Does anyone else think Talent Respec cost is too much?

End_of_a_era

It goes up like 5g each time and only goes down like 5g a month if you don't respec that month : It costs wayyyy too much IMO, i can't afford it anymore and makes the game unfun. Why restrict my fun? you can open it up by lowering the price and it'll still me a money sink and not a bank breaker anymore.

I player priest and if i want to Raid i have to go Holy and if i want to PVP i have to go Shadow, altho it sucks right now. So i'm having to respec quite alot and it's up sooo high eachtime i do it is just draining the moeny away.

 

Fix my Talents or make Respec cheaper.

Xeaous

I don't believe the talent re-spec cost to be high at all.  I respec maybe once or twice a month and I can always afford it with one day or farming or grinding mobs.  My suggestion is to just make up your mind and do raids or pvp.  And plus, with all these patches and whatnot coming out, talent points are getting reset anyways.

Nadril

yeah I don't see a big deal with the current talent respec cost.



that being said though I generaly have an idea on what I want to do with a character. I only plan to respec a few times at most on my shaman (respecing at 70 to elemental prob).

End_of_a_era

Yeh but mines upto the max which is 50 odd gold and only goes down 5 a month or so if you don't respec : I don't want to farm mobs tbh, i want to spend my moeny on other things. You have to understand as a priest i love to PVP in shaodw and i love to Go Holy for raids so i'm changing every week.

 

 

It's just taking the fun out of the game for me now Soon i'll have to start buying money on IGE or something to play lol, i don't have time to waste grinding mobs for money.

Nadril

Originally posted by End_of_a_era


Yeh but mines upto the max which is 50 odd gold and only goes down 5 a month or so if you don't respec : I don't want to farm mobs tbh, i want to spend my moeny on other things. You have to understand as a priest i love to PVP in shaodw and i love to Go Holy for raids so i'm changing every week.
 
 
It's just taking the fun out of the game for me now Soon i'll have to start buying money on IGE or something to play lol, i don't have time to waste grinding mobs for money.

What raids are you healing for? I've heard that unless its really endgame raid stuff holy spec is un-needed. Just have some good + healing gear and I think you'd be fine sticking in shadow.

Gameloading

Ofcourse not, that would remove the entire point of the talents! Talents aren't there to give you an advantage in every situation, They are to make you specialize in something, not in everything.

Andorae

Exactly, Talent respecs are there just so you should be able to try out different builds and find one oyu like, its not meant to be changed every week just because you want to do something else.

End_of_a_era

Originally posted by Gameloading

Ofcourse not, that would remove the entire point of the talents! Talents aren't there to give you an advantage in every situation, They are to make you specialize in something, not in everything.

I'm not saying remove the cost but just change the system so it doesn't cost so much, cause it's just not fun. I'm going to make a post on the suck boards.

End_of_a_era

Originally posted by Nadril

Originally posted by End_of_a_era


Yeh but mines upto the max which is 50 odd gold and only goes down 5 a month or so if you don't respec : I don't want to farm mobs tbh, i want to spend my moeny on other things. You have to understand as a priest i love to PVP in shaodw and i love to Go Holy for raids so i'm changing every week.
 
 
It's just taking the fun out of the game for me now Soon i'll have to start buying money on IGE or something to play lol, i don't have time to waste grinding mobs for money.

What raids are you healing for? I've heard that unless its really endgame raid stuff holy spec is un-needed. Just have some good + healing gear and I think you'd be fine sticking in shadow.

No group will take on a shadow priest, you get insulted and laughed at trying to get into a group/raid with one.

Shadoed

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Originally posted by End_of_a_era
It goes up like 5g each time and only goes down like 5g a month if you don't respec that month : It costs wayyyy too much IMO, i can't afford it anymore and makes the game unfun. Why restrict my fun? you can open it up by lowering the price and it'll still me a money sink and not a bank breaker anymore.I player priest and if i want to Raid i have to go Holy and if i want to PVP i have to go Shadow, altho it sucks right now. So i'm having to respec quite alot and it's up sooo high eachtime i do it is just draining the moeny away.
 
Fix my Talents or make Respec cheaper.

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If you like to play a Priest so much, why not just roll another 1 or 2 priests and have one of each spec. Apart from the abvious soulbound items, you can share money and dropped equipment between them?

End_of_a_era

Originally posted by jason_webb


 

Originally posted by End_of_a_era

It goes up like 5g each time and only goes down like 5g a month if you don't respec that month : It costs wayyyy too much IMO, i can't afford it anymore and makes the game unfun. Why restrict my fun? you can open it up by lowering the price and it'll still me a money sink and not a bank breaker anymore.
 
I player priest and if i want to Raid i have to go Holy and if i want to PVP i have to go Shadow, altho it sucks right now. So i'm having to respec quite alot and it's up sooo high eachtime i do it is just draining the moeny away.

 

Fix my Talents or make Respec cheaper.

 

If you like to play a Priest so much, why not just roll another 1 or 2 priests and have one of each spec. Apart from the abvious soulbound items, you can share money and dropped equipment between them?

I'd rather not do the same boring grind again.

Xasapis

Full shadow priests were an awesome addition to the end game raiding guilds, especially the ones deep into Naxxramas. The problem of course is that you need to compete with the rest of the casters for damage gear.



Holy/disc builds main strength is a bit more healing power, much better mana regeneration and much better heal spell mana cost and heal spell speed (compared to a shadow build).



