Vet Player Returning is it Respec time?
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Posted on: 2011-08-31 02:05 in Player Questions
Depending on your powersets I would recommend waiting a few weeks until i21 goes live.
Of course, it's very likely we'll all get freespecs with i21 and only a few powersets are getting major changes, so if you've got outstanding freespecs you might want to make use of them straight away so as to get another one with i21.
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Although the Fitness power pool has become inherent you still need to slot the powers in it. So all you gain is an extra 3 powers but you still need to work out the slots for those 3 powers
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I would wait a bit, Issue 21 also brings new travelpool powers (fly get superfly, speed gets burnout - recharge all prim/sec powers, leaping gets a targeted aoe attack and teleport get a zone travelpower).
Fitness only free up 3 powers, but you still have to extra slot them.
Epic/patron also got a few new powers, mostly weakened copies of sortlike sets.
I'm not sure what they doing with the epic/patron pools (as hero unlock them free, while villain needs to unlock), maybe thats another worth waiting one.
My tank has a spec from i think 3 years ago, still is perfectly usable. I could respec into something more 'todayish', but it hardly has a impact on my current state.
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Yes I got a few Respec tokens still.
It would be a 50 hero (Blaser, Energy/Energy/Jump) a Villain 48 (Ninja/Dark Miasma/Flier) and a Villain 38 (Robotics/Devices/Teleport) all on Pinnacle
Would take a while and I realise I would have to be careful with the slots gained as I would loose them to the new Powers.
Going on the sound advice I will wait till after the next issue till I decide because as has already been said I can get along just fine for time being.
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Are you planning on doing the incarnate content?
I will need to read a bit more about it but I think I might well end up doing Incarnate yes.
Very interested in the upgrade to the Travel Powers. Possible Zone Teleport?
Zone teleport isnt really that much, it is a huge recharge clicky that allows you to travel from 1 zone to another. A temp mission-teleporter (instant cast now) is more of use.
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City Traveller will also become obsoleted, as everyone will be able to use travel powers at level 4, instead of 6/14. Epics/Patrons will also become unlockable/usable at level 35 now, which might change up your build a fair bit.
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you may want to consider sending your characters to the VIP beta and do your respec there to see how it goes.
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This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.
Since you're a returning player chances are you have a freespec from previous issues waiting on your characters. Because these don't stack and you're going to get another when issue 21 drops it's a "use it or loose it" situation. To check if you have a freespec on your character simply type /respec in the chat window... if it takes you into the respec screen then you have a freespec. If it says something about needing to see Jack Wolf in Galaxy City then you don't have one. If you do have a freespec I suggest using it to make any changes you need now, then you can use the freespec that'll come with issue 21 to tweak things for the new issue.
Important! Download Mid's Hero Designer to work out your new build and Titan Sentinel to export your current, live build into Mid's before you start your respec. It's amazingly easy to screw up a build if you don't have a design worked out ahead of time.
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If you need to pull out some special IOs in prep for a planned significantly changed build, you could use your current free respec to do that.
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My advice is respec now, but don't dump money and time into some kind of ultra high end build. Use your freespec, get a feel for the process, and try out something you maybe wouldnt have normally.
Use the respec to get some ideas and plans in advance of the i21 update everyone is telling you about.
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Traditionally, Swift, Hurdle, and Health rarely ever needed any more than their initial slot. Stamina often was 3 slotted, but it really is (normally) fine with just 2 endurance mods. So you would be gaining 3 power choices and at least one slot to reassign.|
Originally Posted by Slazenger
Although the Fitness power pool has become inherent you still need to slot the powers in it. So all you gain is an extra 3 powers but you still need to work out the slots for those 3 powers
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Also, if you have any characters with Fly, and you have more than 1 slot in Fly, you can reassign those, since Fly is at the speed cap without even a single flight enhancer, that slot can safely be used for either a Winter's Gift: Slow Resist, perhaps a Blessing of the Zephyr: KB Protection, or an endurance reducer.
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Villains and heroes both a) get the APPs for "free" as you say and b) must unlock the PPPs. This does mean you must go villain as a hero, first, to run the first patron arc.|
Originally Posted by SinergyX_EU
Epic/patron also got a few new powers, mostly weakened copies of sortlike sets.
I'm not sure what they doing with the epic/patron pools (as hero unlock them free, while villain needs to unlock), maybe thats another worth waiting one. |
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Originally Posted by SinergyX_EU
Zone teleport isnt really that much, it is a huge recharge clicky that allows you to travel from 1 zone to another. A temp mission-teleporter (instant cast now) is more of use.
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Besides, sometimes you just want to be in a certain zone and don't have a mission in it and far away from a train or ferry. Especially hero side where there is a very limited set of choices to zone to from Ouro.
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Originally Posted by Kitsune Knight
City Traveller will also become obsoleted, as everyone will be able to use travel powers at level 4, instead of 6/14. Epics/Patrons will also become unlockable/usable at level 35 now, which might change up your build a fair bit.
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When I tested this on beta about a week ago I was able to start the first Patron arc at level 35.
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Originally Posted by Rajani Isa
Are patrons unlockable at 35? Or are the arcs still requiring 40+?
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I've been gone as long if not longer. I noticed we can have two builds to flip back and forth from at the trainer now.
Instead of respec, he can simply make his second build and see if it works out also.
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You also get a third build once the character unlocks their first Incarnate slot, Alpha.
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Originally Posted by DogTags
I've been gone as long if not longer. I noticed we can have two builds to flip back and forth from at the trainer now.
Instead of respec, he can simply make his second build and see if it works out also. |
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Of course you can...some people call that the poor-man's-respec. The drawback is that you'll have to get all new enhancements for the slots in your second build. They don't carry over between builds.
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Originally Posted by DogTags
I've been gone as long if not longer. I noticed we can have two builds to flip back and forth from at the trainer now.
Instead of respec, he can simply make his second build and see if it works out also. |
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Originally Posted by Slazenger
Although the Fitness power pool has become inherent you still need to slot the powers in it. So all you gain is an extra 3 powers but you still need to work out the slots for those 3 powers
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Originally Posted by SinergyX_EU
Fitness only free up 3 powers, but you still have to extra slot them.
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Swift
Hurdle
Health
Stamina
Now the two of you may have only use three of the powers on a regular basis but you certainly don't speak for everyone. All my characters that don't use travel powers use all 4 fitness powers.
I would wait for Issue 21/Freedom unless you have loads of freespecs/vetspecs to burn. Freedom is lowering the level you can take your travel power at as well as adding a 5th power to each of the travel power pools.
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On the other hand if you have a freespec sitting there you may as well use it; after all you'll get another shortly and it isn't like you can save them up. Use it or loose it. If I was at all thinking about changing my build I'd certainly burn the last freespec before issue 21 drops a new one in it's place.
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Originally Posted by Father Xmas
I would wait for Issue 21/Freedom unless you have loads of freespecs/vetspecs to burn. Freedom is lowering the level you can take your travel power at as well as adding a 5th power to each of the travel power pools.
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I have been away for over a year but have now resubscribed to the game again.
I've noticed a LOT of changes and was wondering if I should respec my Toons because as I understand it the Fitness Power Pool is now Inherent which means I should get 3 power Selections back (and slots) as well as the fact that I have the Vet Badge City Traveller meaning I can ditch Hover and go straight to flight (another Power and Slots back),
So question is do I have it figured right and is it worth the time to do so.