no passive SP, feel free to afk

I'm not really a fan of being forced to play other classes to unlock gear you want, but the idea will work much better for new players.

One thing I hope for is the ability to manufacture gear that you can use without training a separate class. The resources required should be shared between eve and nova creating a real infantry market. Even npc corps should have a limited stock available on the market and allow players to sell unused resources to npc's to help them produce things.

Npc corps will even use blueprints sold to them. They'll use the blueprint in the most efficient way creating the most gear per blueprint, but the item will be on the market for anyone to buy. This will make player corporations a lot more meaningful if, for instance, corp members with the same manufacture skill trained will boost production and have control over who gets what. In the end game, players would desire player corp markets and create a more interesting corp battle motive, wherein dust you just sold excess clones.