These forums have been archived and are now read-only.

The new forums are live and can be found at https://forums.eveonline.com/

EVE New Citizens Q&A

 
  • Topic is locked indefinitely.
 

Skills on character sheet
Author
Previous Topic Next Topic
Rezig Huruta
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2012-03-12 23:15:18 UTC
Hello all, I joined Eve Online about ... 5 years ago, and was only able to play about a month before real life took over. I've just recently come back - pretty much brand new, but with a guy that's been apparently, doing a little bit of training.

On my character sheet, it says something like...
Gunnery (1x) 'xxxxx-' Level 4
SP: 78,724 / 256,000 3d 23h 18m

Does this mean I have level 1 gunnery? Or level 4? Or... what does it mean?

I suppose the main question is, which is my ACTUAL skill level, the one in ( ) or the 'Level 4' (which I'm apparently training into).

Thanks in advance, this game looks complicated and cool, can't wait to play.
Grikath
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#2 - 2012-03-12 23:53:00 UTC
your actual skill level is 4. the fist "level" is the difficulty multiplier.

Highsec isn't "Safe".  Neither is it a playground for bullies and bottomfeeders. So stop complaining and start playing the game already.
Liz Arji
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#3 - 2012-03-13 09:24:31 UTC
The (1x) is the training difficulty multiplier for that skill. It gives you an idea how long it takes to train it. So a 2x skill basically takes twice the time to train compared to a 1x skill.
(However the training time is also influenced by your attribute distribution and implants.)
Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises
Vote Steve Ronuken for CSM
#4 - 2012-03-13 13:45:02 UTC
Rezig Huruta wrote:
Hello all, I joined Eve Online about ... 5 years ago, and was only able to play about a month before real life took over. I've just recently come back - pretty much brand new, but with a guy that's been apparently, doing a little bit of training.

On my character sheet, it says something like...
Gunnery (1x) 'xxxxx-' Level 4
SP: 78,724 / 256,000 3d 23h 18m

Does this mean I have level 1 gunnery? Or level 4? Or... what does it mean?

I suppose the main question is, which is my ACTUAL skill level, the one in ( ) or the 'Level 4' (which I'm apparently training into).

Thanks in advance, this game looks complicated and cool, can't wait to play.



As mentioned by people, the 1x is a multiplier. The 256,000 is the requirement for level 5, in a rank 1 skill. Motion Prediction, for example, is a rank 2 skill. To train it all the way to level 5, you'd need 512,000 skill points.

For a rank 10 skill, you'd need 2.56 million.


The rank of the skill you're training doesn't change how many skill points you get a minute. Only your attributes (and implants which affect them) do. You'll probably be getting on the order of 2100 per hour, with a moderate set of implants and a minor remap.

Woo! CSM XI!

Fuzzwork Enterprises

Twitter: @fuzzysteve on Twitter
Rezig Huruta
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#5 - 2012-03-13 15:21:01 UTC
Thanks everyone! That makes tons of sense. This is a pretty cool system. I suppose it is even cooler if you have bunch of skill points to spend in stuff after coming back after 5 years. lol

Anyway, played last night, and so far, so good. Thank you all again for your quick replies.