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Shimrra Caldari	Posted - 2006.07.31 12:50:00 - [1] I don't know whether to train for a carrier. I only need Advanced Spaceship Command, Drone Interfacing 5 and the associated carrier skills to be able to fly one but how many more months of training would be needed to fly one and use all associated moduals/weapons well? Am I looking at training nothing but carrier skills for the next 6 months? Thanks in advance.
Mike Yagon Minmatar	Posted - 2006.07.31 13:50:00 - [2] A lot of the carrier related skills are actually support skills that work well on a lot of normal ships. Think drone skills, capacitor, shield and armor skills. Then you have semi-specialized skills in the leadership department, sharing them with Battlecruisers and Command Ships, Carriers can also fit Gang modules. Ofcourse, you also need specialized skills, like the Jump Drive skills, Capital Armor or Shield tanking, Remote Capital Armor and Shield Transfer. As well as Fighters.
Alain Josviar Minmatar	Posted - 2006.07.31 14:00:00 - [3] The real question is can you afford to fly a carrier? The carrier skill itself is around 300mil iirc.
Caol Minmatar	Posted - 2006.07.31 14:01:00 - [4] The short answer can found downloading Evemon, creating a plan and selecting the type of ship you would like to train for.
Mike Yagon Minmatar	Posted - 2006.07.31 14:21:00 - [5] Edited by: Mike Yagon on 31/07/2006 14:21:46 Originally by: Alain Josviar The real question is can you afford to fly a carrier? The carrier skill itself is around 300mil iirc. 350m for Capital Ships. 460m for <Racial> Carrier. edit Am at work, might be 360m/450m instead, total is the same though.
Shimrra Caldari	Posted - 2006.07.31 18:42:00 - [6] Isk isn't a problem.
Shayla Sh'inlux Millennium	Posted - 2006.07.31 22:06:00 - [7] Jumpdrive skills alone take 2 months. Unless you want to be unable to get anywhere in any decent amount of jumps/time you NEED Jump Drive Calibration lvl 4 whihc requires Jump Drive Operation lvl 5. Then you need Fighter and Capital Repair skills which are not too bad, but take a month give or take. Then add Drone Interfacing lvl 5 and two weeks for Advanced Drone Interfacing is another month. Then if you want to get the max out of your carrier you're gonna need to be able to use a gangmod which, including squadron command is another month. Being able to just use a carrier takes 2-3 months if you already have BS 5. Being proficient with a carrier takes about half a year.
BustyBounty Caldari	Posted - 2006.07.31 22:59:00 - [8] you would probably be better of training for a command ship instead tbh, takes about as much time but you will get to use it alot more. ive been training carrier skills on my main for about 65 days now :( about 5days from having the requirements to fly a carrier than i need another 2-3months of training to be battle ready and im really wishing i went for command ships instead ------------------------------------------ My opinions are my own and not that of the alliance I belong to.
Deja Thoris Contraband Inc.	Posted - 2006.07.31 23:32:00 - [9] about 120 days once you have bs V Thats for ASC V, jump drive operations V, fuel jump whotsit 4 and fighters, carrier etc to 4. As was said, Evemon is an awesome tool.
Jalia Kovac Placid Reborn Placid Coalition	Posted - 2006.08.01 02:22:00 - [10] Probably not worth considering until after about 1 - 1.5 years of play. I'm sure you could get into one quicker but your support skills will be less than worthy. ► ► Placid Reborn Headquarters ◄ ◄

Kyreax Gallente	Posted - 2006.08.01 21:05:00 - [11] Lots of people here saying "No no no" as if there's no way someone could fly a carrier without tip-top support skills. Thats a load of Gallente "BS". Level 5... How many of you jumped into a ship with maxed skills in it? How much fun is that route? Not at all. If the OP says isk is not a problem, then he can afford to lose it. I say go for it, train-as-you-go once you get into one. It's not like you have to fly it all the time. Half the fun of owning a big ship is the abject fear of losing it. The adrenaline rush of flying a carrier into combat must be spiked.
