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Post by victornero_us on Mar 22, 2017 4:59:21 GMT

In ME3, it helped get your N7 rank up and I think it was necessary to do some challenges.

Here, your APEX rating goes up significantly by doing all kinds of stuff such as leveling up characters, gaining weapon levels, completing challenges, extracting etc, I am close to APEX rating 700 and havent promoted a single character, and I heard promoting one character only gives you 25 APEX rating, which is close to nothing for how long it takes to level up a character to 20, they said before that resetting gave a stat boost to all your character just like in DA:I

HOWEVER...

That stat boost happens regardless as you keep gaining experience with a specific character, IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO PROMOTE A CHARACTER TO GAIN POINTS IN STATS.

Therefore, promoting doesnt give you anything valuable other than a minuscule APEX rating, that you can get up by doing so many other things

They have to fix this, there is no incentive to promote with how the APEX rating works right now, in ME3 if you didnt promote your N7 rank almost didnt increase at all

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There is NO REASON TO PROMOTE CHARACTERS Mar 22, 2017 5:37:57 GMT akots, Sailears, and 6 more like this

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Mar 22, 2017 4:59:21 GMT victornero_us said:

In ME3, it helped get your N7 rank up and I think it was necessary to do some challenges.

Here, your APEX rating goes up significantly by doing all kinds of stuff such as leveling up characters, gaining weapon levels, completing challenges, extracting etc, I am close to APEX rating 700 and havent promoted a single character, and I heard promoting one character only gives you 25 APEX rating, which is close to nothing for how long it takes to level up a character to 20, they said before that resetting gave a stat boost to all your character just like in DA:I

HOWEVER...

That stat boost happens regardless as you keep gaining experience with a specific character, IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO PROMOTE A CHARACTER TO GAIN POINTS IN STATS.

Therefore, promoting doesnt give you anything valuable other than a minuscule APEX rating, that you can get up by doing so many other things

They have to fix this, there is no incentive to promote with how the APEX rating works right now, in ME3 if you didnt promote your N7 rank almost didnt increase at all

Fix?! Their intention was to make it so you didn't have to constantly promote characters, their pre release marketing even said as much. It was a stupid, tiresome system.

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There is NO REASON TO PROMOTE CHARACTERS Mar 22, 2017 5:45:22 GMT via mobile akots and Ghostknife72 like this

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Mar 22, 2017 5:23:16 GMT Mistral said:

Good. I never liked the promotion system anyway.

With how hard it is to level up characters, the less reasons for promoting, the better.

Clever bastards,they didn't add XP cards for nothing.

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There is NO REASON TO PROMOTE CHARACTERS Mar 22, 2017 5:58:26 GMT

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Mar 22, 2017 5:37:57 GMT DayusMakhina said:

Mar 22, 2017 4:59:21 GMT victornero_us said:

In ME3, it helped get your N7 rank up and I think it was necessary to do some challenges.

Here, your APEX rating goes up significantly by doing all kinds of stuff such as leveling up characters, gaining weapon levels, completing challenges, extracting etc, I am close to APEX rating 700 and havent promoted a single character, and I heard promoting one character only gives you 25 APEX rating, which is close to nothing for how long it takes to level up a character to 20, they said before that resetting gave a stat boost to all your character just like in DA:I

HOWEVER...

That stat boost happens regardless as you keep gaining experience with a specific character, IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO PROMOTE A CHARACTER TO GAIN POINTS IN STATS.

Therefore, promoting doesnt give you anything valuable other than a minuscule APEX rating, that you can get up by doing so many other things

They have to fix this, there is no incentive to promote with how the APEX rating works right now, in ME3 if you didnt promote your N7 rank almost didnt increase at all

Fix?! Their intention was to make it so you didn't have to constantly promote characters, their pre release marketing even said as much. It was a stupid, tiresome system.

I guess, but then why include it at all? I think this went over their head because theres a reason why they kept the promoting system instead of just getting rid of it, but now theres absolutely no reason to use it. Whatever I guess

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There is NO REASON TO PROMOTE CHARACTERS Mar 22, 2017 6:01:43 GMT Qui-Gon GlenN7, akots, and 1 more like this

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Post by DayusMakhina on Mar 22, 2017 6:01:43 GMT

Mar 22, 2017 5:58:26 GMT victornero_us said:

Mar 22, 2017 5:37:57 GMT DayusMakhina said:

Fix?! Their intention was to make it so you didn't have to constantly promote characters, their pre release marketing even said as much. It was a stupid, tiresome system.

