I like hearing people that spec'd into FOTM weapons crying when they get nerfed.

Respecs would deny me this pleasure.

Respecs would mean everyone is always skilled into the FOTM. There would be even less variation in the game than there is now. Your call for respecs would cancel out all the possible benefits you have proposed. No more respecs ever.

Hm. I made a really similar thread yesterday!

Basically, I agree. I think that $20 is a bit much (I posted up some really weaselly small amount of AUR, because I didn't want to engage in the "what's the exact right price" debate), and definitely want an ISK variant. Some folks mentioned a cooldown on the respec, which is a pretty good idea, I guess, if you have to limit it for some reason.

I think what you said is valid!

And yes, people would respec into the FotM, but that doesn't matter for the same reasons our OP stated--people like to try new things. Yes, even you, you jaded old EVE/DUST player. You want more, and this is a way to get it. Since playing on that one map can get old (wait, was there more than one?), we have to keep our characters fresh.

...side note: Someone somehwere mentioned monocles for their character. OMG, skins? Changes in gameplay? VARIETY!?

Take my money, CCP!



(sorry, if I got off track a bit there!)

Respecs would mean everyone is always skilled into the FOTM. There would be even less variation in the game than there is now. Your call for respecs would cancel out all the possible benefits you have proposed. No more respecs ever.

this is the only argument i keep hearing against respecs. What's stopping people from skilling into FoTM now? What's to stop people from ALREADY having the FoTM?

I have multiple proto weapons already, and I'm sure many others do as well, so how is this FoTM argument work for people like me? I have enough SP right now to get proto MDs + proficiency. Only weapon I don't have proto is the LR and Sniper Rifle (AI not AV)

So why shouldn't I get a respec now? I have the same lame ass heavy suit for over a year now. Shouldn't I get a respec for CCP's lack of heavy content by now? No new suit, no new weapon, and a useless racial suit.

A cash based resepec system would be stupidly pay to win and something CCP wouldn't do.

A cash based resepec system would be stupidly pay to win and something CCP wouldn't do.

What's funny too is that people are quick to say you grow wider, not taller, which means all respecs will ever do is shake things up, since no one can respec and instantly be better than everyone else.

That literally only happens when CCP fails to balance their game by making things like Cal Lolgis and Flaylocks, along with Plasma Cannons and Commando's on the other end of that spectrum.

Respecs would mean everyone is always skilled into the FOTM. There would be even less variation in the game than there is now. Your call for respecs would cancel out all the possible benefits you have proposed. No more respecs ever.

A cash based resepec system would be stupidly pay to win and something CCP wouldn't do.

respecs are a bad thing, and they make a 'thinking mans shooter' into a 'well, i'll just skill into whatever is best this month' kind of a shooter.

"Keeping it fresh" is not going to be what these are used for. As with any other possible advantage, they will be exploited mercilessly because this is a game where losing actually hurts you.

24 hour cooldown, 3 day cooldown, 7 day cooldown, any kind of cooldown at all.

The only people who fear people changing specializations is those with spies in the enemy corp, otherwise it's fairly moot.

Also respec option shouldn't be $$$

Letting people actually enjoy their SP instead of forcing it to sit there growing stale would encourage fun, not hurt it. It will also highlight issues in the game with "FoTM" builds, which can be identified and dealt with easier, without scorning players since they could just shake things up if they didn't like the changes.

I hope when DUST finally gets an EP again, he can see this.

Also @ Low Genius, lmao "thinking mans" shooter? You drank the punch, didn't you? Capture C and redline hardly qualifies as "thinking"

Constant respecs would be bad because eveyrone would simply spec into the current FOTM.

So for 2-3 months we'd have "Caldari TAR logi Dust 514"....followed by "Caldari MD logi Dust 514", followed by the next FOTM.

No full-out respec. Passive partial respec only; as much as I would love to try every little thing out on this game, being smart with your SP is a little more important than unlocking some proto weapon or proto suit that will not only burn up ISK, but will eat your patience as well when you lose a million ISK in one fight because your dropsuit upgrade skills are not leveled up enough to pump the max amount of PG/CPU, shields, and armor.

"Thou shalt save thine SP; In time, thou shall find the proper and best way to distribute thine SP without exploding into fits of rage."

Constant respecs would be bad because eveyrone would simply spec into the current FOTM.

So for 2-3 months we'd have "Caldari TAR logi Dust 514"....followed by "Caldari MD logi Dust 514", followed by the next FOTM.

Again it would show the FOTM quicker getting it nerfed. Plus PEOPLE STILL USED THE FOTM EVEN WITHOUT RESPECS. So it's not going to change!