Comments on KongInEve: Skill Trading Because?

I am inclined to agree with you. You can't bla...

2016-01-19T02:17:52.791-08:00

I am inclined to agree with you. You can't blame CCP for trying to mix things up and the idea you have might part of the answer. My biggest issue is solely that CCP give the appearance of being disingenuous by not telling the whole story. Or alternatively if it is the whole story then it is a strange priority given all the other things they could have chosen to do. The positive is CCP are not sitting back and that has to be a good thing.

To be clear, I do hate the idea but it is going to...

2016-01-19T02:10:15.263-08:00

To be clear, I do hate the idea but it is going to happen anyway and in itself it is not a show-stopper by any means.

The cost of the skill extractor has yet to be defined so that could impact on the desire. I think a month's training is about 2000000 SP depending on your mapping. So that is a plex worth. If he price is less than that it will be viable unless time is important to you.

Would I use one? I certainly wouldn't extract SP because the largest amount of SP I have on a single toon is 25 mill. I was duel training up until the SP Trading feature was originally announced. I stopped at that point. I have no urgent need for SP and I am prepared to wait. I am in no hurry to win Eve. But if in-game the price was right I would certainly consider it.

I'm not a fan of skill trading either but mayb...

2016-01-19T02:06:15.929-08:00

I'm not a fan of skill trading either but maybe it leads to something refreshing. I am too far away from any customer market to have an idea what will lead to more players, what I know is that eve COULD use a lot more players. Last time I checked the subscription section of my account I recognised some check marks what this subscription enables.

Combined with the info on skill trading, I can imagine a split in subscriptions, where you can either pay to just play for say 5$ or have the account also accumulate SP, which costs 15$. In my opinion such a change could bring a whole bunch of old characters back into the game as they don't have to pay that much any more for skills they don't need anyway. And if you don't pay for SP accumulation and need something you buy a skill injector.

Simple and logic? How would the player base react to that? Would retired players come back?

It is interesting to see this idea embraced when a...

2016-01-18T18:21:48.491-08:00

It is interesting to see this idea embraced when any previous post proposing skill re-assignment was met with hostility or derision.

What I do predict is a significant "gold rush" as the existing player base will customise their existing skills to a perceived ideal. Then a drop as character bazaar offerings are purchased and rendered for SP.

The primary question remains - would you use one? I have not decided myself. I might like to increase some skills to alts for R&D agents, PI and research slots. (ie passive generating income abilities). But only if the gained income covers the cost of the SP purchase - or will repay within a given time frame.