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=== Flight Skills Certificates === | === Flight Skills Certificates === | ||
First let's look at the flight skills. At this point, even the neophyte pilot is more or less familiar with these terms and what they could possibly mean for them. Core skills are required to underpin the other skills, while gunnery and missile skills increase the usefulness of turrets and missiles. For example, the Gunnery class certificates at the basic level include | |||
*Battleship Energy Turrets | *Battleship Energy Turrets | ||
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*Motion Prediction II | *Motion Prediction II | ||
This certificate is supposed to represent 'a basic level of competence in handling all kinds of turreted | This certificate is supposed to represent 'a basic level of competence in handling all kinds of turreted weapons.' If we look at the required skills, we see what a basic understanding of turret control should be comprised of. Almost all of the certificates are like this. They take a group of skills that generally go together (with respect to game mechanics) and then label those skills with a certificate. | ||
Core certificates are gathered in five sub-categories and one 'master' category: | Core certificates are gathered in five sub-categories and one 'master' category: | ||
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*Core Targeting | *Core Targeting | ||
Again, we can see how the sub-categories form the most fundamental skills associated with piloting a spacecraft. The Core Competency certificate gathers the other five together. For example, the Core Competency - Basic certificate requires all five of the other competency certificates at the basic level. As for the competence groups, the Core Capacitor - Basic certificate, for example, requires | Again, we can see how the sub-categories form the most fundamental skills associated with piloting a spacecraft. The Core Competency certificate gathers the other five together. For example, the Core Competency - Basic certificate requires all five of the other competency certificates at the basic level. As for the competence groups, the Core Capacitor - Basic certificate, for example, requires: | ||
*Energy Systems Operation III (which provides a 5% reduction in capacitor recharge time per skill level) | *Energy Systems Operation III (which provides a 5% reduction in capacitor recharge time per skill level) | ||
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Clearly, these skills are going to be invaluable for piloting a spacecraft: cap is life. | Clearly, these skills are going to be invaluable for piloting a spacecraft: cap is life. | ||
The certificates I have called 'Flight Skills Certificates' are those you should be particularly interested in when improving for | The certificates I have called 'Flight Skills Certificates' are those you should be particularly interested in when improving for and planning future ships and fittings. Go to your Character Sheet, click on the Certificates tab and read up. Nothing is going to substitute for familiarity with the specific requirements of the certificate themselves and the skills that fall under them. Again, be aware that a certificate has no further function than guidance. Train the skills you need for a particular ship or fitting, but do not slavishly train for a certificate without knowing why you are training that particular skill to that particular level. With that in mind, let's take a look at the certificates that are recommended for the Drake. | ||
The required skills for the Drake are Caldari Cruiser III and Battlecrusiers II. But it is recommended that you obtain these three certificates: | The required skills for the Drake are Caldari Cruiser III and Battlecrusiers II. But it is recommended that you obtain these three certificates: | ||
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*Assault Missiles IV | *Assault Missiles IV | ||
This is not a trivial list. Depending upon your implants and neural mapping, this might take more than three months of training. If you follow | This is not a trivial list. Depending upon your implants and neural mapping, this might take more than three months of training. If you follow the certificates blindly, you are liable to waste a lot of time training skills you don't need or, even worse, training skills you don't really need ''yet''. The certificates do not prioritize skills for you. That is something you are going to have to do for yourself. Read about each skill, find out how it helps you, and then prioritize them. You will be trading these skills off against profession skills as well. | ||
=== Professional Certificates === | === Professional Certificates === | ||