Total Respec - A Truely Fair Method

[fefnir3284]

lol, I swore Id never pay for anything extra in any game. Im one who believes that the per month fee they get from me should be enough, but Id have to say I would pay 10, if not 20$, to respec my four originial characters that would ALL get an additional 4 stat points by going from 28 to 32.

yes all would get 4 points.

my human pally/rogue (14/8/12/14/14/14) dex would go from 8 to 12 (maxing out at 20 : perfect for my bp of vol),

my wf bard/ranger/wizard (14/12/10/14/14/14) con would go from 10 to 14 (cant max dex as I dont have any extra feats for mith fluidity 1 or 2) for an uber +28 more hp (208 -> 236),

my elven ranger/rogue/wizard (12/16/08/14/12/14) would, of course, gain +4 con (148 -> 176),

and my elven cleric/fighter/wizard (10/14/08/14/14/15) is the only one I dont know where to put stat points at, I guess Id give her +2 str and +2 con (hps to 200 even @ 14), yeah that will work nicely.

okay turbine Im resolved, add this function and youll get the 80$ that is already waiting in my bank account for you ^.^

[Kavel_Havae]

I like this Idea...

1. Real US$ - puts cash in the hands of the devs to do more quality work and would help offset the dev cost to implement.
2. Not a Plat Purchase - you would be putting money in plat farmer hands ASAP that way, and not Turbines.
3. Staggered Tomes - I Like this... even though I have a +2 int tome (eaten at lvl 1) on a Bard, it's a penalty I will take if need be to re-roll.
4. Cash Money should let me change class and appearance, if I want....
5. New Classes should be locked for a time after release. Lvl 16-18 monks 2 minutes after the Monk update, would chap me to no end.

thanks again to the "of amber"s for this thread.

[fefnir3284]

-I think it is fair to re-earn the xp if you are getting to change stuff around.
-Maybe break tomes down into pieces. If someone has a +3 inheirent bonus, put in a bound +1, +2, +3 tome of that stat.
-Some minor class changes, not able to go completely different.

no the re-earning of exp. you want to keep all your items and have each +3 tome take up 3 item slots. where would you hold them all, and all your old gear at? plus where would you find all the space for all the new items youll be needing?

again no to the re-earing of exp. especially if I am going to pay for the respec and I keep all items, tomes and favor. a 3 month grind for exp only? no thank you

And this is something I totally agree with and comment on in every Respec Post...

Adding a deeper Respec to the game should be at the buttom of the Devs to do list. They need to focus on New content, adding all the player handbook and eberron races and classes and bring the game to level 20 before they even put any time into a deeper respec system.

Once we get to that point we can see the full impact of the changes to the game so we will have a better idea on what we can do with characters.

but doing this would yeild no concent fast. service fee for $$$, lots of people like it, equals lots of $$$ for turbine, lots of $$$ = more resources which = more devs, which = more content faster. so its a win/win situation

[Ciaran]

PnPP doesn't have a "full respec" option, but the Spell and Feat swaps do have some precedence in PnP, so they are implemented in-game.

Hmm, I thought the PHB II included a way for lower level and higher level characters (albeit risky, especially for higher level characters) to "respec" their character, in everyway except race and gender.

I'll have to double check the specifics when I get home.

[Vengenance]

I would definately pay to respec at least 4 of my toons (Pally, Cleric, Fighter and Sorc). That's some pretty easy money for Turbine and the suggested system is not over-powered and seems pretty reasonable. I know I've made some build mistakes that I'd like to correct as well as Tubine has made several changes to the game over the last couple of years that have made older builds more challenging to play as a result of the changes.

[akla_thornfist]

i would pay for this respect for one of my characters, this could be some much needed cash for ddo development and a win win for all, those that are against this idea all i can say is why! how will this affect your gameplay or your enjoyment of this game. kargon had a great respect thread as well but turbine didnt seem interested in that one either.

[fefnir3284]

and make it so you can change alignments too. from the start Ive always had 6 chracters in mind, and its no coincident that there are only 6 choseable alignments, so why would I have two LG and no LN? answer I DIDNT, so I am still standing firm that there was/is still and alignment bug that occurred.

fefnir : mule
katlin : LN (not LG -_-) : delaras, part 3, 3rd soul lock, archer across, re-equipped pure good without boosting, and was able to
alek : (LG)
thaeros : (CG)
korinn : (NG)
eilajas : (CN)
pajael : (TN)
tharam : (mule)

so while Im respecing let me change my merc cos alignment back to LN :*(

[GlassCannon]

Except...





many of them.

The respec thing had been covered to death. As for the OP's spelling, that can be addressed later if it hasn't already.

Tl;dr.

[Aspenor]

Since I last posted here I have changed my mind....

I would pay even just to respec my character into a different alignment.

I'd love if it could make 28 pt into 32.

And my rogue wants to respec a few skills.

[DareDelvis]

I like the respec idea. I would pay.

I still play my original five 28 point 1750+ characters. Are they gimped? No way. Would I like to be able to take ponits out of swim? Sure. Lower the dex on the barb in favor of con that I rolled in March of 2006? Sure. They are still fun, but could be better.

(I still believe that items and player skill are more important than stat or skill points in anything but less than average designed characters).

I have one 32 point 1750+ character.

I do not see the downside, other than potential use of dev time, but even that is arguably not a downside if respec is feature deisred by a majority.

I have grouped with skillfull people who have been in the game for a week or two and less than optimally skilled players who have played for over a year.

One can easily argue that generation of potentially "bad" clerics, for example, caused by someone changing their barbarian into a cleric could be offset by the tweaking of existing clerics into better ones by better distribution of stat points, skill points and adjustment of class, like going pure cleric as opposed to brilliant but some what outdated "Warpriest" build.

Cheers.

[Dane_McArdy]

Since I last posted here I have changed my mind....

I would pay even just to respec my character into a different alignment.

I'd love if it could make 28 pt into 32.

And my rogue wants to respec a few skills.

Why do you want/need to do this?

[Fallout]

One can easily argue that generation of potentially "bad" clerics, for example, caused by someone changing their barbarian into a cleric could be offset by the tweaking of existing clerics into better ones by better distribution of stat points, skill points and adjustment of class, like going pure cleric as opposed to brilliant but some what outdated "Warpriest" build.

Cheers.

Agree, if someone is a bad player, new chars they make or what ever they do, they'll be bad players regardless. And the inverse is true, if a someone is a good player, and new chars or remake of existing chars, they'll still be a good player. But now can be even better players after tweaking their chars.

DDO emphasize char building, well respecing is the ultimate way to tweak chars. And to fix problems. Alot of people are willing to pay, if anything, a one time deal to fix alot of old chars.

Win-Win. Money for turbine, happiness for players.