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Posted - 2014.05.14 11:37:00 -
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Arkena Wyrnspire wrote:
While a respec option is a very popular feature I donGÇÖt think it should be a simple as GÇÿpush button, receive respecGÇÖ. I know you havenGÇÖt given us much information here but just in case you are considering a full respec option IGÇÖd like to caution against it. With a full respec option, I am concerned that the meta might become very unhealthy.
I like the concept of 're-spec as negative skill training'.
I.e. you decide you don't want Gallente Prototype Assault Riles any more, so you flag that as de-respecializing, then the SP used to buy that drains into your unallocated SP pool slowly.
So, while you can definitely recoup all the SP you spent (I originally thought about only a percentage coming back, but that penalises honest mistakes, whereas FOTM players will just suck it up), getting that SP will take time, perhaps days or weeks to become available, which puts a massive crimp on FOTM-chasing.
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I actually think this is a good viewpoint to have. The EVE style progression system isn't just difficult to understand, but it was initially shoehorned into the DUST skill system giving us a lot of useless skills like Dropsuit Command 4/5.
One strength of the new system I hope is that there won't be any of those rubbish skills.
Yeah. I got the concept of 'unlock skills' from a corpmate. Dust has a mix of skills that unlock items at different tiers, and skills that unlock as well as provide bonuses, and it's a lot more confusing than the way Eve does it.
Oh, and for those who really like the 5-level thing, it's quite possible to model that using unlocks.
E.g. Active scanners are a rank 2 skill, so in Dust it would be (cumulatively)
1: 12,440sp
2: 49,740sp
3: 136,800sp
4: 310,920sp
5: 621,840sp
So you just model that with three skills in Legion:
[Basic active scanners]: 12440sp
[Advanced Active Scanners]: 124360sp
[Prototype Active Scanners]: 497480sp
so added together, it still costs 621840SP, but at the same level of increasing cost.
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Posted - 2014.05.15 05:46:00 -
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iliel wrote:Is the Legion progression tree idea like that of Planetside 2?
If you don't know, pick up a copy of PS2 and try it.
If it is like PS2, then I recommend rethinking the idea. PS2's progression tree is horrible, makes the game incredibly boring, and will ultimately kill it.
If it is not like PS2's progression, please explain how it is different.
From what I understand, it's a bit like PS2 in that there's unlocks based on role.
What Legion does differently is that once you unlock something, you can use it in any fit you want.
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