There is NO REASON TO PROMOTE CHARACTERS

We are talking promoting charcters here as in "reach level 20 with a character, hit "promote", get xApexPoints, character is reset to lvl 1".


I think you're talking about levelling-up:
Yes, guns gain one level-up, when you find the card again. That stops if you hit lvl 10 with that gun and you won't find that card again.
Same appllies to characters. Once you find the same character card again maybe it will lvl up (depends on lvl you are) and you will get some(?) extra skill points. This happens up to (?) five times.

We need to be precise here.
Are you talking about
- promoting
- levelling
- presteiging?

This thread is about promoting.

This is one thing I feel they did right, it would have been an enormous pain if you were forced to promote to continue getting prestige bonuses. I never would have done it.

Also, I've had several respec cards drop for me thus far so it's quite nice to know that they are there and not exceedingly rare, because the skill tree learning curve is there/not like it was in me3mp. Recharge bonuses are a legitimate choice now. ><

No. A unlocking all the character cards from the RNG pacls is necessary for maximum skill points, promoting does not affect this. Guns are likewise unlocked. Gear is the exception, as they are purchased with mission funds, which are earned from Apex missions. Experience toward prestage bonuses is still counted once you hit level 20, so no need to promote for that either.

Correct, to the best of my knowledge. Once they max out, they are removed from the pool.