Rowley Pup
Kang Lo Directorate
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.05.14 03:03:00 -
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I think these skill refunds are spoiling people. The skills you unlock should be a defining characteristic of your play style, and if you want different roles, you have two other character slots to play with. Maybe players will think twice before chasing the FotM once these SP refunds stop. That said, I'm not opposed to free skill resets for new players (something like unlimited respecs until a player graduates from the upcoming Academy battle mode, with a final respec after they graduate); for veteran players, add a short grace period before the skills spent become locked.
The thing is, EVE is very unforgiving, and I believe that DUST should be similarly unforgiving. However, in EVE, if you accidentally train the wrong skill, you often only lose a short amount of time before you realize your error and fix the problem. In DUST, once you spend the points, the SP is gone, so without some sort of buffer to avoid those minor mis-clicks, DUST is technically more punishing than even EVE is in this area. Including something that allows a player to refund all SP spent in the last 15 minutes should be more than enough time to fix an error when you make a mistake (no ISK refunds, if you bought a book). |
Rowley Pup
Kang Lo Directorate
Gallente Federation
32
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Posted - 2013.05.14 04:02:00 -
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KING CHECKMATE wrote:@ Rowley Pup , MAG was pretty unforgiving and still had a re spec option for several reasons.I played Mag since beta by the name of AceOfJokers666 so i know MAG pretty well...
In a game like DUST514 where the weapons and stats change frequently and there is so much to do but so little SP to do them, a re spec option should be available in some form to give the chance to players to be the best they can be. IMO at least.
I played MAG since the early beta stage as well. MAG was a different beast than what CCP is trying to accomplish with DUST. Ultimately, DUST is more MMO, and CCP has stated multiple times that they want to blur the line between EVE and DUST. I believe that we as a community need to be willing to own our past choices in DUST, and giving up on the idea of full respecs is a part of that.
If we allow CCP to entertain the idea of respecs for AURUM, then we are allowing a particularly sinister element into DUST. CCP may be honest today, but if CCP sees DUST failing to pay them back, then it would be all too easy for CCP to begin to frequesntly overnerf and overbuff, in order to entice players to buy AUR for frequent skill respecs. I am in favor of forgiving players short term mistakes, and I am in favor of allowing newbies to try a variety of builds before locking themselves into a particular role. But I am entirely opposed to a system in which players are rewarded for chasing the FotM. |