I guess, but then why include it at all? I think this went over their head because theres a reason why they kept the promoting system instead of just getting rid of it, but now theres absolutely no reason to use it. Whatever I guess

One possible reason for it still to be there; to respec your character if you have no respec cards and don't wanna use the MP for them. Beyond that, there was no harm in keeping it there for the few weird people that liked constantly starting again.

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There is NO REASON TO PROMOTE CHARACTERS Mar 22, 2017 6:39:20 GMT via mobile Qui-Gon GlenN7 and DonMarfil like this

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Mar 22, 2017 6:01:43 GMT DayusMakhina said:

Mar 22, 2017 5:58:26 GMT victornero_us said:

I guess, but then why include it at all? I think this went over their head because theres a reason why they kept the promoting system instead of just getting rid of it, but now theres absolutely no reason to use it. Whatever I guess

One possible reason for it still to be there; to respec your character if you have no respec cards and don't wanna use the MP for them. Beyond that, there was no harm in keeping it there for the few weird people that liked constantly starting again.

Lv 1 is needed for all kinds of wacky experiments.
And some people like challenge.

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Mar 22, 2017 8:18:11 GMT neocodex and 23 others said:

This is great, I never liked promoting. I hope there will be respec cards (and not limited to 3!!) if I want to change builds.

I can confirm you can have more than 3; I think I have 14 or 15 respec cards.

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Mar 22, 2017 8:25:19 GMT Geitenneuker said:

Mar 22, 2017 8:18:11 GMT neocodex and 23 others said:

This is great, I never liked promoting. I hope there will be respec cards (and not limited to 3!!) if I want to change builds.

I can confirm you can have more than 3; I think I have 14 or 15 respec cards.

Already? So many? Those were like ultra rare in ME3.

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There is NO REASON TO PROMOTE CHARACTERS Mar 22, 2017 9:39:42 GMT

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Post by Pounce de León on Mar 22, 2017 9:39:42 GMT

Mar 22, 2017 8:18:11 GMT neocodex and 23 others said:

This is great, I never liked promoting. I hope there will be respec cards (and not limited to 3!!) if I want to change builds.

I think they are buyable in mission fund store.

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Mar 22, 2017 8:18:11 GMT neocodex and 23 others said:

This is great, I never liked promoting. I hope there will be respec cards (and not limited to 3!!) if I want to change builds.

Respec cards are buyable for 15 mission fund points so should be unlimited.

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There is NO REASON TO PROMOTE CHARACTERS Mar 22, 2017 11:38:12 GMT via mobile DonMarfil and wrexthegrunt like this

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Post by Qui-Gon GlenN7 on Mar 22, 2017 11:38:12 GMT

Respec.

It takes me, at maximum, 4 MP games to level from 1-20 in ME3MP.

I enjoy the challenge of currying the team with a level one kit. In gold, I can go from 1 to level 9-13, usually 11, in one match.

This is not to brag. This is to tell you how often I get to build and rebuild characters, and experiment with different builds, without using money/currency on respec. Those are two reasons to promote.

All those who believe in psychokinesis raise my hand.

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There is NO REASON TO PROMOTE CHARACTERS Mar 22, 2017 12:00:18 GMT

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Post by tubes on Mar 22, 2017 12:00:18 GMT

Mar 22, 2017 8:25:55 GMT neocodex and 23 others said:

Mar 22, 2017 8:25:19 GMT Geitenneuker said:

I can confirm you can have more than 3; I think I have 14 or 15 respec cards.

Already? So many? Those were like ultra rare in ME3.

nah, they were just uncommon and I believe they still are (2-star silver cards)

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There is NO REASON TO PROMOTE CHARACTERS Mar 22, 2017 12:42:41 GMT

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Post by rlro on Mar 22, 2017 12:42:41 GMT

Mar 22, 2017 12:00:18 GMT tubes said:

Mar 22, 2017 8:25:55 GMT neocodex and 23 others said:

Already? So many? Those were like ultra rare in ME3.

nah, they were just uncommon and I believe they still are (2-star silver cards)

Yeah, uncommon. I got just one so far though.

