One of the interesting things about Eve Online is that there is no experience points. All skills are learned by studying skill books, and the learning goes on around the clock, whether you are playing or not. This has some advantages and disadvantages. One advantages are that you can continue progressing even if you are not able to play very often. On the downside, there is no way to "power level" a character by working hard and grinding.
Anyway, something interesting happens when you hit 1.6 million skill points that I didn't realize: you slow down by a lot! It turns out that you earn the first 1.6 million skill points at double the normal rate. I don't know how to put this information to use for a new player, but perhaps this might work. If you have several skills to train and you are about to pass the 1.6 million SP mark, train one that takes the longest. I think that you will train at double speed for the whole skill, even if the majority of it is over 1.6 million points. There: advice...
Anyway, it kind of sucks that skills take so much longer now. I will have been training Astrogeology V for over 2 weeks now!
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You used to be able to get away with training that skill past the 1.6mil mark and learning it at double speed.
ReplyDeleteHowever it does not work any longer.
Now, the whole skill will train slower if it passes the 1.6M mark.
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