Joshua Calvert
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Posted - 2003.08.12 21:41:00 -
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Edited by: Joshua Calvert on 12/08/2003 21:42:41
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Yep, more skill should be needed, but not more skills.
At the start of the whole eve thing as far as i remember the plan was that f.e. warpscramblers depended on your skilllevel, stabilizers(hadnt a name back then) also, and so on. As it stands, your skill-levels dont matter for that kind of operations. Its sad, its crappy, but its how it is.
The problem is not that blockade running does not need many skills, camping doesnt need more, the problem is that many skills are never ever learned above level 1 (or some to level 3, which is too easy to get if its all you need).
The result of this is that f.e. no specialized blockade runner profession exists. I only can say it again, that is no problem of the blockade running, but generally of the game.
Warpscrambling also needs "no skill".
Manufacturing needs some, but they are not hard enough to get so nearly everybody can compete in this field.
The concept that everybody is theoretically able to learn everything is imho a good thing in a mmorpg. The current situation, that everybody really does learn everything cause its so easy is damn bad, and its not a problem of a single profession.
P.S.: Yep, Han Solo ran a lot of blockades in his life. But hes definetely not flying an industrial (a planetary ion cannon was needed for the indies to do it on hoth). If you have a planetary ioncannon and you cant run a blockade in an indi all alone, you are allowed to whine , but as it stands....
The problem lies in the lack of choices when it comes to being a pirate.
You have the "Lets camp a gate and gank anything that comes along to get the loot" or the "Use the map to find a lone pilot in a system and hold him to ransom with ECm/Jamming equipment for isk".
Having said that, having two choices in your chosen trade is a damn sight more than traders/miners have.
If you're looking for a wider and more varied trade, try hunting pirates.
Or, you could just be like many people are, and just swan around the Loonyiverse doing a bit of this, a bit of that, dodging the dibble........
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