Vrykolakasis
Trinity Operations
Aurora Irae
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Posted - 2013.02.14 19:19:00 -
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My initial understanding of the dev blog was as follows:
I train Amarr Carrier to level 1, as per the current prerequisites. After the change, I still have Amarr Carrier at 1, and all of the prerequisites. So if I did not have jump drive operation to 5, jump drive cal to 3, jump fuel cons to 4, etc, I will have those after the change.
Then, the first post linked to this post, which, although labelled as "clear" is anything but. My new understanding of the change is as follows:
I train Amarr Carrier to level 1, as per the current prerequisites. After the change, I still have Amarr Carrier at 1, but none of the new prerequisites. So if I did not have jump drive operation to 5, etc, I still won't have any of that, however I will still be able to magically fly amarr carriers.
The same applies to all other nested skill requirements. If I have the skill now I will have it after, although I may not have the requirements to have trained that skill. So if I can fly a battleship now and don't have destroyers trained, I can still fly the battleship after but will have a missing destroyer prerequisite.
So, basically I want to know if I'm right in my second understanding of all of this. It seems broken to me to allow people to use ships they have not trained the prerequisites for. It seems much less broken to give them all the prerequisites, although people who trained the appropriate levels already may be a little salty about having others get free skill points (I don't really care about their feelings, because new players are going to have to spend a lot more time specializing than we are with destroyers and battlecruisers, I don't see any reason older players shouldn't have something to whine about too. Not to mention handing out the prerequisite skills would benefit me, and I'm a greedy so-and-so). Alternatively, I don't mind the idea of not letting someone into a ship till they've trained all the prerequisites, "fly it before fly it after" be damned.
Opinions on game design aside, I mostly just want to know which it is so I can adjust my training plans accordingly. |