A good mix of both was the best for 40-man raids, but I assume that this will hold true as well in the new 25-man raids as well.



Anyway, I think the OP should be glad that there is actually a system that allows such things. In most other MMORPGs out there, the choices you make with your character are permanent and only changeable with a reroll. This system is better of course, since it allows experimentation and is costly enough to make people (at least the casuals) think about mindlessly rerolling.



In any case, heal specced priests (or any other class) and protection specced warriors are disadvantaged when faced with solo grinding but make up with alot easier teaming (at least that is my experience and I did level 1-60 as holy). I would suggest picking the spec you like the most and stick with a guild that will require the least compromise from you (if you don't want to go holy). The alternative of course is to join a guild with a strong relationship, where everyone is playing/speccing/farming for the best of the sum and derive it's fun from the accomplishment of the whole rather than the individuals.



Sorry for the rant.

Gameloading

Originally posted by End_of_a_era

Originally posted by Gameloading

Ofcourse not, that would remove the entire point of the talents! Talents aren't there to give you an advantage in every situation, They are to make you specialize in something, not in everything.

I'm not saying remove the cost but just change the system so it doesn't cost so much, cause it's just not fun. I'm going to make a post on the suck boards.



Making the fee low is just as stupid as removing it imo. Talents are not there to get the max out of every situation. they are there to specialize.

Godliest

there should rly not be necessary to respecc to holy that often. I have played with many shadow priests as healers and I gotta say that I haven't had any problem with it as long as they remember they are healers and not overnukers. I got no problem with respeccing costs and I'm a dr00d which is a hybrid class. U must decide ur role and keep to it simply, u can't have everything in life

bonafidee

Its sad seeing fan boys defending the respec cost. I guess you are all warlocks / rogues that just have 1 pve/pvp spec. Alot of classes when restoration cant do jacksh!t in pvp when resto specced. Respec costs ruin fun, its as simple as that.

TookyG

Respec costs are ridiculous.  It's pretty sad when you have to spend gold to switch from PvPing to Raiding.

TheeCheez

I dont think its to much in the begining



For my spells speccs it cost me first 1g then 10 g then 20 and so on..



1g is ok

Ok 10 g is mayby alittle high .. Mayby 5 instead? ;P



then after 10 :O its to much! if you arent rich ofcourse :O



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Kyntor

Originally posted by End_of_a_era


Yeh but mines upto the max which is 50 odd gold and only goes down 5 a month or so if you don't respec : I don't want to farm mobs tbh, i want to spend my moeny on other things. You have to understand as a priest i love to PVP in shaodw and i love to Go Holy for raids so i'm changing every week.
 
 
It's just taking the fun out of the game for me now Soon i'll have to start buying money on IGE or something to play lol, i don't have time to waste grinding mobs for money.

You are trying to min/max things too much.  Pick a balanced spec and roll with it (just don't forget to switch out your equipment).  It is what I do with my warrior.

r0hn

I don't think it costs enough.  Also, I think it should only be available every 10 levels or only 2 times at level 70.  Then as blizzard makes changes to classes they refund all the points so players get a free respec + cost of rebuying spells. 

 

The current system is by far to lenient.  My point of view is,  if you want a raiding priest and a pvp priest, then make 2 priests.

Xasapis

You should be glad that there is such a thing as a respec. In any other game you'd be re-rolling your character to adjust him to your vision of play. Been there, done that. Make a new character, level him a bit, get the feeling of the class. Scrap him. Make a new one, same class with added knowledge of the class. Get him to almost maximum level. Reach almost max level. Not being happy because he's not 100% the way you want him. Scrap him. Make a new one and reach max level with 100% the talents you envisioned. That is the way of the other games out there. WoW mindless hate disturbs me but sometimes the community makes me wonder if they do play a MMO on training wheels.



And if you're wondering why I was scrapping the characters, it's because even with the test characters you were getting a name for yourself with the community. And nicknames in MMOs are like signatures.

Hitash_Levat

Originally posted by Xasapis

You should be glad that there is such a thing as a respec. In any other game you'd be re-rolling your character to adjust him to your vision of play. Been there, done that. Make a new character, level him a bit, get the feeling of the class. Scrap him. Make a new one, same class with added knowledge of the class. Get him to almost maximum level. Reach almost max level. Not being happy because he's not 100% the way you want him. Scrap him. Make a new one and reach max level with 100% the talents you envisioned. That is the way of the other games out there. WoW mindless hate disturbs me but sometimes the community makes me wonder if they do play a MMO on training wheels.



And if you're wondering why I was scrapping the characters, it's because even with the test characters you were getting a name for yourself with the community. And nicknames in MMOs are like signatures.

Not to bash on the OP but what this guy above said is completely true, even to games like the classic Diablo 2.  The only way to drop you skill points was to use a hack or reroll.  Be glad they give the option to do it.  I have a hunter, a lock and a rogue.  My hunter is a BM with 3 points in the survival for attack range with ranged weapon.  My lock is a cross between Affliction (primary stats) and destruction (just enough to lower cast time on instant damage spells)  my rogue I am trying to decide between subilty or assassination...  i think im gonna have 5 in subilty and rest in assassin.   Pick a class and work out the kinks.  Be happy that you can re assign your stats.  I wasted 5 Sorceresses in Diablo 2 because of mistakes made while assigning points. Lightning Frost all the way.

vajuras

In city of heroes you get a limited # of respecs. its really easy to run out cause they only give ya 1 like once every few months and u gotta do a hard raid to earn one.