Zero Harpuia wrote:
On the first point, you lose nothing for having spent those SP. You still have access to that weapon, and noone else got early access to that weapon. Everyone is going to start at 0, and everyone is going to have to claw their way up.
I lost the time acquiring over a million SP is what I lost (which is over a month of play). If I don't use the gun, it doesn't matter how much SP I put into it.
Zero Harpuia wrote:
On the seconds point, you are speccing into ASSAULT RIFLES. If you wanted Tactical Rifles, the Scrambler Rifle already exists. The rifle class weapons only have variants because the AR was the only rifle type, so it had to cover all four versions. They're going to be inferior to the actual racials. Putting in on them, knowing that, gives you no right to complain really. It's like speccing into the Swarm Launcher and being upset that it can't do much against Infantry. That isn't what the gun was made for.
I do far better with the Tactical than the Scrambler and anyone who has used both would see that there ARE differences. The most obvious are that the Tactical has a
much higher zoom on its scope, a longer range (a 15m+ difference) and no heat to worry about. I also like the Burst Rifle, even though it's a piece of crap, so are you going to tell me next that I should've specced into the Combat Rifle? Oh, wait, it doesn't exist yet. I could've waited, yes. However, if CCP has decided to never respec anything, then I might as well "wait" a year to play the game, when it (hopefully) has the equipment I want. Is this how real life works? Yes. If you buy a PS3 when you know the PS4 is coming out and you really wanted a PS4 but needed something to play, you won't be getting a refund. Is it good for player retention and satisfaction? I don't think so.
The whole dynamics of the game are shifting all the time. You'll spec into a gun one moment and it'll be fine, the next moment it's losing Xm off its range, and two weapons that outrange it and supplant its role are introduced. It's like speccing into a bazooka to take out a tank, and then two weeks later they add a Javelin and it's back to grinding for a month for the cash to get it, while everyone who waited just grabs it. I guess the alternative is to just wait, and wait, and wait? That's fine for players with 20m SP and good gear. It's not fine when you're getting stomped and need to invest in a gun to stop getting stomped.