New players are bound to make mistakes in Underrail, and instead of showing them a big middle finger, give them an option to save their IRL time and adjust their build on the fly
Making mistakes and dealing with them is a core part of any good RPG. Choices and consequences apply to character building, too.
no starting from scratch bullshit.
Starting from scratch should not be necessary unless you intentionally gimped your build. It's your own personal choice. I never did that, ever.
"The player will abuse the game" who cares? Those who want to play "fair and square" and those who want to cheat, it's their moral choice, give them an option to do both.
Sure, it's your right to cheat to your heart's content. It's also the developer's right to not make cheating any easier. If respec was implemented, it wouldn't be cheating anymore. It would be using a legitimate tool the game offers.
I'm yet to hear anyone to complain about respec options in any video game and Underrail isn't an exception, it will only benefit from it.
You haven't heard that many people then. Anyways, neither of us has any say in the matter, really. Styg made it known that he's against respec a long time ago.