I know the topic of respecs is probably the hottest a person can raise these days, but I'm confident this one will be met with general agreement.

All I ask is for a very simple confirmation from CCP:

Will you, or will you not be offering SP refunds upon the release of new content, and only for those skills that are variants of that new content? E.g. Amarr Heavy refunds upon the release of the Caldari Heavy, or Scrambler Rifle refunds upon the release of the Combat Rifle.

It must be a tough decision for you folks to make regarding the high demand for respecs. Aurum respecs, earned respecs, time-delayed respecs, nerf respecs, rebalance respecs etc etc. But this one at least appeals most to your intention for players' choices to have weight.

Let me share an example; let's say somebody wants a Minmatar dropship.
Right now they have to decide wether to save their SP, not skill into the Gallente or Caldari offerings, and thereby hinder their current performance, possibly even exclude themselves from the higher levels of competitive play until their desired content is released.
Or spend their SP on said offerings. This way they may reap the benefits of getting as close to their desired content as is currently possible. However, when that new content IS released, they will have effectively lost a significant amount of SP on placeholder skills that they never really wanted.

A confirmation from you can help the plight of people like this. They can make an informed decision, rather than guessing at your intentions for the future. Even if it's a "no" and you earn the scrutiny of many, it will still be appreciated that you improved our ability to make legitimate choices for our characters.

Thanks for your time.

That's for CCP to decide to be honest. They don't like doing respects because of the hassles and train wrecks they cause and they take so many resources to pull off.

CCP will most likely decide when they do it.

As for myself I don't expect it to be given for every new gun or module that comes out.

The missing suits and vehicles possibly but new base or specialist suites are likely not.

That's for CCP to decide to be honest. They don't like doing respects because of the hassles and train wrecks they cause and they take so many resources to pull off.

CCP will most likely decide when they do it.

As for myself I don't expect it to be given for every new gun or module that comes out.

The missing suits and vehicles possibly but new base or specialist suites are likely not.

The missing suits and vehicles possibly but new base or specialist suites are likely not.

^ this

tbh they should just reset the points put into Heavies when the other racial variants come out (in 2032)
No guns, no other suits, no mods, no other skills, just the Amarr Heavy.

I say only heavy because **** you Cal Logi (who use them as assaults) and FotM Core Flaylock users.

Your intentions are good, but what if I wanted to use the Caldari heavy for example, but I didn't like the current Amarr heavy and skilled into something else instead, why should I be punished with no respecs just because I didn't skill into a heavy suit I didn't like?

They treat this game as a beta still and changes everything in every patch, so I fail to see how respecs would be a bad thing to get every patch.

Those who were around during May will know that CCP has sent out confirmation letters that the respec that occurred in May was the last official FULL respec for the rest of the game's development. However, CCP did not rule out any possibility of a partial refund of some skills. If Eve Online is any indicator, changes to the skill tree such as reduced SP costs per level, removing skill books, splitting generalized skills into racial variants, etc. might become grounds for partial reimbursements.

And you're right if they do reissue points back because of new gear its going to be partial only.

For example It would not surprise me at all if they refund all vehicle SP in 1.5

No more respecs. I had to plan and live with my decisions, so should everyone else. Stop crying about your inability to read skill descriptions and weapon attributes. You made your choice, deal with it. I repeat, YOU made YOUR choice, DEAL WITH IT.