My preferred option is that we didn't need one at all but if wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets.

I'm personally opposed to having respec's at all. It was fine and understandable during the beta but once the game was launched that should've been it. This is a game of consequence after all.

However, because CCP launched the game without most of the racial suits and without a complete weapon class and messed up the vehicles. Because the NPE singularly failed to explain the skill system in a way to prevent people making the wrong choices, I'm forced to concede that on this one and only this one occasion a respec of Dropsuit Command and Dropsuit Upgrades is going to be required. As well as a chance to change racial portrait. I have mine because in the closed beta I wanted to be assault and only the Caldari started with skills suitable for that choice. Yep, I've been playing it that long.

Weapons are fine at the moment in my opinion. You want to spec up a particular weapon use some of your Dropsuit refunded SP.

In future I would hope that if and when any new class of suit or weapon is released, the full racial variants will be released on day one too. As long as that happens, there is no argument that could be given to justify a further respec.

I'm also opposed to a respec for Aurum. Again, this a game of consequence. Your choices should matter and you should live with them. Eve players can't respec so why should Dust mercs?