John Demonsbane
Unorganized Ninja Infantry Tactics
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Posted - 2013.08.17 05:20:00 -
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Well OP, you started out with one of the stronger arguments for respecs, though that's a low bar to clear considering most of them are of the "WTF?! WIN BUTON NO WORK!1!! MOAR RESPECTS!!!!1!!!11!!" variety.
However, as more and more people disagree with you, admittedly many with pretty poor counter-arguments, you have degenerated into more standard you disagree with me, your argument is invalid/petty insult territory. *sigh*
Despite this I'll take a stab at a coherent counter-argument anyway. Not sure why I need to do this for the 4th or 5th time, this topic is well past being tired, but whatever.
Some background: I'm at about 10 mil SP. I did not go into any FOTM's but would totally benefit from a respec because I spent some of my early SP unwisely. For that reason I totally support a respec at some low SP number, I guess 5 million as someone else proposed is fine, I guess you could really pick any number in that range and it would be OK. I also think at least a partial respec is due when the pilot or other racial variants of suits come out or other similar major changes to the skill tree are made. If someone proposes an aurum respec every year, I'm not all for it but I guess I could be talked into it. I can't remember who it was, but I completely agree with the person who said they just felt like Dust shouldn't be that way. It's not so much a HTFU kind of thing, it just feels incongruous with the whole vibe of the game. So, on to your original 3 steps:
#1: You don't give much argument in favor of this in the initial post, which is good because it's ludicrous. You do mention that it "may" be true that you will get more FOTM, but those people are hurting only themselves. First off, it's "will", not "may". I take serious issue with the suggestion that those people are only hurting themselves. How is that, exactly? They get an OP weapon to wipe everyone out and rack up kills and WP. Oh, right, they hurt themselves because when the weapon gets nerfed they have wasted all that time and SP and will have to go into another..... Oh wait, no they don't because all they have to do is wait a month and they get to respec and put all those SP into the new FOTM and do it all over again! How is this hurting the FOTM chaser, exactly?
#2: Your example makes sense but honestly would not be the majority of battles by a longshot. There just aren't that many people running in cohesive squads while also using a wide variety of equipment. Also, the whole reason things are considered OP FOTM is because there is no obvious counter to them in the majority of situations. That said, I already support a respec when major changes are made so no big deal here.
#3 seems a little redundant, if you offer respecs at a certain (i.e., 5 mil SP) level it obviates your proposal. Still on the fence about annual respecs but definitely don't think they should be free and bankable.
In all seriousness, call it a cliche if you want, but I just think that choices should matter. In instances like heavy suits, where we are being forced to make a false choice, sure, that deserves a respec to compensate. But otherwise, I don't think they are a good idea. |