skills are not levels... skills have 5 levels each... but it isn't like leveling in rpgs.
skills are more like talents, the more skills you have... the more things you can do, but the OP already stated that the age of the player doesn't mean anything since if you max out on a certain task like frigate pvp, your opponent will be equal to you... his or her skills in industry/crafting do not apply to frigate pvp.
it can be seen as leveling process if your goal is to go from frigate to titan, but if you do not want to pvp at all... you can skill (aka talent up) in exploration or hauling or trading... if you were to have all the max skills which takes over 25 years (they will add more as time goes on, they already have) you still wouldn't be max level, for the reason above... any time you focused on a task, a 3-6 month player who specified in the same task would be equal to you, the rest of the skills are meaningless when comparing two players trying to perform in something specific.
you can have max skills, but you can't do 100 things at once... you can not haul while doing pvp, you can not trade while exploring. i'm just dragging this in now aren't i?
this is why in eve, a lot of players made alt accounts... one for pvp, one for mining, one for hauling etc... but multiboxing is against the rules now so you can't have too many alts since you as a human can not do 100 things at once either.
skills are more like talents, the more skills you have... the more things you can do, but the OP already stated that the age of the player doesn't mean anything since if you max out on a certain task like frigate pvp, your opponent will be equal to you... his or her skills in industry/crafting do not apply to frigate pvp.
it can be seen as leveling process if your goal is to go from frigate to titan, but if you do not want to pvp at all... you can skill (aka talent up) in exploration or hauling or trading... if you were to have all the max skills which takes over 25 years (they will add more as time goes on, they already have) you still wouldn't be max level, for the reason above... any time you focused on a task, a 3-6 month player who specified in the same task would be equal to you, the rest of the skills are meaningless when comparing two players trying to perform in something specific.
you can have max skills, but you can't do 100 things at once... you can not haul while doing pvp, you can not trade while exploring. i'm just dragging this in now aren't i?
this is why in eve, a lot of players made alt accounts... one for pvp, one for mining, one for hauling etc... but multiboxing is against the rules now so you can't have too many alts since you as a human can not do 100 things at once either.
The battles look impressive as hell, but the time to get there seems excessive. I'm much better off with my 10- 15 minute tank battles in an evening. 
