Another topic are reimbursements for broken skill descriptions. Everyone should be refunded the SP spent on vehicle electronics and dropsuit shield skills taken for vehicle shields.

So when they release the MAV, or maybe they should wait for the jets, or maybe they should wait for MTACs, etc.

Yes, but something like the commander or pilot suit getting added is different than us getting the missing scout and heavy suits. Those two, along with assaults and logis, are the 4 main roles, and I don't understand why CCP would ever release the game without them. (although it seems logis are now considered a secondary role )

It's simply unfair that scouts and especially heavies have no alternatives while assaults and logis have all 4 suits to choose from. This isn't just new content, it's content that should have been here by the time of release. The fact that it's not is a failure on CCP's part, and the players should not be punished because of it.

So yes, we need a respec, but only once the rest of the content is here.

I disagree with SP reallocation but in this case there are not racial variants of all suits and weapons. Either they should have released it a little faster or waited for full launch. The missing suits and weapons are the only reasons to justify the respec and then only into the wsapon or suit type.

Scrambler rifle would allow for light weapon only to be refunded.
New Heavy suits for SP spent on the only heavy we have.

Though this would only cover the very first set of suits and weapons. ANYTHING after that would not be good.

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.