The developers literally let us switch from a tank set of runes to a DPS set of runes whenever we please, for 0 cost. I believe they did this to let us experiment, play around with different builds, and have fun.
Therefore, we should also be able to re-spec our talents whenever we want. This entire game is about doing things different and discovery. Having to run to a city and pay a fee to re-spec inhibits this goal.
The devs could give everyone a 10-second or 20-second cast ability that, when casted, resets all your talents. Make it not-castable in combat or something. But please, let us try out different specs as we please.
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1 system being flexible doesn’t mean all systems should be flexible 
faulty logic.
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It is kinda weird to have swappable runes on the fly, but talents nah that’s too much lol.
Nevermind that some of these rune abilities are so strong, they might as well be capstone talents.
Looking at you, Penance.
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if you don’t want to change your talents on the fly, then you can simply choose to not-do it.
but don’t oppose something other players would enjoy.
this guy’s mentality is like “hearthstones make the game too easy by allowing fast-travel!”. sir, if you don’t like your hearthstone, you can simply not-use it.
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that’s interesting logic so can we have a vendor who sells BiS items for 1 copper each? And max lvl boosts?
if you don’t want to have access to easy BiS items or max lvl boosts, then you can simply choose to not-do buy them.
but don’t oppose something other players would enjoy.
that is a horrific example of a false equivalency, and you darn well know this.
in theory, all specs are roughly-equally balanced. a warlock changing from affliction to destruction doesn’t give them any advantage over other players. it’s just a quality of life improvement that lets the player have fun. in retail, you can swap specs or change your spec whenever, for free. the game works fine. people like it because it lets you experiment and be flexible.
all items are NOT balanced. you can not just instantly obtain your bis gear.
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Counter point.
You SHOULDNT be able to re-rune for whatever either.
Please fix this blizz and make it so you need to go to your class trainer to rune anything
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Respecs top out at one gold.
Thats half a quest gold reward.
You’ll manage.
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This is a good point.
They did change this for SoD to balance the flexibility of runes while still keeping the gold sink somewhat.
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I accept runes being this hacky, retail mechanic because I think it was the most realistic way for them to get new abilities into the game without messing with trainers and talent trees.
I dont like it, but I accept it as necessary. Respecs are already capped at 1g which is like 5000% easier than it was in era
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runes are free to swap.
specs should be free to swap to. just let us have fun, blizzard.
I think it would make most sense for both to be swappable for free, but only in rested areas.
Talents have always been a commitment, and thet did make it cheaper.
Runes are simply a socket in your gear, not a skill you trained the level for and chose
Consistent logic in game design choices? That’s asking a lot from the current dev team. I’m not sure they even have the skill to grasp the importance of that concept.
They are literally talents that have been cut out of talent trees.
Maybe file a bug report, and suggest that runes be single-use only.
Pretty sure Aggrend has hinted we’ll see dual spec at 40 so I feel like the people acting like no dual spec is some kind of immutable truth are absolute weirdos.
that’s a great idea, make specs able to be swapped for free in cities or inns.
You could just not read this thread if it bothers you so much, but here you are.
