Alphea Abbra
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Posted - 2013.09.25 11:21:00 -
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Jumfat Kohlah wrote:T2 crystals have nothing to do with that - why is it necessary to reach level 4 to fit them? Wouldn't it be better if the crystal use could be associated more with the ship (lvl 5 in mining barge) or in the category of Gunnery ( as that is essentially what they are) under the heading of "Mining Laser upgrade" ? I suggest you check out the training times for medium turret-based weaponry.
They need specialisations that only affect T2 turrets, and you need small specs before medium and large.
I don't think you want to look too much towards gunnery as examples for how to skill for T2 "ammo".
At the same time, you could easily justify the reprocessing skills for T2 mining crystals. Just as Astrogeology would technically be a science, here the application is mining asteroids. Processing those asteroids efficiently is a skill by its own, but the knowledge you gain from those (technically engineering?) processes can also be applied to improve your ability to harvest those particular asteroids.
It doesn't make perfect sense, but I think it's good enough.
Quote:The other annoyances are the skills that affect capacitor of the module rather than the performance of the module. A good example is target painting and weapon disruption. Both affect capacitor usage and not the modules performance. By far most E-War works this way, and have meta-skills to improve ability.
Check out:
Weapon Disruption (Core) -> Turret Destabilisation (meta).
Sensor Linking (Core) -> Signal Suppression (meta).
Electronic Warfare (Core) -> Frequency "something" (meta).
I can't remember the rest, but apart from jamming (Which IIRC doesn't have an associated meta skill) they all work such that enabling the various mods are tied to a skill that reduces cap use, and higher skill levels in the core skill lets you train a support / meta skill to the modules that improves on your efficiency.
I think that works very fine, and see no reason to change it.
I think the mining part could potentially be explained better but I see no actual reason to introduce T2 mining crystal specialisations when you already have skills that many (Granted, not all alts) miners will want to have at some point anyway, namely refining efficiency. |