I suppose you'd rather we just stick to a stagnating game with nothing to look forward to? These changes don't effect you unless you want them to. Those basic BPO's don't make a difference in combat, and those respecs aren't going to buy skill for going into FoTM gear if that's what you're worried about. Most of the vets have more than enough SP unallocated to spec into whatever they want anyways, those are the ones you've actually got to worry about.

So, CCP is actually making some money on Dust, so what? They are a company, their goal isn't to give out free stuff, it's to make money, and if the majority of the fanbase is happy with that and aren't forced to buy anything, what's the problem? Maybe we'll actually see some real improvements in the coming months to Dust now that CCP realizes there's still potential seen in this game by the consumers.

I don't mind them adding new items, but at least in my opinion I already know the direction the game is heading and its sad to see CCP still trying to milk it after the screwed the player base once already.

Respecs and BPO suits? Really? It just goes to show you have far dust has gone down :(

I suppose you'd rather we just stick to a stagnating game with nothing to look forward to? These changes don't effect you unless you want them to. Those basic BPO's don't make a difference in combat, and those respecs aren't going to buy skill for going into FoTM gear if that's what you're worried about. Most of the vets have more than enough SP unallocated to spec into whatever they want anyways, those are the ones you've actually got to worry about.

So, CCP is actually making some money on Dust, so what? They are a company, their goal isn't to give out free stuff, it's to make money, and if the majority of the fanbase is happy with that and aren't forced to buy anything, what's the problem? Maybe we'll actually see some real improvements in the coming months to Dust now that CCP realizes there's still potential seen in this game by the consumers.

I think it's worth noting here that DUST purchases support DUST.

There's definitely people complaining about some things marketed for AUR because they want them, but do not want to spend money. The thing is, if AUR items are not appealing, if you don't want them, they're not going to make CCP enough money to sustain the game. AUR items need to be compelling, they need to be very desirable. The important thing, is that AUR items do not allow players to be superior to players taking the ISK-only path.

Note that in 1.9, in addition to respecs, CCP is boosting SP gain in general, which helps reduce the power and effectiveness of respecs: It's easier to get SP natively in general than it was before.

I think it's worth noting here that DUST purchases support DUST.

There's definitely people complaining about some things marketed for AUR because they want them, but do not want to spend money. The thing is, if AUR items are not appealing, if you don't want them, they're not going to make CCP enough money to sustain the game. AUR items need to be compelling, they need to be very desirable. The important thing, is that AUR items do not allow players to be superior to players taking the ISK-only path.

Note that in 1.9, in addition to respecs, CCP is boosting SP gain in general, which helps reduce the power and effectiveness of respecs: It's easier to get SP natively in general than it was before.

dont worry op, only noobs will buy respecs and bpos.



alot of people (myself included) probably abstained from spending money because they were hoping the game would become good enough and switch over to a subscription model once the games quality was on par with eve. that never happened.
paying money in a f2p game is for kids who have access to mommy and daddys credit card.
i like dust, but i would never spend money on this until some big changes are made. and legion effectively made the chance of certain people buy aurum effectively zero.

alot of people (myself included) probably abstained from spending money because they were hoping the game would become good enough and switch over to a subscription model once the games quality was on par with eve. that never happened.
paying money in a f2p game is for kids who have access to mommy and daddys credit card.
i like dust, but i would never spend money on this until some big changes are made. and legion effectively made the chance of certain people buy aurum effectively zero.

dont worry op, only noobs will buy respecs and bpos.



alot of people (myself included) probably abstained from spending money because they were hoping the game would become good enough and switch over to a subscription model once the games quality was on par with eve. that never happened.
paying money in a f2p game is for kids who have access to mommy and daddys credit card.
i like dust, but i would never spend money on this until some big changes are made. and legion effectively made the chance of certain people buy aurum effectively zero.

I suppose you'd rather we just stick to a stagnating game with nothing to look forward to? These changes don't effect you unless you want them to. Those basic BPO's don't make a difference in combat, and those respecs aren't going to buy skill for going into FoTM gear if that's what you're worried about. Most of the vets have more than enough SP unallocated to spec into whatever they want anyways, those are the ones you've actually got to worry about.

So, CCP is actually making some money on Dust, so what? They are a company, their goal isn't to give out free stuff, it's to make money, and if the majority of the fanbase is happy with that and aren't forced to buy anything, what's the problem? Maybe we'll actually see some real improvements in the coming months to Dust now that CCP realizes there's still potential seen in this game by the consumers.

alot of people (myself included) probably abstained from spending money because they were hoping the game would become good enough and switch over to a subscription model once the games quality was on par with eve.

WTF is that suppose to mean? Should we start expecting officer weapons to go on the market for AUR soon just so CCP can make some money for there company. On Nov 4th we are going to see triple stacking boosters where a player can pay to progress 3 times faster than a free player. In any other game if you are able to get something that much faster than a free player can that would be call pay to win. CCP has the right to make money, but that does not make there decisions correct. Look at EVE and incarana CCP trying to make money for the company but just completely ignoring its playerbase. CCP can make money but there needs to be a limit of what they are allowed to get away with.

I have been playing this game since the first day of the private beta and the one thing that will make me quit this gamer faster than anything else is making it P2W and CCP is currently walking very close to that line with triple stacking boosters.


Respecs have barely anything to do with P2W, If you are against P2W you would be against triple stacking boosters because that is the real problem.

Hardly p2w at all. Getting max skills through boosters doesn't make you any stronger than a free player with max skills.

CCP sells convenience. That's all this is. And it's about time CCP started treating Aurum purchasers better.

That wouldn't be fair at all.. but it's not the same thing. Officer gear loot drops are pretty random. SP is not. However if, lets say, a 20 aurum purchase gave you a random officer gear loot roll, that wouldn't be as bad as straight but stocking 100s of Balacs.

If i'm a free player, and I get killed, there is no way of me knowing if the person boosted his SP gains or not. It doesn't matter. When I run all standard gear, I could be just another blueberry or a formidable player. There is no way for you to know, because it doesn't matter as much as you think it does.

Remember, players can only catch up with players with max skills. We are wider than we are tall. There is no advantage we get from this... oh wait, yes we do, fair competition. The more players that join the max core skill +proto club, the better.