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Plastician
Invictus Australis
BricK sQuAD.
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Posted - 2010.09.30 01:53:00 -
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This seems to be a common problem with new players (and maybe some others). They think OMGZ I MUST NEEDZ SKILLPOINTS BEFORE I CAN DO ANYTHING FUN, then come on the forums and whine when they have to wait. But this is totally not true. All you need to do is find some friends and be creative. There are things you can do as a 1 week old character to help your older more skilled friends. Yeah, you'll probably die a lot, but you'll learn a lot too and it sure beats the hell out of sitting and waiting for a month.
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Plastician
Invictus Australis
BricK sQuAD.
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Posted - 2010.10.01 04:11:00 -
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 Originally by: Edge Horseman
Why should i have to grind for 1 or 2 years to be able to pvp in a pvp game? Something is wrong..
Why on earth noobs think they need to have 1 or 2 years skills to be able to PVP is beyond me. Yes, maybe you have to wait longer to have decent skills for a T2 cruiser plus all the support skills, but you don't need to wait this long to actually PVP. Also, decision making a long the way is also part of the game i.e. "Would it be more beneficial to me for my style of play to train capacitor skills before shield skills?".
Plus, the time it takes you to get the skills for the higher levels of ships is about the time you need to have enough real skills to pilot them properly anyway.
Is it just that noobs are afraid to PVP unless they have the perfect fit/skills?
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Plastician
Invictus Australis
BricK sQuAD.
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Posted - 2010.10.01 06:02:00 -
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Originally by: Anne Arqui
So in this case we couldn't do anything and it was very frustrating. There's hardly any other game where a 6-9 month old character doesn't at least have 1 character (read: ship) that's up to par with a veteran. In EVE you're still just cannon fodder.
That's a valid point, however I don't really see this as a flaw in the game. You chose to specialize in industry and I'm sure you have excelled in that field and can make a fair amount of money. The guys who war-dec'd you decided to specialize in PVP and equally couldn't manufacture anything to save their lives even if they wanted to. EVE is about making choices and working together. I can understand your frustration, but now you know you need to recruit a bigger PVP division to defend your POS.
Unfortunately 6-9 months is quite young in EVE if you want to specialize in more than one area. I do think Learning skills need rethinking, but the idea of skills works for EVE. There is a lot more discussion to be had about original intentions when everyone had low SP and vets were flying battleships and how those intentions work now where the average SP is obviously higher, but I will leave that to another thread/post.
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