DUST Search - To all those who are saying this event means no respec

Aero Yassavi wrote:

You guys seem to think that the occurrence of a bonus skill point event is some sort of way to soften the blow of no respec in Uprising 1.8. That is a foolish assumption for multiple reasons. For one, all it would do is give the players who are lucky enough to have their preferred specialization already available to them at the start of Uprising an even bigger advantage over those who were not. For two, bonus SP events are not uncommon; consider the following,

April 24th - May 2nd 2013: Mercenary Holocon Event
During this week all skill points earned were tripled and the weekly cap was tripled. Note that this event ended less than one week before the launch of Uprising which came with a respec.

July 4th - July 10th 2013: Triple Skill Point Event
During this week all skill points earned were tripled and the weekly cap was tripled.

August 7th - August 14th 2013: Double Skill Point Event
During this week all skill points earned from war points were doubled and the weekly cap was doubled.

September 4th - September 9th 2013: Caldari Boot Camp
This was when CCP had no clue wtf they were doing with SP events and made the rules super confusing, but essentially it was a double SP event.

October 1st - October 31st 2013: October is for Winners
Skill points earned from war points in the first three victories of each day in October were doubled.

November 6th - November 13th 2013: Accelerated SP Week
Skill points earned from war points were tripled and the weekly skill cap was tripled.

December 16th - December 20th 2013: Dev Invasion
Battles with the developers opened up in "Other Contracts" and participants received double skill points.

January 22nd - January 29th 2014: Accelerated SP Event
Skill points earned from war points were given a x5 multiplier and the weekly skill cap was tripled.

February 19th - March 5th 2014: Operation Mauler
Every kill with a heavy weapon rewarded you 500 bonus SP and every time you kill a heavy you were rewarded 250 SP, with a cap of 750,000 SP.

March 14th - March 17th: The Million Clone Challenge
Up to 1,000,000 bonus SP if the community can get 1,000,000 combined kills

And for three, there is this quote from CCP Logibro,

CCP Logibro wrote:

And before anyone panics, don't take this as an indication as to whether or not we're providing a respec with Uprising 1.8.

So can you all please stop making such ridiculous claims?


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Chunky Munkey Amarr Templars Amarr Empire 3394	Posted - 2014.03.10 22:23:00 - [1] - Quote Vulpes Dolosus wrote: I'm calling a Dropsuit and Weapon refund. My presence in this game is dependant upon the former at the very least. No.
Chunky Munkey Amarr Templars Amarr Empire 3415	Posted - 2014.03.12 05:55:00 - [2] - Quote Aero Yassavi wrote: You guys seem to think that the occurrence of a bonus skill point event is some sort of way to soften the blow of no respec in Uprising 1.8. That is a foolish assumption for multiple reasons. For one, all it would do is give the players who are lucky enough to have their preferred specialization already available to them at the start of Uprising an even bigger advantage over those who were not. For two, bonus SP events are not uncommon; consider the following, April 24th - May 2nd 2013: Mercenary Holocon Event During this week all skill points earned were tripled and the weekly cap was tripled. Note that this event ended less than one week before the launch of Uprising which came with a respec. July 4th - July 10th 2013: Triple Skill Point Event During this week all skill points earned were tripled and the weekly cap was tripled. August 7th - August 14th 2013: Double Skill Point Event During this week all skill points earned from war points were doubled and the weekly cap was doubled. September 4th - September 9th 2013: Caldari Boot Camp This was when CCP had no clue wtf they were doing with SP events and made the rules super confusing, but essentially it was a double SP event. October 1st - October 31st 2013: October is for Winners Skill points earned from war points in the first three victories of each day in October were doubled. November 6th - November 13th 2013: Accelerated SP Week Skill points earned from war points were tripled and the weekly skill cap was tripled. December 16th - December 20th 2013: Dev Invasion Battles with the developers opened up in "Other Contracts" and participants received double skill points. January 22nd - January 29th 2014: Accelerated SP Event Skill points earned from war points were given a x5 multiplier and the weekly skill cap was tripled. February 19th - March 5th 2014: Operation Mauler Every kill with a heavy weapon rewarded you 500 bonus SP and every time you kill a heavy you were rewarded 250 SP, with a cap of 750,000 SP. March 14th - March 17th: The Million Clone Challenge Up to 1,000,000 bonus SP if the community can get 1,000,000 combined kills And for three, there is this quote from CCP Logibro, CCP Logibro wrote: And before anyone panics, don't take this as an indication as to whether or not we're providing a respec with Uprising 1.8. So can you all please stop making such ridiculous claims? Based on these numbers we get just under one SP event a month. And usually it's either 1x/2x the cap of bonus SP. Compare that to how much bonus SP we're getting in less than a month. Two events, both of which are the biggest SP giveaways we've ever had. One of which is not only eligible for a booster, but sees the return of Omegas to the market. That is a significant change from the norm. No.