I'm curious as to precisely why its a "sh*t idea" seeing as it gets requested so often. Is there some reason aside from "No, cus EVE is hardcoar"? I'm not referring to this idea in particular, but the basic concept in general. I recall it was a lot of work for CCP to create a mechanism in game to refund sp to begin with when they were removing Learning skills. Yet said mechanism now goes unutilized for anything.

Surely there's level of inherent cost, risk or punishment that can go along with it that should appease the bloodthirsty hardcore? -.-

As we already pointed out in the thread, just run a search and you'll find a few threads with explanations about why it's a bad idea.

has been suggested 123580356 times
and only way i would allow it is that you only get 0% back of the sp used on the skill

It removes the point of having skills to begin with.

See above. Also, attribute implants existence with Learning skills gone is slowly becoming a topic of debate on the forums as well.

Well, luckily its not up to you and if its been suggested 123580356, CCP should probably explore it =p

you suck.
not commenting the rest of your bullshit posted, but just because some people have issues with the implants, doesnt mean they "slowly become a topic". Imlants are fine. You have no claim to max skill speed, just people who can afford loosing them.
Get better at this game or accept drawbacks.

Hyperbolic. It does not remove the point of skills in any way shape or form unless you can respec all your skills at any time for no penalty whatsoever.

Only if you can respec whenever, however you want for no penalty. If being able to remap attributes once per year does not remove the point of attributes, how does being able to respec x SP once per year?

Irrelevant. Only a concern if, again, you allow it all the time any time with no cost or penalty. If it is time limited someone can already train into a FOTM set up in a vastly shorter time than waiting for a respec.

First of all, it does nothing of the sort unless, yet again, you think it should be a button you can just magically press whenever you like with no consequence.

Its already impossible to "catch up" and this would be quite the reverse.

No-one ever offers any consequencesGǪ so that's a pretty reasonable assumption to make.

People don't need SP remapped. They want something? then train into it. Deal with the consequences of your decisions. Made a bad decision? Live with it. That's the life we live in now, why do you expect something different in a game?

I agree though, newbies do need a better learning experience.

My very original statement was open ended on there being some sort of significant consequence or limitation. The op's idea is his own.

I'm just curious about the topic as it could have saved me some headaches and an entire character when I first started way back.

its that there has to be a reasonable comprise here to satisfy both camps.

If it was limited to once a year for example and you could not remap any skill that was trained to level V? The time limitation would prevent FOTM'n and the skill level limitation would retain uniquness.

My main issue is that as long as the new player experience is so honestly awful, there's a need for a "Now that I know better" method of revisting your early desicions.

Don't tell me you ditched an entire characterGǪ

There quite literally is no problem to solve as far as the skill mechanics are concerned. The NPE problem you mention have to do with educating those new players so they understand how the game works, not changing the game so it works the way they assume it will.