LogFAQs > #975433713

The levelling/endgame dichotomy is one of the major reasons why I really like easy respecs (at least in ARPGs, which is getting a bit away from CRPGs, but whatever). Slogging through levelling waiting for an endgame build to come online is tedious, but levelling efficiently only to be gimped in endgame feels like a waste. In an ideal world, the levelling process would be balanced such that levelling builds would work just as well in endgame, but very, very few games actually pull that off, and easy respecs are a good way to get around that. It does lose the "try to plan what you'll need and reap the benefits/suffer the consequences accordingly" aspect of permanent specs, but I personally don't put a lot of stock in that (and those that do can just choose not to respec).