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Better Learning V

Do I really need this skill? It takes tooooo long to learn <_<

Posted 14 months ago by The Black Chicken Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • You only need it if you want to lower the total time it takes to learn other skills. 

    If the time it takes to learn a skill doesn't matter to you, then you don't need BL 5
    Posted 14 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Depends on how many skills you want to learn, total.  The costs of brain decay for those learning more than 30+ skills, however, mean that if you don't take the time now, you'll be stuck taking the time later.  It's best to learn Better Learning sooner than later, although not necessarily before getting the basic gathering skills down.
    Posted 14 months ago by Gattsuru Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have 44 skills currently. I only have BL 3. It will take me over 7 DAYS to learn Mining IV. So take that into consideration. I would get the BL skills down first. 
    Posted 14 months ago by Papa Legba Subscriber! | Permalink
  • If you hate long skill learning times, then you will be glad to have BL 5 :)
    Posted 14 months ago by Splendora Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thank you very much for the quick responses guys & gals!

    I have more than 40 skills and I think BL V won't be able to help me at all, I guess I'll just wait for the Unlearning skill.
    Posted 14 months ago by The Black Chicken Subscriber! | Permalink
  • If you don't have BL V, then learning it WILL help you.  It will still lower the length of time, even if you have more than 40 skills. 
    Posted 14 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • OK then. I was thinking twice but everyone says that it will help me. Can't argue with the majority...
    Posted 14 months ago by The Black Chicken Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I just finished with BL5 and took screenshots of my skill times :
    Before
    and
    After
    I know sometimes its easier to see examples then try and comprehend all the math involved LOL
    Posted 14 months ago by Gadzooks Subscriber! | Permalink
  • One thing to consider: "the majority" often don't take opportunity cost into account.

    For my playstyle and the limited number of long-time skills on the tree, BL5 doesn't make sense. Consider what else could you learn instead of BL5 for that entire week, and how the benefit of using those skills compares to shorter training times down the road with BL5.
    Posted 14 months ago by Kraftmann Subscriber! | Permalink
  • To anyone arguing against BL5, are you planning on only playing this game for a couple weeks?  If not, and you are not in a race to learn other stuff....who cares that it takes like 5 days.  When it's done you'll be flying through all those little ones.
    Posted 14 months ago by Jeremiah Johnson Subscriber! | Permalink
  • another factor--I believe the devs have mentioned from time to time that there will be more skills to learn as the game develops. an example is the recent introduction of Eyeballery and Snapshotting.  I am guessing that the Giants are imagining greater skills even as we speak.
    soooo, it will always be to your advantage to have all the BL you can ...er ...learn.
    Posted 14 months ago by bludwaggie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Learning BL4 dragged down some of my long-learning skill timers by about a whole day. (BL5 and Mining 4.) They went from 7 days to 6 days. Back up to 8 days now though.

    Planning to tackle BL5 next. Just need to hoard up enough stuffs to donate...
    Posted 14 months ago by Elly Subscriber! | Permalink
  • BLV made a BIG difference in the times it took for me to learn a lot of skills.  I think it's totally worth it!!  
    Posted 14 months ago by Reba Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The real question is this...

    It takes 4 days to learn BL5. Do you SAVE 4 days worth of learning OTHER skills by having BL5? If not, then no... it's not worth it.
    Posted 14 months ago by Bashere Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I did the math recently when I had 40-some skills. And without being all boring-numbers-y, learning BLV (which I'm still doing, BL4+5 together totaled about 12 days for me) will shorten the time to learn the entire tree.

    Eventually every skill you learn above 37 skills adds time to all skills. For some of the longer ones, you'll rapidly be adding days to their total costs.
    Posted 14 months ago by Hydi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • One way to balance the opportunity cost is to learn short skills you want immediately while online, and switching back to BL5 (or other long but important skill) overnight.  I agree with Kraftmann that there's opportunity cost associated with trying for a strict shortest-learning-time path through the skills, but Better Learning has an enormous impact over the long haul.
    Posted 14 months ago by Fnibbit Subscriber! | Permalink