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Respec Ability Scores?

pdoxuspdoxus Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited March 2014 in General Discussion (PC)
Will an ability score respec ever be implemented into the game?

I'd love to avoid re-rolling my TR with an awful strength roll since I assumed DEX would lead to the highest damage bonus since its the classes main stat; so I would gladly pay $10 to reroll the dice.

After looking around the forums I haven't found a definitive answer, and I'd love to get a response from someone on the inside!
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  • angryspriteangrysprite Member Posts: 4,982 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Yes. Absolutely.
    Now you have hope.
    (Good thing you didn't ask "when?").
    ~cough~

    Now on a serious note: don't hold your breath. It's likely a very technical thing with big hurdles to overcome. I am sure they are focussing on more pressing matters for the time-being.

    Oh, and I am on the inside. (I sit here comfortably inside my own skin, at my desk inside my office, which happens to be inside this really big building. So I qualify, yes? Just asking). -wink-
  • morsitansmorsitans Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 1,284 Bounty Hunter
    edited March 2014
    I still don't see why this should be any sort of substantial technical hurdle, since they already implement resetting of all the ability score increases, and thus clearly constantly remember what your starting scores were.

    A simply pop-up box just giving you a choice of all the "random" possible starting scores would be fairly straightforward. It wouldn't even have to be particularly pretty or elegant, since it's pretty obvious exactly zero dice are involved in starting score allocations.
  • lewstelamon01lewstelamon01 Member Posts: 7,415 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    I've edited the thread title so that it does not appear to be a dev targeting thread in violation of rule 3.14. Thanks!!
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  • bananachefbananachef Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Not sure this is going to happen. And if it does, without a gamebreaking glitch that lets you overinvest all your Wisdom into other stats or something along those lines. Seems like too much risk and potential bugginess to introduce a mechanic that incentivizes players to create fewer characters.
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  • morsitansmorsitans Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 1,284 Bounty Hunter
    edited March 2014
    Hah! Yes, I can totally see that happening. :D

    "I now have -8000 WIS, freeing up 8010 points to dump into STR!" *pwns*
  • thesensaithesensai Member Posts: 637 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    why would be a glitch,.. since the stat "rolls" are set arrays, and there is NO point allocation or randomness involved?
  • bullgodzbullgodz Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    you can already buy a respec coin in the zen market, adding an ability score coin would make a sound business choice for Cryptic, I mean this is a FTP game and adding another money making pathway only makes sense and everyone wins
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  • aandrethegiantaandrethegiant Member Posts: 3,369 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    This happens at some point... so says Boo photo.jpg

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  • bioshrikebioshrike Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 4,729 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    I think a stat-reroll should be added as either a token purchaseable via the Zen store, or have it cost ADs like feats.
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  • maggthmaggth Member Posts: 7 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Unlikely to be implemented. Ability Score resets are one of those "frequently requested never implemented" things, like disabling visuals on pants and shirts for the *cough* per- I mean *cough* people who like to see more ski- *cough* give their characters a natural feeling!

    Coming back to the point, if you really need to re-roll ability scores you can roll a new toon and farm all your stuff again, you spend more Zen that way, know what I mean? And in all reality, the difference ability scores make on your performance is less than 5%. Skill matters a lot more really.
  • sslothzzsslothzz Member Posts: 224 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    maggth wrote: »
    Unlikely to be implemented. Ability Score resets are one of those "frequently requested never implemented" things, like disabling visuals on pants and shirts for the *cough* per- I mean *cough* people who like to see more ski- *cough* give their characters a natural feeling!

    Coming back to the point, if you really need to re-roll ability scores you can roll a new toon and farm all your stuff again, you spend more Zen that way, know what I mean? And in all reality, the difference ability scores make on your performance is less than 5%. Skill matters a lot more really.
    The issue here is perfectionism. While i feel that my Ability and Feat builds are good (i dont want to change any point there at the moment) - i simply cannot forget about the stupid initial roll. Why on Earth it even exists? It is such a <font color="orange">HAMSTER</font> mechanics, adds no value for the player at all (in fact, works the opposite way). So was it designed to make players buy character slots, roll new characters, grind for stuff and pay money for something special over and over again? As for me - nah, thanks. Too much work, i won't bother with it when there's so many good games coming live.
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