Your decisions matter, how dare you ask to destroy the delicate economic balance of DUST with your frivolous, selfish, satanic ways.

BLASPHEMER!!!

unfortunately for you my fellow driver, I am completely against all kinds of respecs, whether we even have tanks tomorrow or not. decisions have consequences and respecs only extend imbalances for a couple more months until people can spread sp out again.

I don't think the standard respec counter-arguments apply here folks.
This isn't like changing the bonus on a suit, or the stats of a weapon. Skill reworks usually involve a reimbursement of the skills changed.
OP appears to be sincerely curious, rather than trying to squeeze a respec out of CCP. I could be wrong of course.

if u invested ur SP u should live with it =D

Every time there's a change to the game at all, we should all demand respecs!

Its the only way to ensure that we all use all of the same gear at all times.

we are in an infant phase of dust, where we are lacking basic content in the game e.g. still dont have basic racial variants etc.

think of EVE that has been around for a while. the playerbase is so settled and there has been so much in fluctuations of stats that respecs are pointless and the plaers simply deal with it.

this could actually be a case then FOR respecs in Dust, but as I also said, I support having to take one in the jaw and just play with what you have. I play tanks because i enjoy them, not because i think X will beat Y. I believe CCP develops their game this way and this is part of what attracts me to Dust. I am a tanker, not a FOTM user.

Also, to be a little selfish, Im a dust vet, one of the first. I never had a respec. I had to learn how the game worked and learn what things to use and how to use them through hard work, grinds, and skill RESETS. Now all these easy moders demand a respec simply because their gun does 10 less points of damage or the splash is a little tighter....

get gud

you mean like in every patch since E3?

Since everyone is so anti respec. No respec when racial suits come out

absolutely. minny tanks come out everyone starts from square one. You didnt spec into just tanks, you specced into a CALDARI tank or a GALLENTE tank. deal with it. you knew ahead of time there were variants.

The thing is that when I first started playing I thought I was only spending isk, I didn't understand until later. At first I wanted a respec really bad because I realized sp was hard to come by, but now I live with. I don't wanna see a respec come ever now.

exmaple, your shooting yourself in the foot. you keep saying what if they suck? respec!

BUT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE ALREADY DOING.......for an entire year bud lol

ive had to deal with this **** without ever hoping for a respec, and now people start bitching cause their stuff sucks? now its their turn. you should feel the same way.

lastly, to round out my answer.....if tanks are even more useless in 1.5.......ill handle that when we get there. isn't it tiring expecting ****? i personally find it easier to simply believe in ccp (what an unpopular thig these days) since i know how they operate via EVE and know they operate on a plan that extends beyond next year, which is something 99% of the playerbase here cant wrap their heads around, cause we have never had a game like this on console. This is why many EVE players seem like fanbois, cause they have had experience with more than just EA and Activision.

Is it unfair/unfortunate? hell yeah

a year down the line will things simply be much better? hell yeah

does the thought of having to wait a year to flush the toilet suck? hell yeah

these things we agree upon. I think between you and i it is simply a matter of glass half full/empty.

If the same skills still offer access to the same gear, and all that is changed is their passives as well as general vehicle functionality, then I'd say no respec.
But from the sounds of the upcoming changes, they may work with an entirely new set of skills. Hopefully ones that more accurately mirror dropsuit skills.
Then they may have no choice but to refund the relevant sp, since the alternative would be for CCP to choose which of the new skills closest represent your previous setup, and spend your points for you.

Exmaple, have you sent in a ticket or anything?

I'd like a respec depending on the changes. I'd think it should be limited either to vehicle tree only or to those with, say, 50% or more in the vehicle tree.

Of course, if they're just overblowing the level of changes, then w/e.

I say respec everything. Its not fair to the people who gave up on tanking and specced out of it or vice versa post patch. Full respec lets go

you are a gentleman and a scholar

in this case it is entirely appropriate for a respec. It's CCP's game and they can do whatever they want, so i am not going to say players have a right to be upset, but it is something that if it wasn't done, it would do more harm to CCP's playerbase than good considering they are operating without considering their players. Simple as that.

Based on what I have seen it would NOT surprise me if they refund all skill points allotted to vehicles.

The lot of you should already know I am against most respecs but this is the scenario where I feel it's warranted for vehicle specific skills.

Team Kong will post soon enough just some things are beginning to muddle their work load including the melee bug.

Well... its not saying they will respec but its drastic enough that if we do see the specific changes it may prompt asking for it and getting agreed with.

Respec for people that have most of their points in vehicles would make sense but it would be unfair for those that didn't spec'd into vehicles considering the changes might make vehicles interesting for players that previously weighted the pros and cons of specialization into the latter.

i want confirmation that CCP is listening to the feedback regarding AV and vehicles,

sagaris shall return

Thanks for the threads, I'll go through them and pass them on. If you're looking to attract CCP Wolfman's attention in the future, I suggest laying out honeyed lamb as a suitable bait.

1 Full Respec to ALL, on or slightly after 1.5, would be sufficient.