Accidental UE spends

Every once in a while you go to spend some UE and you accidentally put a point into heavy weapons instead of dodge or something. Currently there's absolutely no recourse for this. It doesn't matter all that much in the grand scheme of things but it'd be nice if staff had a way to fix that that wasn't a total respec.

It would probably need to have some big flag on it that all the other staffers could see in order to prevent abuse, and there would probably need to be some staffside policy about not using it to help people optimize their builds because they regret going aero tech instead of auto tech or whatever.

By Vera at Jan 7, 2020 11:49 AM

While I respect OCD, the slippery slope you cite dominates the decision making here.

By Johnny at Jan 7, 2020 11:50 AM

I always wished @assign was sort of session based, the way character-generation is. You can start over or cancel out, without the UE spend being made permanent.

Just a confirmation prompt after doing some @assigns and before exiting would do the trick. "Save these changes? [yes] or @abort"

By bean_dip at Jan 7, 2020 11:52 AM

Maybe a way to hide skills on your @stats?

By Johnny at Jan 7, 2020 11:52 AM

I'm still a huge fan of Slither's idea to let skills & stats gradually degrade back into your pool.

Halfway down this thread: https://www.sindome.org/bgbb/game-discussion/ideas/neural-remapping-1747/

By ynk at Jan 7, 2020 11:52 AM

Sorry if I'm hijacking, Vera. Not meaning to. My idea's different from what you're asking for.

On the other hand, it does give players a second chance, without going onto any slippery slopes.

By bean_dip at Jan 7, 2020 11:53 AM

Degrading penalizes those who don't play frequently enough though?

By Johnny at Jan 7, 2020 11:53 AM

If I recall correctly, degradation was toggleable? Or it could be tied to playtime like earning is.

By RedSteelButterfly at Jan 7, 2020 11:57 AM

Yes and no @johnny, Slither's idea would return UE so the only penalty would be inconvenience.

By bean_dip at Jan 7, 2020 11:57 AM

Johnny, the idea is you choose what stat/skill you want to degrade. Down a point each day or whatever. You get x% of the UE back into your pool and the other % is immediately usable.

This way errors in spending aren't huge deals, and respecs can be done gradually over time.

By ynk at Jan 7, 2020 11:58 AM

Oh yeah Slither's idea is extremely good and would totally solve this problem and others.

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Accidental UE spends Give staff a tool to fix em!

Accidental UE spends
Give staff a tool to fix em!