We just had all vehicle SP refunded. I would imagine dropsuit command will be refunded with the addition of the racial suits. If dropsuit upgrades change drastically i would imagine there would be a refund there as well. Weapons are not going to change much, just new weapons added. No need for a refund there. When all is said and done that is damn near a full respec. At what point do people start spending SP wisely? Only after a full respec? And after said full respec, what do you tell the next mob of people who will want a fresh respec a week later? Do you tell them no because you got your final respec and you are happy?

Give a full respec, doesn't really matter. I will enjoy a good laugh when respec threads keep flooding the forums after said respec.

I hope they give the stupid refund so all you QQers will STFU. It will change little. The same people will complain about the same things and it won't help stop proto stomps. Good players are good and they will dominate bad players every time. If/when they give the respec I hope they tell all of you to pi$$ off. It isn't that bad and setting a precedent for a respec only encourages the call for more down the line.

I try not to say this often but HTFU.

List of positives.
Makes people FEEL good.

List of negatives.
It hurts news players by allowing older players with vastly more SP to build perfect fits.
It hurts the lore/idea of choices have consequences.
Makes us look like crybaby candy a$$es to EVE pilots.
Sets a precedent for more respecs, especially to new players because they say "vets had one why can't we?".


Don't get me wrong, I think CCP have painted themselves into a corner and now have to issue a refund. I am worried that the same thing will happen with an infantry refund as a vehicle refund. All things will be broken and everyone will call for nerf/buff or nothing will change because the fitting warriors will do the math on the fits to have the perfect fit. No one with use anything except prototype gear and we will be in the exact same spot we are now. The best thing people could be doing now is saving SP instead of demanding refunds. When the refund hits and everyone prototypes the first day think how many nerf/ buff threads will pop up and when the gear is buffed/nerfed everyone will cry that CCP made their fit useless, just like they do now.

Respecs ruin FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR less than billions of free ISK being poured into peoples pockets thanks to broken PC.

People bitching that respecs will cause proto stomps clearly aren't up to speed with the game as is.

As you all know people have been begging for a respec to come with the upcoming 1.8 patch.
I thought I would share my veteran outlook on what a respec could do...

First off there is a lot of good things a respec could do, such as....Bringing back old players who made bad decisions, help people who really like the LORE of EVE fight for their faction, and help people defend themselves from the proto stompers.
Some of peoples concerns are that everyone will spec into the FOTM, and i get that, that has been a huge problem for a while. But i personally think a respec would be good, and I would definitely use it to spec into all Caldari suits even if they are crap.
I think a full respec would be good but rather unlikely.....but a weapon and suits respec would still be okay, not hurting anyone......
What do you guys think? what are the pros and cons to having a respec?

I never get on the forums to post, but today I made an exception cuz I know I made bad specing decisions and I have definetly paid the price...I currently only have around 15 mil isk (not a lot for a veteran) and cant afford going any higher than advance. At one point I though of just deleting my character and starting over, but it was hard and I was thinking about just deleting Dust, but Dust being Dust.... just wouldnt let me go

So personally I say a respec would be great for me and a lot of people like me.
stay cool mercs!

No people of couse will make bad decisions but now that there will be every suit it wont be as extreme

I remember when I went to level 5 AR cuz it was the only good weapon and the only AR.
but now a rail rifle and cobat rifle could take me and my AR down in seconds

Respecs for money, as many have said, go against what the game is about. Its about tough love and unchecked anger. This constant demand for respecs is akin to people saying the Dark Souls franchise is to hard and it needs to be way easier. Dust is suppose to be about not only living with your decisions, but owning them, making the playstyle you chose work because you are a Dust merc and thats what we do.

I would agree with a respec for rookies, at a max of 5mil SP.

That being said, im sure CCP will break down and start selling respecs for AUR one day, which I wouldn't agree with at all.

Tell me: What reason would the skillsystem have if people would get a respec every time they asked?

Tell me: What reason would the skillsystem have if people would get a respec every time they asked?

Unlike all the people wanting a respec because they made bad decisions, I want one because I made good ones. In this case too good of a decision so the community cried about it turning my good decision into something else.

Also I want Caldari Scout and heavy. Been wanting those for a long time.


Edit: and I want my sp back from my Gallente AR now that I have my racial weapon.

People arguing FOTM, can you tell me what the FOTM will be in 1.8? Honestly most the problems with FOTM before were because there wasn't many options to choose from. Right now I here people saying scouts will be FOTM with cloaks, or Commandos with free damage mods, or Sentinels with all that resistance, quite frankly they all sound really good. And then you have all the racial choices. I just don't see any one particular FOTM becoming the dominant thing.