Fester Addams
Minmatar
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Posted - 2007.01.02 09:42:00 -
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Why do a generic slash of training times?
Eve has, if you simplify thins alot, three types of skills.
#1: Basic skills, thise are the ones that have low or no prerequisits, the skills usually train fast with the most time consuming ones being the BS skills and similar.
Any player can in a fairly short time gain all thise skills to some level and this allowes for wide diversification.
#2: Advanced skills, thise skills are general skills but with high prerequisits meening you will have to play for a fairly long time to aquire thise skills.
A player has to make a commitment to the game (in time) to gain thise skills and the player is rewarded for it by being a bit better with them.
#3: Specialized skills, Thise are basically T2 and capital skills, it is the intention of CCP that at this point you will be forced to specialize, should you go for Amarr or Gallente, go for tackling or damage, scouting or support.
A very old players main advantage over a younger one is that he will be able to alternate between more of thise functions as he has the time to have trained several roles, it is however the intent of CCP that noone should be able to train all thise roles and thus the very long training times for them.
Additionally the new players already have a heads upp on us old players, when I started a very large number of skills simply didnt exist, the best skill training boost you could get was learning 5 and a +5 skillbased stat boost.
Today a new player starts with considerably more skillpoints, he has a possible +10 from skills and implants to boost ever further.
As for altering training times...
While some skills take a long time to train there are alot more skills that take a very short time to train thus in short dont ask for a straight cut of training times, rather ask for a cut in specific skills ranks.
My guess would be that CCP would be alot more sympathetic to a good argument to lower the rank of this or that skill than the eloquent "halve training times" presentation.
If a skill takes too long to train, and there becomes a concensus on this, its alot more likelly that CCP will alter the skills ranks than alter the skillpoint formula, it would be faster, easier and have a far lower chance of mucking the game upp.
I can at present however not think of a single skill that I feel takes too long to train and being an old char many if not most of the skills I train are of the 30+ day training type.
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