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Recently subbed for a month after trying the weekend deal for former players..

How does the respec system work? I know where / how to do it... but what I mean is how many respecs do I get?

From my basic understanding you get 1 every time you reach a new rank ? Do these accumulate? For instance, when I reach Lt. Commander I get 1 free respec (I think)... if I don't use it and reach Commander, do I now have 2 respecs? Or do I lose my first one?

Also, how else can they be earned (other than buying from the cstore.. which seems absurd to me.. I can't find another MMO that charges money for respecs.. and that's a good thing.).
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Hathur wrote: »
    Recently subbed for a month after trying the weekend deal for former players..

    How does the respec system work? I know where / how to do it... but what I mean is how many respecs do I get?

    From my basic understanding you get 1 every time you reach a new rank ? Do these accumulate? For instance, when I reach Lt. Commander I get 1 free respec (I think)... if I don't use it and reach Commander, do I now have 2 respecs? Or do I lose my first one?

    I think you keep it but I'm not 100% sure, most likely you do get to keep it.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    You get a respect ever tier like Lt, Lt cdr, Cdr, Cpt and Admiral. You can also buy one with Star fleet merits. The guy you speak to is in the center of Star base one. He has an i over his head. They are in other star bases also.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    you get one every time you rank up and they do stack.

    You can use merits to buy another respec (atleast i think its merits, might be EC)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Hathur wrote: »

    Also, how else can they be earned (other than buying from the cstore.. which seems absurd to me.. I can't find another MMO that charges money for respecs.. and that's a good thing.).

    There are currently 3 ways (to the best of my memory) to obtain a respec
    1) C-store (which, I agree, is absurd)
    2) Starfleet Merits (20,000)
    or 3) Cryptic sometimes hands them out when they make MAJOR changes to the skill trees, also when they have a system in place like the new Veteran Rewards.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    IMO it does not work at all. I respec my character three times the first weekend it came out. I noticed zero difference in anything anywhere. All I did was waste my Cryptic points and real cash in the process. Charge real world cash for something that does not work. Im not sure if Cryptic will ever give me my points back. This is very frustrating to me!!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    STYXTRIBE wrote:
    IMO it does not work at all. I respec my character three times the first weekend it came out. I noticed zero difference in anything anywhere. All I did was waste my Cryptic points and real cash in the process. Charge real world cash for something that does not work. Im not sure if Cryptic will ever give me my points back. This is very frustrating to me!!

    Were you certain that your skills influence your abilities?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Were you certain that your skills influence your abilities?

    Well to be certain about any of it. I would actually have to recieve anything other than an automated response to my tickets to know for sure. I have recieved no satisfactory answer or explenations that make any sense. None of the responses I recieved give me any indication what so ever that they actually read and understand my complaint. They actually suggested I start a topic about my problems on the forums. And ask everyone else if the had similar problems. This suggestion proves beyond a shadow of a doubt they are just stalling and have no idea or clue how to help me. What good is Tech support for anyway?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    STYXTRIBE wrote:
    IMO it does not work at all. I respec my character three times the first weekend it came out. I noticed zero difference in anything anywhere. All I did was waste my Cryptic points and real cash in the process. Charge real world cash for something that does not work. Im not sure if Cryptic will ever give me my points back. This is very frustrating to me!!


    Hmm, it does work. I did it 2 times.

    To respec, you gotta go to the trainer in the center of the Sol Station. You can have free respecs from leveling, pay 20,000 Merits, or 400 points in the C-Store.

    After you choose retrain, your skill window opens, and then you remove points from skills you don't want anymore, or choose the "Reset all" option to remove ALL your skills.

    Notice that you cannot put all your points into admiral skills. You must fill the points for lower ranks, to continue to higher ranks. So, you have to spend about... 50,000 points (talking out of my butt now) before you can invest in admiral skills.


    Anyway, I was already RA5 when they introduced the retrain option. So I got only 1 free respec. I think that's not fair, every RA5 should've got 5 respecs, for every rank we got.

    20,000 merits is WAY too much, and paying cash for a respec is a bit silly.

    I wish they put like 100,000 energy credits instead of merits.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    you get one every time you rank up and they do stack.

    You can use merits to buy another respec (atleast i think its merits, might be EC)

    yup, merits, and you need 20k of them:eek:
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