Originally by: Patri Andari

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Originally by: MotherMoon

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wait what? But they are giving the time back.

think about it, you'd rather they not give you back the sp for learning skills but give you back gametime? Then you'd have to wait 2-3 months of free game time just to get that sp THEY WOULD OF GIVEN YOU FOR FREE.

the 4 million sp you have in learning skills is sp that was wasted. And you'r getting 3-5 MONTHS OF skills points FOR FREE in a split second, and you would rather opt for no sp, free gametime? WHAT THE HELL? WHY!?!?!

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Here is where so many of you beggars are missing the point. Learning skills are not like any other skills in the game. They are (as far as i can tell) the ONLY skills that act as a purely strategic investment. People trained them to high levels not just so they could reap benefits for a while, but to pull ahead of their peers and in many cases older vets who chose to train other skills.

When trained to the max, those people fully expected not to get a ROI for years but still did so expecting that investment to give them a competitive edge far into the future. Perhaps for the life of this game!

What? Did I say competitive? In a PVP game?

Yes! I toiled and gave up other things to be better than others in one very particular area of this game expecting that others who made other choices would be less so.

Where are all those elite PVPers spouting about risk/reward? Someone trained a skill that made them more competitive then others and now those others get a free ride? Fine, then those who trained the skills (especially those who trained to max) should get free ride+. The plus is to compensate them not just for the time invested but for the loss of their competive advantage going forward, at least in some small part.

Now I accept that this change is going to happen. Really, I do, but please stop saying that those who trained the skills are compensated merely by returning their SP. This would be true for almost any other skill but not for those one that help you train all skills faster. It should be SP plus a factor. Hell, give folks who trained advanced to level 5 a one time experimental +6 implant on top of their SP. Give them additional remaps relative to the level of their learning skills. For Christ sake give them something more as a return!

If you give lazy beggars free attributes then you should give those who made a strategic choice something more. Otherwise this is a handout which wreaks of redistribution of earned competitive advantage.

Or we could just start handing out complimentary college diplomas to high school drop outs while reimbursing room and board to those who actually spent four years at university. [/UglyAmericanCapitalist off]

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