Skill Discussions

This dead horse again? Can't you give it a rest already?

ProTip: If you think you've come up with a novel idea and think of posting it, first do a search on the forums and find out that your idea isn't that novel after all.

Why not?

Because as it is people spend thousands of dollars buying plex in bulk. What makes you think this wouldn't be abused heavily by some rich kid with his parent's credit card? Or some rich fat guy with an eve addiction?\

Better Protip: If you think it would benefit you greatly, then the reason you want it is exactly the reason why you cannot have it.

Standard response copypasta:

It removes the point of having skills to begin with.
It removes the point of having attributes.
It removes attribute implants from the game.
It removes variety and instead encourages FOTM and cookie-cutter setups.
It removes the uniqueness, history and "character" of your character.
It removes planning and choice and consequences.
It removes goal-setting, progression and any achievement in those areas.
It kills character trading.
It massively boosts older characters over new ones.
It introduces "catching up" as a concept in EVE and instantly makes it impossible to do.


Above all: there is no reason for it. Skills are not wasted, and this is not a class/xp system where you lock yourself into one set of abilities. You do not need to “respec“ to gain access to different abilities. If you want to do something else, just train it — nothing is stopping you.

No. It's not going to happen because it fundamentally breaks large sections of the game (both mechanics-wise and game-design-wise) for zero benefit to solve a problem that doesn't exist.

I suggest you read the responses in the thread before making asinine comments. It is in fact the vets who have the most to gain on this, as they are the ones with the most SP to reallocate, and the ability to do so, would make the gap between new characters and old characters even greater.

Maybe you should think a bit harder about decisions to train things like EAF V in the future.

I think I can sum up every idea that has been posted on the EVE forums in the past 9 years:

It's stupid.

There's a dozen ideas posted a week: all of them completely ********.

This is why CCP designs the games, and you shut up and pay for them.

If they did make it possible I would say it would probably be done through the AURUM system.

Say the price would change based on the rank of the skill.

You buy a PLEX either with real money or in game, convert it and use it to delete skills to get back the skill points.

But seriously it is not like there is a limit to the number of skill points you can have. It is not like you reach a point where you are stuck. "dammit I can't train the skills I want because I got to many points in this crap I don't even need." We all make mistakes in our early training but most of those mistake skills are only a couple days worth of training. there are skills in this game that take several months to train. Many are upset having trained for super caps only to have then nerfed. If anyone would want skill points back it would be them. But EVE does not work that way. You train a skill you no longer want or need after your target content changes. then just train for what you do want there is no limit to maximum skill points.

Say you trained indy 5 and freighter 5 and never used or plan to use a frieghter. you must have had some desire to use it to train those skills in the first place. What if you could delete those skills then a few months later you had some good luck and made 5-6 billion isk and decided you wanted to get into a jump freighter. now you need those skills you would have deleted.

Oh look, it's this stupid idea again. Use the search button, it works...or better, use Google before posting rehashes of idiotic ideas.

Not saying that I fully support OP's idea, because full respec just doesnt make sense in this type of game, but seriously it makes me sad panda that same few people negates every single idea posted on the forums, thus slowing the game development.

What the game needs is changes, changes brings more people, more people bring more money and money allows for even more of quality improvements. Stubborn people like the few posters above makes us just go back to 2003. If You are Standing Still, You are Moving Backwards.

I'll tell you why you can't "reset skill points to redistribute them to other skills" ....

If you could do that you would only ever need to train for example int/mem skills or perc/will ...You just optimize your attributes (and implants) for any two attributes and exclusively train skills that have those attributes as primary/secondary.

Every now and then you buy a reset and put the points into other skills that don't have those attributes.

see bad breaking stuff?