DUST Search - CCP plz absolutely no respecs

Beck Weathers wrote:

Im going to put it in simple terms. This is a FREE to play MMO, the "hook" of the game is skilling into what you want to play and use. Its all about the long term investment. The best way to keep people playing is to keep releasing new stuff for you to have to skill into, or to purpously change the meta so you have to skill into something else.This causes FRUSTRATION and forces some players to spend MONEY on the game to expediate their SP gain. yes some players will leave, but they likely wernt payiong for the game anyway.

IF CCP gives a full respec, then there will be 100s of players who will get thei suit they want instantly and have very little reason to grind SP except to get proficincy 5 or something. That is a huge net loss of potetial income for CCP. This will cause quicker burn out and then they REALLY will quit, not because they didn't get a respec, but because the grind was over in an instant and they have nothing to shoot for other than a better KDR. Its the fundimental baisis of MMOs people.


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Kigurosaka Laaksonen DUST University Ivy League 119	Posted - 2014.01.15 18:34:00 - [1] - Quote knight of 6 wrote: "living with your decisions" I want a Ferrari, i'll go buy one. I now can't afford my mortgage and they foreclosed my house! [this is a decision] I want a Ferrari, i'll go buy one that I can afford because I made a fortune with bitcoin. I walked into my garage this morning to admire my Ferrari, but alas it is now a tricycle. [this is not a decision] For as many people have liked this, it's a bit disconcerting that they don't seem to get it. I support a full, final respec but for a different reason. knight of 6 says "my junk got nerfed, I want a respec because it wasn't my decision" That's the nature of an MMO. Stuff gets changed. That's NO BASIS for a a respec. The problem, and the reason why we need a respec, is that CCP released DUST without all of it's basic content. The problem is if I want to skill into an Amarr HAV or Caldari Sentinel (the Ferrari from knight's example), well, those things just aren't in the game. What should I do in the mean time? Not play? Save my SP and use militia junk? Use my SP for something I don't want and then grind the SP I need whenever the stuff I want is finally put into the game? The fault lies with CCP for not having this basic content in the game to begin with. The answer is to skill into something, have an enjoyable time, and then reasonably expect that CCP will offer a full and final respec when they add all racial variants of basic weaponry, dropsuits, and vehicles. Once CCP has done its part and released a full game, you can skill into whatever you want and accept the consequences of any balance changes. Your stuff getting nerfed is not a valid reason for a respec.
Kigurosaka Laaksonen DUST University Ivy League 119	Posted - 2014.01.15 19:06:00 - [2] - Quote Beck Weathers wrote: Im going to put it in simple terms. This is a FREE to play MMO, the "hook" of the game is skilling into what you want to play and use. Its all about the long term investment. The best way to keep people playing is to keep releasing new stuff for you to have to skill into, or to purpously change the meta so you have to skill into something else.This causes FRUSTRATION and forces some players to spend MONEY on the game to expediate their SP gain. yes some players will leave, but they likely wernt payiong for the game anyway. IF CCP gives a full respec, then there will be 100s of players who will get thei suit they want instantly and have very little reason to grind SP except to get proficincy 5 or something. That is a huge net loss of potetial income for CCP. This will cause quicker burn out and then they REALLY will quit, not because they didn't get a respec, but because the grind was over in an instant and they have nothing to shoot for other than a better KDR. Its the fundimental baisis of MMOs people. The "hook" of this game should be to have an EVE-like experience in an FPS. Releasing new stuff is separate from releasing stuff that should have been here to begin with. When the game was released, the only dropsuits we had were Amarr Heavy, Caldari and Minmatar Medium, and Gallente Light. We've come a good ways, and still have a way to go, for basic dropsuits, vehicles, and weapons. The best way to keep people playing is to have an engaging game play experience. I'm burned out currently because I don't want to grind to stash away SP for what I want that might be coming in 1.8 or not. You're totally wrong on this.