DUST Search - permanent SP respect option

Malkai Inos wrote:

jlpgaming2752 wrote:

[...]You're thoughts?

I'm mostly thinking about the blessing that the search function is. This subject is brought up extremely frequently as of lately and there is literally nothing new that could be said about it by now so i will keep this very succinct.

The lack of respecs is part of the games design concept. Choices should have consequences and circumventing this aspect calls the skillsystem as a whole into question.
Balance becomes a nightmare because even slight imbalances lead to a complete shift in the metagame, amplifying the FOTM issue.
Many current and some future features can not properly work with respecs. Think about traders who cannot predict market trends because demands change completely within hours.
The game's lifespan is significantly reduced as players can quickly try out everything and tinkering is a matter of minutes, rather than weeks.
New players get shafted as there is virtually nothing that they can compete in when vets can just respec millions of SP into whatever they deem worthy.


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Meeko Fent Seituoda Taskforce Command Caldari State 461	Posted - 2013.07.31 20:45:00 - [1] - Quote Malkai Inos wrote: jlpgaming2752 wrote: [...]You're thoughts? I'm mostly thinking about the blessing that the search function is. This subject is brought up extremely frequently as of lately and there is literally nothing new that could be said about it by now so i will keep this very succinct. The lack of respecs is part of the games design concept. Choices should have consequences and circumventing this aspect calls the skillsystem as a whole into question. Balance becomes a nightmare because even slight imbalances lead to a complete shift in the metagame, amplifying the FOTM issue. Many current and some future features can not properly work with respecs. Think about traders who cannot predict market trends because demands change completely within hours. The game's lifespan is significantly reduced as players can quickly try out everything and tinkering is a matter of minutes, rather than weeks. New players get shafted as there is virtually nothing that they can compete in when vets can just respec millions of SP into whatever they deem worthy. Every reason respecs are bad. And people think that respecs are going to help newbies... They'll only make newbies predicament worse as all the oldies field full proto FOTM fits. It make everything worse
Meeko Fent Seituoda Taskforce Command Caldari State 465	Posted - 2013.08.01 02:57:00 - [2] - Quote LongLostLust wrote: MEEKO You said in my thread you would agree with Respecs if I agreed to some EVE jibber jabber you were babbling about. LIER!! Yeah, but yours cost real money, and probably a large sum. This guy just wants a Respec system similar to MAG, which lets players go from style to style in a moment notice, with only a match intermission needed to redo everything about your level 60 veteran character.
Meeko Fent Seituoda Taskforce Command Caldari State 465	Posted - 2013.08.01 03:07:00 - [3] - Quote Galvan Nized wrote: Man could you imagine the shifts. Middle of battle, man they rolled tanks let me respec AV. Or man this match is getting out of hand let me respec sniping so I can sit in the redline. I know you probably couldn't do this in the middle of battle but you get the point This too. I think the "Skillback" booster that respecs over weeks, at the same rate of passive SP would be fine as it wouldn't be an instant do-over for character, more a long slow process that skills point out of skills you don't need any more, cause say you experimented, and found the weapon you prefer over your current proto gun. Set the booster, play STD in pubs do a while, then put points into your new fave gun. Short, very quickly? Terribad Long over a deal of time? Acceptable.