Answer is easy. Pay to win. How do you lose when you can just buy 15 more guys in incursus to follow you around into every plex, and automatically follow your primaries, rep you, whatev's.

Your change would make using the multiple training queue ad vitam eternam mandatory for every player.

Your change would kill the server

Your change would devalue even more the influence of a new player in a big fight.

Your change is bad.

Even that isn't enough. We need to break out the fictional languages.

Well, sounds like the game is already pay to win? Since it is possible to achieve that scenario with some effort.
I mean, multiboxing/account is already deeply entangled with many parts of the game, why not make it a real feature?

I don't know how to say no in enough languages.

I can understand you are loath to lose a massive advantage, that is understandable and considering the time and treasure a top of the line multi-broadcast set up requires certainly very frustrating.

The fact is that while most multibox (hands up I have the trade alt up and running while I'm online to keep an eye on prices and to put on invention and manufacturing jobs in my spare moments not to mention cyno alts) what you propose will be making multiple accounts virtually mandatory if a player wants to take part in almost any worthwhile activity.

Keep banging the drum, its your right as a paying customer but I reiterate that should a proposal like this ever be adopted and it becomes even more necessary to have multiple accounts just to casually PvP (I hate booster alts to, how neolithic of me) then it will be time to walk away from EvE.

I disagree with only allowing one account per player, though. I don't know why you'd want to limit the success of a product that way.

There's also differences between running separate clients versus fleeting characters as NPC AI drone ships. The first is the limited roles, and lack of fine control such as covops cloaks and cyno characters. You also miss out on a set of eyes in some other location, or the freedom to send one of your characters off to scout. So. NPC AI drone ships are not without drawbacks.

This idea is utterly laughable.

Let's punish people who don't pay CCP extra money.....

more than they already do.....

Idiocy at it's finest.

One thing I loved in the X series was the ability to control NPC and send them around the universe. While this would be maybe too much for EVE, a limited kind of having the possibility to get some assistance in your space acitivies could be fun and useful.
Since the game favours multi-boxing/accounting, why not take it to another step?
Reasons for the suggestions are:
-could be another reason to undock (could also be the opposite)
-more *active* population in space
-the ability to make some good use of the 2 other character slots per account
-give people with weaker computers the possibility to enjoy a little bit of multi-boxing

Of course this feature could never be released in one go, since it needs careful balance, economy and serverwise.
Possible restrictions/limitations:
-number of wingmen
-bound to PLEX (it is a pilot license) like character training
-associated skills like "brainlinking"
-damage/mining/remote rep/cap output is reduced for wingmen

This idea is meant to be very rough, since I'm not a designing/balance expert. But I would like to hear what other people think about the idea and the possiblities it could offer.

This idea is utterly laughable.

Let's punish people who don't pay CCP extra money.....

more than they already do.....

Idiocy at it's finest.

Personally, it would rather take the option that every individual has only one account with one character - but that's a romanticisation of something that will never happen, because people will cry and yell like they already do in this thread.

Ghobe.

Still need more.