for the past 2 years I had a short break from eve but continued to pay my omega. With my first login in the last days I wondered, why there are so few new skill points at my characters.
Was there a change to the system, that there would always be skillpoints even if I do not train a skill?
That I know of, it is not possible to accrue unallocated skill points by leaving your training queue empty. If you did not have a skill in training, you did not receive unallocated skill points for that training time. You must have a skill selected to train to get the skill points.
As far I know skill points have never accumulated without a skill being trained.
People that were taking a break from Eve with subscription time “in the bank” used to set up a skill queue that would run for months, usually a combination of lower level skills and the time consuming level 5 skills needed to go up a ship tier.
No skill queue means no training and therefore no additional skill points. Make sure to fill your skill queue for a long time. After a hiatus you may be excited what’s actually skilled.