. . . right?

These changes are arguably even more significant than those made to vehicles.

Not necessarily... Vehicle one was mandatory due to their complete reworking of the tree and rolling like 4 different module unlocks into one skill. With infantry it looks like straight up additions to current trees and changing of dropsuit bonuses, this would mean that a respec isn't mandatory. That said I certainly hope infantry does get a respec as its only fair... Just don't hold your breath because it doesn't look like the changes make one a given.

No. Vehicles had the whole skillTREE changed. Not only what the skills / vehicles /turrets do.

I'm typically against respecs, but depending on how much change is shown in the patch notes for 1.8 I'd be fine with a partial respec for only dropsuit command skills nothing else is necessary.

And to you guys that like to yell against respecs:

Why are all of you yelling for respecs?

. . . right?

These changes are arguably even more significant than those made to vehicles.

Yup. Definitely Dropsuit Command and Dropsuit Upgrades, but hoping Weaponry as well since certain roles like the Commando now provide bonuses for specific weapons, and new CPU/PG numbers so perhaps don't need as much Fitting Optimization, and stuff like that.

I am not yelling for a full respec but a dropsuit respec is definitely needed. Why should we be punished by having our skill points in suits that we do not want all because CCP took so long to release the full list of variations.

It's been 8 months at some point CCP is human and set their bar to high and the racial variants of scout and heavy suits are "New" content much like the combat rifle and rail rifle.. Not Something "Owed" to you that somehow those 8 months of ISK and Skill acquired using those suits and weapons was worthless.

So one more respec and everything will be perfect. until the next patch or if you make a mistake. then you want another? or.. what if they add an entire new class and you REALLY meant to be that class instead...

Combat and Rail rifle coming out and people saving and skilling into it, having one or both near maxed out first day with saved SP, should be more then enough of an example. CCP may tweak and balance and change anything depending on whims and what they feel may improve their game. The Skills points we invest and thus skills are our history in DUST. Some of us have maxed out alot of different aspect's of DUST that are no longer relevant to the same extent, never means they are useless or will never have use based on what changed them in the first place.

That is our history of our character, you want a character option that has close to no mistakes with skills? start a new one or start a separate PSN and use the knowledge and experience you have gained to build that perfect mercenary in his specialized role. But Respecializing King Checkmate? because you made mistakes allocating skills(We all did to some extent) the 8 months we haven't had racial variants in one aspect of DUST hasn't made the ISK and Skill points you acquired with those skills any less valueable. Nothing will be the same in DUST forever and there will always be new stuff comming out. We have more then enough time to get SP and everyone progress naturally there. Not respecialize your character every time something new and shinny comes out.

I haven't seen anything to suggest that any skills will be less relevant to the play style they are designed for, so I don't see any need for a respec.

If people can describe specific circumstances in which skills that were useful before are useless after the patch then I'd support partial-respec-by-petition for those situations.

If enough people have enough reasons to justify respecs then it would be easier to provide a more general respec and reduce the load on the GMs. That would be for CCP to decide though, and I think we're a long way from it.

Oh like for instance, the Amarr assault suit now plays a complete diffrent role, like it has armor rep bonus vs scr bonusses, i find that quite a significan change...let alone it most likely gets a slot layout change AND shield/armor redistribution with diffrent stats to shield recharge.

If those are not enough, what is gonna be enough ? Everything is getting reworked, maybe it doesnt affect your performance, but it will affect mine or how i can play my suit to it benefits, i dont run reppers so for me the bonus it provides is completely irrelivant, hence i dont see why i would run a suit with only one bonus.

Vehicles got their respec, Infantry should get theirs.

most people who are against respecs are usually people who play dust non stop or people who like it when other people cant have fun. Anti-respec= jerk no matter what!