Zeylon Rho
Subdreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
133
   |
Posted - 2013.05.10 05:46:00 -
[1] - Quote
I'm a bit concerned about respec.. density. There are lots of bugs being worked through now - the one where vehicle users had to use dropsuit skills to fit things is an obvious one. Now it's fixed I hear... they didn't get that SP back. They skilled into dropsuit shields TO use vehicles, it seems reasonable to do so... but it would be hard to handle all those on an individual basis. Respec makes sense there, no?
What about the nerf bat? People have skilled into Caldari logistics and other things because of it's perceived strength, or logi preference... whatever. It has a synergy of skills, slots, etc. that work for both I suppose. What if some of the suggestions for logi nerfs went through and restricted them to sidearms only (which Logis wouldn't skill because they have no sidearm slot), and/or cut their slots and changed their passives. That's a pretty drastic change to the basis of the class/role. Justified to let people respec then, right? They'd literally be unable to use the weapons they skilled up in that scenario.
What about new content? We haven't fixed uprising issues, and there's a batch of new content due on the 14th, what if they respec'd on the 14th and a whole new set of issues came up with scramblers, new suits, or balance changes that drastically changed things because of PC? Is another respec after that justified?
It seems like all of these are reasonable times to respec, I'd just be worried about the long-time integrity of the game if people were literally getting respec options every time anything changed slightly. However, I'd say a huge rebalance on something like Caldari logistics (as above) would seem to warrant it - that's 5 million SP flushed, more than many players even have if they completely changed something like that.
The staggered release of suits is also troubling, because you know some people would prefer variants that aren't out yet, and what happens when they are released? Do we get a respec.. or is it skilling from ground zero even if you wanted to be a Minmatar heavy from the get-go. The problem with the suit release is there are no set dates. If we knew "new suits in June", that's different from "new suits in October" as far as deciding to save points knowing there won't be a respec. It's hard to "plan" or save at all if you can't know what will come. |