5.7. Learning Capacity

Different skills have a different learning capacity "cost," but all characters can gain complete mastery in three full professions and dabble in a fourth. However, you don' t need to adhere strictly to the professions or learn each discipline in your chosen professions. In fact, the most successful players will likely create unique characters by learning a number of disciplines from several different professions.

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I' VE FOUGHT ALONGSIDE A LOT OF THUGS, ADVENTURERS AND EVEN OUTRIGHT HEROES, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT NO TWO ARE IDENTICAL. YOU GOT HAN SOLO, A BLASTER JOCKEY AND SMUGGLER WHO ACTUALLY KNOWS HIS WAY AROUND A HYPERDRIVE. THEN THERE' S THE PIRATE, NYM. HE CAN BLOW UP JUST ABOUT ANYTHING OR BEAT A TRANDOSHAN SENSELESS. MOST PEOPLE THINK HE' S JUST A BRUISER, BUT I HEAR HE' S ALSO A DAMN FINE ARCHITECT ... I DON' T THINK THERE' S A WEAPON BOBA FETT DOESN' T KNOW HOW TO USE, AND HE CAN STITCH UP HIS OWN WOUNDS AFTER GETTIN ' STABBED BY A FRIGHTENED BOUNTY! THE POINT IS, THESE GUYS AREN' T ONE-DIMENSIONAL. THEY JUST LEARN THE SKILLS THEY NEED TO SURVIVE.

SO WHEN YOU' RE KNOCKING ABOUT THE GALAXY, LEARNIN' NEW SKILLS, REMEMBER: YOU DON' T HAVE TO ACTUALLY MASTER PROFESSIONS TO ACHIEVE FAME, FORTUNE, AND GLORY. YOU MIGHT DECIDE YOU JUST WANT TO LEARN PISTOL MARKSMANSHIP, BUT NEVER PICK UP A RIFLE OR A CARBINE. IN YOUR SPARE TIME, MAYBE YOU MINE ORE FOR EXTRA CREDITS OR PLAY THE SLITHERHORN IN THE MOS EISLEY CANTINA.

EXPLORE YOUR OPTIONS AND FIND A UNIQUE SET OF SKILLS THAT SUITS YOU. IF YOU START DOWN A PATH AND LATER LOSE INTEREST IN THAT PROFESSION, YOU CAN ALWAYS SURRENDER YOUR SKILLS AND LEARN SOMETHIN' NEW.

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SURRENDERING SKILLS
When your Learning Capacity bar is full, you can free up some mental space by surrendering skills. This is useful when you want to try out new professions.

Identify a skill that you don' t use any longer, enter the Skills screen (CTRL+ S keys) , highlight that skill, and then choose the Surrender option. You can' t surrender skills that are prerequisites for other skills you still possess, which generally means that you can only surrender your most advanced skills for a given profession. It' s also important to note that you don' t regain the XP or credits originally spent to gain the surrendered skill, and you' ll still need to earn and pay XP and credits for any new skills you want to learn.