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Mar 22, 2017 8:25:55 GMT neocodex and 23 others said:

Mar 22, 2017 8:25:19 GMT Geitenneuker said:

I can confirm you can have more than 3; I think I have 14 or 15 respec cards.

Already? So many? Those were like ultra rare in ME3.

They drop like candy now.

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Post by DonMarfil on Mar 22, 2017 14:52:24 GMT

Mar 22, 2017 11:41:04 GMT DDutchguy said:

If it still works as a way to respec without using a respec card, I don't mind.

This. And this even more if i can get rid of those "preset" skill points by promoting. Don't know if it does, didn't promote yet.
Respec cards don't reset the preset points. Been there done that.

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Post by bjorndadwarf on Mar 22, 2017 14:59:32 GMT

Mar 22, 2017 14:52:24 GMT DonMarfil said:

Mar 22, 2017 11:41:04 GMT DDutchguy said:

If it still works as a way to respec without using a respec card, I don't mind.

This. And this even more if i can get rid of those "preset" skill points by promoting. Don't know if it does, didn't promote yet.
Respec cards don't reset the preset points. Been there done that.

Wait, what? Using a respec card doesn't give you the initial 3 points to spend?

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Post by DonMarfil on Mar 22, 2017 15:03:43 GMT

Mar 22, 2017 14:59:32 GMT bjorndadwarf said:

Mar 22, 2017 14:52:24 GMT DonMarfil said:

This. And this even more if i can get rid of those "preset" skill points by promoting. Don't know if it does, didn't promote yet.
Respec cards don't reset the preset points. Been there done that.

Wait, what? Using a respec card doesn't give you the initial 3 points to spend?

Nope. Was trying to get rid of the three preset points on my new SalInf and used a respec card. And there i was with one point in each of first three skills again.

Edit: This happened in the 10-hour trial, i think the "real" game will handle things similar.

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Post by rlro on Mar 22, 2017 15:07:55 GMT

Mar 22, 2017 15:03:43 GMT DonMarfil said:

Mar 22, 2017 14:59:32 GMT bjorndadwarf said:

Wait, what? Using a respec card doesn't give you the initial 3 points to spend?

Nope. Was trying to get rid of the three preset points on my new SalInf and used a respec card. And there i was with one point in each of first three skills again.

Edit: This happened in the 10-hour trial, i think the "real" game will handle things similar.

I can confirm the 3 initial points remain even after a respec - I used one yesterday <_<

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Mar 22, 2017 15:07:55 GMT rlro said:

Mar 22, 2017 15:03:43 GMT DonMarfil said:

Nope. Was trying to get rid of the three preset points on my new SalInf and used a respec card. And there i was with one point in each of first three skills again.

Edit: This happened in the 10-hour trial, i think the "real" game will handle things similar.

I can confirm the 3 initial points remain even after a respec - I used one yesterday <_<

Yeh. Not a huge deal though since you can still do 66661 with max rank and level.

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There is NO REASON TO PROMOTE CHARACTERS Mar 22, 2017 15:20:10 GMT

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Post by DonMarfil on Mar 22, 2017 15:20:10 GMT

Mar 22, 2017 15:16:48 GMT Wolfwhistler said:

Mar 22, 2017 15:07:55 GMT rlro said:

I can confirm the 3 initial points remain even after a respec - I used one yesterday <_<

Yeh. Not a huge deal though since you can still do 66661 with max rank and level.

That's not my point. Maybe i want to spend these three points otherwise when low-level.

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Mar 22, 2017 15:20:10 GMT DonMarfil said:

Mar 22, 2017 15:16:48 GMT Wolfwhistler said:

Yeh. Not a huge deal though since you can still do 66661 with max rank and level.

That's not my point. Maybe i want to spend these three points otherwise when low-level.

Yeah, it ultimately may not matter when everyone is level 20, but it's still annoying to not have the ability to spend those points however you see fit at low level.

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