Renown Respec Cost - Quality of Life Propsal

[Arthem]

Could we please remove the gold cost of respeccing renown. This effects certain classes more than others. Hybrid for example, such as my mains Disciple of Khain and Shadow Warrior. I constantly have to respec my renown due to cities etc. I think the average joe would also appreciate this quality of life proposal. Perhaps remove the cost to respeccing renown or severely nerf it.

Allowing player base to be more fluid with their class and test out things, participate in different events of the game without going broke.

At the moment consumables in this game are very expensive and there's an obvious difference between people who use them and people who don't. We see people in maw of madness ranked scenario without talisman slotted as a result of the bloated renown respeccing costs

[Markon]

I would agree... spending 10-15gold a day on respeccing or more if you are testing out new specs is quite a lot. And god forbid if you accidentally put 1 point into something you didn't want.

I would love it if it wasn't removed then at least was at least halved.

[Arthem]

Yes, well said Markon. I am constantly out there farming making an honest living. But these respecs are tipping me over the edge... I'm struggling to balance the books, I feel like I will end up at a point where I can't respec again.

[Vayra]

While I wouldn't mind seeing the cost reduced, gold is easy enough to get a hold of that it shouldn't be that expensive for anyone doing RvR (picking up and handing in kill quests when you're in a warcamp should more than cover the respecs for the day).

[Nekkma]

It is somewhat problematic to remove as the game need gold sinks. For myself, it is not a problem. However, this cost can be hefty for new players without estabslihed crafting alts and a good chunk of gold. Perhaps they feel they need to save for talis or consumables and because of this run subotpimal specs. At the same time, without functioning gold sinks, the BIS consumables will be crazy expensive which is not really good for new players eaither.

[Vayra]

It could be (and I think to a degree already is) dependent on RR. Make it say 2g at RR40, scaling down as you near rr0, and up as you move towards 80. Say free below rr5 and 5g at 80 as example values. That makes it cheaper for newer players still figuring out their spec, and a little more expensive for high rr players who have lots of gold anyway.

I do remember spending quite a few gold on respecs on live as I would respec daily between pve, solo, sc's and rvr with the guild. But the game lacks gold sinks at high levels, only real gold sinks for organized players is 180 armor talis as anything less and pots can be sourced easily via your guild. And those are more of a 1-time investment.

[Starx]

Dual specs when

[Vayra]

Dual specs when

Yes, please. Having the ability to easily swap between many different specs was IMO one of the best things Rift did as an MMO (alongside making every class able to have viable specs in at least 2 roles).