Even restricting logis to only 3 weapons is insane. Mordecai's idea wouldn't affect the logis that no one complains about, and would make life harder for the equipment spammers and people that abuse the Logi suit. His idea would stop people from complaining about logis. It would allow the real logibros to be logibros, while defining the role more. All without any real nerf. I fully support his idea.

I use Gal logi quite a bit. I like the equipment fitting bonus, it makes sense with the three slots you get.

I was looking at some of the other bonuses and the Amarr armor local rep seems silly. So does the Minmatar hacking bonus. The Caldari shield regulator bonus makes it more of an assault suit.

If I could change the bonuses, I would make them:

* Gallente: Equipment fitting (stays same)

* Amarr: Armor rep amount bonus (like a miniature Guardian - Amarr logi ship in EVE )

* Minmatar: Bonus to remote explosive damage (move hacking bonus to Caldari scout)

* Caldari: Bonus to those future portable shield bubbles (making it the choice for medic role)

Me myself would use dual scramblre pistols with amarr logi. AND there are still sidearms to come, ion pistol, mac sec smg's,,,etc...

Cool, and I believe a real logi bro like myself is still effective with a sidearm because I am, it wouldn't just be that but assault would also lose their equipment slot, this way both roles are dependant on eachother but I also think mordecais idea is good and have been bumping it, try reading a thread before commenting,

Even restricting logis to only 3 weapons is insane. Mordecai's idea wouldn't affect the logis that no one complains about, and would make life harder for the equipment spammers and people that abuse the Logi suit. His idea would stop people from complaining about logis. It would allow the real logibros to be logibros, while defining the role more. All without any real nerf. I fully support his idea.

Look the thing is; med frames dont sacrifice anything in exchange for their preformance.
Light frames sacrifice HP for speed an dampening.Heavies sacrifice Speed and dampening for Heavy weapons and HP. What do Logis sacrifice? dont get me wrong i use logi on regular basis...but what do they sacrifice? Nothing.

High amount of slots and PG/CPU fix any downfall the logis might have. ME , being an assault and logi wouldnt mind sidearm only logis and equipless assaults:

GÖª Scouts: more speed and dampening,EQ slots at the exchange of HP
GÖª Heavies: Heavy weapon and HP in exchange for Speed and Dampening
GÖª Assaults: Good HP and mobility at the exchange of not having an equipment slot.
GÖª Logis: Good HP and adaptability , also multiple equipment slot at the expense of only being able to equip sidearms.

This way,everybody has a weakness. Im not saying this IS the way to go,just saying i see how it would balance the game.

I too can do just fine with an SMG, I've been using just an SMG all day.
Im going to be honest here, I like Plasma Cannons and ScRs too much. I won't stand to let them get taken away from me because Assaults are crying for a nerf.

Look the thing is; med frames dont sacrifice anything in exchange for their preformance.
Light frames sacrifice HP for speed an dampening.Heavies sacrifice Speed and dampening for Heavy weapons and HP. What do Logis sacrifice? dont get me wrong i use logi on regular basis...but what do they sacrifice? Nothing.

High amount of slots and PG/CPU fix any downfall the logis might have. ME , being an assault and logi wouldnt mind sidearm only logis and equipless assaults:

GÖª Scouts: more speed and dampening,EQ slots at the exchange of HP
GÖª Heavies: Heavy weapon and HP in exchange for Speed and Dampening
GÖª Assaults: Good HP and mobility at the exchange of not having an equipment slot.
GÖª Logis: Good HP and adaptability , also multiple equipment slot at the expense of only being able to equip sidearms.

This way,everybody has a weakness. Im not saying this IS the way to go,just saying i see how it would balance the game.

@ Mordecai Sanguine:
Breach scrambler pistol + burst S.P
Assault Sp + burst Sp

Both combinations have been effective in various situations...

The balance would be assault loses its equipment making both more dependant on eachother, defining both roles better and encouraging team work, noone likes this though so people will whine forever about logi hp and fake logis.

It's not balanced.
Assault don't really give a f*ck about their slot.
In combat it will not changing anything for him.
For him the changement will be secondary.

For the logi who lose 90% of his firepower it will be the end.
It will became an heal slave who can't survive without other people.
While assault can still do his job.

The balance would be assault loses its equipment making both more dependant on eachother, defining both roles better and encouraging team work, noone likes this though so people will whine forever about logi hp and fake logis.

It's not balanced.
Assault don't really give a f*ck about their slot.
In combat it will not changing anything for him.
For him the changement will be secondary.

For the logi who lose 90% of his firepower it will be the end.
It will became an heal slave who can't survive without other people.
While assault can still do his job.

Your idea sound like a nerf to logis, real and fake, with a "nerf" to assaults so they are "balanced". A light weapon slot is worth a lot more than an equipment slot.

I use a sidearm on it's own and I can assure you its good enough, I'm not Just a heal slave at all

So you have completely missed how this would encourage more teamwork. Ok understood.

Even.
Assault don't give a f*ck about their logi.
In fact Logi is yellow and always shot in first place.
What you want is the Logi as a human shield for assault.

Assault will NEVER protect his Logi and even if he tried the logi will be shot first.

It will encourage teamwork ONLY for the Logi because without he can't even survive.....
For the assault...Meh who cares ?

I know it would encourage teamwork. But that isn't the issue, there is enough teamwork as is. The issue is that people are abusing logistics suits to get stats similar to assault suits. Mordecai's idea would greatly help prevent that.

How many assaults would care that their Equipment slot was gone with all the free Logi kills they would be getting? Because I can tell you pretty much every Logi would care that they don't have a light weapon anymore. Your idea is heavily in favor of assaults, by a wide margin.

I know you have a good intention but stop having ideas about "weapon restriction".
Logis are not slave or human shield or free kill for assault don't forget it....

Assaults run out of ammo very quick, they need uplinks, revives and healing, I can assure you that you are wrong.

I know you have a good intention but stop having ideas about "weapon restriction".
Logis are not slave or human shield or free kill for assault don't forget it....

Assaults run out of ammo very quick, they need uplinks, revives and healing, I can assure you that you are wrong.

I doesn't change the fact than Logi will not survive to help the assault.
So anyway the logi will be dead and couldn't help the assault.

Even if one day the assault and the Logi play as teamwork as you think (It will be NEVER).
The logi is always shot in first and will never survive with secondary weapon or will be about to die.
So he's dead and can't help OR he needs help so he will need a Logi to help the logi

they best consider a respec with any changes like this, would sure hate the lose the 3mil + I've dumped into ar skills.

I manage to lay nano hives, uplinks and rep players while still getting my fair share of kills. The problem isn't the suit, its the people in them. Nerf the suit? No, that won't fix anything. Your idea is just ridiculous.