David Spd
Caldari State
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Posted - 2013.11.30 23:22:00 -
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In my opinion committing to "no respecs" this early is bad. The main reason is because older players like myself didn't really have a choice when it came to "assault" type races etc. True there was a full respect that I took advantage of but it becomes a problem of: what do people do that came after that respec?
Maybe they like heavies but the only option they have right now is Amarr. Or what about Scouts? Nobody can play a Caldari scout right now and maybe they really wanted to?
Not only this but the system is in a constant state of flux when it comes to balance. It seems to me CCP isn't really 100% decided on what they want balance to look like, and I feel it's a bit anti-consumer to always push these big changes onto us while backing us into a corner of what kind of content we want to experience due to missing content.
One could argue, yes, you could have saved your SP knowing that the game has more to offer for racial variants and whatnot, but I think it's a bit unrealistic to expect, plan for, and ultimately have the patience and tolerance to play the game with no SP invested because you want to invest in something that may or may not be in the game a year later.
I know there's the big concern of "Flavor of the Month" and I think it is a real thing, but I also believe that if CCP is doing their job properly then the "FOTM Syndrome" will be less and less drastic as they get the hang of how to initially release or balance things. FOTM may do a bit of damage to the community/economy but I think the rate that people discover and address this problem will help things get fixed faster, and will ultimately be a good thing.
Don't misunderstand, I don't believe frequent respecs are good but I do think that until CCP has substantial racial content and can say, "Well we're going to not focus so much on creating racial variants, and we're fairly confident in where our balance is" I think giving respecs to all players after larger patches is a good idea, and will lessen the amount of backlash from players from the initial sweeping balance change.
Obviously there are going to be people that feel they're entitled to a respec no matter what the circumstance, and they will find any possible argument to try and convince you otherwise, but if people invest into "FOTM" after sweeping changes only to have it nerfed then I think this is one of the rare times where "HTFU" actually applies. Skill into what you want to play, and if it's UP beg CCP to change it, if it's OP expect a nerf. Vehicles are.. a unique circumstance and I don't blame people for speccing into infantry at all. Better to play the game in SOME capacity, right? It's taken them ages to get this far on vehicles and I would be furious if I was a vehicle pilot.
I personally want to see fairly regular respecs (one every six months for as long as these types of changes are happening) but CCP needs to be blunt and VERY open about frequency and when they will and will not be happening. They should also strongly urge people to spec into what they actually want to play (not what they think will make them win) in the event that no other "free respec" happens.
Another wall o' text from me. You're welcome.
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