EVE General Discussion

I like your points. Especially how having the extra 2% is almost like having a faction mod on at all times.

To be honest, that guy with maxed minmatar guns is impressive. But with the time spent he could have spec'd 4 each and every other weapon system, making him far more versatile. I know there is something to be said about being really really good at one thing. However, better then most at all things gunnery is more valuable. Be good at every fleet composition.

I can't count how often i won with only minimal structure left and how often i saw in local, "damn that was close only 5% structure left" when i warped my pod away. I once had only 20 HP structure left on an Algos i fought a Harpy with. I was just lucky my drones hit him before his last gun cycle hit me. There are a lot more examples i can remember, these are fights you won't forget for a long time.
Although i still don't have any 2% specs on weapons, my thermodramatics are at 5. You can't imagine the adrenaline when your Guns/MWD/point/web are at 89% or even 95% damage and you know one more heated cycle and you were done. Or the !"§$%&/())=, when you burned them out. I lost a nice Enyo in a 1vs4 because i heated my scram+web one cycle too much and the heat damage burned my AB... 5km away from a Coercer, if i had paid attention you wont' see that killmail instead you would see that one Enyo killed 2x Destroyer, 1x Jag and 1x Kestrel.

Actually it happens all the time when competent pilots are involved. By that I mean correct and intelligent decisions have been made by both sides and advantage has not been gained.

At that point it boils down to 2 things:

Personal skills (by far the most important).
Cumulative trained skills (that extra 2% IN A NUMBER OF AREA's that cumulatively add up to a noticable advantage.)

IE: When you do 2% more damage AND fire 2% faster AND 2% more accurately AND 2% longer range AND 2% better resists, etc.

Not often.
But when one does, it's a memorable story. That 2% can change the ending.

Quite often, actually, depending on where you live, and where you pvp. Assuming you aren't living in 0.0 as part of some major alliance and pvping with that alliance, of course.

I had a character in just such a situation last night.

Advantage and superior positioning was lost, outnumbered, out shippped, out gunned.

By the end the battle still shifted to our favor due to superior personal skills separating our adversaries efficiently (most important) and also having superior trained skills that provided the edge in either killing those that allowed themselves to be seperated in individual engagments or surviving long enough for teamwork to take it's toll (secondary importance).

Both advantages played a part, and while nothing can replace excellent personal skills... having superior learned skills can give you a nice edge, one that can be leveraged effectively.

I'm not at any point saying learned skills are more important than personal skills. In fact I often see pilots strong in learned skills defeated by newer pilots with better personal skills... however an advantage is an advantage and while diversity is fun honing a particular skill set to it's maximum potential certainly helps when flying your weapon of choice.

Again, all of those little "2%" advantages in offense and defense can add up.

Maybe I am being unfair and a little biased here..but I saw a lot of high SP characters lately with maxed gunnery skills across the board but with hardly any SP in the rigging skills.
Maybe you thought that getting a large weapon spec from 4 to 5 was a better time investment than getting for example armor rigging from 1 to 2 - because who needs speed and agility anyway?
....don't know...
I just find it odd.

It's only nonsense if you don't fight very often.
Practically every percent DOES count. Pfft "theoretical".
You only notice it on average though.
2% more damage means you win a couple more closely matched fights out of 100.
That's an extra couple of ships that I don't have to waste time replacing.

Hold on for one second. This 2% you speak of is actually 2% per level. So that is actually 10%. If your asking should I train from level 4 to 5 then you'd have more of a point, although I'd still say train it if your serious. I still think the OP has got to be a troll.

My violence levels are 2% higher than the other scrubs that don't spec to 5!