People think it will kill diversity, but in a halfway balanced environment, it would only encourage diversity.

More importantly, it would encourage people to have FUN.

You know damn well it wouldn't encourage diversity. Every FPS game suffers from FOTM chasers and dust is no exception. If CCP does let the people have multiple respecs, it will lead to everyone using the same weapon. Live with your decisions. And for those who live by the OP weapons they will die by the nerf.

If CCP knew how to balance their game then respecs would only serve to freshen things up and keep people interested far longer.

It's ok though. Outdated design philosophies for a separate genre of game will totally make this game stand out.

Yeah because respecing is very original and creates diversity.

It does, by keeping people interested in a boring game by letting them actually do other things.

Since there's still no form of tutorials or new player help, we'll be seeing PLENTY of wonky builds, even if everyone got a free respec twice a day



Really this is just spreadsheet warriors afraid that they'll loose their only advantage on the field if players are allowed to learn from their mistakes

How about for racial Heavy's, Lights, and vehicle frames? They get ****** over? **** that; they should only people to get a respec, and that's only for the frame ( Say, I skilled Winmatar light frame, and I wanted Amarr, I would lose all of the light and scout skill levels, then transfer them over).

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There should be no more respecs given at all. There is one major reason for this.

No respecs provide balance to the game. When you allow people to continuously respec, you will have everyone flocking to the nearest OP weapon. With no respecs it takes time for people to skill up into those OP weapons which gives CCP more time to balance them before the majority of the population starts using it.

For those of you who decide to skill into future glaringly OP weapons congratulations and enjoy it while it last. They will be nerfed and you should not be entitled to a skill respec.

Everyone who has money, yes.

There should be no more respecs given at all. There is one major reason for this.

No respecs provide balance to the game. When you allow people to continuously respec, you will have everyone flocking to the nearest OP weapon. With no respecs it takes time for people to skill up into those OP weapons which gives CCP more time to balance them before the majority of the population starts using it.

For those of you who decide to skill into future glaringly OP weapons congratulations and enjoy it while it last. They will be nerfed and you should not be entitled to a skill respec.

News flash... games are made to earn money... deet dit deet da deet dit.

Seriously though, if you simply want another currency available, such as SP instead of Isk, it's the same thing. The idea of AUR as a payment method is to, once gain, allow the company to make money by offering convenience to those who have jobs and have money but limited time.

These people aren't going to get ahead of you, they won't harm the game, we need a player base of people that aren't spreadsheet driven. They'll need to try new things as new content, PvE, or weapons, or fits comes out. I get that we like to hold people to their choices -- but we also need the game the stick around.

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

Weather or not people can flock to an OP weapon has no bearing on if the weapon is OP or not. The real issue is the OP weapon itself, and once they are balanced, then your argument is in the garbage. Also people respeccing to skill into OP items are screwing themselves since OP items eventually get nerfed.

Keep in mind that we don't have the full set of racial ARs, dropsuits and specializations yet, so many of us have to specialize into weapons and dropsuits that would not have been our first choice. Specialization is needed to be competitive, yet it is unfair to expect people to specialize when all the options aren't present yet; this makes respecs warranted.

Or maybe CCP has to fully test the game first to balance everything. How does one test all items? Let the players respec as much as they want so they can test everything.

Once everything is balanced and the game is ready for its REAL release you can stop giving respecs (but maybe by that time you will realise that respecing doesn't harm the game).

But nice try to push your anti-respec-agenda.

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.

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.

I wasn't even talking to you, get over yourself.

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

If CCP knew how to balance their game then respecs would only serve to freshen things up and keep people interested far longer.

It's ok though. Outdated design philosophies for a separate genre of game will totally make this game stand out.

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?

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?