As a brand new player this was a big help. I know all the people with millions of skill points won't really miss it, but it will really hurt the new guys.

I just have this vision of hanging racks of struggling people, screaming as the extractors are put into their heads, a dull glaze forming as they begin to forget things.

Mental note: Do not schedule "spa day."

Let the new KID fix the problem. A positive solution to a real problem.

We all know that SP is the real Golden Egg the goose lays. Especially for players under 4 years. So we can assume that SP is going to be the real gravitational pull to bring people back into the game consistently. The real issue is how do we deploy this. In the Milky way Galaxy people are becoming lazy with an entitlement factor. We want something for nothing. But in reality to incorporate that into your real time business plan will always lead to certain failure. In New Eden pilots do not have the luxury we have adopted here on earth. If you don't work for it, you don't get it. So this plan not only fits your current game design, but also insists pilots do a little more for the rewards.

I have developed the KID & KIS system...

KID
knowledge Injection Device
KID100
KID150
KID200
KID300
KID500
offering SP respective to the number listed after KID so the KID300 injects 300SP directly to the pilots unallocated SP pool.

Can be found in certain containers in-

Combat sites
Occasionally found by extractors during PI
Looted during data site encounters.
Special reward doing missions - R&D offering an enhanced version.
Once found and looted the result is immediately added as unallocated SP the KID cannot be transported, sold or traded.
Once the KID is handled, the electronic stasis field becomes disabled and the countdown timer of 30 seconds begins if the KID can not make a connection to the KIS, (if a pilot has not purchased one, it will self-destruct after the 30-second timer runs out.)

To avoid exploitation of this device it cannot be dropped during any PVP activity.
(Deployment to the pilot must be contained to a decision making process within your network NPC logic algorithms.)


Works in tandem with-
KIS port - knowledge Injection Service Port.

tech I, tech II, and prototype each capable of wider band width respectively. Will be lost if the clone is killed and will need to be purchased again. Without this clone enhancement, KID will not function and be considered lost or wasted. tech I can allow connections with KID100 and KID150. tech II can make a connection with KID100, KID150, KID200. prototype has full band width and can handle all KID devices. The KIS can be found, built, sold, and traded. This service port should not be expensive, just a requirement for the KID to connect to through neural transceivers. figuring the price at 3 million, 6 million, and 12 million ISK and requires no special skills to be implanted in the clone.

A new twist...

Any pilot with a negative eight nine or ten standings cannot purchase the KIS interpreter anywhere in New Eden and must rely on finding the device on their own in a data site. KIS units can be found and sold on the market or to anyone with a -6 or higher standing. But the KID### can only be deployed through your NPC system.
Pilots with a -10 standing should be considered sanctioned and that port or pathway is shut down or closed until standings higher than -10. Any attempt to make such a connection on a closed or sanctioned port KIS will cause the KID device to self destruct.

The numbers I used need to be changed to fit your balancing routine and a CAP of some value will also need to be assessed & implemented. Hoping because of the additional playtime, the CAP will be higher than 10,000SP

This is a basic structure for your DEV teams. This may take some work, but as stated earlier; "In New Eden, if you don't work for it, you don't get it"

CCP if you want the full scoop, please contact me personally. Skipper

Add a small amount of SP (less than 50) per NPC kill scaled by the tier/eliteness of the NPC like bounties are. If you want to grind SP you can, but make the amount per kill roughly equate the 10k SP we used to get per day if you play something like 2-3 hours a day. Instead of a 3 second belt rat kill this at least would require sustained farming, ammo usage, risk, etc.

Interesting and well thought out idea, however, no, passive training is the only way SP should be gained in EVE.



No

As you can clearly see here 'passive seems to be in the rear view mirror... I want to agree with you, but the deed has been done.

Use of injectors

I do not believe there should be any value difference in the type or strenght to the reward. This will only push new players back farther as better skilled players will then again have that edge we are trying to avoid.

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Yes, skill trading exists, but it shouldn't.

Skill trading should be completely removed from the game, it should never have been introduced.

Please do not remove this feature, this is excellent for newer players to get a little jump in skills, which can mean a lot to newer players. The "instant" reward is a nice draw, should honestly be more of this to encourage activity, you should expand this with some events for newer players to be active and get rewards for being active, skill training is the biggest barrier for newer players and this does really help with that.

NPE NPE NPE...

new players come and go.. some grow into older players..

The reason your login numbers are dwindling are because you fail at customer retention with ideas like "lets give people skillpoints for doing something" and then deciding "hey you know what.. we take that back".


The game has seen many people that have played for years.. and while it's exciting to see new features added...

CCP as a company has a tendency of COMPLETELY OVERHAULING THE ENTIRE GAME anytime they introduce one of these features, which results in situations where say hey - I spent 8 months training for something that was suited to the game.. then they changed the game and all that time spent training is now WORTHLESS to me.

Jump fatigue by itself was an interesting concept.. but you didn't just do that.. Amarr Carrier V used to mean I could launch a 10th fighter without drone control units.


Now it means I get 4% resists and stronger neut fighters. Gee wouldn't I like to apply the skill points I invested from amarr carrier IV to V somewhere else.

I had one character trained specficially for a sleipnir.. which didn't give much to warfare links before a change a couple years ago..i didn't feel bad about not having leadership skills. It was a beast of a ship that I hoped to pewpew in, trained Command Ship V for, then you completely change how command ships work, making all of them booster ships, making them worthless without them.. and I have not flown a sleipnir since. Heck I quit for 2 years after that.

Our time is spent paying for these skillpoints and you can't get 8 months back after you guys decide to make huge changes to the game.. and that over the years has been one reason that keeps me from staying subscribed to EvE, it feels like the time I invest into it is constantly being made to be useless. Especially considering the amount of time required to be well rounded enough to fly whatever ships become doctrine after you *insert nerf here*


NPE should not be as important as customer retention.. and I feel the vocal minority is having such an effect that the silent majority either just play or in what seems to be a lot of cases.. choose to no longer play.

I have two older characters with millions and millions of sp.. and I liked this feature.. I enjoyed watching seeing hours knocked off my queue, I enjoyed training a skill over a week that wasn't in my queue.

My characters were perfect for the Eve I used to know.. but now I have a character with Amarr Carrier V and I'm not too impressed with the benefits of the time it took to train that skill with the current carrier bonuses. I also have a charactor with command ships V that won't be flying a command ship ANY time soon because they are different than the Eve i used to know.

You keep changing your game to make the vocal minority happy.. and then wonder why you can't hold subscriptions and your dailly logins go down as a result.