Kahega Amielden
Rifterlings
Point Blank Alliance
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Posted - 2013.07.03 16:19:00 -
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Quote:Remove the ability to set Certificates as public
Offer the ability to drag and drop individual Certificates, or a whole Certificate profile from a character into any kind of text input field (conversation channels or EVE mails for instance GÇô this already is possible for individual Certificates from the planner)
Offer means to compare Certificates with a particular individual that give you permission with your own
For bragging rights, display unlocked Certificates publicly on all character show info, but donGÇÖt mention to which fields they apply GÇô for instance, running a show info on character A would list this pilot has 53 Certificates to Elite, 24 to Standard, but do not allow me to know their names or related skills.
-I think the ability to set certs as public should stay unless having the option there causes problems elsewhere
-Being able to show specific certs and profiles would be a very strong improvement - my corp recruits a fair number of newbies and being able to see what they're skilling for would put me in a better position to know what they can do and where I can make suggestions.
-I'm not convinced a comparison feature would be exceptionally useful. If you really need to know who has better skills in an area, it's either completely obvious (one player is vastly more skilled in the area than the other), or so small that the differences probably wouldn't show up on the certificate level.
-No one would give half a **** about certificate statistics for "bragging rights". They don't mean anything, people don't think they mean anything. Certificates are only useful in that they are a skill training guideline for people who don't otherwise know what they should train. If I want to brag about how many skills I have trained I'll talk about my SP total or my SP total in particular skill groups.
Also, make sure when you're doing this revamp you actually sort which skills go in which certificates to include the newer skills
...And some of the certs need a revamp. Seriously, having targeting to V and Multitasking trained at all is completely useless unless you're flying Logi. There's no reason that low-level core competency certs should require them. Having low-priority skills to high levels in the certificates undermines the certs' purpose as a guideline to newbies. It's because of stuff like this that people point newbies to online skill guides rather than just telling them to look at the relevant certs. |