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 '''Respec''' is slang for '''respecialisation''' and refers to a game feature that allows players to partially or completely reallocate the points they have spent in various [[skill]]s, 'talents', 'attributes', 'feats' or other character values. Most modern RPGs (including [[World of Warcraft]]) have respecs of some kind.
-Respeccing in Diablo 3 will allow players to reallocate the points they have placed in individual skills, thus allowing players to change the focus of a character, or try out different skills.
+Respecs did not exist in Diablo 1 or Diablo 2. Diablo 2 eventually added limited respecs, but not until 2009 when the original developers were long gone and the Diablo 3 devs authored respecs in Diablo 2 partially as a test bed for their planned Diablo 3 respec option.
-Respecs were not allowed in Diablo 2 until the feature was added in the v1.13 patch.
+Diablo 3 and [[Reaper of Souls]] allows for almost complete freedom in respec'ing. There is no limit to the number of times [[skills]] and [[passives]] (and [[Paragon Points]]) can be respec'ed, though when this can be done is slightly limited. Respecs done in town take effect instantly. Respecs performed while in the dungeons have a short [[cooldown]] (15 seconds) before the new skill becomes active. Skills and passives can not be respec'ed while in combat, or while a character's pets or follower are giving or taking damage.
-==Diablo III Respecs==
+There was controversy about the concept of Respecs in Diablo 3. Some fans felt that making respecs too free ([[freespecs]]) would hurt replayability and longevity, with no incentive for players to ever [[reroll]]. ([[Hardcore]] excepted.) That debate continued for some time after release, but eventually respecs became accepted and by 2014 and [[Reaper of Souls]] the issue had vanished from the community.
-Jay again confirmed respecs in an October 2009 interview, but declined to give any more details. [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/jay-wilson-exclusive-full-transcript/]
+==Diablo III Respec Timeline==
 ::'''''Diii.net: '''Respecs. Cost, gold mechanism, any specifics?
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-===Respecs and Replayability===
+==Respecs and Replayability Debate==
 One of the main arguments against respecs, or at least against free/easy respecs, is that they will hurt replayability. As the argument goes, instead of players making new characters and trying out whole different play styles, they'll just reset their character and switch around their skills, whenever a new build becomes popular, or a patch changes existing skills.
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 Bashiok delved deeply into this debate with a long series of forum posts in September 2010. His arguments are not necessarily those of the rest of the Diablo II developers, but he's clearly been a witness to many internal team discussions about this issue, so we can take his logic as somewhat representative of that of the [[D3 Team]]. [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/runestones-deserve-more-respecs/]
-::'''Amount of skills in Diablo III, with all player runestone variants included, is currently topping 700. That's about 140 rune combo's per class! neat!
+::'''Amount of skills in Diablo III, with all player runestone variants included, is currently topping 700. That's about 140 rune combos per class! neat!
 '''Bashiok: '''It's staggering really, even to me still. Those are all unique in their visuals too, which is important to note. Sure some of them may be simple color shifts but most of them are unique mechanics with completely unique visual effects. It's crazy. Big up to our effects guys.
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 ::'''''in.Diablo.d3: '''If you could only change one thing from D2 to make D3. What would be the thing?
 ::'''Jay Wilson: '''*happy and eager* I already did it. Respecs. My design team worked with the D2 patch guys. We highly encouraged it, they did the work.
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 ::'''Bashiok:''' We don't plan to have full resets, they'll be per-skill (if it goes as currently planned), and we don't plan to allow them to be easily obtained. Probably similar to the Diablo II 1.13 respecs a couple will be easy, or granted through quest rewards, but the idea is to involve some amount of rarity, cost, something. What that balance will shake out to mean... I don't know.
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 ::'''''in.Diablo.d3: '''If you could only change one thing from D2 to make D3. What would be the thing?
 ::'''Jay Wilson: '''*happy and eager* I already did it. Respecs. My design team worked with the D2 patch guys. We highly encouraged it, they did the work.
 ==Diablo I Respecs==

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−	In [[Diablo I]] spell levels were gained by reading books, and higher level spells were always better (aside from a bug with Mana Shield in earlier versions). There was therefore no need for respecs, and they weren't anything any player ever wanted or thought about.	+	In [[Diablo I]] spell levels were gained by reading books, and higher level spells were always better (aside from a bug with Mana Shield in earlier versions, and potential sprite limits with Chain Lighting). There was therefore no need for respecs, and they weren't anything any player ever wanted or thought about.

