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Grayclay
Caldari
The Arrow Project
Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2010.04.23 04:06:00 -
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I definitely see both sides here.
For new characters: Learning skills can be a serious detriment to new characters getting into the game in the first month. They'll be told they need to train up all of them to Level 5 by almost anyone in-game, and that its almost de facto that you should have all 5/4 learning skills. When in WoW or EQ or any other MMO, you can immediately start casting a couple of different spells by the end of the first day, its hard for a new player to get past the first month spent just setting up a character for their first "spell".
For Alts: I just started my first separate account alt, and I was playing around with EvEMon to setup a skill plan. I'm turning this guy into an industrialist, so I setup a long list of all of the industrial and science skills. EvEMon popped up with suggestions for Learning skills, and even though I added skills, it reduced the overall plan time. So it's not really a waste. I'm spending about one week training Memory and Intelligence learning skills to 5/4, and thats all I need. Be selective about what you're going to use an Alt for, and its not that big of a deal.
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Grayclay
Caldari
The Arrow Project
Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2010.06.26 01:19:00 -
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CCP collects data when people cancel their subscriptions. They ask why you quit.
You train a handful of new players in a game with 300,000+ players, none of whom quit the game because of the learning skills you told them they HAD to train.
Obviously, your wisdom and omniscience > CCP's statistics.
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Grayclay
Caldari
The Arrow Project
Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2010.06.26 17:40:00 -
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 Originally by: ViolenTUK
Originally by: Grayclay
CCP collects data when people cancel their subscriptions. They ask why you quit.
This is well known. This may well be the reason learning skills are still in the game after 8 years. The issue of learning skills probably isnĘt raised to often.
Originally by: Grayclay
You train a handful of new players in a game with 300,000+ players,
Good point. 30 or so players who have had early stage tuition by me isnĘt a great deal. There have been many more players in game who have not received tuition from me who have never noted any complaints. I guess I must be lucky that no-one has ever complained about it...
Originally by: Grayclay
none of whom quit the game because of the learning skills you told them they HAD to train.
To be precise I never told them they had to train them. I told them how it would help them and then let them decide.
Originally by: Grayclay
Obviously, your wisdom and omniscience > CCP's statistics.
What Statistics would they be? Do they exist? Or are they the statistics that have kept learning skills in the game for almost 8 years?
Quite clearly, I'm referring to the Statistics CCP keeps of the reasons why people leave the game. I don't know what they say, I'm not even implying as to one meaning or another. I just want to make sure that we are differentiating between the anecdotal evidence and statistical data in how we have this discussion.
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