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Not saying it is a bad idea but it has been suggested many times before and has been shot down just as many times. Frankly I don't see why not...other than because CCP want's you to log into the game. Most people will just call you lazy, stupid or just tell you to queue a longer train while you are out.

Personally I think it would be useful to have a pot of unallocated SP when you forget to set your train. I think perhaps the SP should gain at a reduced rate though.

The skill queue is intended to allow players who are actively playing the game to avoid 3am wake-up calls for those pilots that are too obsessed with the game.

You've been at work, that's great. I'm glad that you have a job and things to do in this struggling economy. Remember first and foremost that EVE is a GAME, not a job. You missed some training and you're mad about it? Then you're missing the point. The point of the game is to have fun.

Unallocated SP is ALWAYS a bad idea (except for the rare case when CCP deletes a skill, such as the learning skills) and is simply for people who want FOTM right away. Paying for an account doesn't guarantee you SP, it guarantees you the opportunity to earn those SP if you actively log in and play enough to update your queue.

Also, not to troll/flame, but in 2012, with the fact that wireless is nearly EVERYWHERE and a decent laptop is CHEAP, I don't believe that you don't have the option of bringing a computer with you and occasionally you can take 5 minutes when you're at a rest stop that has WiFi to update a queue. If you're not willing to do this, it's fine. However, it's a choice that you make and that you need to deal with - it's not a GAME problem, it's a USER problem.

tl;dr: Nope. Never going to happen.

PS - Please use the search function on the forums - this has been suggested countless times and is always shot down. Also, this belongs in Features and Ideas, not the Assembly Hall.

Not a terrible idea....but likely won't fly....EVE should still require interaction on some level....but as far as THIS idea is concerned...ill keep a neutral stance.

I agree that interaction is essential, that's why im not directly calling for 7 day+ queue. Im suggesting that a small accumulation of SP equal to perhaps the SP per hour that a new player experiences would ease the frustation of inactive skill queues.

CCP stated once that the reason why the skill queue is limited to only 24 hours is to get players to actively log in and play the game. But CCP missed the point entirely (shocking, I know)

Logging in to adjust skill queue, then logging off does NOT constitute player activity ingame.

So yes, I'm all for this change to the skill queue. Especially since I'm active duty military and occasionally go on lengthy deployments with zero internet access.

I had a similar problem the other day. Lost a few hours SP due to unforeseen circumstances but it's only a game. A thousand SP here and there won't make any great difference.

As much as it would be great to log in from a mobile phone just to change the skill queue, I don't think it would be that great for the game overall.

You may say why punish us all for the crimes of the few that would abuse it, but the fact is once you put temptation in people's way, they will use/abuse it.

Skill queue is fine as it is. Real life comes first and SP should be the least of your worries in this world.

And not meaning to troll or be funny, OP, but you don't work 24 hours a day so why wouldn't you be able to change the skill queue? At worst you will suffer the loss of a few hours as I did.

Character selling is unlikely to be an issue as I suggested an accumulation rate equivalent to a new player. A character seller would get far quicker results with cheap implants.

Skill queue editing via EVE gate or API please..

Problem solved.

I would love to see a striped down client that could be installed on the android or I phone.
This client could allow market access for order updates, access to skill training, eve mail, chat channels, etc, but not capable of undocking or flying a ship.

Even just give us access to skill que's and mail etc through API and we can develop our own apps to handle the rest.

I came across this topic because someone in corp chat last night said that they added the ability to manage skill queue's via an API key in the last patch. This would mean [if its true] that an app like Aura (for Android) could allow for updating your skill queue out of game. I can't seem to find the information via the patch notes so it may be a false rumor.

I understand both sides of this argument, but as someone who is already on notice by the feds that I will probably be getting deployed to the disaster zone out in the mid west due to tornadoes; if this happens its going to be impossible to update my skills for at least two weeks. As a month old player, after looking over my skill queue the longest skill I have that I can train is around 8 days. It would suck loosing a week worth of skill points this early in the game.

I would love if they made a change that allowed for a player to set up a vacation skill queue for up to three weeks out of the year. This queue could be something you turn on/off which would kick in once your regular queue ran out of skills to train. While turned on it would auto populate your training queue with skills in your vacation queue up to three weeks total in a calendar year. It would be something that can be turned off and/on so whether you are away for a week three times, or one three week stretch, you would have the three weeks total at your disposal.

The second addition would be an account hold for active military, red cross, etc. This could be on a case by case basis handled directly through CCP. All discussion about the US-imperial-Rome-military-world-domination-conquest-plot aside, if you are out [in theory] making the world a better place helping people you should be able to contact CCP and have your account put on an administrative hold with skill points banked. At the very least banked game time should not be ticking away while you are gone for several months; especially since a lot of times you get the notice last minute. If anything, by NOT having a policy in place for this kind of thing it makes me NOT want to do what I did and pay for six months in advance. Gaming companies should welcome people pre-paying for long contracts and reward this behavior.

I know several other MMO's that allow you to contact the company and have this done, in fact while I will not be mentioning any names, one of the big ones even gives level bumps based off of the amount of time you were away as long as you provide proof of deployment.

I do understand that by not having to log into game to update your skill queue, there are going to be people who set up toons that they just ignore, for the purpose of reselling only which is taking advantage of the situation. By having a three week only vacation queue and having to go through CCP directly for anything longer due to deployment, this issue should not be a problem.


@ The guy who says that people have to make life choices and work should not be a factor in games; who also mentioned laptops are cheep and can be used anywhere. Hate to break it to you pal, but its not true. A lot of the places I go have no power never-mind internet. Sometimes I am lucky if there is cell service. Just because you work a normal 9-5 job where you are always connected to the rest of the world does not mean its like that for everyone.

How about thinking out of that little box you have created where the world revolves around you, your Apple IShit, FaceCrap, and the rest of the media-driven garbage dumped on our society embraced by mindless idiots. I did have a choice what line of work I went into and have no regrets, but am really tired of people who are so self centered they can't comprehend w/o people like the OP doing his job, your world would be reduced to hunting and gathering all day. Our society has gotten so spoiled its disgusting.