Allow Us To Respec Origin

With all of the great Booster packs and Veteran powers that are here already and those coming down the road I feel that it is time to allow us to have a Origin respec.

I have well over a hundred characters right now and most of them have the same Origin because in the past it really did not matter what you selected as your Origin. But here comes these great booster packs and even better emotes and veteran powers and low and behold I now have a reason to want to choose an actual Origin for the specific character.

Please give us missions to earn Origin respecs. No more than two respecs for each character.

Thanks for reading.

Rich the Origin Guy

You can use the booster packs with any origin you know?

I sure would not mind being able to respec origins for concept purposes though.

I see no reason to have a respec assigned specifically for origin. What the devs could do for those that want to modify the origin of their existing characters is give out 1 origin change token to each character on their account.

Don't see the need for an Origin respec. The only thing Origin affects is the temp power you start with (throwing kives, tranq dart, taser, mutagen, charm) and who your initial hero contact is. Redside it only affects the temp power.

/unsigned the devs have better things to do.

If the inherent origin were so important to a character, it would be involved with more than just enhancements (which are identical to their respective counterparts in terms of behavior), a few introductory missions, and the Yin store (which doesn't make much sense to me, SO stuff that doesn't conform to the normal Enhancement leveling differences or diversity).

If this were to be an important item for the developers to look into, they would first need to make our origins far more important than they currently are. Missions involving them, more storyline to help explain the difference between them (so far, we have the Origin origin stories, which contradict each other in some cases between sides; I think only Brass and Manticore are seeing things in the same terms, if not with the same intent), and a more robust enhancement system (no need for an example of possibility here, it's not terribly likely; though I don't quite understand why SOs have to be more powerful than DOs, there could be more types of DOs that do more than just the normal system).

As far as I see it, the practical need isn't really there. The origins each have explanations that interchange the meanings of the origins (you can be a cybernetic Natural Origin because it's not the machines that make you what you are, it's your training). Blessings from the gods, arcane artifacts or enchantments, super soldier serums bolstered by gadgets, in the end, it's not hard to justify anything.

Again the main reason for this request is that many people love to role play their character and the Origin concept can change from time to time.

And if you want to say that it is not important, then I will point my finger at power customization, no affect on the game play, totally concept reasoning behind it.

Rich the Concept Guy

It is a bit weird, but the enhancement system tends to have lots of weirdness in it. Like the cybernetic hearts business.

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I say.. yes!

There have been a lot of players who went into roleplay later on.. or at least into more roleplay characteristics in filling their bio out later in their career. If the wrong origin was taken to fit the concept... you might get stuck on something.

A respec of that might be the only way to change it. It is still strange to see a tech origin walking in a witch costume claiming to use magic only. its just wrong.

I link game mechanics and look to roleplay functies. I do that almost automatically.

A mage will simply not use cybernetic spider-eyes etc. It doesn't look right to me. Sure.. you can go and fabricate a story setting it right. You can make a mage like Dr. Doom and have him use tech too. But that is changing in story to fit youre origin.

Youre origin is a roleplay attribute withing the game. It states if you have to go to a magic shop ora science shop for youre upgrades.

I'm going to have to toss may hat into the 'yes' group. I have a Tanker that I would love to change from Science to Mutant, specifically due to the back story. I chose Science 'just because' and then created his background to fit into my Blaster's story. Since then, all of my Ice characters have been related story-wise, and he's the one Science. It's not a big deal, but I'd gladly trash all of my Enhancements he has if I could repec his Origin.

Also, the dual-Origin idea is pretty cool too.

Add me to the "yes" group too. Being able to select multiple origins would be interesting as well.

It's certainly not without precedent in comics, and since it's (almost) entirely for flavor, why not?

I would support the ability to change a character's origin as a one time only deal.

I would probably only use it on two of my characters, my main hero and my main villain.

My main hero is a cyborg. His claws are either a ceramic/titanium composite, or energy blades, depending on which costume he is in. I created him long before I completely fleshed out his backstory. He is Science origin and he really should be Tech. The Tech SOs would actually be perfectly logical for him (not that he's using them anymore, but still)

My main villain is an alternate dimension future version of my main hero. He is so old that the technology that powers him is failing, so he experimented with different power sources to keep himself alive. He is Magic origin currently, he should be Science.

The hero is Claws/Regen and the villain is a DM/Nin stalker. The stalker's claws are still there, sheathed in his forearms, but they don't work anymore. He gained the DM powers from his experimentation into alternate power sources. The nanomachines that accounted for the Regen part of my hero aren't quite as effective anymore, so he only has one heal instead of many. The alternate power source jumpstarted his metabolism, so he now dodges or avoids attacks instead of taking them and healing it back, which is good because the nanomachines probably can't repair him as fast anymore.

Just an example of how origin can be very much tied into a character's history. A one time change would be nice if your concept changes over time like those two did.