Implying everyone who wants a respec also wants to follow FOTM.

I just want to be able to pay money (support CCP) to be able to respecialize a good portion of my SP into Dropships.

respecs hurt the game.... and im talking specificly about the cal logi atm

How do respecs hurt the game?

because it changes the whole dynamic of the game... instead of having to live with your choices and having those choices matter in a persistant world, dust becomes a sort of Barbie play house where you can change your roles like she can change her clothes.
it makes the whole process thoughtless.
look at the game now...

EXAMPLE: flaylocks are OP lets all spec into them, no diversity on the field nerf comes, everyone specs into the next fotm nerf comes everyone specs into the next fotm nerf comes etc....if you didn't have to live with that choice and you could just respect at will or for a paltry fee imagine how broken this game would be then...

Choices matter in Dust as much as choices matter in Battlefield and Call of Duty. The only difference is that it takes longer to unlock guns in Dust than in other games. You don't even have OPTIONS in this game! Your choices are to grind SP, grind SP, or uninstall dust 514 (which is what most people did).

If "living with your choices like in real life" makes your ovaries tingle, then maybe you shouldn't buy a respec. No one will force you to buy a respec.

The "FOTM" argument is not sound. All overpowered weapons will eventually be balanced. Read the last two dev blogs; Cal lolgisk LLAVs, and you can also assume the Flaylock will also get a balance pass. So no, not "everyone" will buy a respec to to skill into callogi-flaylock-wielding-llav-drivers. Another good solution to prevent this is to give Respecs a 90 or 180 day cool down timer.

Oh, and this game is already thoughtless.

because it changes the whole dynamic of the game... instead of having to live with your choices and having those choices matter in a persistant world, dust becomes a sort of Barbie play house where you can change your roles like she can change her clothes.
it makes the whole process thoughtless.
look at the game now...

EXAMPLE: flaylocks are OP lets all spec into them, no diversity on the field nerf comes, everyone specs into the next fotm nerf comes everyone specs into the next fotm nerf comes etc....if you didn't have to live with that choice and you could just respect at will or for a paltry fee imagine how broken this game would be then...

I don't understand why people are calling Dust a persistent world when that vision is not yet put on practice. Choices don't matter in Dust in it's current state.

the moment you compared this to COD and battlefield you proved youre one of the idiots who need to quit...

the door is that way

The moment you completely missed the point of my previous post shows that you need to improve your reading comprehension and that you are a fanboy who is so in-love with the idea and potential of this game that you are blind to how the game actually is and plays.

I was with you until you compared this to COD and battlefield buddy

im not a fanboy I just understand what this game is... you apparently dont

There are only 3 things that set Dust 514 apart from COD and Battlefield:

Considerably longer grind to unlock content

Planetary conquest

and last (and definitely LEAST) it's "potential". (it's potential may even be debatable considering CCPs track record so far)


Tell me, what are you seeing that i'm not?

Recpes aren't just about flavors of the month.

When I decided to invest in a logi suit I spent well over a week sitting on my SP comparing the pros and cons of every racial suit at every level.

Based on the information provided and the cost analysis I decided that my goal would be running advanced suits over prototype suits and my ideas racial would be Minmatar because it effectively balanced high, low and equipment slots.

Now suddenly Amarr advancved logi suits, already with their 3 high and low slots, get their sidearm and a third equipment slot with nothing lost. All the analysis that lead me to picking and wasting SP on Minmatar go down the drain and I get to suck it up start all over in a new racial tree.

Recpes aren't just about flavors of the month.

When I decided to invest in a logi suit I spent well over a week sitting on my SP comparing the pros and cons of every racial suit at every level.

Based on the information provided and the cost analysis I decided that my goal would be running advanced suits over prototype suits and my ideas racial would be Minmatar because it effectively balanced high, low and equipment slots.

Now suddenly Amarr advancved logi suits, already with their 3 high and low slots, get their sidearm and a third equipment slot with nothing lost. All the analysis that lead me to picking and wasting SP on Minmatar go down the drain and I get to suck it up start all over in a new racial tree.

why are you so butt hurt man?

Bravo! Bravo! I request an encore once more!

The show isn't over yet.


@seymor

I know where dust is supposed to be headed. I've been playing this game listening to CCPs marketing for a year and 5 months. So I believe, if CCPs vision is realized, that all the decisions and consequences will be much more than just SP. But as it stands currently, SP is all we have. It's not enough to hold together a decent player base. So many people have already quit, and many more are burned out and thinking about quitting.

SP respecs is a viable short term solution for people who are bored with this game and have a little money to spend. Give it a cool down timer so it's not abused, make only available until CCP introduces PVE, improved FW, Goals/missions to achieve, markets to play, social spaces to gather, and most importantly introduce all racial weapons/suits/vehicles.

my reply...patients and CCP doesn't care who stays and who goes at this point.... because rats in a lab test are supposed to die....

I literally just got my cal logi 5, knew this was coming, and don't care....
...
the nerf isn't that big after all its a LOGI suit not an assault suit and CCP is trying to make it work as intended so shame on you frontliners for trying to exploit their honest mistakes... youre getting what you deserve, and if that drives you to quit then you weren't worth the time of the community anyway and I say good effing riddance.

I love the rest of you

Yeah, the problem start when you killed all the rat's and you dont have the cure...

Agreed.

It's a shame when people see a small change coming they cry for a respec.

This. I don't get why the hell some people think they deserve a respec when they train to use a suit supposed to fill a support role, use it as an assault and then the suit is changed to actually do what it is supposed to do. I mean, wtf dude, it is named "Logistics Suit", if you want to fill an assault role go look at the "Assault Suit". Or at least don't complain because the logi suits are being changed to do what they're supposed to do in the first place. wtf.

respec is not only that.

i want a respec so i can go from Amar logi (suit buffed) to amar commando. Hell i have a better KDR with my amar logi but you know, i found the commando more fun.