Joseph Ridgeson
warravens
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Posted - 2015.04.05 01:54:00 -
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Best way to think about it: "what is a mistake or something you simply will never or are unlikely to use again?"
I forget the exact prices but I believe two 30 day booster packs are about the same as a Respec, right? 40k for the boosters and like 38 for Respec? Of course, you can get more mileage if you can cap in like 3 days and just get a bunch of Actives but let's be conservative.
8 weeks of 1.5 is an extra 3,672,000 SP IF you can cap out every time. Say you cap out in 5 days and still play 10 games in the two remaining days, that's an extra 40,000 SP. So call it 3.7 million.
Do you have more skills spent in areas that you will never use or are really unlikely to use again? Don't look at skills that are currently not powerful or things that are currently powerful as that may change. "Gallente Assault sucks! I want Minmatar!" might change when/if Minmatar Assault is nerfed and/or Gallente is buffed. If it is just "I don't like that I have Prototype Mass Driver because I never used the damn thing", that can save one million SP.
One thing I will say: PLAN YOUR RESPEC AHEAD FIRST!
Remember back to when you were a new player and had 500,000 SP. It seemed like so much but poof!, gone. The same thing happens even with 40+ million SP. A suit takes about 3 million of that, a weapon 1.5, necessary passives (Shield/Armor Upgrades, Engineering, Electronics, potentially EWAR and biotics) another 4-6. Take note of what is going away, what you are going to skill into, and what the left over will be used in.
Also, with the left over, don't just go Prototype with something. Keep it free for a while and play around with basic versions. You don't want to go "Combat Rifle is awesome because it looks fun!" and burn one million into it and find out that you don't like it.
If you are unsure but know you will cap out, Boosters are the best. If you ever decide to Respec, having that extra few million SP is more useful. If you are sure about what you want to do and/or are not positive you can cap out, Respec is safer. Pascal's Wager:
Respec instead of Boosters: "If I don't decide to change my mind, I am happy." "If I decide to change my mind and Respec again, I lost money."
Boosters instead of Respec: "If I don't decide to change my mind, I am less happy than above but I still get what I wanted so happy." "If I change my mind later and Respec, I am not so unhappy because I have extra SP to work with."
You can't know if you will change your mind but you can know if you will get Boosters or Respec.
"This is B.S! This is B.S! I paid money! Cash money, dollars money, cash money!"
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