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Posted - 2013.12.17 17:26:00 -
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Iron Wolf Saber wrote:
For
Players are bored with their current fits.
Some have made mistakes
Players are feeling left out because they may have made the mistake of speccing into infantry when vehicles was their real calling.
Against
Free Candy Syndrome - the idea of a free respec at the time of anything gets nerfed, this behavior was well established back in beta and there are plenty of people who are very hard at letting go.
Future Prospects - In combination with FCS this will hurt any potential to monetize the and automate the system if it ever gets developed on because it was something offered regularly for free and now has to be paid for. Buy 1 get 2 free is now buy 1 get one 1 free type of backlash.
Notation
See how 0 of these points have to do with the horrible tree design?
@Iron Wolf....
In regards to your For and Against responses, I understand your concerns and warrant them as valid (I know you were waiting for my approval) but here's what I still can't understand.
You speak of Free Candy Syndrome and that any time something gets nerfed people will QQ and continuously ask for a respec. You are right, but I feel like a lot of people are getting the wool pulled over their eyes with this response.
This free candy is supposed to be in the form of a balanced FPSMMO, NOT in beta. Yet every time a patch comes out there are DRASTIC balance issues and nerfs that completely change a given weapon/module/suit etc, many times for MONTHS (Heavies, scouts, AA, TTK, etc, etc...)
People spec into what they know works, CCP does a HORRIBLE job communicating nerfs/buffs/changes, yet once they swing that nerf bat the playerbase is the one left suffering from SP sinks. Refer to Swarm Launchers in 1.7. Prior to this build they were legitimate AV, now they can barely burn an LAV. We're talking 4 months they were useful and "functioning as intended" then with about 20 days notice we are told "ps swarms are getting nerfed, tanks will be OP, any SP you have in swarms is now useless and if you have a problem with it, go **** yourself then continue to play this game".
At the rate that the Devs change this game and its functionality, respecs have to become an option and have to be available as long as they are tweaking(overhauling) game mechanics.
Their current model of live with the decisions we make for you is the crux of the playerbase issue. FOtM is not a playerbase issue, its a CCP issue. FFS these are the same idiots that had tanks ramping across the map on day 1 of 1.7.
Why is there a FOTM? Because CCP doesn't know what they're doing yet, we get it guys, and we've stuck with you through all of this bullshit. All we are asking is that while you are changing the game, give your players a chance to adapt to the environment you've created. If everyone can respec 3x a year then NO ONE will have a place to complain about making a mistake with SP. It truly doesn't change the game at the top or bottom level. In fact, multiple respecs may make PC much more competitive as if your corp has 20 slayers and 3 logis, some slayers can go tank for an offensive and switch back when needed.
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