DUST Search - 2.5 million SP nerf, biggest in Dust history?

Kain Spero wrote:

Until a real baseline of balance is established and the game's content is filled out I really think that respects should be allowed with each patch or at least a refund of the skills that a directly impacted by a balance change until we reach that baseline. I believe this would allow CCP to actually have more freedom to perform balance adjustments in a meaningful way.

The only issue is that the respect system really has to be automated (and that would mean coding), so that it doesn't eat up a HUGE chunk of resources in dealing with the respects by hand.

I know a lot of people want to point their fingers at Cal Logis and go "HA HA", but quite frankly there is no reason to punish players for using the resources given to them to the best of their ability. It's so important that we move forward together as a community to improve this game.

For me that means Devs communicating to the community changes that they plan BEFORE they are locked in and giving those optional respecs (character or skill specific) to allow both the developers and the community the freedom to test and find the game balance that we are all looking for.


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SteelDark Knight Internal Error. Negative-Feedback 54	Posted - 2013.07.19 15:16:00 - [1] - Quote Kain Spero wrote: Until a real baseline of balance is established and the game's content is filled out I really think that respects should be allowed with each patch or at least a refund of the skills that a directly impacted by a balance change until we reach that baseline. I believe this would allow CCP to actually have more freedom to perform balance adjustments in a meaningful way. The only issue is that the respect system really has to be automated (and that would mean coding), so that it doesn't eat up a HUGE chunk of resources in dealing with the respects by hand. I know a lot of people want to point their fingers at Cal Logis and go "HA HA", but quite frankly there is no reason to punish players for using the resources given to them to the best of their ability. It's so important that we move forward together as a community to improve this game. For me that means Devs communicating to the community changes that they plan BEFORE they are locked in and giving those optional respecs (character or skill specific) to allow both the developers and the community the freedom to test and find the game balance that we are all looking for. As I have stated before I don't blame players for taking a look at the stats and picking the best possible option for their SP. Any balance issues are not the players fault, they are the developers. The fact that the imbalance was figured out in 30 minutes by players and not by developers whom, you know, make games for a living is just bad. The fact that the expectation is for players to determine what is OP and NOT spend SP into it because, you know, we think CCP is going to nerf it is also bad. In this sandbox game we are expected to self censor ourselves from items because there may or may not be a nerf incoming and that is acceptable. Really? The developers themselves were more than happy to advertise how you can use a heavy suit as a sniper if you chose. Why should not the same be said for Logistics? As for the changes themselves I find it to be balanced and to bring the suit in line with its intended role. However, I'm not going to demonize the player base whom are no longer getting what they paid for. (Note: I don't use the Cal Logi)