Skill Discussions

Yes, you probably have time. Get on it sooner than later at this point though; you're late to the game.

If you want to go all out, add to that Leadership 5, Warfare Link Specialist 4, and Command Ships 1. This should add ~10 days and will sneak you into CSs after the skill changeover.

Command Ships (the skill) is getting additional requirements (Armored/Information/Siege/Skirmish Warfare 5). It's a load more Cha/Will training, and it's usually considered an off-remap train for combat pilots. Hence the advice to sneak in the relatively short current prerequisites for the skill.

But if you're new, CSs are going to be awhile off anyhow simply because they're costly hulls that aren't entirely easy to use effectively. So you can skip that for later.

Also, we know that changes are coming to CSs themselves, but we don't really know what that will look like yet. It may make them more desirable but it could just as easily do the opposite. If you're still plugging away at critical support skills, I'd definitely consider skipping this part.

Please clarify the part of "if you could fly it before, you can fly it after" you did not understand, and I'll try to explain it again.

Interdictors of a given race will require racial destroyer 5 (just as, for instance, HACs of a given race require racial cruiser 5). Ditto CSs, though that's a little more convoluted. Read through my other replies in the thread on that topic.

There isn't one. This is all totally automated. Here's hoping they've tested it to death before the time comes.

Moreover, there is no reimbursement. You won't have any free SP to spend. The only changes will be 1) the exact number of SP you have in Destroyers will be cloned into each racial destroyer skill and the Destroyers SP then removed and 2) exactly the same thing for battlecruisers. At no point should you expect to be able to choose where any "extra" SP goes.

The same principle applies to all of the ships regarding the "If you could fly it before, you can fly it after" message. What this means is, as has been mentioned before here, is that the requirements on a skill are to inject it. If you already have a skill injected, as with Freighters in this case, you can continue to train it normally.

The only skills that will be given out are the new racial Destroyer and Battlecruiser skills. All other skill changes will be subject to this rule that if you already have the skill injected, you will be able to train it and fly the ship, even if you are missing pre-requirements for the skill.

Regarding the levels of skills that have been asked earlier in the thread, the dev blog states that:

"if you want to maximize the reimbursement, training Amarr Cruiser past 3 will do you little good. Aim for Battlecruisers 5 instead, as you will then get Amarr Battlecruiser 5."

Having the racial ship skill at level 3, i.e. Amarr Cruisers lvl 3 and Amarr Frigate lvl 3, and the two skills that will be split at level 5, i.e. Destroyers lvl 5 and Battlecruisers lvl 5, will cause you to get Amarr Destroyers lvl 5 and Amarr Battlecruisers at lvl 5.

Also, please remember that I am only relaying the message. If I find out I'm wrong about any of this, I will correct it as soon as possible.

what is the deadline to have the skills done by? 6.3.2013 11:59pm EVE time?

Dont really understand the reimbursement stuff. Cant we just have the equivalent SP to distribute as we see fit with the new setup?

Hi,

Could someone clarify for me. If i train all Cruisers up to level 3 i'll get to fly all BC's after the change? Or do i need to take them to level 4?

Edited to add: I'll also get all Destroyers?

So if we have the relevant skills to 5 today we will end up with 6 more level 5 skills spread over 6.144.000 SP right?