You would not believe how often players request a Skill Respec. There were hundreds of forum posts and tickets regarding this. We know for a fact that this is something the majority of the DUST 514 player base wants, and has been asking for ever since the first respec ever happened. Naturally there will be players who don't need this, sure. You can keep it as a souvenir or you can chose not to participate...

Also, it's quite clear that no matter what event or update we do, there will be players who disagree, or complain. Anyhoo, this is for the greater good.

You would not believe how often players request a Skill Respec. There were hundreds of forum posts and tickets regarding this. We know for a fact that this is something the majority of the DUST 514 player base wants, and has been asking for ever since the first respec ever happened. Naturally there will be players who don't need this, sure. You can keep it as a souvenir or you can chose not to participate...

Also, it's quite clear that no matter what event or update we do, there will be players who disagree, or complain. Anyhoo, this is for the greater good.

I was trying my best not to say this, but I really do think 514 kills is too much. At least for me. People are pretty busy, and taking time from their lives just for a skill tree respec that sounds REALLY GOOD, seems impossible to those who have no time on their hands.

I dunno what else to say, because that is the gist of my argument. I get the challenging part of the event, but it just seems too exclusive for those who are able to play a lot for that 7 day range.

Just an idea, feel free to criticize: Maybe base the next event's grand reward on WP (war points)? It may seem too logi rich, but to be honest, you don't see people tryharding their ***** off to use officer logi. Most of the time, I'd say they'd use officer assault, to get people off of objectives, push, and hold. Logi's can't do that, they can keep the team alive, regardless of how efficient the gear your teammates are running. I don't see much people running logi in pubs, so I guess it would be a fair alternative instead of pure assault. Do you kind of get what I'm saying? Make WP a thing, so we can see an increase in logis to keep assaults or heavies still in line. My opinion is there are too little logis running out there.

Of course, too many logis and you have a broken team. Healers healing healers, not very good. But assaults can get WP too. IDK, if you have any refutes, please tell me. I would like to see the side I am missing.

514 kills is a bit steep. I know it's the name of the game but I wondered if they ever checked to see how many people hit the ~75 kills/day to actually reach it? Even if they pulled data from the last event where people were killing for a prize.

I'm a logi, and that's the choice I make as a player. I'll never get upset about slayer-only events, even if my role - when done properly - will prevent the community reaching the goal. But slaying isn't the only play-style, and kills aren't the only way you can measure participation. It would be nice to see an event that didn't reward kills specifically, but some other metric. WP would be great for that.

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You remember the event where we had to hack a bunch of objectives, destroy a bunch of installations, and do some other stuff? That event stands out to me right now because the hacking-portion of that event truly introduced me to the awesomeness of the GalScout and allowed me to realize that I do pretty damn well at Ninja Hacking in Skirmish matches.

Not all events are going to be able to cater to every role. If this particular event doesn't work for your playstyle then just simply hope the next event does.

So the new event gives all players the chance to get a skill tree reset and a Amman light skin.

As a player nearing 100mil sp I'm in no need for a skill tree reset as I have pretty much all I need. Yes I am speced into the amarr lift frame and scout but as it's skill is nothing outstanding rarly see it on the battle field.

All this event will achieve is property getting.g respects and people running around in a very underpowered suit

Cool cool, I don't think I was around for that event. The recent ones that come to mind are the two x million clone challenges (100% slayer), Amarr challenge (wp, kills, finish battles for increasingly better minor prizes in that order, win battles for major prize) and this Blood Raider one (wins for minor prize, kills for major prize). Recently it seems slanted towards slaying but historically I'm sure it's not.

I really am holding out for the next few challenges that aren't centered around kills.

Beat me to it, Archduke. Thanks for commenting.

I'm of the volition that next time we do any event we should just not give rewards. Yanno like, "Get 100 Kills and get NOTHING!" that might put some things in perspective for the people who want to do nothing but complain.

Have you gone to the weekly leaderboards to see how many kills you have for the current week? Doing that will help put into perspective how easy or difficult completing this event will be for you.

But CCP can screw up you SP investment anytime they like. Which would be the main reason people ask for respecs or buy respecs.

I'll go back to the Minmando issue, only reason I skilled Minmando was for the bonus to swarms - now after foxfour that bonus has gone to the Calmando?

I have neither the time or the inclination to grind 514 kills (I've played approx 6 matches since beginning of September) and I certainly wouldn't pay for a respec - how long will it take me using passive SP to skill up Calmando lvl 5? And whose to say that after I do that the bonus doesn't get moved to another suit?

Archduke made the comment that they get a lot of tickets requesting respecs - they would get less requests if they behaved reasonably in these situations and refunded skill trees when they made fundamental changes to suit bonuses etc.

Those poor vets...

So much SP and ISK that they don't know what to do with themselves.

It must be tough.

I bet if you tell your problems to the newbros, they will totally sympathize.

You would not believe how often players request a Skill Respec. There were hundreds of forum posts and tickets regarding this. We know for a fact that this is something the majority of the DUST 514 player base wants, and has been asking for ever since the first respec ever happened. Naturally there will be players who don't need this, sure. You can keep it as a souvenir or you can chose not to participate...

Also, it's quite clear that no matter what event or update we do, there will be players who disagree, or complain. Anyhoo, this is for the greater good.

But CCP can screw up you SP investment anytime they like. Which would be the main reason people ask for respecs or buy respecs.

I'll go back to the Minmando issue, only reason I skilled Minmando was for the bonus to swarms - now after foxfour that bonus has gone to the Calmando?

I have neither the time or the inclination to grind 514 kills (I've played approx 6 matches since beginning of September) and I certainly wouldn't pay for a respec - how long will it take me using passive SP to skill up Calmando lvl 5? And whose to say that after I do that the bonus doesn't get moved to another suit?

Archduke made the comment that they get a lot of tickets requesting respecs - they would get less requests if they behaved reasonably in these situations and refunded skill trees when they made fundamental changes to suit bonuses etc.