NO RESETS LEARN TO SPEND YOUR SP LIKE A RESPONSABLE GAMER OR STOP QQ ITS YOUR OWN DAMN FAULTS FOR SPECING INTO A HUNDRED THINGS I HAVE LESS THEN 25 SKILLS BUT THERE ALL ALMOST MAXED YOU KNOW WHY BECUASE I DIDNT SPEND LITTLE AMOUNTS I SAVED FOR MONTHS TO GET SOME SKILLS IT SUX STOP BITCHING THIS GAME ISENT FOR CASUAL PLAYERS GO PLAY COD OR SOMETHING

I agree with you here. A freind of mine like to play havy, but not as amarr for example. Still ne must skill this so he can learn how it is to a heavy. Its not like he likes to be in a amarr suit. I feel that this game is extremly unfinished we need the core things, all racial weapons and standart suits.

Esp considering using the same build day after day gets so boring.

What if I wanna try speed shotgun logi? Nope... gotta grind 3 million SP (6-8 weeks depending on booster usage) for proto kin cats and proto shotguns first...

$10 respec with a 1 month cooldown? Almost everyone is happy as they can escape poor choices they made or just spice things up a bit with a new build. CCP gets a new revenue stream that is not pay to win...

I honestly see very little reason not to do it anymore...

@CuuCH Crusher No-one is saying you should be able to respec every 5min or without a cost, I don't really see your problem against respecs and don't you think that the game will become more interesting if you can switch up your play styles?

You people have no imagination whatsoever.

Fact is the game is full of content that most people don't spec into because it isnt functional and they don't want to be "stuck" with it.

The notion that we should limit respecs to force people into making decisions or to prevent FOTM respecs is ludicrous and only exists because the game developers create a weapon or item that is out of balance with the rest. To fault the players for flocking to it put blame squarely on the wrong people.


Now that said unlimited respeccing would be problematic and really wasteful. For those players that think the universe should be about making your descision matter I would counter by saying its as simple as changing neural implants that result in a mercs ability to respec and thus follow lore if its really that important to you.


From a financial standpoint a Respec should cost money and to me is a better way to get money from dust players without nickel and dimeing them over SP.

Now it may be impossible to limit individual respecs to only 2x/year but if possible they should aim to do so in addition to how they allow respec to occur. Which should be in the form of an augmentation.

This augmentation should be avaiable for ISK and AUR. But the pricing should be somewhere in the plex range if not higher. The idea here being it isn't fully P2W if the item is avaialble for ISK and AUR and if the cost is high enough it wont be used constantly but sparingly. If CCP can enforce 2 use policy every 12 months or something then CCP has created their own version of DLC. By purchasing these augmentations CCP is giving players the opportunity to access new content in the form a different specialty 2x/year.

It may be wise to even allow 1x/year Free respecs to really keep the game fresh for players and allow them to experience the game in a different way.

The benefits of this far outweighs the negatives of FOTM speccing, more to the point FOTM speccing only becomes a problem if the Devs make FOTM stuff. Add in the limitations of respecs should CCP enforce such a mechanic the risk of FOTM speccing become hazardous to anyone who goes that route if CCP is quick on balancing.

It took a month to make changes to the TAC. An optional respect would at best mean they are stuck with their decisions for the rest of the year if they use their one freebie right after or if they purchase they only have 1 additional paid respec.

If CCP has to give ReSpecs to keep the casuals interested, they might as well give up on all character development. You might keep players who are bored for a little bit longer, but it wouldn't be worth it (Dust 514 fails on pure shooter merits). They will still get bored. If they (the gamer) believe in the future of Dust 514, you (CCP) can demand their patience and dedication to character development. You can expect turnover, but I think that will result in a steadily growing population of dedicated people who can see themselves playing Dust 514 for 5 or 10 years. Why would you bother trying to eek a couple more months out of some casual gamer who is interested in a flavor of the month? This month it's LLAV, next month it will be BF4 or PS2, and I say, "let them go."

Well said. Casuals come and go. It's the hardcore gamers that stay. CCP should try to appeal to the hardcore gamers and make the gameplay so great that it converts casuals into hardcore. They should focus on gameplay. Not holding peoples hand.

I think you and I have different definitions of hardcore gamers. You are probably thinking of Hardcore RPGers who are so invested into their characters it borders on an emotional codependence.

Hardcore shooters want to experience great shooting and want to try new things. Its about content consumption. Allowing respecs

1 free and 1 paid per year creates a hybrid model of what CCP does in EVE while allowing for essentially a paid DLC model to enter into the game. By allowing for up to 2 respecs a year you are keeping hardcore shooter fans interested with the ability to experience new content without having free reign and a limitless number of repecs.


Ive already given a lore perspective on how this may be possible so if hardcore RPGing is your thing well ive already provided the needed rationales from a lore perspective that would permit it.

If a respec system was implemented(opposed, btw) any more than 1 or 2 a year would remove the consequences of decisions to dump SP into an OP style (caldari logi). "Who cares, I will just respec when the fix it" I never want to hear that.

Your logic is that we can't switch between different roles and weapons because we end up with a COD clone?

I never played COD can u explain? What's so bad about it?

If the game ages and people have access to more SP won't they be able to switch it up? So it still will be COD in the long run?

What makes the players able to switch it up all the time if there is a restricted respec?

Then they shouldn't adjust gear when it's released because all you people are saying you have to stick with your choice, but when they adjust it, it isn't your choice anymore. Resulting in a **** game.

Thereshould be no respec unless they change skills imsick of ppl specing into the flavor ofthe month deal with it ahh qq wahh

I for one can't wait for aurum paid respecs.

You act as if they are pulling teeth, just deal with it. Your tears are not worth ruining what appealed to many. May as well drop all skill requirements on gear, if it becomes so easy to switch SP around.

Who said you cannot try new things? It is not like you are stuck with only a certain amount of SP. You can always earn more whether that be passively or actively. My point is that you must choose what "new things" you want to try. This requires making good decisions. This makes Dust different from other shooters. Why are people so eager to change it into a COD clone?

I use COD loosely. By that I mean just another cookie cutter FPS with no real innovation. People are getting sick of the same old shooters. I you get rid of the SP system or make it irrelevant, you effectively killed what made the game different. Yes in the long run people will be able to diversify. This is the main reason we don't need respecs. In the short run it is cool that people have to specialize. In the end we will all end up in the same place, but how we all got there will be different, which I think sets dust apart from the rest of the shooters.

What about people that don't want to respec in FOTM? (What where the FOTMs up untill now BTW?)