Calous Vadarm
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Posted - 2006.03.03 12:24:00 -
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 Originally by: Android Mindslave
My charater is sitting in the Hanger in the starting station incubating. Yes, incubating. How silly is that.
I think it is very silly.
While you have been sitting there incubating, I have been learning while learning.
I have been in the game for a few days over a month (34 days or so) and have the following learning skills..
Analytical Mind 5
Eidetic Memory 4
Empathy 2
Instant Recall 5
Iron Will 3
Learning 5
Logic 4
Spatial Awareness 4
I am also soloing Level 2 Security missions with little problems, in an Arbitrator, using 3 drones, Light Missles, and 2 Heavy Medium Beams. I also pilot a Coercer that cuts through Level 1 missions like buddah.
While you are incubating and moaning about it, I have been learning tactics on how to best use my ships, with minimum combat skills, and still have majority of my SP sunk in learning skills. Out of the 1.3 million SP that I have, 1 million and change comes from my Learning skills.
Originally by: Android Mindslave
Of course this is used to impart learning skills to the whole population, becuase *everyone* will tell you that it is a 100% fact that those are the most important skills bar none. No contest.
I'd have to say that Ship Command is the most important skill in the game. Everything else is just filler. 
Originally by: Android Mindslave
I'm new to Eve, and frankly, this game would be *much* better without the reality of learning skills.
I don't like other MMO games because they require 'grinding' based on what you 'need' to do instead of what you want to do. Except for learning skills, EVE is the antithesis of this dynamic in all regards.
I'm new to EVE as well, yet I firmly believe that the Learning skills add yet one more step of depth to the game and your character evolution. You don't need to train Learning skills at all. Yes, training them helps the speed at which your character progresses, but it does impact how your character progresses, nor do your attributes directly effect your ability to an effective character.
Its kind of funny when you think about Learning skills, and their true impact on training. Learning skills are nothing more then a short path to getting that 'instant' gratification of new skills. If you can't stand the small amount of time needed to train Learning skills, so that you can get other skills at a faster rate, then you will never be satisfied by the game. If you don't have the patience to bid your time training Learning skills, so that you can increase the rate in which you gain skills later on, then you most assuredly won't have the patience to train skills that take 2+ weeks to train, so that you can get that next better ship.
Originally by: Android Mindslave
Except with learning skills. When you 'take a break' from learning skills, your actually hurting your character.
How is it hurting your character? Sounds like you are talking about having a case of the 'Joneses'.
OMG, the Jones' have a bigger TV then we do. We need to rush out and buy a new TV, so that ours is bigger then theirs.
If you are stuck in the mind set that you are competeing with everyone else, and need learn the Learning skills, then you have already lost the competition.
Originally by: Android Mindslave
One wonders how many people just got bored waiting for their learning skills and just quit.
I would be curious to know those numbers as well. They would let us know how many people were too impatient to train skills that have the sole purpose of reducing the training times of other skills. Kind of poetic if you really think about it. 
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