Why No Ability Point Given at 24?

(nephandys) #1

So if you hit 24 you don’t get another point. I was just curious as to why this is the case since you obviously get a point for every other level. I can see some strong benefits to it in that if you respec at 24 now you are really losing nothing - you lose 0 points and you lose no access to any abilities.

To anyone at SD, was this the thought behind the implementation? Or was that extra point a real game changer?

Anyone else feel free to comment with your thoughts as well. I was slightly disappointed by this as I had been counting on that point in my builds prior to the release, but as I indicated I can see some merit to the decision.

(BiigDaddyDellta) #2

This must be a glitch, there’s no way you shouldn’t get a point, I was also counting on that point for my dual builds.

(Hot-Wire) #3

Yeah me too, I need that point. SPLASH DAMAGE HALP!!!

(BiigDaddyDellta) #4

I wonder if netvars can do that or if we’ll need another patch :confused:

(QUIK420) #5

I needs that point and if any1 tries to take it from me ill cut em! Cut em deep!

(nephandys) #6

I could be wrong, but I don’t think this is a glitch. There could be a really good reason for it as I suggested in the OP. Don’t get me wrong I want the point too, but I also like the idea of not really losing anything by respeccing when I’m max level.

Before with the lower level cap it was annoying to respec because you lost access to the R5 abilities. Now you don’t have to and you also wouldn’t lose a point either. This would let everyone try new builds more easilly and switch on the fly without screwing the player or the team. Like hey I’ve got 5 buddies together to play comp and we have 3 ops. Well 1 or 2 can respec with no detriment to themselves or to our team.

(BiigDaddyDellta) #7

I think that’s stupid not to allot another point, I mean the level has a secondary use with no primary at that point.

(thesuzukimethod) #8

im pretty sure you get a point (ps3)

(Hot-Wire) #9

Well I hope so, I haven’t leveled any of my guys to that point yet.

… but I’ll just play it safe from now on and not get the tactical scanner on my duel builds.

(nephandys) #10

I didn’t hit 24 last night but like 3 people in my party did. No one got a point. I’m on 360 btw.

(QUIK420) #11

[QUOTE=nephandys;365001]I could be wrong, but I don’t think this is a glitch. There could be a really good reason for it as I suggested in the OP. Don’t get me wrong I want the point too, but I also like the idea of not really losing anything by respeccing when I’m max level.

Before with the lower level cap it was annoying to respec because you lost access to the R5 abilities. Now you don’t have to and you also wouldn’t lose a point either. This would let everyone try new builds more easilly and switch on the fly without screwing the player or the team. Like hey I’ve got 5 buddies together to play comp and we have 3 ops. Well 1 or 2 can respec with no detriment to themselves or to our team.[/QUOTE]

Well the thing is that since all the R5 abilities are unlocked after lvl 20, there really is no down-side to respeccing as long as you dont respecc below lvl 20. And I would really rather have lvl 24 give a point that you lose, then not give a point at all. With no points its like leveling up just for the sake of leveling up.

(thesuzukimethod) #12

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(Glyph) #13

This sounds like a glitch more than anything else. In the end, there is no logical reason for there not to be a skill point given at level 24. Further testing will be needed to confirm this issue though. A response from SD would be great as well to either provide justification for the lack of a skill point or confirmation that this is a glitch.

(nephandys) #14

I would also love to hear as well, because as I said at least 3 people in my party got no point when they hit 24 last night.

(thesuzukimethod) #15

perhaps xbox only? (or they were mistaken? although tough for 3 to be mistaken simultaneously/independently).

you def get a 24th point on ps3.

i cant imagine that in testing the didnt level an xbox char up to 24 (/naivete)

(Exedore) #16

We’ve not heard of this, it’s certainly not intentional. Being looked into right now.

(Glyph) #17

[QUOTE=thesuzukimethod;365095]perhaps xbox only? (or they were mistaken? although tough for 3 to be mistaken simultaneously/independently).

you def get a 24th point on ps3.

i cant imagine that in testing the didnt level an xbox char up to 24 (/naivete)[/QUOTE]

You’d be amazed what gets through testing as often once something is confirmed for a specific platform it is often assumed to be correct for all of them. The hardest part of testing is rechecking all of your confirmed values since you already know what the result should be and therefore expect it to be the same.

(nephandys) #18

Cool, thank you for the feedback. I know stuff happens. I will double check with everyone tonight and follow up. It’s possible the point showed up after a delay or it’s possible that everyone was wrong. But, as suzuki suggested earlier I thought it would be strange for all 3 to be wrong at the same time basically.

OffTopic: Exe were you playing on 360 last night? Because there was someone with the GT: Exedore - needless to say regardless of who it was I’ll save them the embarrassment of sharing the match details :wink:

(wolfnemesis75) #19

I leveled up to 24 and did not get the final ability point as well.

(mute) #20

I’m on the 360.

I was maxed out @ 20. On 24 I now have an additional 4 abilities enabled on the same character. Pyromine, Napalm Grenade, UAV, and Field Regen Unit. At 1 point per level, and 4 new abilities applied to an already maxed out character… there you go.

Thing is, I didn’t get the 4th point @ level 24… but when I first ran the dlc my character was immediately level 22 and I already had 3 points sitting there waiting to be used. It appears that 1 of the points is accidentally given out early to the first Character you select, which got the proactive leveling. As for other characters that dont get the proactive level buff… I do not know.

In the end though, I know I got 4 new points.