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-'''Respec''' is slang for '''respecialisation''' and refers to a game feature that allows players to partially or completely reallocate the points they have spent in various [[skill]]s, 'talents', 'attributes', 'feats' or other character values. Respeccing in Diablo 3 will allow players to reallocate most or all of their skill points, thus allowing high level characters to change their play style.
+'''Respec''' is slang for '''respecialisation''' and refers to a game feature that allows players to partially or completely reallocate the points they have spent in various [[skill]]s, 'talents', 'attributes', 'feats' or other character values. Most modern RPGs (including [[World of Warcraft]]) have respecs of some kind.
-This was not a feature offered in Diablo 1 or 2, where characters could never change their stat or skill points once they were placed. (Respecs were added to Diablo 2 in the v1.13 patch.)
+Respeccing in Diablo 3 will allow players to reallocate the points they have placed in individual skills, thus allowing players to change the focus of a character, or try out different skills.
-Respecs are a player-friendly feature found in most RPGs, notably Blizzards MMORPG, [[World of WarCraft]].
+Respecs were not allowed in Diablo 2 until the feature was added in the v1.13 patch.
 ==Diablo III Respecs==
 The Diablo 3 designers have committed to including some form of respecs in the game, though the precise mechanism remains to be determined. Game Director [[Jay Wilson]] has said [http://g4tv.com/games/pc/28197/diablo-iii/articles/68225/BlizzCon-2009-Diablo-III-Game-Director-Interview/] that respecs will be one of the main [[gold sink]]s in Diablo 3, but no other details are yet finalized.
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-[[Bashiok]] addressed this issue in September 2010, and added a bit of detail about how respecs will be obtained in Diablo III.
+Diablo 3 Community Manager [[Bashiok]] described their design concept behind respecs in BlizzCast #13, in February 2010. [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzcast-13-is-live/]
 ::'''Bashiok:''' We don't plan to have full resets, they'll be per-skill (if it goes as currently planned), and we don't plan to allow them to be easily obtained. Probably similar to the Diablo II 1.13 respecs a couple will be easy, or granted through quest rewards, but the idea is to involve some amount of rarity, cost, something. What that balance will shake out to mean... I don't know.
 ==Diablo II Respecs==
-Respecs were added in the {{iw|Patch_1.13 v1.13 patch}}. See the Diablo 2 wiki page for full details.
+In [[Diablo II]], prior to v1.13, characters could not alter any of their attribute or skill points after they were initially placed. Not even a single point, just to fix a mis-click.
 * '''{{iw|Respecialization Diablo 2 Respecialization}}
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 ::'''''in.Diablo.d3: '''If you could only change one thing from D2 to make D3. What would be the thing?
 ::'''Jay Wilson: '''*happy and eager* I already did it. Respecs. My design team worked with the D2 patch guys. We highly encouraged it, they did the work.
 ==Diablo I Respecs==
 In [[Diablo I]] spell levels were gained by reading books, and higher level spells were always better (aside from a bug with Mana Shield in earlier versions). There was therefore no need for respecs, and they weren't anything any player ever wanted or thought about.
 [[Category:Skills]]
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 ::'''Jay Wilson: '''We will have respecs. We haven’t determined the mechanism yet, but we’re definitely trying to do something different than a wholesale pay a token price and get all your skills back. We want to have a higher price than that.
-In more recent comments on respecs the [[D3 Team]] has said that their mechanism isn't set yet, but that it will probably be similar to respecs in D2; fairly easy to get the first two or three times, but it'll take some work to earn the ability after you've done it a few times.
 ==Diablo II Respecs==

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	::'''Jay Wilson: '''We will have respecs. We haven’t determined the mechanism yet, but we’re definitely trying to do something different than a wholesale pay a token price and get all your skills back. We want to have a higher price than that.		::'''Jay Wilson: '''We will have respecs. We haven’t determined the mechanism yet, but we’re definitely trying to do something different than a wholesale pay a token price and get all your skills back. We want to have a higher price than that.

		+	In more recent comments on respecs the [[D3 Team]] has said that their mechanism isn't set yet, but that it will probably be similar to respecs in D2; fairly easy to get the first two or three times, but it'll take some work to earn the ability after you've done it a few times.

	==Diablo II Respecs==		==Diablo II Respecs==