Hmmm... now that could actually work...

Crew could develop certain bonuses over time. This would probably not be skill advancement increases, but something that can stack with skills - akin to rigs. It'd probably mainly be module activation cycle bonuses, capacitor usage, etc.

Larger ships would have more "crew slots" allowing you to have bigger bonuses or more different ones - like rigs.

If the ship is destroyed, the crew is lost. (like rigs... just kidding, I'll stop now) Or they have a very low chance of dropping as loot or salvage. Perhaps a 5%-20% chance for each "crew unit" dropping "intact" with its accrued skill, and/or a chance to produce a blank "crew unit" from salvaging a wreck.

If the crew is inactive for a certain period of time, it begins to lose its bonus, dwindling down to a blank slate.

Crew units would be tradeable on a personnel market. This would flatten the playing field, allowing people not interested in grinding to acquire the elite crews as well.

I kinda like parts about this. Take out the crew dropping as loot, or being able to sell the ship or crew members on the market or contracts. If you repackage or contract it the crew bonus gets set to 0.

You can build your crew up and in turn they will get better flying the ship. Maybe boost the ships resistances slightly the more your shot, boost the weapon damage the more you shoot, or any of the other attributes pertaining to that ship. Once you lose the ship you lose your crew with there bonuses.

I can see people building up ratting ships and saving them, but as long as the bonus is minimal it could be fun.

no, just no. Eve is great because its the only game that doesnt have a gaytarded leveling system.

Did you actually come here to say something constructive or are you just trolling?

Guys, guys...what Eve really needs is Night Elves!

Actually, my mistake was taking you seriously and treating you like an intelligent individual when all evidence pointed to the contrary.

What's it like being that stupid? I've always been incredibly curious but none of you stupid people will tell me. I imagine it must be sort of like when I'm super drunk or haven't slept for like 2 weeks or something....but one can never know until someone's willing to describe it.

Anyway, don't really expect an answer here either. Good luck with your brilliant plan. I hope that it gets all the attention that it deserves.

Sure it does. I don't know a single new player that can make 3M per day without help. Nor do I know of any brand players that are blind enough to think that they should be able to fly every ship on day 1.

When I was new, I decided that one day I would fly a Machariel. It took me about a year, but eventually I bought one. Goals are what gets people to stay, not what drives them off.

IF this were to be implemented, I would do it as a separate system from the skillbooks. Skills would stay the same, you just add another layer of bonuses on top. Put a cap on it, so people can't just grind into infinity. Do a talent type system where you get cool little bonuses that might make you fly a little faster or shoot a little harder. Make it so you can wipe it and start over. Would require careful balancing, and CCP already has their handful on that. Plus, one of the most unique things about EVE is that it doesn't have a system like that, so i'm inclined to leave it that way.

Could Eve benifit from an experience system?

Nothing major but I was thinking it'd be really cool if when you were training a specific skill, you could get a little bit of extra SP each time you used whatever that skill was for. So like if you were training Drones and you used your drones to perform a task you'd get a little sp for it, but ONLY if that was the skill that was actively training.

Obviously it wouldn't be much but it'd be something to give the people that actually do play the game a little edge over those people that just log in, queue skills, and log off and it might even give those people a reason to actually play vs afking. Of course the current mechanics wouldn't change at all, just something to add on top of it.

Is this a cool idea or am I just dumb?

Nothing major but I was thinking it'd be really cool if when you were training a specific skill, you could get a little bit of extra SP each time you used whatever that skill was for. So like if you were training Drones and you used your drones to perform a task you'd get a little sp for it, but ONLY if that was the skill that was actively training.

Obviously it wouldn't be much but it'd be something to give the people that actually do play the game a little edge over those people that just log in, queue skills, and log off and it might even give those people a reason to actually play vs afking. Of course the current mechanics wouldn't change at all, just something to add on top of it.

Is this a cool idea or am I just dumb?

The inflexibility of the SP system isn't as cool as you all think it is and it doesn't define EVE in greater scope at all.

I've been barking about making the SP system less rigid for a while now and I can only see the net positives to it, especially when it comes to potential new player retention.

Sensing someone like the skillpoint system from "that robot game"?

Could Eve benifit from an experience system?

I think you're talking about perpetuum or whatever it was called, I didn't play it.