Even if you are saving up skill points, it doesn't change the fact that a skill refund is needed and is the right thing to do.

Which is happening?

I mean, no Logi will be the same, with the Gallente being the closest, what with the built in 2/Rep and the new general Logi bonus (and to a lesser extent the Minmatar will be close with the innate 20% hack bonus).

Big issue being that CCP decided that doing all the suits would be to much, so, they decided to do the bare minimum on the Mediums, leaving them for later. So, a respec now on suits still means speccing a Medium suit is risky.

Also, adding 8 suits when you currently only have 12, and adding desperately needed racial sidearms to balance out the spectrum (Heavies are still hurting) means at the very least you need to give Heavies and Scouts their points back. Plus, the number of people that may have specced a medium suit because their preferred suit was unavailable could be substantial...

We shall know soon, once we get that dropsuit Dev Blog... Which I'm assuming will be the last one, after the Cloak (Equipment) one.

So what do you have to say to the non-casual, Faction Loyalists?

You know, the ones that New Eden itself revolves around?

This isn't EVE and the skill points don't exactly work the same, not to mention this is not EVE, it is a FPS and the skill points aren't acquired or used in the same manner, did I mention this isn't EVE or that the skill point and/or "skill tree" is completely different?


























Still not EVE....

Keep in mind however, that there has never been a single ship in EVE Online that was released without all four of the faction's versions.

There's almost definitely going to be a refund for the physical changes they're making, whereas the balancing and addition changes probably won't get a refund.

Sentinel, Commando, Scout dropsuit skills - Almost guaranteed
Entire dropsuit command - likely
Entire dropsuit upgrades tree - maybe
Anything out of weaponry - very unlikely.
Entire respec - No, just no.

The thing is, weapon balances and dropsuit balances in the past haven't given us skill points back. It's only when they've added a substatial amount to the game (i.e. Uprising) or when they completely change and rebalance the physical properties of an item (i.e. the tank update)

but the problem is, they haven't really changed anything with the weapons. Yeah they swung a giant nerf bat at them but that's no reason for them to give us points back. The only time I would want CCP to give me a refund in weaponry is if they changed the Scrambler to an automatic weapon, or if they made the HMG increase in spread as you fire it.

Changing physical properties is what demands a refund, not just nerfing, balancing, or new stuff.

The problem with only refunding Dropsuit Command and Upgrade is that you allow literally every type of suit the option to switch into any other type of suit, except heavies. Anyone could go heavy and keep their light weapon and still be useful, with either Commandos or Sentinels.

The same can not be said of heavies. While everyone else is given the freedom to do what they want, heavies are forced to stay as heavies or sit on heavy weapon SP that they can no longer use, even if they were to switch to the other heavy frame (commandos)

There are other reasons to refund Weaponry, but this is the big one.

If they come with new races of dropsuits, then the Dropsuit Command should be the only respec. Seeing there were limited classes, we were stuck choosing one until the rest get added. However if you decide you want to completely switch your class, then you'll just have to start from scratch like anyone else. This type of limited respec will allow players to choose from the new races, but switching your class might cost you some work... Though I do agree that if they nerf or change any skills, then that skill should be reset so the player has the option of keeping it or changing it.