Okay so CCP stated around a year ago that they will NOT BE DOING ANY MORE REPSECS.

People whined and they were rightfully ignored. People continued to whine, and they were ignored. Legion is announced and CCP decided to get every cash grab they can from DUST. With the return of the BPOs which they also said would not be coming back (though that was SLIGHTLY justified).

Now, I literally don't know what to believe if CCP makes any more statements about their games because they are showing that they will actively just change everything they said so fast.

This respec now means that whatever is considered the best will be played in almost EVERY game you play in DUST. Imagine this, situation:

This feature was available last patch. How many scouts would you see with the max possible stats? There would be WAY more and they would be stronger.

No more reasons to commit to your choices because now you can just change your mind if you fork over -ú-ú-ú.

Thay guy that specced in Plasma rifle that loved his weapon? Now corps will expect you to respec to the best just to be competitive.

CPP clearly stated there would be no more respecs and for good reason. People will soon see why this move is a terrible idea and how you will have no variation in DUST anymore with everyone respeccing to the flavour of the month.

I would have agreed with this if it was a ONE time purchase to allow people to fix mistakes.

My prediction:

Now that this feature is in place, CCP will continue to rebalance the flavour of the month to get as many people to buy respecs as possible.


I hope I am being over cynical about all of this but my suggestion is to change this feature to a ONE time purchase to at least keep the "choices have meaning" part of this game alive. The rest of the patch looks so awesome too :( They even increased the weekly skill cap! What is the need for respecs anyway? -.-

My view is this is a wonderful middle ground: Yes, you can get a respec. But it is going to require you open your wallet. It helps support the game, and the cost being AUR-based is likely to prevent people from abusing it heavily.

And you get loyalty points for spending AUR. Look at that.

... Charging real world money for more frequent respecs is a potential income stream a lot of us would support, that falls well short of pay-to-win ugliness.

If the complaint is that respecs support FOTM chasers, the solution is to diminish the severity of FOTM advantages. The complaint that respecs diminish the significance of our choices, has always been an empty argument, in the face of an actively maintained game with a frequently changing skill tree.

The occasional thread to remind CCP that their customers are aware of all this, is actually a pretty good use of a forum thread.

Players who berated those crying for respecs are now crying because there will be respecs, but seem to think that it matters considering how people would still have ample opportunity to use different gear in the first place.

But that's none of my business.

Good, now I can get the SP out of the ADS since it's useless now, and try to build up a decent scout, or Amarr sentinel.

If you haven't already, I would try out Gallente or Amarr assault. Really enjoying them. Amarr scout is also fun, "I CAN RUN FOREVER!"

That's way too hard mode for me.

People whining about respecs are like people whining about gay marriage, it doesnt hurt you at all, you dont have to do it, and you just sound like an *******.

i just wanna point out the "around a year ago" part and then the "change their mind so fast" right after it >.>

I'm not doing assault suits.

Although, I think it would be wise to hand out 1 free respec token or sell respec tokens at a discount (of course depending on what a respec actually costs) at the release of 1.9.

This could bring back vets. More vets in game = better game.