Telemicus Thrace
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Posted - 2006.02.02 01:48:00 -
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 Originally by: Harry Voyager
I find myself in agreement with Geirling on this one.
lvl 5 skills used to indicate a character who was utterly dedicated to whatever the skill was, willing to go that extra mile for that last bit of performance, but a generalist could take many more skills at only rank 4, gaining greater role flexibility for an only moderate loss of performance.
A lvl 5 Blastathron pilot would certainly beat a lvl 4 blasterthron pilot, but a lvl 4 Blastathron pilot would have the option of using Tempests, Armageddons and Ravens as the situation demanded.
Now everyone has to train lvl 5 in dozens of skills, or be completely ineffective in combat. lvl 5 for Tech II guns, lvl 5 for Tech II ships, lvl 5 for tech II components, lvl 5 for Drones, lvl 5 for this, lvl 5 for that, and on and on.
This game would be so much better if all lvl 5 skill prereqs were dropped to lvl 4, and Tech II BPOs were creatable.
Harry Voyager
Lvl4 is becoming a more common pre-requisite for the very reasons you cited. I think it was on the EveNews.com interview with Oveur. Whether they will drop retroactively on existin pre-requisites or just affect future skills I don't know.
Option 3 used to exist. Some skills would get a boost through use like Afterburners would get a boost when you switched on your AB. It got dropped because apparantly a lot of folk just sat outside station activating and deactivating modules. It caused lag and was clearly not working in the intended fashion.
The system as it is is fine. In fact the time based training is one of the main reasons I was persuaded to try Eve. I have played XP based games and when work is busy I would quickly find myself way behind my peers and unable to game with my mates which defeated the purpose of multiplayer gaming for me.
The fact that not only do I not fall behind if I am not around for a week is one of the things that keeps me playing. It is also because of this system that I have actually been playing since day 1 rather than just grinding to keep up with my peers so I can go questin on the weekend.
It also gives me stuff to look forward to. For instance I'll get home tonight I'll be able to use an extra drone and by the end of the evening I can upgrade them to heavies. If it was xp based I would have nothing to look forward to but rock bashing.
Option 1. Leave it as is.
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