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> With the apparent removal of the skill system does it matter which type of
> ship I put together? Some of these changes for this NGE stuff are very
> badly explained for a new player.
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> They are not great explained for an expierienced player either
> "The Unbound" <non@valid.email> wrote in message
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> With the apparent removal of the skill system does it matter which type of
> ship I put together? Some of these changes for this NGE stuff are very
> badly explained for a new player.

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> Piloting actually has the least changes. I'm not 100% sure what you mean
> by does it matter which type of ship you put together though...
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> With the old pilot skills, you had to learn 1 tier at a time, you couldn't
> for instance become a 4111 pilot, to get to 4xxx, you had to have come
> from 3333. The only real change from the old system is that there is no
> longer a choice as to which 'box' you train first. Pre-NGE, I was a fan
> of training components, then Droid Programs, then whichever other box I
> wanted more. Now, you always train the "old" first box, then the 2nd, then
> the 3rd, 4th, then go up a tier & repeat. So the Old Skill Tree would
> look like this: First Column was ships, 2nd Level of Parts, 3rd Special
> Maneuvers, 4th Droids & programs:
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> 18
> 14 15 16 17
> 10 11 12 13
> 06 07 08 09
> 02 03 04 05
> 01
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> These numbers are now just stretched out flat in order & arranged around
> the wheel of the skill display. As such, as a 2nd box pilot, you can fly
> (as a Rebel) the Z95 or the YWing using Level 1 parts, a level 1
> Droid/Computer and whatever programs you can cram into it from chips. As
> a 6 box pilot (Rebel) you can fly the Z95, YWing, YWing Longprobe with up
> to Level 3 equipment, Level 2 droid, the Level 1 Rebel programs of your
> own, plus whatever else you can cram in from chips.
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> The only thing I'm not 100% sure of is what happens to those cases where
> for instance, my Imperial Pilot was a 1212, She has the first 5 boxes, box
> 6 is blank & highlighted and then boxes 7 & 9 are red, indicating she's
> earned them. Theoretically once she earns 60K Pilot XP, she'll get Box 6
> and then start working on box 8, but I don't know that for sure.
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> Due to a bug, you cannot see how much XP you have earned total, though you
> do get combat spam telling you how much XP you earned for each kill.
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> I hope that helps, if it doesn't, restate you question and I'll try to
> help.
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> Thanks
>
> The Bar-erras Clan
> Lowca Galaxy.
>
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> With the apparent removal of the skill system does it matter which type of
> ship I put together? Some of these changes for this NGE stuff are very badly
> explained for a new player.