Eve - Training Skill Times - EVE Online

Slayer Tactical Officer Posts: 869	Posted on Wed Jul 13, 2005 2:42 am Here's how your attributes work. This is what most people don't seem to quite understand, so read carefully. The catch is that the 'Learning' skill does not do exactly what it claims. Instead of decreasing training time by 2%, it actually adds 2% more to your attribs per level. eg. Base intel 5 with Anayltical Mind lv 5 gives you 10.0 attrib points. Add learning lv 5 to that and it's (5+5)+((5+5)5.02) = 11.0 Add an Basic Implant and it's (5+5+3)+((5+5+3)5.02) = 14.3 You'll note the +3.3 attrib gain for adding a +3.0 implant. Also, you'll notice that your attributes are always displayed as whole numbers. They are rarely actually whole. The number is TRUNCATED, not rounded. For instance, my Memory, which displays as 20, is actually 20.9. Now, you simply plug your correct attribs into the forumla: (SPNeeded - CurrentSP) / (PriAttrib + (SecAttrib / 2)) This will yield the total number of minutes remaining. eg. Missile Launcher Operation training from 66,096 to 256,000 SP. Primary attrib is Perception, Secondary is Willpower. I have Spatial Awareness lv 5, Iron Will lv 5, Learning lv 5, and both relevent Basic implants. My Perception is (4+5+3)+((4+5+3)5.02) = 13.2 My Willpower is (7+5+3)+((7+5+3)5.02) = 16.5 (256000-66096)/(13.2+(16.5/2)) = 8853.33 minutes or 6 Days, 3 Hours, 33 Minutes, 20 Seconds. This EXACTLY matches what EVE is telling me is left on this skill....to the second. To Go To Level 5, Or Not To Go To Level 5? Constently debated is how whorthwhile is it to train any of the 6 learning skills up to level 5. Well, this is difficult to answer. OK, using the Missile Launcher Operation skill example in the previous section, with all lv 5 skills and basic implants, the time remaining is 6 Days 3 Hours 33 Minutes 20 Seconds. If I change my skills all down to lv 4, this becomes 6 Days 18 Hours 43 Minutes 42 Seconds. This is a 10% increase in speed for having the lv 5 skills! That'll knock 3 days off of the average person's Industrial lv 5 training. If we just take Learning down to lv 4, it becomes 6 Days 6 Hours 11 Seconds, a 1.65% increase in speed. Now, based on that, and assuming it takes you exactly 6 days to train Learning from lv 4 to lv 5, this would only be beneficial if you played EVE, after having trained it, for approximately 140 days. It should be noted that the lower you base attribute, the more beneficial higher levels of the learning skills are.


Slayer Tactical Officer Posts: 869	Posted on Wed Jul 13, 2005 2:45 am In conclusion perhaps Kyle has a higherSpatial Awareness, Iron Will, or Learning?


Dolemyte Commander Posts: 1116	Posted on Wed Jul 13, 2005 2:49 am Good info.
	Dolemyte Commander