After hearing about the warp to zero skill that you could train to improve the autopilot i think i kinda like the idea. Basically you will train a skill, which at level 5 will have increased the precision of your autopilot with 10km. This means you will land approximately 5km from gates or stations when autopiloting

Whats wrong with being AFK?

Is there any reason to penalize it then?

Thats not really a reason to penalize travel, but even so, with the skill implemented the fastest way to travel would still be manual

So, I take it here isn't the right place to bring up making everyone land at least 15km from every gate?

If you consider manually flying 30 jumps fun then that's fine by me, however I don't see why you should have to punish everyone else for not wanting to waste their time navigating high-sec gates.

That is very interesting. What do you think about someone putting up a market order, for up to 3 months and only checking up on it once or twice a week

and the auto-pilot by default is too slow

..and remove mandatory local entirely...create comunication "frequencies" where you can register and comunicate if you like to and want to have informations...

I don't understand how this is rewarding AFK play, manually flying is and would still be quicker and safer than auto piloting.

You mean besides making travel less of a bore? Being able to do more faster?

Tbh there is no reason this skill shouldnt be implemented because autopilot is useless atm. unless you are afk

Tbh. autopilot sucks atm because its so slow, no-one would use it unless they are afk

I think people use it to avoid the relentless clicking, but its so slow its only viable if you are Afk

Btw. its not just 2 clicks per jump, its checking warp status, window tabbing etc. all in all its just sucky and there should be a skill to improve autopilot

The thing is if auto pilot was able to be improved, though not to the point it was superior to manual travel, people who dont need to get from a to b in a hurry gets time to focus on other activities. Would be nice with an actual useful autopilot :)

Because forcing you to click a stupid button every few minutes isn't hard its tedious. Making PvP mechanics simplified is making the game to easy. Making it so I don't have to click a button on my computer ever minute so i can get to where i need to drop off my badger full of cargo while i take a dump isn't.

However, the current autopilot is way to slow to be considered by anyone who is not able to be logged in 24/7

Dedicating more time to something doesn't free it up.

And it would be one of the highest crimes to tweak it abit for those wanted to invest in a faster autopilot?

Why is traveling long distances supposed to be a pain in the ass?

Regardless, with this skill implemented, the longer you travel, the longer it takes

Please provide some specifics, in what area of the game would this skill have a negative impact?

In the case of EVE, they have two specific flaws:

Devalues manual piloting by making AFK piloting 2/3 more efficient than previous.
(At max skill I believe it was that the warp distance would shrink from 15KM to 5KM)
Automating game play, especially in a manner that reduces travel time designed to be significant, effectively trivializes travel to a degree.

Remove PvP opportunities for ships intended to have risk.
That freighter / hauler / <frequently long distance traveling ship here> was designed and balanced with this travel liability as a factor.
Gameplay perspective, it is slow to give potential attackers time to consider it, scan it, and plan ambushes for it.
THAT is one of the big reasons high value cargo is often manually piloted. By trading in that effort, you are able to protect your ship and cargo far better.
Add in actual support teamwork for defense and webbed aligning, and your big ship can move very quickly.