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4.5 days is fairly important when you're new to the game and have so many other things you could be training instead. GMP is such an important skill it is a huge difference in having it or not.

This would help out our Newbros greatly. AWU is critical for fitting ships properly and is a prohibitively long train for new players.

This gets my +1.

I don't get it. Beginning players will want to train AWU 5 sometime within the first 6 months anyway, as it makes quite a difference.

Good decision. Fitting skills is one of those things I often take for granted. Would not even be against lowering the bar on some T2 ships as well. However, do firmly believe specializations should still be encouraged. (also - Missile skill revamp when?? current tree makes no sense compared to gunnery - combine Heavy / Heavy Assaults & Rockets / Lights etc)

One thing I would really appreciate though? Especially to help new players? - The ability to mass fit ships in a screen similar to the current industry one. Show me all the modules I have - give me an option to choose how many ships to fit and then tell me how many ships / modules I am missing (like you would with minerals). This would make fitting up a few hundred merlins for new guys a bit easier.

Otherwise I just do not have the time to haul everything there and literally hurt my wrist clicking / renaming the same ship 100 times for ships I am not even personally using. The goal should be to try and get out of station - fitting mass quantities of ships at once would make this easier.

that is not needed they are different yes but not worse. with missiles you only have to deal with the hull class and not hull class + race this difference allow is enough to keep the progression different. One of the best things about it is it makes rockets and extreamly fast train to t2 giving players access to a very viable t2 weapon system in about a week

just adds clutter

not so sure about that one... you should have cap man V before you are out of frigs...

Separately, if you, CCP, want to separate players from their isk at a higher rate, let T2 ships require the base hull skill (frig, dessie, cruiser, etc... ) to IV. So they lose x% gained with V -they are buying that T2 ship.

Example -
Sentinel
Amarr Frig IV: 30% weapon disruption vs 37.5; 80% nos/neut drain amount vs 100%

Ishtar
Gallente Cruiser IV: 30% bonus to Hvy Drone max velocity/tracking vs 37.5%; 40% drone HP/Dmg vs 50%; 20% vs 25% Sentry Drone HP/Dmg

never really understood the logic of having the T1 skill bonus per level stated instead of a flat level V bonus unless it was intended that a T2 ship pilot could have the T1 ship skill at IV and get V at some later time.

You folks are the reason I can't ever just make a small change. :P

With your "good ideas" and "well reasoned additions" bah humbug.

I've got a small set of other skill prereqs inspired by the GMP idea that we're investigating in addition to the AWU change:

• Reducing the requirements for training the second tier factional ewar strength skills (Signal Dispersion, Signal Suppression, Signature Focusing and Weapon Destabilization) from CPU Management level 5 to 4
• Reducing the requirements for training Nanite Operation and Nanite Interfacing from Mechanics level 5 to 4
• Reducing the requirements for training Guided Missile Precision from Missile Launcher Operation level 5 to 4

On the subject of naming let's do a quick community brainstorming project:
If we wanted to change the name of the Weapon Upgrades skill to something that describes both halves of its purpose (it reduces weapon CPU usage and also opens up access to weapon upgrade modules like damage and tracking mods) what phrasing would be clearest?
The current name of "Weapon Upgrades" very clearly indicates what modules you gain access for by training the skill, but doesn't really describe the bonus provided by the skill itself.
Something like "Weapon CPU Optimization" has the opposite problem. It describes the skill bonus but not the modules you get access to.

Can we find something that elegantly works for both?

Weapons Optimization
Weapons Management
Weapon System Management
Weapon Enhancement

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