Am I the only one that thinks there should be like a skill points reset for those players who want to apply sp in a different area of need? And if so do you think they will eventually do it. (just a one time deal though).

They've already done it far too much...

Your choices matter.

Only thing I think that needs to be added is a 1 hour refund period incase you made a mad decision. Or heck, make it 30 minutes or whatever. I know I've accidentally skilled into something and realized two seconds later my mistake, or skilled into something and after one match regretted it. Perhaps put a cooldown on such a feature.

Only thing I think that needs to be added is a 1 hour refund period incase you made a mad decision. Or heck, make it 30 minutes or whatever. I know I've accidentally skilled into something and realized two seconds later my mistake, or skilled into something and after one match regretted it. Perhaps put a cooldown on such a feature.

Maybe if you'd have waited those 2 seconds before confirming, you wouldn't have made the mistake.

I don't understand why people would want to undo what they've done. If you're unsure about your decision, don't do it. If you do it, commit to it. Want to try something else, save up some SP and branch out. It's not a difficult concept.

EDIT: We already have an option similar to a respec. They're called boosters, and they let you put SP into skills quicker than you normally would.

Maybe if you'd have waited those 2 seconds before confirming, you wouldn't have made the mistake.

I don't understand why people would want to undo what they've done. If you're unsure about your decision, don't do it. If you do it, commit to it. Want to try something else, save up some SP and branch out. It's not a difficult concept.

EDIT: We already have an option similar to a respec. They're called boosters, and they let you put SP into skills quicker than you normally would.

I don't understand why people think the cons outweigh the pros. Sure, trends will be picked up here and there but builds need to be tested out. If a build doesn't work for someone it will take months to recover/spec into a different build, or more likely, quit.

I don't understand why people think the cons outweigh the pros. Sure, trends will be picked up here and there but builds need to be tested out. If a build doesn't work for someone it will take months to recover/spec into a different build, or more likely, quit.

I get what your saying but kinda hard committing to something you've never experienced. You wouldn't know the consequence until it's to late.

Oh I get it, it's a mistake and I can live with it. But honestly what harm does it do if you accidentally misread the skill and want to use a cooldown based "undo" button within a given grace period?

Okay, picture this. I want to tryout a new weapon, I'll buy the skill, get it to level 1 and then buy it.
I don't like it.
Wasted approx 18k SP.
Get it back in a couple hours.

I still don't see the issue.

Let's say it's a 1 hour grace period. Let's say I've got 4 MIL SP saved up.

I skill into what I want for the match.
Play the round.
Undo all my SP.
I then skill into what I want for the next match.
Rinse repeat.

Let's say it's a 1 hour grace period. Let's say I've got 4 MIL SP saved up.

I skill into what I want for the match.
Play the round.
Undo all my SP.
I then skill into what I want for the next match.
Rinse repeat.

Okay, picture this. I want to tryout a new weapon, I'll buy the skill, get it to level 1 and then buy it.
I don't like it.
Wasted approx 18k SP.
Get it back in a couple hours.

I still don't see the issue.

sometimes, when people try things out like that, they dig deeper and pray it gets better, but doesn't. There goes weeks of putting faith into a build thinking things will get better with higher tier gear. Especially, low meta level gear doesn't do justice to their proto equivalents.

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The logical argument to "Your choices matter" is that he made a bad choice and is paying to correct that mistake ergo choice leads to consequence, consequences matter, etc etc
Then the usual counter argument is that the price he pays is to be stuck with that choice but thats really rather limiting dont you think and from a business sense if respecs had an AUR cost it would be cutting out a potentially significant revenue stream considering how many people ask for them

I don't believe this thread was about future content and 'wasted' SP, but more about changing your mind on your skills. You're referring to a completely different topic.
In response to future content, I'm hoping CCP will do partial respecs for the skills that were 'forced' to give the option to use the future skills. That's not a bad idea.

Changing your mind, and respeccing is.

I don't believe this thread was about future content and 'wasted' SP, but more about changing your mind on your skills. You're referring to a completely different topic.
In response to future content, I'm hoping CCP will do partial respecs for the skills that were 'forced' to give the option to use the future skills. That's not a bad idea.

Changing your mind, and respeccing is.

As someone pointed out in one of the many, many other respec threads, the revenue stream created by respecs would reduce the need for, and profits from, the already existing revenue stream created by boosters.

Here's an idea, though:

Many of the weapons and items in the game have Aurum versions available that require no skills to use. If you're willing to spend the Aurum for a respec AFTER making a mistake, why not use that same Aurum to buy a couple of whatever you're thinking of speccing into, to try it out first, before committing skill points to it, and avoid making that mistake in the first place?

I bought 5 of each weapon, made a fitting for each, and tried them all out before deciding which tree to throw my SP into, for example.

It might not be a perfect solution but, under the current system, it should help to avoid spending skill points on something that you decide you don't like after trying it.

Not completely different, its related and falls under the umbrella of why respecs are good or bad whether they are full or partial
Anyway as for changing your mind and respeccing I dont see how it is bad, aside from all the weapon and suit issues and potential build mistakes variety is the spice of life and even just knowing they could potentially change would do a lot towards player retention I think which is something I believe outweighs some people constantly buying respecs to skill into whatever flavor of the month people find

I'm just going to have to agree with you and abandon thread. My mind literally cannot piece together your post, without any punctuation.

Good discussion up until then, though. Have a +1

Let's say it's a 1 hour grace period. Let's say I've got 4 MIL SP saved up.

I skill into what I want for the match.
Play the round.
Undo all my SP.
I then skill into what I want for the next match.
Rinse repeat.