2/3 Specialization

[Zumthor]

Please no.

[Hamma]

Everyone is taking this too seriously. You need to trust me that its not going to be everyone doing everything.. some certs require other certs, ie reaver requires mosquito to get the Wraith u need the balisk, While in order to hack you need a hacking tool, in order to revive you need a medical applicator, in order to deploy you need somthing.. the list goes on

Your just not gonna be a jack of every trade. Your going to be a nice balance of things.. and you wotn be able to suit for them all at once.

[afex]

i agree hamma.

from what i've gleaned off of you, since certain certs have pre-reqs (galaxy needs reaver, reaver needs mosquito, etc) that amount of certs is needed in order to be able to do top level things in certain fields while at the same time be able to have a basic cover of others.

[Hamma]

Adv Hacking needs Standard Hacking.. etc etc etc

[Zumthor]

I trust you Hamma

[Hamma]

Plus also, some certs require more cert points to get than others. Adv hacking will cost a few more than standard. etc

[�io]

2/3 sounds like a lot to me but i trust Hamma and the DEVs.
Besides if they lie i can always kill them....uhhhh i mean....ummm..... WATCH OUT BEHIND YOU!!!!

*runs away while you all look the other way*

[Hamma]

Ooops, I should mention my character. Even at max rank I still found that I needed to rely on others for things, I was missing some key certs i wanted. Some things I forgot to add and I had to unlearn certs in order to get the one I needed more..
Its balanced really well, Have faith in the dev team. They are working hard to bring a great, balanced game to you.. game balance is one of ther upmost concerns

(reposted from official forums for you guys

[�io]

Me Hamma










(P.S.:In a very very NON-gay way. )

[m0rphiu5]

so it seems we have previously underestimated the scope of certs, if everything needs a cert, and some follow on from others than yes, i spose 2/3 is fair..... i mean a pilot good enough to fly a galaxy and survive should also be able to fly mosquitos, but may also choose not to....

it seems to me that 2/3 of ALL certs is alot though, but we shall have to wait and see....

[�io]

Originally posted by m0rph|u5
it seems to me that 2/3 of ALL certs is alot though, but we shall have to wait and see....

I think so too but like i said i trust Hamma and the Dev team, they know if it's overpowered or not, if he/they say it's good than i'm cool.

I don't mind the number of certs really, i just don't wanna see jack of all trades. As stated above, specialization = teamwork = more fun.

[Airlift]

I voted yes. The game will be more fun if you can fill a wide array of roles. I don't see why it would be a problem as long as you can't do it all at the same time.

[quiet]

This poll is rigged, I just want everybody to be able to do two thirds of everything . . .

With the current all or nothing certifcation system 2/3 makes sense, and doesn't seem surprising to me at all. Equipment loadouts should be what keeps characters from doing everything.

IMO PS would have been better with a more detailed RPG like skill/stat/attribute/ system. Too late now though.

I think just limiting the armor that pilots/drivers can wear and requiring an implant to effectively use the REK, BANK, and Medical Applicator would reduce a lot of the fears being voiced over at the station boards (that place scary ), but for all I know it isn't even a problem anyways.

[Lexington_Steele]

If one cert requires a prerequesite, what happens if you unlearn the prerequesite after obtaining both?

An example would be having a Mosquito and a Reaver cert, then dropping the Mosquito cert. Would you lose the ability to fly a Reaver?

[afex]

probably