Originally by: Selim

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Edited by: Selim on 15/03/2005 14:56:47
Why is Perception the best attribute?

You need perception for ALOT more skills than even intelligence, and alot of those skills are very high rank so basically, you can train more SP at a faster rate with high perception than intelligence, the purported second-best attribute.

You need perception as primary for:

Rank 8: 10 skills (4 battleship, 6 large turret specialization)
Rank 6: 9 skills (Logistics, Transport Ships, Battlecruisers, 6 medium turret spec)
Rank 5: 15 skills (4 cruisr, 3 large turrets, cruise missiles, trajectory analysis, 6 medium turret spec)
Rank 4: 7 skills (4 industrial, mining barge, torpedos, surgical strike)
Rank 3: 11 skills (FOF missiles, heavy missiles, 6 small turret spec, 3 medium turrets)
Rank 2: 12 skills (destroyers, 4 frigates, standard missiles, defenders, weapon upgrades, controlled bursts, motion prediction, rapid fire, sharpshooter)
Rank 1: 7 skills (Spaceship Command, Missile Launchers, Rockets, Gunnery, 3 small turrets)

77,056,000 skillpoints total require perception as primary.


Now Intelligence:

Rank 6: 1 (Cloaking)
Rank 5: 4 (High Speed Maneuvering, Jump Drive, Cruiser Const., Industrial Construct.)
Rank 4: 2 (Acceleration Control, Tactical Shield Manipulation
Rank 3: 7 (Logic, Energy Management, Shield Management, Sensor Linking, Weapon Disruption, Propulsion Jamming, Multitasking)
Rank 2: 13 (Remote Armor Repairers, Frigate Const., Hull Upgrades, Evasive Man., Fuel Conservation, Shield Upgrades, Shield Emissions, Energy Pulse Weapons, Energy Grid Upgrades, Energy Emission Systems, Long Range Targetting, Electronic Warfare, Electronics Upgrades)
Rank 1: 12 (Navigation, Afterburner, Warp Drive, Mechanic, Repair Systems, Engineering, Shield Operation, Energy Systems Operation, Electronics, Survey, Targeting, Signature Analysis)

23,808,000 require intelligence as PRIMARY!

Everyone used to think perception and intelligence were the two best attributes. Well clearly perception is MILES AHEAD of intelligence. People with high perc and low int can easily train the low rank intelligence skills and then save ALOT more time then the people with good intelligence and poor perception, this is a HUGE imbalance in favor of people with high perception.

FIX IT.

(Intelligence is the SECOND BEST, so willpower, memory and charisma are even worse off. )

(The new EW skills do NOT help this in any measureable amount.)

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