A question asked by all people in New Eden. What to train, what to train, what to train. This the the follow up to my post Skill not Skills and I hope will give people some insight on what skill to train to improve themselves in the game.
Everyone in EVE Online needs a skill plan. If you don't have one then you are going to find that your time playing is filled with wasted dreams, heartbreak, and time. When I started I had two friends to play with that helped me with my first skill plan each one had been playing the game for longer so it seemed wise to follow their advice. For many though there is not real life friend to hold you hand as you go along so the first couple months can turn from bliss to a nightmare.
Step one in setting up a skill plan is getting a skill planner app. There are several really good ones to get, for you PC users EVEMON is a great tool. You will have to get your user API, but that part is easy. Once you get it setup, you can use EVEMON to look your skills and all skills in the game. It has a place for adding a skill plan. If you have an Android Phone then you should pick up AURA. It is similar to EVEMON, and works nicely on Android. Every phone and tablet that I have had has had AURA on in. It now has a great functioning skill planner on it. And for those iPhone users you can get NeoCom. A little bit different interface, but is a solid program for those that want use it.....take a few to download one of the programs above.
Now that you have EVEMON, Aura or NeoCom, you are on you way to getting a decent skill plan. First thing that you need to decide it what you want to do in EVE. There are many different professions that you can do and try but it will help you if you decide on one when you first start. So say that you want to be a Pirate. Easy enough to plan, but get ready for some pain along the way.
First thing first is you want to look at what ships you want fly as a pirate. I would suggest Assault Frigates now what skills do you need to fly this ship to its basic potential. This is why I like EVEMON if you go into the Ship Browser just find the ship you want to fly click on it. If you look to the right it shows the required skill for fly the ship and then the recommended certification for flying it. That is a good indicator on what skills you need to fly the ship. Click add to to skill plan and there is the start to you skill plan.
Other certifications that you should look at getting is in the Core tab in Certifications tab. I would start with Fitting , Integrity, and then Capacitor. At first I would train them to improved before looking at other skills. The main reason is that having those skills to improved will give you access to descents Cruiser and Battle Cruiser skills once you get all the taking skills to improved as well. A good skill plan for a first time player should be roughly 190-240 days.
The most important thing about a skill plan is to follow it. Do not do make the same mistake that many young capsuleers do and train up you spaceship command skills higher than what you can fit. I see many young toons that have more spaceship command skills than they do other skills. While they feel that they can fly anything, they can not fit those ships properly and most ot the time lose them.
I hope that my suggestions help my fellow capsuleers.
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