Introducing Clone States and the Future of Access to EVE Online

[Foshkey 49]

https://community.eveonline.com/news/dev-blogs/introducing-clone-states-and-the-future-of-access-to-eve-online/

In short: all unpaid accounts will be in an "alpha" clone state. This state allows training of certain skills (focusing on native racial T1 frigate, destroyer, and cruiser), and will be no more than 5m SP. But, there is no time limit anymore. The other state is "omega" and is no change to how our clones currently are.

Seems like a cool system of extending their trial program to borderline free to play.

[Mark Neismith 0]

IMHO, having racial mining ships/skill/mods in alpha clone is bad  ...

I sense a great disturbance in the Force - millions of mining alts swarming the Ednen ...

[Foshkey 49]

13 hours ago, Mark Neismith said:

IMHO, having racial mining ships/skill/mods in alpha clone is bad  ...

I sense a great disturbance in the Force - millions of mining alts swarming the Ednen ...

If they transfer over the no multiboxing functionality they currently have with trial accounts, I don't see this as an issue. If they aren't, then I'd be more concerned about gankers.