Unlearning certs and removing implants

[Cyanide]

Since many of us aren't exactly sure what we want to do in the game, i thought i would ask exactly how the game handles the unlearning of certs and the removal of implants.

When you unlearn a cert does it give you back any part of the points you spent to get it? Do you have to earn new points before you can get another certification or implant? Is there any length of time you must wait before getting new certs or implants after you unlearn or remove one?

[Lexington_Steele]

When you unlearn a cert you get back all the cert point you paid for it. However, you can't spend any cert points for 24 hours.

So say for example you have 15 cert points. You spend 3 on Mosquito, leaving you with 12. You decide you don't want the mosquito, so you unlearn it. Then you can not spend any cert points for 24 hours. That means you can not spend the remaining 12 points or the 3 you got back from the mosquito.

As far as Implant, you can switch them whenever you are at an implant terminal. There is no penalty for switching. Implant terminals are found on your faction's sanctuary and at all Bio Lab facilities.

[Dravz]

The Virtual Reality room in your sanctuary is a good place to get a feel for all the weapons and vehicles without actually having to cert them.

[Phenom]

Implants remind me of the go 'ole days when we used to hit up some heroin, lay back, and chill. O wait... i shouldn't being telling you this

It even makes a similar sound when you get hte implant

[�io]

They are suppose to change cert system making it 1 cert per 24hrs instead of 1 cert after 24hrs(i.e. you can change the cert instantly but cannot do it for 24hrs thereafter) but they haven't done it yet, maybe with open beta though...

[BUGGER]

wait wat? I thought like you got sumtin with those points then you rmoved it. Wouldn't it be just you cant use that cert, but you can still use the cert points?

and also wtf is up with these long time periods for everything? Why cant they make em at the most an hour? cause if once we uncerted ourselves, then we cant use any certs or crud, and if anything, it'll kill the game....

[�io]

It's to prevent people from changing certs for a specific attack then change for another. The key item in PS is teamwork and if everybody could change their character for any situation then teamwork would go out the door.

[Tieom]

If I had it my way, it would be:
Cert removed in 20 minutes if you take it off before one hour has passed since you got the cert.
One 2 hour cert removal/24 hour period.

So if the thing seems great in VR, but in actual combat situations you hate it, you can get rid of it quickly (One hour should be enough time to try out your new toy). Every day you can get one cert removed with a 2 hour delay.

That's the way I'd do it...

Edit: Actually, instant removal of certs under any circumstances would lead to serious abuse for specific attacks. Thus, 20 minute delay if youve had it for less than an hour, 2 hour delay otherwise. If your squad wants to wait 20 minutes for you to remove your reaver cert for a galaxy cert, then, well, that's their decision...