New Player = "It took me two months, but I've finally skilled up into my role "
CCP = *Swings nerf hammer*
New Player = "Now I'm useless, two months of work for nothing, I'm finished with this game"

You made the choice to spec into something you didn't want to just to be competitive. No one held a gun to your head and made you do it. You made the choice now live with it.

You newb.

You obviously haven't got Lvl 5 Profiency in Internet Sarcasm Detection

Thats a core skill newb, pfft *Smug look*

Fiend, I think it was you with the idea of being able to refund/respec one skill rank every so often, and the points accumulate? Wish I could copy and paste the idea here.

It was the only way to handle respecs that I've seen that sounded fair and balanced enough that it would actually improve the game.

How is that trouble? In particular, if an overpriced Isk option is available as well? Of course, in either case assuming there is a serious cool-down period.

I don't follow on the concept of respec equals win. You've got skill points, that you've already earned, to allocate where you want. Anyone can do so.

It seems to me that you just want to force people to live within the decisions they have made... even though they were noobs at the time and will likely be driven from the game if they have to wait 6 months to get into a style of game play they would actually find more enjoyable.

ISK is a lot easier to make then people think. Corps depending on their internal model can make 10's of millions a day based on what areas they hold and how members are paying back in. After transfers to any player become available players could easily turn alt accounts and characters into ISK mules by creating, funneling starter ISK to a main character, and then deleting them in 10 hours cycles.

AUR items are available to everyone.

that is not ccp's target market.

I've asked before and never got an answer other then it would be the same as any other game, hobby or what have with an for of meta-game, but why is Flavor of the Month chasing so bad in the first place?

Yeah because respecing is very original and creates diversity.

Note, you also didn't describe how people get an advantage via a respec... you just bitched at me, again.

The game will never have balance because new gear will always be introduced. Respecs are bad for DUST because it takes away from the persistance that is promoted. I don't want to see a mercs name and have to guess on what they will be doing in this battle because they just introduced a new suit or weapon.

If you aren't talking to me perhaps don't reply to my posts? Anyhow, you may want to consider your own advice.

It seems the vast majority of the opposition are basing their argument on CCP being able to balance Dust correctly. Have they been able to balance Dust so far?