I have been playing EVE on and off since 2007. I have always gravitated to space trucking I spend roughly 80% of my time in high sec 20% low sec. With that said I have a bunch of experience blockade running I have ran hundreds of times.
So in late 2015 I discovered CCP has auto billed me on my account for 5 months without me catching it. I thought I cancelled the account but I guess not. I emailed CCP to try to get some kind of credit. They told me to go take a hike. So I did until last month. I discovered alpha clones so I resumed my space trucking figuring Ill get my skill points that I paid for this way.

Skill points yes but hauling NOPE!

So I know from reading these forums overall no one really likes space trucking you might say were not the most glorious of the space trades. With that said let me bring everyone up to date on what an alpha clone gets as far as hauling is concerned.


Your assets are:

Navigation Rigging
Navigation skills 3-4
Tech 1 shield tank fittings
Industrial Ship Command Skill 1 (your race)
Rogue Navigation Implants
Warp Core Stabilizer Tech 1
Tech 1 Hauler limited to your race.


There are three ways to blockade run.

1. Tank it with warp core stabilizers. (Which you cannot do in a alpha clone on account you have tech 1 shield fittings and tech 1 warp core stabilizers)

2. "Cloak out" of the star gate area then warp. This is the preferred method.(no cloaking tech 1 or 2 for Alpha Clones)

3. Run! I have never seen this proposed in forums but I have done it at least a hundred times successfully (not by choice).
(Alpha clones can nearly do this If you have multiple Tech 2 Inertia Stabilizers, Multiple Nanofiber Internal Structure, Navigation Rigging, Rouge Navigation Implants which alpha clones can get).

So if your still reading congrats the thrust of my argument is as follows.

CCP says alpha clones are designed to get a taste of all aspects of the games. Why give only your races Industrial ship command level 1 when every other aspect seems to get the primary skill to level 3 (Ship command in industrial gives agility which helps all 3 blockade running tactics). I will also point out Space Trucking can make more ISK then average is that why? As far as I can tell the CCP is telling alpha clones good luck on hauling the only way your running blockades is with your pod if your lucky. Why not increase ship command industrial to 3, Industrial only alpha cloak fitting, or a Industrial only tech 2 Shield hardeners and Warp Core Stabilizer fittings. Without one of these my gaming amounts to getting killed every time I see a blockade which has left a bad taste in my mouth.

PS. If I were CCP increase Industrial Ship Commands in all races to 3 or at least one race. Running from a blockade by beating their target acquisition with your agility and speed is priceless.