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Allaby
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Posted - 2004.05.07 00:19:00 -
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Hi!
I've just started the game yesterday, spent about 6 hours on it. Good stuff :)
Anyway, the reason for my enquiry is the Charisma Attribute. When I was making my character I figured it would be cool to have nice and high Charisma... However I've been reading that it is (or at least was) the least useful attribute... Which is unfortunate as I started at 14. :(
Is this still the case? Is it more useful than it was? I do want to be a trader type, which I heard is right for Charisma... But I'll be somewhat frustrated if it was pointless to have such a high lvl.
Cheers :)
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Kitten Hearder
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Posted - 2004.05.07 00:42:00 -
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Charmisma determines the effectiveness of your bard songs...so nothing in Eve. hehe Actualy I think it's used for some social skills. Try here to check out the skills.
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Saniya
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Posted - 2004.05.07 01:55:00 -
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I started with a high Charisma and have considered starting again - based on the posts that this is a wasted attribute. But when thinking about it, I plan to be more of a scout/explorer/trader/courier. All I want is a fast ship and skills to get away from trouble.
With the social skills that the game has (and hopefully will add to i.e. being about to smuggle) I stick with my current stats.
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Hardin
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Posted - 2004.05.07 09:09:00 -
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No particular attribute either high or low will completely cripple your character. After all the learning skills and implants can take even the worst attribute to a reasonably decent level.
However you could find yourself regretting your choices at a later date when you realise that people who started at the same time as you now have many more total skillpoints than you.
Charisma is useful for social skills - which are handy for agent runners / traders - however at this time there are only about 5/6 social skills in the game and only 3 (SOCIAL, NEGOTIATIONS & CONNECTIONS) which I would say are must haves.
There are some other leadership skills that Charisma has an influence on as a secondary attribute but honestly the minimal benefit you get (in skill training time) from having a high Charisma rating is all but negligible.
My advice is to ensure that you have good PERCEPTION (Spaceship Command/Gunnery) & INTEL & MEMORY. These three attributes affect MOST skills you will need to train in EVE in some way or another. If you have them at a high base it will help reduce your overall training time.
INTEL & MEM in particular will speed up the time spent training the learning/attribute skills which is something ALL pilots should do in order to generally increase their skill learning rate...
Simply put as the game stands at the moment CHARISMA and to a lesser extent WILLPOWER do not influence enough skills to persuade me to dump lots of start up points into them...
I speak from some experience. When I started this game on day one I had no clue about attributes and as a result have a character with 22 Charisma (and still have 1 level of Empathy to train).
I now have approx 11.5 million SP whereas many others who started at the same time are on 13 to 15 mill SP...
I started a second account approx 4 months after my main using the lessons I had learnt about attributes and learning skills and she is now approaching 8.6 mill SP and gaining fast on my 'first'...
The choice is yours - as I said at the start wrong attributes wont cripple you and if your more interested in roleplay rather than just powergaming then go for what suits your character...
I kinda enjoy being charismatic 
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Kalhystia
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Posted - 2004.05.07 17:19:00 -
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well charisma isn't that used for now to train important skills.
But maybe CCP will change this one day...
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Rachelle
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Posted - 2004.05.08 00:01:00 -
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Ok! Been doing some thinking. Since I only have a week of training under my belt and being a newb, I am starting a new character.
Since I have started to enjoy the combat side of things, a re-roll is in order.
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Valan
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Posted - 2004.05.08 02:34:00 -
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Charisma is also a secondary attribute of the gang skills. Leadership, guerilla tactics and I believe escort tactics.
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