Definitely worth it if you have a favourite weapon.
With that lvl 5 prof stacked on top of my 3 complex dmg mods and an ishuukone sniper rifle I make people cry in their sleep. Haven't bothered with lvling AR too much since a few builds ago, I prefer it to actually be challenging, as in toxin vs duvolle-stompers.
Also have stayed away from most of the other kinds of weapons, heavies make me twitchy with how slow they are so I won't be going hmg proto again and until recently all the other weapons have been too buggy/in contention of nerfdom for me to bother skilling into them beyond militia.

You guys are probably right on this.

But I don't know how not to take my skills all the way to the max.... I just hate seeing something at L4 and seeing that one empty bar left in the 'old look' skill list.

But screw being rational, efficient, or effective. Once I'm done with the core skills the weapons will definitely be going to 11!!

I wish. My scrambler rifle is at proficiency 3 and already feels really damn good in my hands, can't imagine what proficiency 5 feels like.

Is it worth the SP JUST wondering?

The way I see it is: how can I get maximum return in the shortest amount of time? It generally involves skilling things that seem boring or pointless at first such as CPU and pg upgrades, but in the long run, when you maximize those core skills you will get a lot more out if every suit, saving time and isk while upping your survivability time to gain more sp. one thing too many people overlook is the systems hacking, the edge it gives you is astronomical once you max that baby out. I guess that is the kind of thing that separates the COD fpsers from the hardcore dusties, the avg CoD fan just wants to max up their weapons so they can #getmadkillzlulz while ignoring everything else, then they come on the forums and complain that everything is op.

I took Laser Rifle Operation to 5. I have most of the others scattered between 2 and 4, but the Laser Rifle just feels right so I dumped my skills into it. It's actually my first skill to 5.

P.S. Hi, GHOSTLY! We need to squad up again soon.

lol so many wasted SP. Those coulda have beeing applied to more usefull things like better nanohives, drop uplinks or even a better side specialisation. Beeing versatile with proto weapons and equipment is really worthwhile. Sure you can put every single SP into AR proficency 5 but was it worth it? I doubt it. I allready get top of my team 90% of the time i play and kill most people really quick with my duvolle on lvl1. Im proud to have the following instead:

-gallente proto medium frame +proto logi
-amarr heavy frame on proto
-all equipment on proto (apart from active scanners and RE's)
-AR,MD,Swams and Forgeguns on proto
-core upgrades on 5 (max CPU+PG)
-max armor upgrades (repairs and plates)
-complex damage mods
-Charybdis with basic shields (more would be overkill)


Basically im a jack off all trades when it comes to infantry gameplay. I can deal with infantry and vehicles the same and have a counter for allmost everything. But on the other hand it came with a high price of 20 million SP to get where im.

Is it worth the SP JUST wondering?

Is it worth the SP JUST wondering?

I know a few who have it, what a waste of good SP...

YES. Add complex damage mods and well...