Totally on topic here : will there be any amount of unalocated SP's for those with all races frig trained to V, dessy V, BC V and cruiser 3?

Thanks for all y'all replies.

It also looks like Cruiser IV is going to be required for a BC rather than Cruiser III, so that means anybody with Cruiser III for whatever race and BC I or above pre-inferno will also be given Cruiser IV for that race?

Not a big deal obv but worth noting :)

Z

Hi!

I have a hypothetical question about the racial BC/Destroyer skill changes coming up.

If I currently have BC lvl4, and say, Amarr cruiser lvl3, does this mean I'll have Amarr BC lvl4 when the changes are made?

Thanks in advance,

Z

That is the plan for the lowest-SP-addition change that they are considering. They've also been considering simply giving everyone all racial BC skills at the level of their current BC skill, so you could end up with Min BC IV and also Amarr BC IV, Cal BC IV, and Gal BC IV.

It's not set in stone and they've not expanded on their possible plans since the dev notes you could have easily found using the search function. Those notes would also tell you that they haven't mentioned giving out free cruisers IV.

Agreed, these notes do not specifically mention giving out free cruiser IV. However, the dev notes I did find stated that Cruiser IV would be required to fly a t1 BC following the patch (only Cruiser III is required now), and, that if you can fly it now, you can fly it post-patch. Pretty sure that in order for both of these to be true, they would have to give you Cruiser IV if you only have cruiser III and BC I or above pre-patch, no?

I was wondering if anybody knows when this change is going to be implemented?

Not necessarily, they could make the requirement to fly ships different than the requirement to train skills. For example, a Hurricane could require Minmitar Battlecruiser IV, but not have any Minmatar Cruiser Prerequisite. Then the skill Minmitar Battlecruiser IV could require Minmitar Cruiser IV. Since the Hurricane only checks for the Battlecruiser skill, you could still fly it without them having to give you extra SP if you only had the cruiser skill trained to 3.

So a new player would still have to train both skills to 4, but you would be grandfathered in.

So if I get the blog and all the scatterd dev replys right, everyone who currently isn't remapped to Per/Wil will miss out on lots of free skillpoints.

Not if you trained BC V first, like any sane person.

I'm a new player (about 1.4 mil sp) ........(I'll already have the missile skills).

I'm a new player (about 1.4 mil sp) and have the (probably brain-fart) idea to train into a Drake then cross train to get into a Typhoon (my favourite hull).

Frankly, I'm confused by these proposed changes and how they will affect my own little world. Right now flying a Caracal and I'm training toward Caldari BC for the Drake. I'll tool about doing missions (for cash) and exploration (fo teh lulz) until I've cross trained Minmatar ships into a Typhoon and then work up the Projectile skills (I'll already have the missile skills).

All this talk "need to train this asap" and "hey! free SP!" and "if you dont habe BC V b4 changes you are screwed" is making me nervous. Think I'll go hide in rat-hole until I figure it out.

If you care about spaceship command skills (and thus, likely combat orientated professions), why don't you have a perc/will map? :|

My understanding was that the new rcial BC and destroyer skills will have a lower multiplier than the current generic skills.

So if I get the blog and all the scatterd dev replys right, everyone who currently isn't remapped to Per/Wil will miss out on lots of free skillpoints.

I'm currently INT/MEM and I'm training BC V. I lose about a week compared to a PER/WIL remmap, but in the long run I gain something like two months not having to train each racial BC V. And anyone who eventually might want those skills should do the same regardless of their current remap; you'll come out waaaaaay ahead in the long run.