CCP will, in one fell swoop, destroy an entire way of life with this upcoming patches. They are dismantling EVE's industrial backbone in favor of focusing on the financial sector in Jita, while unemployed ice miners are told "too bad, get a new job, the Ice industry just isn't tenable anymore". At the very least CCP should offer job-training programs to help former botters transition to another occupation in this new society CCP seems so determined to push on us...

otherwise, I would not be surprised to see many of these players end up in roving Nullsec or Pirate gangs, harassing the remaining productive members of society not ensconced in their protective 4-4 cocoon.

Ice belts are being made into anoms? Is it so hard to just scan a system and warp to the ice belts? Really?
Or did I miss something? (Its probably.. Maybe this, but please explain)

while unemployed ice miners are told "too bad, get a new job, the Ice industry just isn't tenable anymore". At the very least CCP should offer job-training programs to help former botters transition to another occupation in this new society.

Ice belts are being made into anoms? Is it so hard to just scan a system and warp to the ice belts? Really?
Or did I miss something? (Its probably.. Maybe this, but please explain)

I confess that I am mightily confused. Wouldn't the information that the change might cause botters real problems and move them into another play style be considered a huge design victory for CCP if true? I am probably missing something here.

Because scripting bots to open the system scanner, scan the anom, and warp-to is extra work. Scanning it for them and setting it all up as a fleet warp is extra work.

Also, the ice anoms tap out and then respawn a few hours later, breaking up the formerly constant flow of ice. This necessitates additional babysitting of bots, and leaves some players with restricted playtimes with no ice to mine in their local systems.

IOW, this is a concern to bots and people who don't have the available playtime to sit around and wait for ice respawns in their usual highsec systems.

You probably missed the part where no one is really taking the OP seriously.

You probably missed the part where no one is really taking the OP seriously.

Their shouldn't even be Ice in highsec.

CCP will, in one fell swoop, destroy an entire way of life with this upcoming patches. They are dismantling EVE's industrial backbone ...blah blah blah.

Yeah right, you're not fooling anyone. They'll just rage quit.

CCP will, in one fell swoop, destroy an entire way of life with this upcoming patches. They are dismantling EVE's industrial backbone in favor of focusing on the financial sector in Jita, while unemployed ice miners are told "too bad, get a new job, the Ice industry just isn't tenable anymore". At the very least CCP should offer job-training programs to help former botters transition to another occupation in this new society CCP seems so determined to push on us... otherwise, I would not be surprised to see many of these players end up in roving Nullsec or Pirate gangs, harassing the remaining productive members of society not ensconced in their protective 4-4 cocoon.

The transition from mining bot to trade bot is quite easy I hear.

CCP will, in one fell swoop, destroy an entire way of life with this upcoming patches. They are dismantling EVE's industrial backbone in favor of focusing on the financial sector in Jita, while unemployed ice miners are told "too bad, get a new job, the Ice industry just isn't tenable anymore". At the very least CCP should offer job-training programs to help former botters transition to another occupation in this new society CCP seems so determined to push on us... otherwise, I would not be surprised to see many of these players end up in roving Nullsec or Pirate gangs, harassing the remaining productive members of society not ensconced in their protective 4-4 cocoon.

Look, CCP are changing probing and making it so easy my 4yr old could do it.

1)Just grab a probe ship,
2) probe for 1-2mins and find ice.
3) mine ice
4)profit???