Hannibal Ord
Minmatar
Cr4ck Whores
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Posted - 2008.10.23 12:28:00 -
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Okay.
Look, I understand exactly why we have the training system as it is. Lets face it, it is a good system as it stands. Better than any MMO in my opinion. Many of us are attracted to eve because of this feature alone, meaning we can train whilst we aren't playing.
A skill queue, DOES NOT allow players to catch up with others. Everyone would have the same option. It will not allow players to catch up with vets.
The problem I believe with the skill system is the whole process, whilst simple, is also quiet dark age in its implementation. Many people, including myself, log in and change skills and log out. That's sad, because you are scheduling your RL around a game.
Many people cannot do this. Losing skill time.
Now, since you can't power level, and nobody will ever been a fully maxed out character because it takes 25 years or something to train everything and since Ghost training has been removed which means you have to pay to train. Skill queuing makes sense.
Three options I think are good:
1. A set skill keeps repeating training until it gets to lvl 5 and then stops.
2. A single backup skill can be set, which eve switches too when the main skill is finished. Once this finishes, the training stops. Maybe have this train at reduced rate.
3. The skill systems simply selects ANY RANDOM skill that isn't trained and trains that. Then selects another random skill and trains that and so on, once the main skill is finished.
I honestly believe that any of these options would work. People will log in and play the game still. People will obviously still have to pay the game to train. Those who say that it will make character farming easier with alts. Well, anyone who has alts has to log in anyway and train their characters. This will never change. Alts are prolific as it is, it won't make any difference. And because of the way the skill system is and the fact you can't power level, means the return for character farming is null because you have to pay for subscription to train them, especially now Ghost training is gone.
It won't dumb down eve. It isn't giving in to care bears or any such crap. It simply is modernizing a process that whilst is very good, could be much better. Vets have no fear. If anything it will encourage more players into eve online, more money for CCP, more competition for everyone else in eve.
And it will mean the game skill system doesn't OWN you. It doesn't control parts of your life and it shouldn't. This is a game. A game we really all love and adore so much. It won't break it, trust me.
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