Shorly: For the first 50 days, a newely created/reactivated account can reallocate EP with no credits required.

Let me explain why this is a very good decision.
I'm a new player, but i know the basics and read the forums. If someone have alt paranoia, he can ask devs to confirm that this is my best character.
I've seen the messages on forum and in the game about how some newbies are frustrated by very slow EP accumulation and get bored by waiting.
But, the fact is, i've mined on Riveler on my first day yesterday. And tomorrow i'll have a Scarab to move the ore quickly. So i'm not asking for myself. The only advantages i had is:
1) i've bought 2xICE, sold it on market, for convinient start. Waited for sale, actually, bought a booster too.
2) i've knew what to train and the fact that above lvl-5 it's very expensive to train and i need to think better before upping it further.

As everyone can see, a newbie can do fine. Or at least, be more concerned abouth how to make money.
Despite i'm only 2 days old, i've been helping other newbies with advices. Since i don't know many details about this game, the first thing was always some variations "don't train above lvl 5 unless you need it and don't spend EP too quick".
Because you're giving the new players ~2 months worth of EP, but they can throw it away. For example, train a couple of most useful skills at 8-9, but leaving many others. The result is they can't do much, they wanted to sit in mech, but suddenly found out that they won't get another 40k of EP very soon. So they get frustrated. Because it's really a pain when you can't even sit in average Mk1 bot. Piloting an ineffective mech is already much more ineresting and at least ypu know you're improwing, not just waiting to be able to play! If they'll have a free downgrading option, then they'll downgrade some expesive skills they bought and be able to pilot what they wanted without waiting. It'll also five them an oppertunity to experiment, change the course of training if they didn't liked it. The other faction, specialisation(mining/combat), or just undone the mistake of cross training early.

I know it's not expensive. But some people don't want to spend money on the game in which they've screwed from the start. More shortly: people don't like things that makes them feel like *** from the very begining. Simple. So just give people freedom to undone their mistakes, because it's actually not their fault - no one wants to read the guides before playing, everyone prefers to just try it themselves right now and ask on the way.