Actually clones are the way they are for a reason. You send in the ship, fight the battle and then just dump the bodies. If you read the lore on Uplinks you see that it causes major trauma and death quickly just using one. So your body is only just temporary.

In the real world, when armies fight in conflicts there are huge logistical issues with getting men and weapons to a theater of operation. When the war is over typically a force will just destroy much of their gear and only take the men back. With Dust, you don't even need to bring the men back either, just destroy it all and leave. As far as lore goes, Cloning is a miracle in the logistics world.

For a interesting reference that may be worth your time, check out "Lord of War"

Our real bodies are likely already dead. There is no reason why a cloned body couldn't be exercised and kept from battle to make it grow stronger like what you're suggesting for the original. It is likely that the clones are manufactured already to be strong and fast muscles through artificial enhancements to make them on par with if not better than a trained original body given that they are made for combat.

Meh, my idea is still better.

the problem with a main body is you cant do it... the original DIES to spawn the immortal capsuleer/DUST merc... as per the lore, there is no common application of multiple clones active, one of the books reference someone with multiple clones active, but the guy was a little out there(political terrorism and espionage, as i recall, he was the reason the Nyx crashed into a station)

and as for the clone dying, you are in genetically engineered bodies, if you really wanted to beef up, why not simply alter the clone rather than going through the effort to maintain a physical fitness regimen... the shooting range is the only thing that i could really see as potential to carry over, because thats as much mental as it is physical, muscle memory vs knowing what your doing...

a nice sci-fi touch, dont get me wrong, but it would be a hard fit with the lore... not to mention would probably not be well received due to the lack of instant gratification so many of us desire in our videogames.

I think he's right, guys. The game needs some sort of passive training system where over time your character unlocks new skills. His idea of adding a bonus to melee damage is freaking brilliant, why don't we already have one!? Finally, someone suggests adding RPG elements to the game. You, OP, are a visionary!

I love how you put a lot of thought into your idea but here is the problem - I don't know but I'll assume that they aren't producing clones that were genetically engineered to train them afterwards because when they come out of the goo, they are as buffed as they can be - every single thing is made for purpose. And I doubt that it would be very pleasant to press the W button while your character runs on a treadmill or circling your analog stick when it does yoga.

1. a body that has never been used before... i dont think so. muscle tissue requires use to be at peek condition. no getting around it. it's just the nature of the beast.

2. nither is lifting weights, but people still do it though. why? for the same reasons i am attempting to simulate here.

Are you ********? you just said no getting around it.... you know that drop uplinks arent very realistic either

I oppose all of this.

Every Monday i am covered with tattoos, have 2 or three space STDs, have a hang over, usually missing a finger or a tooth and need to take a dump.

Best to just suicide and move into a new clone then to deal.

There is something you need to know.

According to the lore of New Eden, there are two kinds of clones.

Military grade Dust clones which mainly consist of low-quality bodies (some of which are constantly recycled) and are relatively cheap. As a result, some of them decay faster than normal. Rumors have it that they last up to 24 hours at the most.

Then there are the Capsuleer clones which are so expensive that only Eve Online players can currently afford. Capsuleer clones degrade at the same normal rate as a simple unmodified human body. In fact, they suffer less defects and illnesses compared to normal humans.

But fear not. There are rumors that the clone body you see in your merc quarters is a Capsuleer grade clone. But you never use it for battle. It's just there for you to hang out with. Besides, Dust mercs currently lack the income the support losing such a clone. You'll have to wait until the market becomes lucrative enough for you to do so.

Ooo, ooo, I know. Capsuleer clones can be augmented/enhanced right (that is what makes them really expensive right)? We could set it up where you could either buy the augmentations (if you have the money, which would be outrageously expensive) or you could just personally/hands on work a Capsuleer clone to achive near the same effect. One could be a humanist or augmentationist purist. I say near the same effect because I think that augmentations would need to be better but very expensive. But it dies and it is gone.

I want a hardcore character damn it, so I can be really upset when it dies. Like someone just shot my puppy.

This idea has a bit more merit, if you changed some things around.

Lore wise, our bodies are already at peak physical condition. They literally manufacture these clone bodies to be better than normal people. A clone mercenary, naked, could stand toe to toe physically with the most fit people out in the universe.

Augmentation wise, we are already pumped full of nanites, that allow us to be better than even our natural bodies would allow, kill pain, and allow us to survive things that would quite literally break a mortal shell.

Generally though our clones are conditioned to be all around good, and we can already pump ourselves full of drugs to kill our lifespan to hours but make us run a bit faster. (those stamina modules for example.)

The thing you might want to suggest is a clone body that is already pre-rigged with a shield energizer, replacing useless long term organs like the stomach and guts with a small reactor, or replacing that useless layer of skin with a synth-weaved hardened layer of armor. These augmentations would be catastrophic to the body, crippling it's ability to do other things, such as running or mobility, and would relegate it's life span to a couple of hours, at best...
but you could easily pay for such clone bodies to be placed into your dropsuit to augment it even further, for a price per clone.

Alot of this would have to wait until there is a market for suicidal implants, for some reason the squishy mortals never wanted to invest into things that would kill the user in a matter of hours or minutes.

The idea is intriguing, but I have to admit I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around it. You see, I'm Amarrian, and, well... I'm still on my first clone. Good luck with this... whatever.