Originally by: Windjammer

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I guess IÆm a bitter old vetàààà.by some definitions. IÆm not happy about removal of the Learning Skills. I guess some people would call that being bitter. IÆve played EVE for four years and I suppose that some people would consider me a vet. I donÆt think IÆm bitter and I donÆt necessarily believe IÆm a vet, but I donÆt see why I should be happy about Learning Skills being removed.

As someone who has maxed all 11 of the learning skills IÆve enjoyed an advantage over those who wouldnÆt commit themselves. IÆm about to lose that. Five million three hundred seventy six thousand (5,376,000) skill points is not going to make up for that.

I spent isk on those training skills and I will not be reimbursed for it. CCP says they donÆt want to because that would inject 16 trillion isk into the economy. Bull plop. By my calculations the very worst theyÆd inject is 7.5 trillion and thatÆs only if 300,000 subscribers had trained all 11 skills. Sure itÆs not much by my standards these days, but itÆs still mine and IÆd like it back and the way EVEÆs economy works it would not have the dramatic effect that CCP suggests it would.

I trained the Learning Skills without some special beginning bonus. No 1.6 times or double speed or whatever the cerebral acceleration bonus is if you buy a Commissioned Officers box set. I did it because CCP led me to believe that if I did, IÆd have the reward of the advantage of a faster training time forever. Why else would anyone train those skills?

It never occurred to me to complain about how long it takes to train things in EVE, be it Learning Skills or high end capital ships skills or whatever else. I understood that this is what people who came before me had to do to get their advantage and it seemed more than fair that I would have to do the same. So I did it without complaint. Another way of putting would be to say I HTFUed and got the job done.

-Loss of advantage.
-Loss of my isk.
-Slower training time than the first 30 days of some newb coming into the game.

Want to tell me again why I should be happy about it and not express my displeasure? Want to tell me about how IÆm the one whoÆs a whiner? It wasnÆt even the whining of beginners that caused this change. It was the whining of corporations who have such a high rate of turnover that the only chance they have of having large numbers is if those numbers are comprised of beginners and of course they want those beginners to have fast training.

If I were convinced that this change would increase the numbers of active players in EVE, IÆd be all for it. It wonÆt.

-Windjammer

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