skill, what would happen if you deleted the wrong skill? You'd ***** up a storm. Leaving it in causes no harm.