Not taking sides, but maybe he is doing other things while the skills train: a different game or going outside. I mean that is the beauty of Eve, you can set up skills and you can take a break, or you can set up skills and keep playing.

One of the things I had considered was figuring out how much time I'd need to mine to cover subscriptions. I planned on grinding out the mining and then not having to log on if I didn't want to. It might seem like I was grinding to avoid playing, but to me the plan was grinding to have the freedom to not play but not having to pay real money for it.

We all have different reasons for playing. *shrug*

- Souca -