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Bastion Arzi
Animadversion Tactical Operations Index Dishonored.
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Posted - 2014.02.27 15:10:00 -
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many thanks to the community for welcoming a new player. |
Billy Sastard
Life. Universe. Everything. Clockwork Pineapple
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Posted - 2014.02.27 16:26:00 -
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Rumini wrote: You misunderstand me. All I am curious about is how long it took for you to feel you had acceptable skills in various areas. No trap, and no comments from me. I am honestly curious how long people need to be happy with their skills doing multiple activities. I'm not going to make a judgement about what makes you happy. I'd really like to see some skill plans and a list of what to train and to what level by the people who think cross training is good, but I doubt that's forthcoming any time soon.
For any skill I have trained so far, I felt that I could function well with that skill at 3, maybe 4 if it was required for unlocking further skills. It was not until I was years into the game that I decided to fill out all those skills.
The truth is that it only takes a day or so to skill up a new subject to use able levels, and in the big picture, a few days is not important.
Heck, when I came back after taking a long break recently I found that so many things had changed that even with nearly 100m combat sp I was lacking in certain aspects, but that never bothered me. So I am not sure how to answer the question of when I felt skills were 'acceptable', as even now I have areas where I am aware that I am lacking, however I am not bothered by the fact that I am not able to squeeze that last 10-15% out of something, fleshing out the skills was something of a luxury later on. |
Aralyn Cormallen
Wildly Inappropriate Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2014.02.27 16:34:00 -
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I feel I'm in opposite-world in this thread; there is a fresh newbie knuckling down, not complaining about training times getting clubbed over the head and being told to string out his training time to something less-optimal to what he needs
I get why some of you guys are coming in hard, since his way isn't going to be the way for everyone, and you should certainly point that out, but perhaps some of the quibbling about exact definitions and splitting hairs over meanings is probably better served in some of the more negative threads, and let this one go back to the feel-good theme it was started in.
Anyhoo, good look step-bro (I'm not sure if a Groon and a WI-goon quite counts as brother, its one of those awkward somehow-relateds you get at family gatherings where certain uncles have been putting it about a bit...) |
Cara Forelli
End-of-Line
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Posted - 2014.02.27 18:26:00 -
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Rumini wrote:I could have sworn I posted a mea culpa about the corporation part a page ago. As an aside I'm more than disinterested in this thread for the time being. I've spent the majority responding to flat out bullshit or conjecture or repeating myself for those with learning disabilities. I see little point in contributing to this thread for the foreseeable future.
It's a bummer, because this thread started off so well. Reading it I went from pleased at the OP's initial attitude, to amused by the responses typifying the attitude of our forum regulars, to frustrated that people who agree on 95% of the post topic can't reach an understanding.
Arguing about specialization is just silly. It's an inherent trade-off built in to the game. Everyone has to decide at some level whether they want to be more efficient at a single task or be able to perform more tasks. For new players without clearly defined interests it can be useful to diversify a bit to see what they enjoy. This will eventually lead to specializing somewhat, as EVE rather demands it. Other players have well defined goals and would prefer to specialize immediately.
IMO train diverse skills until you have well defined goals. Then specialize enough to meet your goals without stunting your playstyle options completely. www.ensignyooch.wordpress.com
New player with questions? Like to answer questions? Join my public channel in game:-áHouse Forelli |
Miriya Zakalwe
Rifterlings Point Blank Alliance
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Posted - 2014.02.28 00:16:00 -
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Cara Forelli wrote:It's a bummer, because this thread started off so well. Reading it I went from pleased at the OP's initial attitude, to amused by the responses typifying the attitude of our forum regulars, to frustrated that people who agree on 95% of the post topic can't reach an understanding.
It's completely understandable forum meta. There's an instinctive reaction among many vets to perceived arrogance (or for that matter, butthurt) by noobs. It takes like a week at most to figure that out as a noob if you're perceptive (or even sentient at all), at which point you either accept it or don't :)
This is hardly unique to these forums. In fact, these are pretty tame in comparison to many. |
Rumini
The Greater Goon Clockwork Pineapple
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Posted - 2014.02.28 01:01:00 -
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I've decided to hell with stopping this thread. I have things to say and will just ignore the shitposters from here on out.
The D-Scanner. It's my nemesis. Or was until I realized I needed to learn to use it and found a couple great guides on YouTube. I am not sure how applicable it is to a non combat role (anyone care to comment?) . I can see use's for miners etc. to keep a watch out for hostiles but mostly it seems to be a tool for combat. As location tool, and as an early warning system for the aware. I was literally warping belt to belt (derping as I like to call it) looking for ratters until I found this handy little tool built right into the game. Handy stuff to say the least. I am still learning it limitation's and it's finer points in empty systems till I get the hang of it. The best part is no skill training, no books to buy and no pre-requisites. Everyone in game has one you simply need to take the time to find a guide or hit a corp mate up and get the lowdown on this really handy tool. I mentioned it earlier but this also ties into how your D-scanner works. Your overview. If you're new and it's the default setup it's borked. Now, my alliance has a specific overview we use so the guide I linked was of no use to me personally. So while I can't swear to it's quality it is a guide from Eve-Uni a well known beginner friendly source.
Linkage...
Overview guide
Quick Dscanner tutorial I found that was well done
D-Scanner Guide
Research what applies to you, and make it so. Sadly I still suck and haven't caught anyone yet but this is a new weapon in my arsenal that I have no doubt will pay dividends down the road. |
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