Salen Kane
Ginnungagaps Rymdfarargille
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Posted - 2011.12.17 13:01:00 -
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You shouldn't worry too much about SP totals; it will seem very daunting at first, but the big numers are far less impressive. Lets use my character as an example:
I started playing EVE in 2008, and this far I have about 63 000 000 (63 million) skillpoints. Further, because Im fairly combat oriented, the vast majority (lets say about 60 million) are skills that are usable in combat.
I must be badass, atleast in theory? Right? Weeeeell.... Lets look at how many of those skillpoints I actually use when flying a decent ship. Lets say that Im going to get into a heavy missile fitted drake; a very flexible ship that can be used both in PvP and PvE.
19 million of my skillpoints are in spaceship command. This ofcourse lets me use a very wide array of different ships, but the fact is, most of those skills wont give me any bonus whatsoever when flying a ship type that doesn't use them. The drake gets its bonuses from my Battlecruiser skill, which I have at lvl 5 (roughly 1,5 million SP). This is the ONLY ship command skill that will give me a bonus to the drake, so when Im flying that particular ship, Im getting absolutely nothing out of 17,5 million SP.
The drake uses missles, and no turrets. I have roughly 12 million skillpoints in the use of turrets. Although I do get the benefit of my weapon upgrade skills, which consist of about 2 million skillpoints. Still, when flying the drake, Im seeing absolutely NO benefit from another 10 mil SP.
Of the 6 mil SP I have in drones, I will make use of maybe half those in the drake, because it cant make use of most larger drone types. That's another 3 mil SP "wasted" for this ship. And even though the drake is a missile ship, Im not using the full 5,8 million skillpoints I have in missiles. I use maybe 4 million of my skillpoints in missiles for this particular ship.
In the end, every ship I can fly has a calculation like this. Depending on the type it might vary some, but very few ships will make use of more than half my skillpoints. You can "catch up" to me and any other veteran player in many ship types.
And dont forget the flip side of EVEs character system: you can play with the veterans from day one! In most mmorpgs, if you want to play with the veterans, you have to first spend weeks or months grinding levels, then spend weeks getting the basic gear, and THEN maybe you can be useful to your guildmates. In EVE, you can join in high level PvP with less than one million skillpoints, and make a useful contribution!
Think of the opportunities this system offers you, instead of worrying about the limitations. And remember; the only real advantage high SP players will have is that they can use different kinds of ships. So make sure those old bastards dont get a chance to dock up and switch ships, and their only advantage is gone!
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