They told us more than 2 months before 1.8 what the changes would be. Since then there has been more than enough time AND an SP event to get the SP you'd need for a new suit and then some.

Due to the excesive spamming of topics related to the possibility of a respec, all discussion about respecs must take place in this thread. This includes any posts in support or against a respec. Any other topics anywhere else on the forums will be locked or deleted, and linked to this thread, and repeated starting new topics may result in a warning or bans as per the forum rules.

Note that this is not a confirmation that we will or will not be providing a respec in 1.8, this is merely a venue to discuss it.

as dust fiend said:[...]

suck it

[...]theres no reason for me to keep mine when im no longer a leader.[...]

What it boils down to is this:

If CCP feels it's alright to withhold basic content, as well as randomly switch around the roles and usefulness of things we've long since spec'd into, then it only seems reasonable to allow players to use their accumulated SP how they want when the backlogged content is released, and major changes are made.

For me, it's a business decision. Do I want to support a company that takes my money, then alters the product I pay for? Or do I stay with a company that takes my money, and honors that investment when they alter what I purchased?

Worst case, no respec and I take a few months away from DUST. It doesn't bother me, I barely even play anymore as is. For me, this entire thing is about principle and little more.

For now, I'm done with this "topic"

Lord Neckbeard awaits.

I just want to throw my two cents into the mix.

I sit on the fence on the respec issue, but i lean somewhat towards supporting a limited respec.

Not for my own selfish wants. I would be fine and happy with my choices even though some of the changes wouldn't exactly favour my play style, but they wouldn't change the role of my suit so drastically as to make me change my mind. However I know there are certain people out there who deserve a respec, namely the Heavies who have devoted countless hours and SP to a heavy suit that they chose out of necessity rather than a premeditated decision. I have somewhere around 17mill SP invested in a few different roles, specificly Gal Assault and Logi, but I like to dabble in other roles including Heavy suites (especially recently due to the awesome event you are currently putting on).

I personally think the respec should be limited to the Heavy and Scout suit trees. These roles are most effected by the coming changes and deserve the choice they should have been presented with in the first place. I don't think the other suits are changing drastically enough to warrant a respec. For the most part, the suits still cater to a specific play style which isn't being altered to a large degree in the coming update. If you are an armour tanking kind of person you will still want to stick with Gallente. If you are more of a hide and go shield-regen kinda player than you will stick with Caldari.

Dropsuit Upgrades on the other hand will (for the most part) benefit anyone no matter the role they chose. Even if you are changing from a Armour tank to shield, it doesn't hurt having the choice to use armour in the future. As for the other upgrades, unless you're completely altering the way you will play the game, from electronics to equipment these skills will always come in handy. Therefore I believe they should be left alone.

Weapons should not be touched either (except for heavy weapons if you are adding the new racial heavy weapons).
There is not enough benefit to matching racial suits to weapons to warrant a change. The way I see it, if you are a lover of the CR, you are not going to switch to an AR just for a slightly faster reload speed (unless you over nerf some of the weapons). Besides, it only take like 600k sp to proto a weapon anyway. If you really want to change then save up for a couple weeks!


Not here to push any buttons, just wanted to share my two cents with CCP.

Cheers

no respec confirmed link

CCP, please explain the decision making process the Dev team goes through. We've been waiting on some word but we don't get any. This is why there are multiple threads on the subject because it seems to be the only way to get a response from you. Maybe a reddit thread? Or 4chan /b/?

Just a theory, but it's possible that the respec has been confirmed on the inside, but devs are not allowed to comment yet for fear that people might go bonkers with their skills and suits more than they already are.

Either way, I think I speak for us all when I say please tell us something. Anything. Tell us it's still unconfirmed. At least we'll know. Consider it a show of good faith.

Tell us the cow jumped over the moon, at least we'll know we're not being blatantly ignored.

Don't let the bunnies out of the bag because we multiply fast. Let them work, it will be ok.

Here take a cookie.
I promise, by the time you're done eating it you'll feel right as rain.

Can I have a Snickers instead?

Matrix reference but sure as long as you eat it with a knife and fork.

Don't let the bunnies out of the bag because we multiply fast. Let them work, it will be ok.

Here take a cookie.
I promise, by the time you're done eating it you'll feel right as rain.

I'm just tired of having to change my ck.0 Logistics fit. I've had to re-fit many times due to CCP nerfing this and buffing that.
I just wanna be a ck.0 bro... :(
I just wanna rep, rez, dish out hives & uplinks. (Screw scanners)

It seems like I can actually only enjoy playing the game for a few months at a time. I get my suit fixed and then another patch comes along that completely destroys my balance. I redesign a likable fit, And then the vicious circle repeats.
*smh*

But you know how we Caldari peeps are: We love that Nerfbat! (HIT ME AGAIN!!!) >:I

But if I did get a respec, I think I would stay at ck.0. I already have 3 million SP ready to go for 1.8. I'm interested about Caldari Scouts, But that is all. All my equipment/armor/shields are at 5, except for scanners. Core upgrades are done except some bio stuff, So there is really nothing left for me to improve my Logi equipment. Cloaks seem interesting as well and makes me feel like I'll have a Nanosuit from Crysis. For a weapons respec, I would get out of AR completely and finish up CR.

I have carefully placed each point into things that reflect the improvement of actions I take in-game. Respec or not, CCP, You are still killing me with Logistics nerfs. No matter what, I know I'll have CCP to remind me that every SP investment is great now, Sucks later and I am always.... always, always, always.... WRONG>Redo>Refit>*smh*

Support Lgosi's were screwed the second they gave us more CPU/PG and slots than any other suit, in a game where mods make a suit.