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== The 80/20 Rule of Skill Training ==

Of particular importance to new characters is the concept of the 80/20 rule, which is as follows: ~~'''~~You will receive 80% of the benefit, while taking only 20% of the time, by training the first IV levels of a skill.~~'''~~ This is due to the exponential increase of training time as you train a skill.

Of particular importance to new characters is the concept of the 80/20 rule, which is as follows:

You will receive 80% of the benefit, while taking only 20% of the time, by training the first IV levels of a skill.

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This is due to the exponential increase of training time as you train a skill.

Because of this, it is well worth it to train skills that affect many of the ships you pilot to level IV in the short to medium term. Training some skills to level V can take a long time and is often best left as a longer term goal or only worth training when they are required as prerequisites (for T2 ships, for example). However, some key skills with low training time multipliers give you such significant benefits that they're well worth training all the way to V -- [[Skills:Drones#Drones|Drones]], [[Skills:Engineering#Energy_Emission_Systems|Energy Systems Operation]] and [[Skills:Navigation#Navigation|Navigation]] are three good examples, but are by no means the only ones.

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 == The 80/20 Rule of Skill Training ==
-Of particular importance to new characters is the concept of the 80/20 rule, which is as follows: '''You will receive 80% of the benefit, while taking only 20% of the time, by training the first IV levels of a skill.''' This is due to the exponential increase of training time as you train a skill.
+Of particular importance to new characters is the concept of the 80/20 rule, which is as follows:
+<blockquote>
+You will receive 80% of the benefit, while taking only 20% of the time, by training the first IV levels of a skill.
+</blockquote>
+This is due to the exponential increase of training time as you train a skill.
 Because of this, it is well worth it to train skills that affect many of the ships you pilot to level IV in the short to medium term. Training some skills to level V can take a long time and is often best left as a longer term goal or only worth training when they are required as prerequisites (for T2 ships, for example). However, some key skills with low training time multipliers give you such significant benefits that they're well worth training all the way to V -- [[Skills:Drones#Drones|Drones]], [[Skills:Engineering#Energy_Emission_Systems|Energy Systems Operation]] and [[Skills:Navigation#Navigation|Navigation]] are three good examples, but are by no means the only ones.