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Why are skill queues limited to 24h?

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Thomas Hurt
Future Ventures
#1 - 2014-06-17 21:56:16 UTC
I'm plexing my accounts and that means money is eventually finding it's way into CCP's pockets, why can't I queue up a month's worth of skills on my 22 characters and not login while I take a break from the game? I don't see how allowing that would hurt anyone, and it would add a good ~5 minutes free time to my mornings.
Karen Avioras
The Raging Raccoons
#2 - 2014-06-17 21:58:12 UTC
They want you to log in. 24 hours is really chill
Gully Alex Foyle
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2014-06-17 21:58:47 UTC
IB4 all hell breaks loose

Make space glamorous! Is EVE dying or not? Ask the EVE-O Death-o-meter!
stoicfaux
#4 - 2014-06-17 21:59:28 UTC
In the beginning there was no skill queue. Only alarm clocks.... only alarm clocks...

/make_the_ringing_stop

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Thomas Hurt
Future Ventures
#5 - 2014-06-17 22:00:03 UTC
Gully Alex Foyle wrote:
IB4 all hell breaks loose


I'm sure the Knuckleheads & Trolls on this forum will find something to whine about, but I really can't imagine why anyone would have a problem with massively extending the max skill queue.
Tilly Delnero
Doomheim
#6 - 2014-06-17 22:05:11 UTC
Thomas Hurt wrote:
I'm plexing my accounts and that means money is eventually finding it's way into CCP's pockets, why can't I queue up a month's worth of skills on my 22 characters and not login while I take a break from the game? I don't see how allowing that would hurt anyone, and it would add a good ~5 minutes free time to my mornings.

You can, it's kind of a hidden feature but here's how you do it:

1. Add any skill or combination of skills that takes less than 24 hours to complete. As long as you leave at least a minute you can add another skill.

2. Add (racial) Carrier 5 to the queue.

Ta-da! Over a month's worth of training with no extra configuration or effort involved.
KnowUsByTheDead
Sunlight...Through The Blight.
#7 - 2014-06-17 22:07:36 UTC
Thomas Hurt wrote:
Gully Alex Foyle wrote:
IB4 all hell breaks loose


I'm sure the Knuckleheads & Trolls on this forum will find something to whine about, but I really can't imagine why anyone would have a problem with massively extending the max skill queue.


Sure I can.

With longer skill queues...

People log in less...

Less content is being created...

With less content...

People get bored...

When people get bored...

People unsub...

When people unsub...

Devs lose jobs...

When devs lose jobs...

Companies fail.

For a company that relies on player made content to stay afloat, people not logging in...

Disaster.

Told you I could.

Big smileBlinkRoll

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Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#8 - 2014-06-17 22:10:36 UTC
Eve Online: The game everyone claims to love, but obviously hates playing.





Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
Gully Alex Foyle
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2014-06-17 22:18:20 UTC
What do you need 22 characters for?

Make space glamorous! Is EVE dying or not? Ask the EVE-O Death-o-meter!
Ramona McCandless
Silent Vale
LinkNet
#10 - 2014-06-17 22:18:58 UTC
You can make it longer

Pop in a 20 or 30 day skill et voila

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Felicity Love
Doomheim
#11 - 2014-06-17 22:36:48 UTC
Thomas Hurt wrote:
I'm plexing my accounts and that means money is eventually finding it's way into CCP's pockets, why can't I queue up a month's worth of skills on my 22 characters and not login while I take a break from the game? I don't see how allowing that would hurt anyone, and it would add a good ~5 minutes free time to my mornings.


Now, if you were to rephrase that post to suggest that those extremely elusive 5 minutes were to be spent on some genuine pursuit of happiness... like, oh, quickies with the maid before the wife wakes up... then you'd probably get alot more support for this idea. Blink

Flipping skills, well... just doesn't reach out to people, y'know ?

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Val'Dore
PlanetCorp InterStellar
#12 - 2014-06-17 22:41:18 UTC
People logging into change, add, abort, retry skills is not content. If someone wants to pay to not play the game, why should that be a problem? More server performance for the rest of us.

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Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#13 - 2014-06-17 22:42:13 UTC
Thomas Hurt wrote:
Gully Alex Foyle wrote:
IB4 all hell breaks loose


I'm sure the Knuckleheads & Trolls on this forum will find something to whine about, but I really can't imagine why anyone would have a problem with massively extending the max skill queue.

Hes refering to the ppl who have (quite recently) been moaning about is boxers, you have kinda made yourself a target.

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Aliventi
Rattini Tribe
Minmatar Fleet Alliance
#14 - 2014-06-17 22:46:16 UTC
Remove attributes and attribute implants. Skills train at 2700 SP/hr and the SP is deposited in to a free SP pool that is capped at 1-3 mil SP. Then when you want to train a skill you just apply the SP out of the pool. Simple for noobs to understand and not screw up and allows them to PvP without worrying about losing their +3 implants. Nice for us older players that may not be able always have access to Eve due to business trips, military deployments, etc.
Praetor Siderium
Space Lizards with Spreadsheets
#15 - 2014-06-17 22:54:08 UTC
KnowUsByTheDead wrote:
Thomas Hurt wrote:
Gully Alex Foyle wrote:
IB4 all hell breaks loose


I'm sure the Knuckleheads & Trolls on this forum will find something to whine about, but I really can't imagine why anyone would have a problem with massively extending the max skill queue.


Sure I can.

With longer skill queues...

People log in less...

Less content is being created...

With less content...

People get bored...

When people get bored...

People unsub...

When people unsub...

Devs lose jobs...

When devs lose jobs...

Companies fail.

For a company that relies on player made content to stay afloat, people not logging in...

Disaster.

Told you I could.

Big smileBlinkRoll


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Hasikan Miallok
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#16 - 2014-06-17 22:57:39 UTC
Pathfinder Online which hits early release in about 2 weeks pretty much imported the EVE skill system into a Fantasy MMO but with one big difference. If your skill queue is empty the SP accumulate as unallocated SP while ever your account is current.
Evei Shard
Shard Industries
#17 - 2014-06-17 22:57:57 UTC
ITT: Logging in, changing skills, and logging out is now considered content for other players.

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45thtiger 0109
Pan-Intergalatic Business Community
#18 - 2014-06-17 23:06:36 UTC
Gully Alex Foyle wrote:
What do you need 22 characters for?


For his mining bots Big smileLolP

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Tilly Delnero
Doomheim
#19 - 2014-06-17 23:08:23 UTC
Hasikan Miallok wrote:
Pathfinder Online which hits early release in about 2 weeks pretty much imported the EVE skill system into a Fantasy MMO but with one big difference. If your skill queue is empty the SP accumulate as unallocated SP while ever your account is current.

I like this solution. Technically this would even be possible to implement in EVE since we already have a skill point refund pool and the ability to 'spend' them... Maybe we should suggest it to CCP, I imagine a lot of people have been burned by misjudging their skill queue times and missed out on SP.
Winchester Steele
#20 - 2014-06-17 23:10:44 UTC
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
Eve Online: The game everyone claims to love, but obviously hates playing.








The problem with Eve, in my humble opinion, is that it is way more entertaining to philosophize about then it is to play. Unless you are in the middle of a really sweet tear filled AWOX.

As for the OP. Let me just rummage around here for my form letter responses. . . Ahh, here we go:

" What an original idea! No one in the history of GD has ever made such a fresh and interesting proposal. You are just such a creative little troll. I bet your Mom is proud. "

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