111380-with-all-the-rebalancing-coming-up-do-we-still-have-to-pay-to-respec

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Carbine is currently overhauling a whole lot - balances will shift, builds will change.
 
In what way are they compensating for these sweeping changes, if at all? Or will these changes essentially cost everyone 50g per AS?	
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			Personally, I think those costs should be lower anyway, and I've said as much in the past.  You want to encourage experimentation; keeping someone's DPS set fixed because they can't afford the plat it takes to go to and from a new build doesn't help encourage people to try all their abilities in different configurations.	
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Personally, I think those costs should be lower anyway, and I've said as much in the past.  You want to encourage experimentation; keeping someone's DPS set fixed because they can't afford the plat it takes to go to and from a new build doesn't help encourage people to try all their abilities in different configurations.
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			I'm with both of you on this. The cost is a little too high. 	
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I agree with you there. In this case, no matter how well I planned, my build is being changed from underneath me... and I doubt this will be the last time.
 
Having to pay to respec as a result of developer rebalance of classes, abilities, equipment, etc isn't right.
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Carbine is currently overhauling a whole lot - balances will shift, builds will change.
 
In what way are they compensating for these sweeping changes, if at all? Or will these changes essentially cost everyone 50g per AS?
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			All plat err'thang	
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Free respecs are for casuals.
 
If you want to be hardcore, you gotta pay for that respect.
 
 
Hardcore.
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			A full reset of all LAS upon the drop of a big balance patch is fair and reasonable.	
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I don't understand why we don't have time-based cost decays like it now happens usually in most MMOs for respecs...
 
1st respec = free
 
2nd respec = affordable fee
 
3rd respec = higher fee and so on...
 
This if done in a small window of time.
 
Then after 1 or 2 weeks it's reset to free on a rolling basis window...	
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I don't understand why we don't have time-based cost decays like it now happens usually in most MMOs for respecs...
 
1st respec = free
 
2nd respec = affordable fee
 
3rd respec = higher fee and so on...
 
This if done in a small window of time.
 
Then after 1 or 2 weeks it's reset to free on a rolling basis window...
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I respecced 6 times in the last 2 days.
 
Now I can only afford to respec another 324 times.	
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I would have to guess that they'll reset everyone's AMP points when AMP changes roll out. Considering they're suppose to overhaul quite a few of the esper amps, so I don't see why they wouldn't.
 
 
 
I still don't see how the respec cost is that expensive. I've respecced a total of two times. Some people act like they respec as much as they change their undies. I just don't get why it's such a big issue.	
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Free respecs are for casuals.
 
If you want to be hardcore, you gotta pay for that respect.
 
 
Hardcore.
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If you want true hardcore you should ask them for no respects, because that has originated from soft core players,  perm death because being able to resurrect is also a soft core feature.   Dropping your gear when you die so you have to corpse run back to get your stuff and hopefully before someone else picks it up.   That is hardcore,  Until you can play with those rule sets  you are still softcore and not hardcore.
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I had a witty comeback, Tank, but it'd get the post deleted and probably another warning point even if in total jest... Because mods don't read good, derp.
 
Anyway, this hardcore thing has become like the WildStar Koolaid.  And you've been drinking too much of it :P.
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Even that is softcore.
 
Real hardcore would roll a dice on every login, where if you failed the dice roll it would auto-delete your character and make instead a level 1 lopp for you to re-start as.
 
Hardcore!
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l it would auto-delete your character and make instead a level 1 lopp for you to re-start as.
 
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True hardcore is if you die, you're dead. You want to play again you have to create a new account and buy in.
 
I can hear the respawn voice now...
 
"Ooooo, that looked like that hurt - your wallet."	
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			They didn't give us free respecs with any of the other big balance patches or drops, so I doubt they'll give it to us with Drop 3.	
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			Haven't read all replies, but wanted to add that City of Heroes used to grant free respecs every time there were significant changes. This game could go a long way by adding a way to do that.	
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Haven't read all replies, but wanted to add that City of Heroes used to grant free respecs every time there were significant changes. This game could go a long way by adding a way to do that.
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They could very easily do it. Just remove (or reduce to effectively null) the respec cost for 2 weeks. That gives everyone the chance to experiment with all this "global balancing of AP" and such and settle back in before they reinstate the cost.
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Please no, do not allow free re-specs.
 
 
In terms of tokens, that would be kind of cool.  Can make them tradeable for moneys.	
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Please no, do not allow free re-specs.
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