Rather than stockpiling forever with minimal consequence, any and ALL unspent points are lost upon being podded.

Rather than training from two attributes at the same time, I would suggest only being able to train one attribute at a time, requiring you to swap the skills regularly to get what you'd like.

Penalties could be introduced that slow training speed the more generic points you have saved up.

And if they end up nerfing the Chimera in the following winter patch, or buffing something else to counter the Chimera, then the consequences are the same.

But if they nerf the Chimera before you finish training the skills with your system, then there are no consequences whatsoever. See the difference?

No. There will always be consequences no matter what you do.

Yes, but your idea removes great swathes of them, leaving no real consequences to speak of.

What and how? Be more specific.

Please don't reply to topics you haven't clearly read through.

Biomass your character(s).

Imagine that then. You've spent a long time saving up points on a special character. You almost have enough to get that last level 5 you need to fly that awesome ship or fit that t2 gang link, and then somebody comes along and blows it all away. Would you really call it fair? I wouldn't. (...rage quit!) No, I'd rather just lose the usual amount if we die without a clone or it's insufficient. Otherwise they should be fully covered.

Then don't stockpile. Spend the points now or you might not get to decide at all.

The point of training one attribute at a time is to reduce complexity in the idea. With 5 generic skills, you can pop one in your queue with the current setup and the points go directly to a bank. With a mixable system you either need 20 skills or a new gui system to allow you to set primary and secondary attributes which may or may not work with the queue. My modification to your idea is as an addition to the current system, not a replacement.

What and how? Be more specific.

Then what's the point of having a clone? It would be most regressive to young characters who most often lose at pvp, suicide gank, and unexpected high sec gate camps under war decs. The generic skill is meant to reduce grief, not make it worse.

I think I ranted too much about the skill queue in my OP.

The fundamental problem is that all skill training eventually ends thereby creating the potential for loss of skill points. The problem can never be properly addressed by tweaking the skill queue, even if it were extended indefinitely.

The fundamental problem is that all skill training eventually ends thereby creating the potential for loss of skill points.

I think I ranted too much about the skill queue in my OP.

The fundamental problem is that all skill training eventually ends thereby creating the potential for loss of skill points. The problem can never be properly addressed by tweaking the skill queue, even if it were extended indefinitely.

... the difficult decisions we have to make now.

Your idea makes the queue obsolete...

and removes any balance in that regard.

Your idea removes consequences and the difficult decisions we have to make now. The fact that you cannot address that point to any degree, speaks volumes.

Which means it's a better idea. Thank you.

Then who does it favor, or disfavor?

You made this logically erroneous argument before.

It doesn't matter when you make your skill training decisions, they always have consequences.

This isn't a 'problem' though, it's a feature. There's always a potential for missed skill points (not lost, because you never had them to begin with). Whenever you're not training skills, you're getting less SP than you could have, but you're also getting less SP than you could have if you are using anything other than a fully speced skill map with +5s in the relevant attributes.

Part of the core of Eve is the decisions behind the skills you train and how you train them. Do I train X skill now with a good mapping or do I train Y because I need it more, despite having a bad attribute map? (something I made a decision about just this week personally). Do I use a set of +5s for maximum training or do I use +3/4s because they're cheaper and I can afford to replace them? Do I log in now to add another skill to the queue or do I blow it off because I don't feel like it?

Actions have consequences in Eve, this is by design.

Losing SP is not a feature, it's a flaw. Missing something is the same as losing it. You miss/lose what you would otherwise have. When you're not training a skill, you're getting zero SP, which is infinitely less than even 1 SP.