Cross Training

[Lindy]

I'd like to be able to cross train Kerbals in different fields... Imagine a scientist that could fix a flat, or a pilot that could do basic science. It would only have to be one extra speciality pre Kerbal, and no higher than two stars, and could be experience based. That is, a Kerbal couldn't start cross training until reaching level 3 or 4 in his own field.

[Superfluous J]

Actually that's a great use for those higher tiers.

When a Kerbal reaches level 4, you pick a field for him to also be level 1 in. When he reaches level 5, that field becomes level 2.

You could even - at level 5 - give him level 1 of the third (or one of the others, if they introduce more than 3 total) field.

So Jeb could one day be a level 5 pilot, a level 2 engineer, and a level 1 scientist.

[Pthigrivi]

There's a thread here about it

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/107243-Skill-Tree-for-Kerbals

[Superfluous J]

There's a thread here about it

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/107243-Skill-Tree-for-Kerbals

Holy cow that's exactly what I said, 8 days before I said it. Not only did Luke Munwalker steal my idea for Kerbal experience, he also stole Doc Brown's time machine!

No seriously, that's freaky that we had the exact same idea.

[Tw1]

Actually that's a great use for those higher tiers.

When a Kerbal reaches level 4, you pick a field for him to also be level 1 in. When he reaches level 5, that field becomes level 2.

You could even - at level 5 - give him level 1 of the third (or one of the others, if they introduce more than 3 total) field.

So Jeb could one day be a level 5 pilot, a level 2 engineer, and a level 1 scientist.

Yes. I too have been thinking along these lines, and would like this an awful lot.