The Robot Devil
Molon Labe.
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2013.11.22 06:48:00 -
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Reasons For:
Allows new players a chance to restart.
Allows players a chance to try something new.
Brings in new players.
Brings back old players.
Gear was nerfed.
Unfinished racial line up.
Gives new players the ability to compete.
Reasons Against:
Creates fotm.
Creates the cycle of more respecs.
Choices matter.
Everyone starts the same and it should stay that way.
New gear is easy to get into.
It isn't fair to players who are just starting or hasn't started.
Gear wasn't nerfed, it was balanced.
You had the same choices we did.
New players don't know about respecs.
Only a few players will return because the line up is still unfinished.
I think that a full refund of SP is bad for the game and here are my reasons. New players do have the same choices if not more than we did when we started and although we did, so they should isn't a valid argument players should have to make hard choices that matter. If a player reads then most of the time the choices may not be the best at that moment but it usually helps that player somewhere. Is it fair to a person who has been playing for a week to have their SP refunded at the same time as everyone else? I only have 13-14 M SP and I have been playing since closed beta, is it fair to me that a person with 20 M SP have their SP refunded? They would have the twice the SP at their respec as I did.
Choices do matter in New Eden but only to an extent. After a month or so of gaming a player should have one specialized skill branch or most of the core skilled up. If you aren't smart enough to stop putting SP into a skill when you know that it is very limited or broken then I don't know what to tell you. Sorry you didn't get what you wanted but that is life so saying a respec is deserved isn't valid because that excuse can be used for any other new item released. New gear is easy enough to get into and learn if you like. Everyone always says that this or that weapon isn't competitive unless it's proto and you are correct because proto is the best and borders on being OP.
I think that CCP should only refund removed skills because anything else is unfair to every player in one way or another and the only way to keep it fair is by only refunding removed skills. I realize that some of the gear that we wanted wasn't released when the game was but that doesn't give us a right to a respec. That argument can be used for 100 different items CCP has talked about. People also say that their item was nerfed until it was useless, if you didn't know it was OP while playing the game then you are beyond help.
The only things that are going to bring players back and hold them here is content and more content. The problem is in how things are released. Working in uncharted territory is difficult and releasing new items into the game is difficult. Introducing new items is hard on the game and players. People who are smart will have lots of SP saved and done the math to figure out what is the best. Day one they proto that branch of the tree and the weapon is instantly OP to most people. People call OP on the forums and a nerf is inbound, all the while those same people are skilling into that weapon to "stay competitive". When the nerf lands it hits them hard and their fit is useless and they blame CCP for killing the weapon. So they need a respec.
Dr. Gonzo: I hate to say this, but this place is getting to me. I think I'm getting the Fear.
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