I don't know why the hell you would make a new char just cause you can't get a respec. Just sounds moronical. I don't know why they ever gave us a respec ever, now it's something that people just say casually. Now if they were to give us a respec it should be like other MMOs. We have to pay a fee, roughly $30 US dollars or whatever currency you've got that would equivalent to that. Now the other thing, keep in mind I do not and have never played EVE, from what I heard they don't get respecs. They're ten year customers. That's monthly PAYING customers. If their not gettin a respec you better count your lucky stars

I dislike the fact that I have to create a new character because I cant respec my main character, this character... It ruins my gaming experience... You're killing me CCP I have fun playing Dust all we ask for is a Respec System it'll give your game better replay value trust me, I know people who stopped playing because no respec system who loves the game... That's all we need

no, and use the search engine.

In EVE you can buy characters though.

Didn't quite spec your guy right, go buy one that is right.

Want to completely change your play style, go buy a play style, people specialize in building them for specific tasks.

Give us to buy characters.. O the fun that would ensue.

To be clear you can buy characters from other players so it's not as if you can simply pick up whatever you like whenever you like, and a well spec'ed character can potentially run billions of ISK.
That being said, I'm fully in support of Dust opening up a character bazaar (and player market ).

As far as respecs are concerned there are a host of reasons why they're not a good idea in a game like Dust.
What really needs to happen is a stronger focus on the NPE (new player experience) so that people can fully understand the choices they are making and from day one be informed of things like the value of spending SP on dropsuit upgrades (which apply to all infantry fittings) rather than focusing on a single weapon or suit which apply in a much more narrow context.

Also CCP needs to focus on more measured granulated changes rather than sweeping alterations so that players on the field experiences remain relevant for longer, it's hard for players to own the effects of their choices when the mechanics swing so wildly so often... but for that to happen we need a larger foundation of content (in every race) within the game. Hopefully once the 1.8 content is added (and the almost inevitable re-balance after 1.8 happens) we can have a more stable baseline to draw from.

Cheers,
Cross

I agree. An overhauled New Player Experience is key to player retention while at the same time it helps players better understand and reinforce the point of accepting the consequences of your choices.

But to overhaul the NPE, I would recommend the following to CCP:

1. Add a shooting range or training simulator of sorts like Metal Gear's VR Training or America's Army Boot Camp training at least.
2. Get rid of the WP requirement to graduate from the Academy and turn the entire Academy into an actual Academy where you have to go through a long series of training to graduate.

I agree. An overhauled New Player Experience is key to player retention while at the same time it helps players better understand and reinforce the point of accepting the consequences of your choices.

But to overhaul the NPE, I would recommend the following to CCP:

1. Add a shooting range or training simulator of sorts like Metal Gear's VR Training or America's Army Boot Camp training at least.
2. Get rid of the WP requirement to graduate from the Academy and turn the entire Academy into an actual Academy where you have to go through a long series of training to graduate.