IP tracking and only having one trail account active per IP should solve this for the most part. Even stEVE makes it so if you have a paid account open you can not have a trial account open on the same computer, You can however have as many paid accounts open as you want. Also in stEVE they have limitations to what ships can be trained by pilots.

#4Maybe AC will make the Advanced robotics skill only trainable by paid accounts! And make trials not allowed to go to beta or gamma. I still know people with 5-7 accounts subbed can make an arkhe alt army and lock down an island but they won't be able to do much else but scout those TPs.

Frozen EP would work Hunter, but people might not understand the concept and think they aren't gaining experiance for anything they do get frustrated and leave with out asking questions.

TL:DR
Block advanced robotics skill to trial account users. Problem w/ trial miners solved.

well i think the main problem is not that you run 2 or 3 trials with miners.

the only trial i always used was a compiler bot for the walls quite some time ago...

i personaly think the main problem would be solved if you restrict players that you can log in with 2 trial accounts from one computer.

i see no problem with gate scouts, i see no problem with a sequer as trial. i see no problem with spies.

the only problem i see is haven 4-10 miner trials expoiting resources.
things like these always start to become a problem when somebody throws reason out of the window or his advantage and a lot ppl just follow because they see their disadvantage if they dont do this as well.

trials are not ment for mass use. thats my opinion. do some smaller tasks with them is fine. most ppl pay two or more accounts so why not use one or two trials for minor (not miner) tasks.

so restrict that or just write it in the eula that this is not ok. and if ppl still go with it then hell lets ban them. why not.

but the more easy way wouls simply be to check how many accounts are running on one pc and check on login that there are not more then 2 trials active...

my 5 cents.

I don't think EP freeze is the way to go.

I think we should limit the training mech/hmech to paid accounts only and put in clear rule which forbids players to use more than 1 trial account per IP.

No solution would be perfect here, it's either that or imposing some restrictions on trials (again...)

Regarding restrictions I guess making mech/hmechs and access to beta/gamma paid accounts only would suffice.

Adjust a game: continents, pbs teleports, npc teleport only between "alpha" locations, etc.
Adjust some rules
Leave trials alone

normally in any online game when creating any account whether trial or subbed u have to give at least some of your private data (like full name and so on), don't you?
I, as naive as it may be, always thought that this should restrict mmo players to
a) let them have more than just one trial account
and b) to restrict trials to non subbed persons
(next to reasons concerning diverse questions about law and legality like having to give your true age)
Although it seems that at most times this part is is overlooked and you just need variable email adresses to get around it...

Restricting activated trials themself (even less with freezing their EP) is a bit of a turn off for new players as to why restrictions to trials in perp have already been lifted some time ago (after loooots of discussions).
But starting from the theoretical point that you can't even CREATE a trialaccount because the database tells that there already exists an account (trial or subbed) with your data (and not just that one email adress), there's no need to restrict them left.
You could even say - okay give beginners a chance to try what they want and have up to 3 trials at the same time possible but if you subscribe to one account the others will just run out after trial time if theres no sub for them (still with no possibility to get a new trial after sub).

That way neither new players would get shunned nor trials could be exploited by subbed players (+ you are still able to sub more than one account)...

I have 3 computers at home. My ISP provides me several IP's. I know how to use virtual machines, anonymous proxy and many other things. It's very interesting how is it possible to investigate?

i wonder why trial needs to be two weeks or longer.

most cases i have seen, the new player either subscribe right off the bat (within 3 days), or they
leave after 2 weeks without any notice.

after next patch, they wont need to spend 2/3rd of their starting EP for navigation either, which means they can haul, scout or mine even more efficiently then they do now. I think that would be a good opportunity to implement some restrictions again (extensionlevels max 5 - no adv. robotics... )

trials being able to use mechs is stupid. A trial account is a way for some one to get an idea about the game & see if they like it. dont need to get into a mech to find that out.

let them use every thing under mech for the 15 days.

True Pros make a Podcast to influence the Devs minds, 
The rest of you guys are Hacks

PS. I got my Highways & stopped playing b4 they came in & have never used them! ...... Irony much ?

the problem can be worsen up once it doesnt matter how high your extensions are regarding "how much" you can extract from an ore deposit. Within the new system, it will only affect how fast your are sucking - and that means, more robots (=more trials) can compensate for the lack of EP - just like in PvP.

You're not seeing? Then you either trolling or should open up your eyes. PP isn't starcraft and co. There are character advancement mechanics set in the game core, which are very time/money consuming. Why bother with such stuff then? Simply make an online strategy game of it and let people control as many robots as they want for whatever purpouse they want. Why bother with 10 trial accs, renewing every 2 weeks?
You will never negate the multiaccounting benefits down to zero, but then at least people should sub to have that advantages. Or make it FTP.

Troll Success.