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This is another reason why the change is a bad idea. Switching metas for an entire alliance should be more of a decision than just "how much isk is this gonna cost us?"

One reason older players are more valuable because of their immediate versatility. There should be a risk involved with wanting to change how your alliance (or your corp, or just you and your friends) want to do things. There should be more to consider than just having the isk available to buy everyone the extra SP they need to fly the new meta with max skills in however long it takes you to get to Jita/Amarr and buy the SP to put in your head.

I have a tendency to go on and on and on, so I'll just stop there for now, but there is plenty more to say on the subject.

For people quitting in protest I remind them that Operation Magic School Bus does accept donations to help out the new players. Yes, this is a 'can I haz' post but it is one where the material will be put to good use, not just lining a wallet or hanger. Contract to me if you wish to donate.

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Make it happen! A lot of newblood to be expected if this goes through. The sooner the better.

MY SP ELITENESS

(i have more sp than 90% of the posters in this thread)

Holy f*ck... didn't think I'd see this day.

If anything there needs to be a hard cap above which you're not longer able to inject skillpoints, period. Because if you think diminishing returns are going to prevent people from sinking trillions of ISK into skillpoints, you are sadly mistaken.

But overall this is just a bad idea... god this is such a bad idea.

Can I Haz Leftovers? Plx? <3

If a change will bring 2 new players who will stay in game for long for each veteran leaving they are still gonna make a profit. Thats how things go. That's what Bioware is doing favoring simplier rpg for new casuals sacrificing old players who were with them since begining. That's what Blizzard does too. It may be a bitter truth but it works and thats what matters. Old veterans are good and stuff but they are bleeding playerbase since many of them have to stop playing due to reasons completly unrelated to game or game design process. So why make a game that keeps a vet playerbase that will disappear with enough time when you can change it to attract new playerbase that will stay and compensate the bleeding? Most ppl complain now but let's be honest it'll die out soon and only a fraction of them will really leave.

I loved everything about this suggested feature!! It is something I have been screaming wanting for the last year and getting squashed at every forum post that I made suggesting such a thing.

Thank you!!


The only thing that I don't really love is the diminishing returns. Also I hope that 1 SP = 1 SP and it isn't selling a diminished value of skill points. So if you pull 2 million skill points out of Toon "A" and sell those, the buyer can only receive 500k SP in toon "B" or some other crap.

Also will the original character bazaar still be able to still be used? I certainly hope so.

My main issue with trading characters in the first place was being stuck with the a terrible name.

The skillpool in EVE would not change in size, how is this pay to win?

Y'know, I see a lot of hate directed towards the old "bittervet" playerbase.

I actually see it from the other standpoint. I like to think of myself as rich, (ingame) and I have very little to spend my isk on - apart from investing it to try and earn more isk.

I would abuse the hell out of it, just because I could (10% return not an issue tbh).

The only way I can see this working is setting a permanent hard cap (eg 20/25 mil). As in when you hit that, no more injecting sp.

This would allow new players who could afford it, or older players who want a fast alt (through whatever payment method) a chance to get a not insignificant boost, nor I would expect a massive gamebreaking one.