When is the economy coming? How are you so sure it will be negatively impacted if we don't know anything about it. You're guessing from experience with Eve. However Dust is not Eve, because subscription playerbase is completely different from free to play playerbase.

Data is always better when derived from a larger source. If more players have the ability to spec into possible counters to popular set ups. While not being punished if testing proves a counter to be less effective in practice then on paper. They will be more likely to try new set ups out. Players chase the flavor of the month because they know it's good, and because experiementing is faced with HTFU and Welcome to New Eden. Either way I hate to break it to you because the data used to balance the game comes mostly from Dev testing. They used Dev account with unlimited SP and ISK.

Personally I think you've afraid of having to make good on your threat to quit both Dust and Eve if respecs are made part of the game more then anything else.

I really hope CCP doesn't listen to the Eve nerds on this.

The game is really shaping up nicely. Respecs will keep the game fresh for people.

I love my skills exactly where they are. I use a skill planner to track my skill path.

But what if I get bored? What if skilling into a totally different role would lead me to continue playing?

I WANT to see people stick around. I want 20 or 30 thousand players online battling it out for territory throughout New Eden.

Wanting people to suck it up and grind for 2 months to find some enjoyment in the game is a line of thinking I'll never understand.

This needs to be an option, make it cost isk, make it cost aur, make it cost $10, I don't care just make it happen! +1

Or

practical as it might be it would be bad for people playing with ISK. The only people benefiting from this is the people who pay actual money. This would make the game more "flavor of the month" and P2W then anything else on here.

Oh and before anyone brings up the player market balancing it out. Someone remind where this magical player market is first.

"No respecs! This is eve! Htfu or Gtfo!"

Never have i seen a community this stupid in an online game. All respecs will do is add life to the game. people won't spec into the fotm because they won't be forced to by design. But no. all the evetards defending this bs specced into something they are happy with, and they want to be the only ones to enjoy the game.

I'm ashamed to be associated with you pricks, and i will drive as many people away from this pile of manure as i can, because you assholes ruined what could have been the defining fps on ps3.

Don't be stupid respecing is something common in every kind of rpg related game and not all of us spam them, I myself have never had one, I emailed CCP months ago and was skipped over for the respec last month. But instead of throwing a tantrum I'm just being realistic. If CCP was smart they'd implement features that actually, and this is the really super hard really complex part, makes them MONEY! OMG wow crazy concept.

THIS IS NOT F******* EVE ONLINE.

Actually yes, it kind of is. Skill system, currencies, loss of assets upon death, fitting system, learning implants (boosters)...

Yeah, this pretty much is eve on the ground.

This game needs a repsec option at all times, CCP could charge aurum for it. It keeps the game fresh so u are not stuck in one class. Dust ATM the moment is a lobby shooter, having the option to try out diff classes will be good for players and it's another form of revenue for CCP.

It's a win win in my book.

They never said they wouldn't charge for it

If they don't charge for respecs via aurum, then CCP is dummer than i thought.

I guess CCP doesn't like to make money.

Posted at 17.05.2013 17:04 by GM Grave
Hello,

This response is being sent to all users who have filed a support ticket in order to request a skill respec.

We would like to acknowledge receipt of your skill respect request and inform you that we have now flagged your account for a skill respec .

The skill respec will be applied to your characters in the coming days once we have completed and deployed changes to the skill tree. This one time respec will remove and refund all ISK and skill points that have been applied to date. Please ensure that due care is taken when spending skills and ISK as we will be unable to reverse ISK/SP spending in future.

If you wish to discuss issues that have not been addressed in this skill respec response, or believe you have received this message in error then please respond to this support ticket and we will attempt to address your issue.

Please accept my sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Please note that if you are receiving this message you are currently in a queue for a skill respec. Eligible customers who may have been misfiled and would like to request an Aurum account reset should respond to this ticket clarifying their request.

Regards,
Lead GM Grave
CCP Customer Relations | EVE Online | DUST 514

Filed at 03.07.2013 21:59 by Jathniel

I appreciate your prompt response. I am requesting a skill respec. The SP event is near, and I would like to be able to make the most of it. :(

Posted at 04.07.2013 05:04 by Jathniel
Well, the truth is... I received a 2nd respec by accident...
Instead of reporting it, I consumed the SP in a bad way, and broke the game for myself. :(
You can check your logs and see this for yourself if you wish. I would simply like a final respec, so as to undo the damage done by the accidental 2nd respec. The game has gotten quite unbearable for me.



Posted at 04.07.2013 05:06 by Jathniel
It was a very big mistake on both of our parts. I was told, that I would NOT receive a 2nd respec, but I still did. I'm sorry about this. :'(



Posted at 04.07.2013 14:58 by GM Vegas
Hi,

Thank you for contacting us.

Unfortunately we are unable to perform any further character respec because the deadline for the request was the 31st of May, as pointed out in the DEV blog http://dust514.com/news/blog/2013/05/optional-skill-respecs-available-for-a-limited-time/ and linked in the forum topic https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=77103.

I apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Regards,

GM Vegas

Posted at 04.07.2013 19:18 by Jathniel
Well, what I'm saying is that I received a 2nd respec by accident.
Instead of reporting it, I made the mistake of using that SP.
Then as of July 2, the skills I skilled into were radically changed by developers.
This makes my fit miserable to use.
I'm simply asking for a respec to correct the damage that I brought on myself, and that CCP enabled.
The point is, I was never supposed to receive a 2nd respec to begin with.

I would like one final respec to undo the damage of the 2nd one.

Posted at 04.07.2013 19:20 by GM Vegas
Hello,

Thanks for your email and for providing more information.

I am afraid no further respec is possible, no matter the reason.

I do apologise once again for the inconvenience.

Regards,

GM Vegas



Posted at 04.07.2013 23:10 by Jathniel
CCP gave me a second respec by accident.
CCP did, not me.
We BOTH made a big mistake here.

CCP for giving me the 2nd respec, and myself for using it improperly.
(Although it was not used improperly until serious game changes were made.)
There is no need to apologize for an inconvenience that can be easily rectified.

Continuing to play this game, is not an option for me if I can't get this fixed.
Please.

Respectfully.

https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=34744&p=3

If you look at the post from 7/4 on page 3 you'll notice Skill Back Boosters are going to be further discussed by the Dev Team. CCP doesn't seem to be as straight up "no" to respec as you think. Also just because you're tired of telling people "no", and are threating to quit both Eve Online and Dust if some form of respecs are added doesn't mean players can't have a discussion about respecs. This is after all a forum mention for discussion.

Good man.

Hmm. After putting some careful thought on this, this may not be a bad idea. Since it's passive and slowly pulls SP from a skill over time and thus isn't exploitable, I can see this going places. On top of that, I like the idea that it also disables the regular passive gain.

Congrats,

Source:
https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1009985#post1009985



You made the list.

I work for a wall street company, it would be silly for Sony and CCP not to explore this market for revenue. Free respec hell no 50,000 aurum points for a respec hell yes. That's 2 PSN cards at $20 a piece. You can get 40,000 aurum points for $19.99.

So that's 80,000 aurum points 50,000 of that goes to my respec leaves me with 30,000 to have fun with.
Again everyone wins in this situation. Sony & CCP gains a new stream of revenue and we the players get to have more FUN playing Dust.

CCP make this happen it's money in the bank.