Updated OP to reflect that we are also going to add another skill in this patch which allows for 5 more jump clones per character, bringing the max up to 10.

Many people asked for this skill and while we don't expect most players to need it, we wanted to support those that do. The skill will be called "Advanced Infomorph Psychology" and will require basic informorph to be level 5 before training.

A common suggestion for improving chess is for my side to start with two ranks of queens. This won't necessarily make the game as much better as I expect.

The purpose of jump clones is to allow for a different play style during each daily play session. So once per 24 hours, allowing for an average of four to five hours play per day (because you log in immediately upon returning home from work and keep playing until bed time), means that 19 hours provides ample opportunity to switch to a new clone once every daily session.

The people looking for 12 hour jump clones are clearly looking to switch between null combat and hisec training clones every day. They want everything but wish to sacrifice nothing. There are clearly sacrifices to be made for the convenience of switching playstyles every day, one of those is the restriction to live in that clone for the next 19-24 hours.

Rather than reduce the clone jump timer to allow switching between training and combat implants every day, what about addressing the real issue which is remaps and attribute implants? But no, they want everything while sacrificing nothing. They are so addicted to accelerated training that taking away training implants (which would in many cases eliminate the requirement for jump clones in the first place) will be decried as anathema to the spirit of the game. Which is bunkum.

Some folks just need to learn to play the game, not the mechanics.

Yes, finding homes for all those boys will be an issue.

However they probably want to avoid a situation where you are able to swap clones (and more importantly implants) as easily as you would change clothes.

Updated OP to reflect that we are also going to add another skill in this patch which allows for 5 more jump clones per character, bringing the max up to 10.

Many people asked for this skill and while we don't expect most players to need it, we wanted to support those that do. The skill will be called "Advanced Infomorph Psychology" and will require basic informorph to be level 5 before training.

Also, the guy spending 19 hours in front of his computer complaining about how easy space pixels are could also do something else like take a shower, have some food, take a girlfriend to snack/restaurant, cinema, read a book, meet some friends, take care of his family call his parents brothers/sisters, play an instrument etc.

Well it's not really like a normal person with a job working 8-12H and happy to play his favorite space ship game to relax of his day work that now will not be stuck until late evening to give a hand to his friends and still be able to return tomorrow after work log in and return at his favorite in game stuff/

His comment has no sense but for people who lost all sense of reality and priorities. This mechanic brings absolutely nothing positive in terms of gaming experience and if they really like that much harsh stuff, finding a job and keep it would be a good place to start.

Zaxix: Actually, medical clones aren't quite a versatile as you make out in all area's of space... but as I originally pointed out some of the arguments presented have been excellent examples of why medical clones need to be looked a closely. They tread very close to the line of undermining more important area's of game play.

So far the only thing keeping them from becoming a serious issue is implant loss. While you dismiss this a trivial, to most players it is not. For your average player the cost involved is an issue, and wealthy players tend to keep very, very expensive implants in their clones... and are loath to give them up for a simple location change.

I apologize for my tone if you took it to be personally insulting, it was not intended to be that way. Just keep in mind that usually the people asking for changes of this nature are usually players that haven't gained enough experience with the game to look beyond the surface layer of cause and effect that ripples throughout this game.

As for specific examples... well, to be honest there are far to many to begin to list here (and my time is limited at the moment). Perhaps the simplest way to say it in the limited time and space I have is that it becomes far too easy to go on a day trip in a fully equipped clone in one corner of EVE... and then that evening hop back across the universe (again in a fully equipped clone) for a completely different activity that night.

No commitment necessary, no real planning necessary, no sacrifices made... just click a button and there you are, fully outfitted for whatever the occasion may be. That's not really challenging game play.

Even more clones? You should have reduced it to one or two instead. People should have to choose one place where they can always teleport to safely and with zero risk.

Updated OP to reflect that we are also going to add another skill in this patch which allows for 5 more jump clones per character, bringing the max up to 10.

Many people asked for this skill and while we don't expect most players to need it, we wanted to support those that do. The skill will be called "Advanced Infomorph Psychology" and will require basic informorph to be level 5 before training.

there is no way to use jumping cloning for free within a station to break the game or gain an unfair travel time advantage.

edit: Based on feedback we are also going to be able to add a second skill in this patch - Advanced Infomorph Psychology - which will open up 5 more jump clone slots. This skill will be rank 5, have a bigger price-tag and will require the basic skill to be level 5 before training.

Faster locking time allows a clear advantage in combat over a character with slower locking time. With 2 e-war ships it often decides which ship gets to lock at all. Faster align time is crucial to in game survivability. Faster manufacturing time reduces costs and increases your production capability. Reduction in POS fuel costs reduces your expenses. All great skills to have, provide good in game advantages, provide competative advantages at certain professions and aren't there to fix a design problem.

You're basic mistake is trying to compare skills designed to provide gameplay advantages in a competitive environment to a skill, where its entire reason for existing is to address out of game convenience problems caused by short sighted design of the jump clone mechanic.

Maybe the exact line between the two groups is sometimes hard to draw, but this isn't one of those times. This skill clearly falls in to the quality of life -category and is entirely needless filler, GǪ

Surely every player regardless how old their character is is potentially affected by this problem, so why not fix it for every player instead of giving every character the option to train the antidote for this particular quality of life poison?

edit: Based on feedback we are also going to be able to add a second skill in this patch - Advanced Infomorph Psychology - which will open up 5 more jump clone slots. This skill will be rank 5, have a bigger price-tag and will require the basic skill to be level 5 before training.