Suggestion@ specilization respec.

koppster

With the changes coming to the skill system, plus the new spec tree, I think it's time we be allowed to reset skill points in specs also.

As it is, anyone looking to try out the new spec is faced with severe grinding for more points, if they haven't accumulated them already. Some of us players haven't even finished maxing our primary trees yet.

Less grind, more encouragement to play please.

samt1996

Then play... Admiralty let's me max out a spec in about a month if I want to.

This is never going to happen and it shouldn't.

koppster

So swap a grind with a time gate? Each to their own fella. You might enjoy hours of gameplay for little return, but most people don't. A month logging in a few times every day just to play a mini game to make your ship combat competitive? Yeah, k.

samt1996

You don't need every spec to be competitive and like everything else in the game worth having you have to work for it. Bought the wrong skill? That's your own damn fault.

staq16

IIRC, the specific logic is that since you can max out specialisations, there is no need for a respec option. You just need to earn more points. By contrast you will never be able to fill out the skill trees.

koppster

By further contrast, in a game that's already full of grind and ptw, the spec system is just a thinly disguised raised level cap. We earn the points, we should be able to spend them as we wish, especially when new specs are released. Two maxed spec trees are basically the equivalent of level 120.

I'm not asking for a permanent spec respec facility, just a one-off reset when new trees come out.

nikeix

There might be some advantages to the bug reports coming in at the rate people move up the new tree rather than a bunch of folks shuffling points so they jump to the end day one .

saber1973a

Like staq16 write - skills are capped, so if you make mistake, you really need the respec.
When you do mistake in specs, then just grind some more...

nephitis

No pun intended... but this is why one should do one's due diligence. A little research or at least observation doesn't require much, but it rewards a lot. Early on I did not put any spec points into any of the specialization trees. I held on to them while I was looking at the different trees and compared them, as in what each tier rewarded and what the final bonuses would be and how long it would take to get there.

Since I like space but most notably ground I started with the Commando tree. I could reap the rewards fast for ground content and the tree itself is half the size of any other tree. I knew starting there would allow me to pick another tree faster afterward, and I already had like 15 spec points before even spending a single point. After that I went straight for the Pilot tree because it would yield space significantly in terms of turn rate and starship trait. That left me the then and only remaining Intel tree. I went with it last because its boost (defense/dodge etc.) to either space and ground was not crucial but only a nice bonus to help survival.

After that I decided to go for the then new Command tree for the extra bonuses to ground. And... in the end that just left me the current Specialist tree. By the time it was released I already had the points to fill it out immediately, and even afterwards I am currently at 38 available spec points. And no, I did not grind. I've just been playing around with different ships and leveling them up, doing the Romulan admiralty tree and saving these promotion rewards and weekly featured episode rewards.

necaradan666

Specs exist to be grinded, they exist to keep players playing. This is why they can't be swapped around it would allow players to stop grinding for them which is exactly what they don't want to happen.