i have 2 months of playing and one of those were "spent" on vacation...

Sounds like you should have planned a little better.

There are plenty of 20+ day skills out there if you are going on vacation.


The queue was put in place to stop the 3am alarm call to switch skills. As a person who began playing before the queue was introduced, I can tell you this... it is pretty damn perfect.

Enough to cover those times you need to be away from the game for a bit, but not long enough to mean people can setup a queue and not bother playing for months on end.

*facepalm* this thread again? Someone posts this same thread every couple weeks and every single time it dies a horrible death. There are tons of arguments against it. Please search the forum and read all the responses before posting, it'll save you a lot of grief and trolling for posting the same bad idea yet again.

Maybe for an old player there are,for new people there are not, the initial skills all train faster, i had at the time tittle lvl 4 skills, the max i could get was an 8 days skill (frigate 5), so i got 9 days training and lost the other 20.


And the fact that things were worse does not mean they should not get any better. :)

this is why you PLAN. You spend the week before getting say, cruiser IV, then let cruiser V train while you're away.

Ah, the good old assumption that a player that goes on "vacation" from the game necessarily has advanced warning and can plan it ahead.

OP says that they went on vacation from work, and decided to do something that took them "very far" from their PC. Sounds like it was planned with a fair bit of "advanced warning".

Or that all new players are magically blessed with the knowledge that it took the old hands months to pick up.

Ah, the good old assumption that a player that goes on "vacation" from the game necessarily has advanced warning and can plan it ahead.

Or that all new players are magically blessed with the knowledge that it took the old hands months to pick up.

2 weeks before my vacation i was planning to repair my mortorcicle, who i wold pay to take care of my dogs, what clothes i would take to a month motorcicle trip, what streets to get, vacine for yellow fever, passports, etc, etc, etc none of it related to EVE.

First off, this is a GAME. The skill queue works fine for nearly everyone. Yes, **** happens! I'm around 1.5 years old, and I've probably lost a month of training time due to forgetting about the game, being gone, etc. Not important!

You should do what other suggested here: if you know you're going to be gone, then use EVEmon to skill up for something that'll take a LONG time. I know that this summer, I'll be gone for a while when I get married. I'm planning on training something like Industrial Command Ships V (30-ish days), Advanced Spaceship Command V (20+ days), or something along those lines. However, if I mess up and don't get to? So what? After all, it's a GAME.

Stuff happens. Remember to not take it too seriously and move on. The training queue works perfectly for those that are playing the game. When you're on vacation, you're having WAY more fun than you would be playing EVE (unless your vacations SUCK) so why are you complaining about losing game time? Calm down, take a deep breath, and relax.

Did I mention that this is just a game?

Working as intended.

Honestly, there is no reason not to have a 30-day queue.

You paid your subscription, the game shouldn't hassle you.

P.S. the only people who disagree are pricks who've already trained up every important skill to level 4/5 and have month-long training times anyways. They are probably hoping that new players miss their queues, and other than this petty reason, there is no cause for them to object.

Ah, you like unfair systems when you have the advantage.

I get it.

The system isn't broken. If you can't remember to set a long-training skill during a period of absence, how is that unfair? Sounds like you should have yourself checked for Alzheimer's and play a game that requires less mental interaction. Maybe WoW or Hello Kitty Online are more your speed. And if you think that other players shouldn't have an edge over you, just go play a one-player game.

Oh, and for the record:

- Give me your stuff
- Insert Character into Biomass Queue over
- Stop Crying
- GO THE **** OUTSIDE FOR ONCE IN YOUR MISERABLE LIFE!

Why not implement a larger skill que?

Because CCP wants people to PLAY their game. Not set a skill (or three) and forget about it (because you know people will).

I empathize with your position OP... I really do (when my computer "died" last year I lost two months of skill training). But making a system that gets (see: "forces") people to log in once in awhile encourages them to look around and see if there is any action to be had.
Someone has to get the short end of the stick on this one... and in this case... you got it. Implement your system and you'll have less people actually logging in.

Honestly, there is no reason not to have a 30-day queue.

You paid your subscription, the game shouldn't hassle you.

P.S. the only people who disagree are pricks who've already trained up every important skill to level 4/5 and have month-long training times anyways. They are probably hoping that new players miss their queues, and other than this petty reason, there is no cause for them to object.

In other words,

HURRRRRRRR EVERYONE WHO DOESN'T AGREE WITH ME IS A BITTERVET TROLL WHO LITERALLY HATES NEWBIES.

Right?

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Maybe for an old player there are,for new people there are not, the initial skills all train faster, i had at the time tittle lvl 4 skills, the max i could get was an 8 days skill (frigate 5), so i got 9 days training and lost the other 20.

For a newer player this is a disappointing thing to have to deal with I am sure. I'm not sure how often this impacts newer players though, been quite some time since I was one.

I would suggest, make a petition, appeal to an authority above a bunch of trolls in F&I forum. I suspect CCP has records of logon activity. You've go nothing to loose by asking.