Jalia Kovac Placid Reborn Placid Coalition	Posted - 2006.08.01 22:45:00 - [12] Originally by: Kyreax Lots of people here saying "No no no" as if there's no way someone could fly a carrier without tip-top support skills. Thats a load of Gallente "BS". Level 5... How many of you jumped into a ship with maxed skills in it? How much fun is that route? Not at all. If the OP says isk is not a problem, then he can afford to lose it. I say go for it, train-as-you-go once you get into one. It's not like you have to fly it all the time. Half the fun of owning a big ship is the abject fear of losing it. The adrenaline rush of flying a carrier into combat must be spiked. Then it would be a pretty rhetorical question then wouldn't it? He already stated that "I only need Advanced Spaceship Command, Drone Interfacing 5 and the associated carrier skills to be able to fly one" so then the minimum time to train those skills would be time needed right? I think the bulk of people here would suggest investing some time in support skills as well as "necessary" skills to go along with your multiple billion ISK investment... ► ► Placid Reborn Headquarters ◄ ◄
Clone runner	Posted - 2006.08.01 23:19:00 - [13] Edited by: Clone runner on 01/08/2006 23:23:43 imo minimum skills for a carrier that dont include the pre req's are Jump drive op 5 Jump fuel conservation 4 Jump drive calibration 4 fighters 4 carrier 4 Capital repair systems 3 ADV. drone interfacing 3 not really much point in remote reppers imo unless you plan on using one on your fighters. Warefare link's arent really needed either people in command ships are more than likely to have them trained up. you dont need much else to warp between a bunch of safespots. when carriers get a boost intended to remove them from safespots and get them on the frontlines i think you will need alot more skills though. btw drone int 5 and spaceship command 5 is still something like 50-60 days for most people. them you need about another 2-3months to be combat ready. in that time he could have got in a command ship which is something you will get alot more use out of than a carrier. especially when you consider omega generally fly smaller ships only anyway
Heikki Gallente	Posted - 2006.08.02 07:06:00 - [14] Originally by: Clone runner imo minimum skills for a carrier that dont include the pre req's are .. Jump drive op 5 Jump drive calibration 4 True, quite essential for any fleet operations. Then again, if you want carrier just for NPC stuff, you can start a month early by skipping Jump drive op lv5 for a while. Carrier is rather huge boost even if all the basic skills (carrier/fighter/repairs) were only at level 3. -Lasse
Mike Yagon Minmatar The Phoenix Legionaires	Posted - 2006.08.02 07:28:00 - [15] Originally by: Clone runner btw drone int 5 and spaceship command 5 is still something like 50-60 days for most people. them you need about another 2-3months to be combat ready. in that time he could have got in a command ship which is something you will get alot more use out of than a carrier. I remember making that consideration myself. In the end, I am done training for a Carrier faster than a command ship. It took me what, 40 days to train DI5 and ASC5. It takes me about equally long to train Cruiser 5 and BC5. Then it takes me a month to two to train for Tech2 guns, guns I can't use at all on a Carrier, which I can spend training support skills. In the end it was about equally long, so I went with the more interesting option. ------ In Carebear We Trust
Shimrra Caldari Singularity.	Posted - 2006.08.03 06:12:00 - [16] I can fly a carrier in 56 Days according to EvE Mon. Then training all associated skills to a level that would allow me to get places and actually use the carrier to some degree thats gonna take me till 29.12.06 Add another couple of months to that to bring up some of the skill to lvl 4. So do I really want to dedicate 7 months training to a carrier? I'm already on 40m sp's, 7 months would allow me to train alot of ships and skills to lvl 5. If I'm still around in a year and I really have run out of things to train for my suited playing style then maybe I might have a go at the Carrier but by then Kali may have given me something else to think about.


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