So... No Freespec w/ I22?

I have a couple gravity control characters, and wanted to switch some powers and enhancements around.

But I got the message that I had no free respec available. Buh-wha? o.O

Is this an oversight, or a paradigm shift?

I know we've had issues where the freespec showed up a tad late, and I'm hoping that's what's happened again.

But with the new income model, respecs may now be considered another stream of revenue.

Was there some word one way or another in beta?

Maybe they felt the changes made weren't significant enough to warrant the inclusion of a freespec.

Don't they usually come a little while after the issue itself?

Then again, I have a billion and five respecs on every character so... meh.

I can't recall an issue that didn't grant a freespec, and I can never recall that respec showing up the day or week of an issues release.

I will admit I haven't payed much attention to freespecs in the past year or two since I have so many vetspecs.

There really isn't much incentive to give away freespecs with the Paragon market. Plus, while the improved many of the skills in Gravity and Assassin Strike, there wasn't any drastic changes made that would require revamped socketing.

Was kinda hoping for a freespec as well considering ill need to use one on not just my grav toons but others 2.

Some Stalkers might not have taken AS (probably Street Justice ones, if any). More likely though is that a lot of Gravity controllers/dominators probably didn't take Dimension Shift, Lift, or Propel. All of which are fairly improved.

Personally, between all the veteran respecs, purchasable ones, respec recipes, trial respecs, other freespecs, 3 builds, etc., I don't really think there's a specific "need" for one.

In addition to Stalkers that have skipped AS, many have slotted it in a way that is now woefully insufficient. After all, why bother slotting it for accuracy, endurance, or recharge if you use it only once in a fight, with Build Up? Throw 2-3 plain damage enhancements in there and call it a day. That does not at all cut it now that you want to use the power all the time.

I'm rather surprised that we didn't get a freespec, considering the Stalker changes, the Grav changes, and the ATOs prompting a lot of people to change their builds (not strictly an i22 feature, but still). I have enough vetspecs, and use them rarely enough, that this isn't actually a problem for me personally, but I was rather surprised.

Add the hami's change too to the list.

There has been a freespec in every issue since I've joined, for what I've thought of as less dramactic issues, so imo its more likely an oversight.

I'm not fussed personally, but I have the advantage of being a vet with a stack built up.

I wouldn't be terribly surprised if they're simply delaying the respec. There are still some proposed changes to Gravity and Dark Affinity that didn't go live. I was actually surprised that i22 hit without those being implemented and tested.

I kinda wonder if the last change to DS is actually going to happen or not. There was quite a hullabaloo over it in the Feedback Thread... making it phase teammates was somewhat less than popular, to some and to some they trumpeted as the best thing since... Power Customization.

I'm pretty sure i21 came with a respec, because I'm pretty sure I used it for the travel pool changes. One relatively recent issue gave us TWO freespecs a week apart, but I don't recall if that was i19 or i20. Or maybe i18?

You will get one during the Anniversity, i am sure of it, but it hasn't come yet.

So what I take from the replies here is that there was no official word one way or another about a freespec for I22 and that we're all just speculating based on our individual experiences from past issues.

I've also got ~ a half dozen vetspecs sitting around on my characters so it's not that big a deal. But I am curious about the rationale one way or another. Guess I'll drop Zwill a line.