Liltha wrote:Tyberius Franklin wrote:Cage Man wrote:I don't understand why those of us who did the long train to use deep space probes can't be reimbursed in some form. Pilots who have done BC5 and destroyer 5, capital pilots, etc will reap the benefits and still be able to fly what they used to, but those of us who trained to be able to use one special probe have essentially wasted our time as they will be removed, these skills have no use elsewhere..
The skill now gives a bonus to scan strength, deviation and speed. The only way Astrometrics 5 doesn't give you a bonus after the change is if you stop scanning.
Actually this is bullshit. It doesn't really give a bonus because the bonus it gives is taken away from existing skills.
Before Pinpointing gave 10% per level, now it gives 5% per level and Astrometrics gives the other 5%. If they had left pinpointing and such alone and just removed Astrometrics altogether he would be in the same place. The only people helped by the bonuses added to astrometrics are new players.
Unless I read the original post wrong that is.
Yes, I can see how that would be bad.
PRE Odyssey
- Astrometrics - Probe count
Acquisition - (-10%) Scan time.
Pinpointing - (-10%) Scan Deviation
Rangefinding - (+10%) Scan Strength
Odyssey
Astrometrics - (-5%) scan time, (-5%) scan deviation, (+5%) scan strength
Acquistion - (-5%) scan time
Pinpointing - (-5%) scan deviation
Rangefinding - (+5%) scan strength
Essentially they just took something that was 100% effective and 0% effective and re-ordered it so that its 50% effective and 50% effective. Its still a loss of 100% of a skill. I agree, thats bullshit.
However, there are other uses for the Astrometrics skill, for instance you need lvl 5 to even train jump portal generation. Also, you need the skill at lvl 3 for Astrometric Acquisition and lvl 4 for Astrometric Pinpointing, so removing the skill isnt an option. I suppose CCP could reimburse the skill points from that skill to everyone and let them decide what they want to do with it. However, if you want to keep the training in Astrometric Pinpointing, you still need Astrometrics 4. The only useful purpose for training it to 5 is for jump portal generation. Besides that, all the way up to level 4 it DOES have a purpose.