NCsoft has announced the inclusion of a microtransaction business model for respecification of your in-game characters' stats. It will cost you the sum of $9.99 per transaction:
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City of Heroes - Respec(t) Your Character for $$$
- Thread starter Asbjoern
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I never understood the whole respec(t) business in the first place.
Once you make a choice, then it is fixed. So why not create a different character, then ? With different skills ?
What I'd like to see that one path doesn't exclude others - but I thought this was common among RPGs, isn't it ?
Once you make a choice, then it is fixed. So why not create a different character, then ? With different skills ?
What I'd like to see that one path doesn't exclude others - but I thought this was common among RPGs, isn't it ?
Because it takes months, even years, to level and gear up a character completely. Also, they constantly re-balance talents and skills in MMOs, as the game is evolving, meaning you won't know at start how a class will play after a year or two.
All in all, I like the practice of AoC and WoW, where you pay a certain amount of in-game money to respec. This amount increases every time you respec, up to a certain point where it becomes rather expensive. Charging actual money for this feature sounds like a ripoff.
All in all, I like the practice of AoC and WoW, where you pay a certain amount of in-game money to respec. This amount increases every time you respec, up to a certain point where it becomes rather expensive. Charging actual money for this feature sounds like a ripoff.
Okay, I was argueing from an Single-player perspective. So, I wouldn't play years with 1 character, I think. Non-online, of course.
Zloth
I smell a... wumpus!?
I should point out that there are several ways to get respecifications in City of Heroes/Villains.
1. Every three or four months there is a big issue (patch) release. A free respec token has followed within a few days of each one for the past several years.
2. You can run a respec trial. There are three of these for various level ranges.
3. You can get a respec recipe and, with some salvage, "build" a respec. Or you could buy the recipe in game in the auction house.
Buying them for $10 is probably not something typical players will do.
1. Every three or four months there is a big issue (patch) release. A free respec token has followed within a few days of each one for the past several years.
2. You can run a respec trial. There are three of these for various level ranges.
3. You can get a respec recipe and, with some salvage, "build" a respec. Or you could buy the recipe in game in the auction house.
Buying them for $10 is probably not something typical players will do.