Corozan Aspinall
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Industries
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Posted - 2010.11.16 22:43:00 -
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Edited by: Corozan Aspinall on 16/11/2010 22:45:45
 Originally by: Cunane
Originally by: Corozan Aspinall
Edited by: Corozan Aspinall on 16/11/2010 13:07:35
Ahh learning. Fun fun!
Only 64 days to go before my friend can start playing EvE Online.
Ok that just annoys me, your "friend" is only 300k SP behind me and will overtake me, in the meantime I've been able to play the game just fine starting with just 4 in basic, then 4/3 once I had earned enough isk to buy the advance skills, and finally a set of +3's
and by the time those 64 days are up for the two of us, yes you will have more SP, by a long shot, but i'll be enjoying better gunnery and t2 guns, and some better core skills.
Perfect training time isn't everything espically to someone new.
Now, later? Never? My main has imperfect learning as it happens. I did what you did and just got stuck in. With hindsight and a billion isk to spare - I now appreciate there is simply no logical reason not to get them out the way immediately, ideally before you even 'start' EvE. If not, you probably never will. And if you intend to play EvE longer than a year, you *will* come to regret that.
Anyway, from my point of view the problem is that its dead time. Training almost any other skill gets you one step closer to unlocking new game content or being 'better' at something you already do. Learning is just dead time and so will always get shunted to the bottom of your 'what am I training this month' list. Even when EVE mon recommends it go to the top.
I know it because the last year or more thats been the case. 1.6m skill points in a month thanks to the booster saving me almost 2 months of dead training time down the line? No brainer mate sorry.
If you have the isk to help a friend in to the game, you'd be dense not to do max learning immediately. Sad but true. As has been pointed out the maths are just way too compelling to ignore.
Finally, your toon is worth .. nothing .. to anyone else except you. Even if Shakebag loses interest in EvE, I will recoup most of my investment either as a 'maxed' alt or through sale.
FWIW I wish learning was removed too but arguing against maxing them asap is like suggesting you should forget elementary school and go straight in to a dazzling career in customer service somewhere and spend the rest of your working life being unable to realise your potential as everyone gradually leaves you behind. Sucks. Thats life. Same in EVE sadly.
You haven't actually trained anything yet mate. Wait till eve mon starts telling you that 28+ day skill would be 1/3rd quicker if you'd trained learning. Then you'll start saying how much cash is that costing me? To sit and wait while CCP gets rich on me not actually playing the game longer and longer and longer? Do I keep buying more expensive implants or just give up and buy a character etc? Its silly. But its not going away anytime soon by the look of it.
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