Adjasarcanter
Twisted Inc.
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Posted - 2008.04.28 16:31:00 -
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Edited by: Adjasarcanter on 28/04/2008 16:34:38
Edited by: Adjasarcanter on 28/04/2008 16:32:10
 Originally by: Fauna Veldnaught
I started to wondering about this issue while trying to find new character for me.
When a newb starts this game, he will spend next 1-2 months trying to train learning skills. Or he will train something else like pvp skills or mining skills and is wasting LOT'S of time. I know guys who has tried EVE and didn't upgrade to real account since they don't want to pay month for nothing.
Why is it eather train something usefull slowly as hell or train something totally unusefull so you can someday train something faster?
And I agree those guys, I would start new characters rightaway if I wouldn't have to spend that 1-2 months on useless learning skills... That's not anyones career in EVE.
Why there isn't just basic starter toons with some attribute setups instead of this time wasting? Check character bazaar, there is like 10 M SP characters with nearly nothing on learning - imagine how many months they have wasted?
How many of the new players actually reads guides for new character creation and spends the first months on learning skills so he or she can actually start playing the game?
Learning skills are very much worth it if you plan on playing the game for anything like a decent length of time. Put it this way, a player who has trained all his learning skills to 5 (as a few people I know have done) will be training roughly 2.5 times faster than a person who has trained no learning skills at all. Plus, leaving implants out of the equation, no new character will ever be able to overtake him in total skill points (unless of course they have better base attributes.)
Point in case: I've trained all my learning skills to 4 (both basic and advanced) and my char is knocking on for 2 years old. However, one of my mates has a char that is just over half as old as me with all his learning to 5 and he will actually be overtaking me in total skill points very shortly. That's where the value is in training learning skills, although it only really becomes apparent if you are a hardcore player who is planning for the long term.
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