free unlimited respec on passive skill (or a sandboxed Free Unlimited Respecs League)
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At first this looked like a decent game but lately I keep seeing things that simply take away from enjoyment of games apparently for the sole purpose of making things less fun.
This is just another one in the line that is getting out hand. Why not allow for big, fairly easy respecs? I've read various parts of this board but I still haven't seen a good reason. And no, saying, 'because the devs want it that way' is not a good reason. They must have some logical reasoning to get to that position but I'd say that there is a flaw in their logic at some point, especially with different leagues that could have different options open. Without an option for a fairly easy respec reasonably often I simply cannot recommend this game to my friends, as they are not so hardcore as to be able to study everything and they don't have time to make dozens of characters just to find the few that they like to play. For myself, this is something that would keep me from playing long term and will limit or remove any possibility of the company getting money from me. I'm sure many others feel this way as well. At some point a company has to stop making decisions that will hinder money coming in, especially for a game like this. I'd say for that on the more hardcore player leagues the orbs to change pieces here and there would be fine. On a more casual/friendly league each one could simply remove as many nodes as desired. That would give everyone something that they want and thereby help to increase their player base rather than reduce it. No one should be bothered by this, why would it bother you that someone that you'll never interact with might be able to do something that they enjoy? Especially when them enjoying it might help the game stay around longer and get bigger because of funds that they might then put in. |
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" Coldshard you have Respec skill from quests, and respec orb you can drop. Yes they don't give you a full respec, but if you play the game you don't have to respec everything. You probably just need adjustment. I've started the game without any idea on how the game was, what kind of skill I needed or what kind of pg I wanted to make other than i wanted a Witch and I wanted to focus on fire because is what I do in all this kind of games. I've made some mistakes early on that I was able to correct before finishing the normal difficulties. And I've ended with a charachter that was able to do (well enough) chaos at lvl 57 and with still respec point to spare (and I had to use some of them during the gameplay). If you are dying too quick, you need more defence. If you are not able to kill the mobs quick enough go for more offence. I found it all came naturally, sometimes you need better items, sometimes you need to change something on the passive skill. And maybe sometimes you are just too low level and need to farm a little bit. It is possibile to screw up a build ? Yes. But if you put your skill while playing the game you will find that you will never end with a compleatly useless build. Most build that will not work at all are the ones where someone think at a cool weird idea, tries it out. And find it won't work. Will your build be the best on the server ? Probably not, but the point of the game is not to have everyone with the same build, and that is good thing. If you really want a powerful build, spend 1 hour on the forum before playing trying to get hints on what to do, or get a guide that will tell you were to put every single passive. But, f you are a "casual gamer", you won't have this problem. |
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" Having to do tons of research and plan out that far ahead is something I normally really enjoy, but this tree is so big I just can't see myself planning ahead that far. There's so many choices so far out into the future of my play through. Spending so much time to find out something doesn't work just plain sucks. Having to level a whole new character because of that sucks even more. I'm a hardcore gamer and min/maxer, but I file that under "needlessly and annoyingly difficult" instead of "a good challenge". The size of the tree mandates that respecing should be something we always have access to. The WAY we access those points can be "hardcore" and "not easy" to obtain if you wish, but they should exist. I realize we can get some points here and there but they should be a little more abundant than what they are. I shouldn't have to plan out the entire 100 or whatever points I want to spend right away, that's A LOT of planning and can take hourssss. The developers should want me IN THE GAME and IN THE ACTION not on a wiki somewhere with a notepad drawing a skill galaxy with notes. |____________ G . L . O . W . Y . R . M ____________| < My PoE career highlight, Being beat by Throzz, hehe > ||||||\\\\\~ http://tinyurl.com/2ndPlaceToThrozz ~/////|||||| Last edited by Glowyrm#3324 on Jul 31, 2012, 1:05:52 AM
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" The developers should want you committed to longterm game value. You don't have to spend "hourssss" planning out a build. You could either just wing it or use one of the many builds others have posted. Strategizing over different builds is actually a key part of the game. You might well spend an hour or two plotting out a build, but that is nothing compared to the amount of time you will spend playing it. And if the build doesn't work out, you (hopefully) learned something useful for your next build. PoE is probably not a game for casual players who want to be able to jump in and play for 15-30 min without any other time commitments. It is more true to the original D2 and old-school pen-and-paper RPG genre; you need to think about how you want your character to develop, and if you screw up your build, it will bite you in the butt. In many ways, it is like real life; there aren't any do-overs. And I personally wouldn't have it any other way. Last edited by BenHurt#7861 on Jul 31, 2012, 1:28:28 AM
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Add me to the list of people who like the respecs as-is. Why cater to the lazy and people who 'want the game to be like D3'? That simply kills replayabilty as there is zero incentive to ever make more than one class.
It's already VERY easy (too easy?) to respec. If anything it should be harder, IMO. POE is not D3. |
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no one will play the other leagues if theres this league. i think the system is fine as is, and if you want to build a new character with different skills what's wrong with leveling another one? from what i've seen looks like u can get a friend to power level some of the way at least
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Free unlimited respec in a free to play game? That's just not going to happen. What I do see happening though, is maybe something in their Micro Transaction area that would allow something like this. They could call it "Monkey Regret" and that would let you wipe out your skill tree, or at least let you remove 50 points from your tree. This is what free to play games are all about after all. You take away some convenience that doesn't hinder the overall game experience and charge $ for it.
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" I don't think they will allow any sort of respec via microtransactions. As Orbs of Regret are currency, allowing such would effectively be Pay2Win. While the respec points you purchase as such may not be transferable, it would allow you to freely trade away any Orbs of Regret that you find for other currency or gear. |
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Go back to D3 noob
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If they implemented free respec I would quit the game. That simple.
There are far too many respec points now anyway. There must be consequences for your actions. The youth of today.... anything worthwhile in life is not easy. You want everything served up to you on a silver platter. Seriously... life is not easy, there are consequences for your actions and to be good at something you must learn and practice. |
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