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Cyxopyc
The Dead Parrot Shoppe Inc.
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Posted - 2008.10.15 14:22:00 -
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This is CCP. We're over 5 years into the games release when they make this change. The original announcement of the change is poorly written, almost like Darth Vader had come to the podium.
Ghost training is a significant part of how many players play EVE. It would have helped to have CCP give several months warning this was coming. The apparent sudden announcement several weeks after another "Power of Two" drive makes it burn just a little more.
Although not necessary it would lighten the impact to have some help added at the same time (or before) ghost training is removed. Notification of account nearing expiration, webpage skill changing and/or a skill queue. I pray for a skill queue, I've lost almost as much training time because I forgot about setting a new skill then I've gained from ghost training. |
Cyxopyc
The Dead Parrot Shoppe Inc.
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Posted - 2008.10.15 14:28:00 -
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see? :) |
Cyxopyc
The Dead Parrot Shoppe Inc.
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Posted - 2008.10.15 18:09:00 -
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Edited by: Cyxopyc on 15/10/2008 18:09:50
 Originally by: Venezia Dawn
My point is that I reactivated b/c CCP told us our skills were no longer going to be training after this morning, and my skill was still training before I started a skill myself. Obviously, CCP had not cut off the training on my inactive account yet. So the question is, when are the inactive accounts actually going to stop training?
I haven't heard details but I would assume one of two things is now true:
1) Any account that becomes inactive on or after October 15 2008 will stop training. Accounts that went inactive before this would finish training skills.
2) Any account that currently is inactive or becomes inactive on or after October 15 2008 stops training.
My guess is since this change was announced shortly before it was implemented #1 is true, not #2.
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I could really use a skill queue please 
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Cyxopyc
The Dead Parrot Shoppe Inc.
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Posted - 2008.10.15 20:56:00 -
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Originally by: Flinchey
how would a skill queue system that lets you make up <1minute (unless you plan like a caveman) of skill training time lost between the changing of skills, make up for the removal of ghost training, which causes days, even weeks, or lost skill training time???
It wouldn't make up for it in skill training points. Especially for those who relied on ghost training for several accounts.
They're taking something away. So it would feel a little like a trade off if we got a skill queue and perhaps other utilities to help with character management (webpage skill change). I lose hours of training for lack of a skill queue.
The truth is we never should have had training on inactive accounts. However, we should have always had a skill queue.
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Cyxopyc
The Dead Parrot Shoppe Inc.
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Posted - 2008.10.15 21:07:00 -
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Originally by: VLAD DRACU
<<on Wednesday, Oct 15th, CCP will put out a server update disabling "ghost training">>
when were they supposed to patch it, during dt?
coz right now I just consumed 1 x 30d GTC from my secret reserve to reactivate one ghosttraining account but i found out that the char was still grinding the SP's
whas this whole madness just a prank to get more money, did they reconsider it or the job runs in background processing one inactive account a minute?
It may be that accounts that were inactive before October 15 2008 and training continued to train... |
Cyxopyc
The Dead Parrot Shoppe Inc.
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Posted - 2008.10.29 16:17:00 -
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Bug or not a lot of players found ghost training important to them in how they played EVE, for five years.
It would have been nice to have more warning about it's removal but a few days is much better than none at all.
Before or at the time ghost training was removed it would have helped to add new features for players in the form of:
1) Skill Queue for at least one skill. Just one skill in queue would prevent many hours of lost training for active accounts.
2) Expiring Account Notification by email and/or client login.
3) Improved notification that a skill has completed training on an account in game. I find the I miss current notification and fail to see the white character sheet box for hours at times. Also add email notification.
4) The ability to set skill training through a web page.
Better late then never... you can still add them :)
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