Matticus Monk
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Posted - 2014.02.26 19:36:00 -
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Zeylon Rho wrote: This isn't about revenge on classes that had it good. That's a horrible way to balance games.
The point isn't a "buff" to logistics necessarily either. It's more akin to clarifying their role better in context of the scout changes. If the scouts are all getting 2 equip slots across the board, then the Logi role as equipment holders is threatened on the STD level specifically with these two races. I wouldn't suggest just up and giving them both an extra equip slot, because I imagine the logis were originally balanced in context of those two races having fewer equip slots.
So, I'm asking for the stat/slot adjustment to take place across the medium frames to rectify the issue in a more holistic fashion. All the logis at STD will have 3 equip slots to have a 1 equip slot edge on the scouts (as opposed to a solution that nerfs scouts, which is a bad idea I think). The rest of the stats on the logis/mediums can shift as needed to better establish the role or justify that slot changes.
This is a good concern. If I was a Cal Logi (I'm a full-time scout, actually), I would really consider running a Cal scout suit instead of any of my STD logi suits. It wouldn't be as efficient without the logi EQ bonus, but the additional high slot (which I could always leave blank for extra CPU/PG for my EQ), speed, and a sidearm would probably make this my go-to cheap suit for the beginning of the match push towards objectives. Additionally, there are stealth and situational awareness bonuses such as precision and scan range.
True logi's may not choose to go this route, perhaps because they wouldn't want to miss out on the EQ bonus or other racial logi bonus, such as the Caldari bonus to Nanohives.... but, I'm not sure if these logi benefits will be enough to make the suit a clear choice over just picking up a basic light caldari frame for minimal SP and just running that.
Another EQ slot for the frames with only 2L at STD may be the way to go. It's probably better than additional high/low slots as it gives a real incentive to use the STD logi suits. However, increasing the total number of slots could make other issues....
Hope CCP takes a closer look at this. It makes sense to consider.
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