Continued from 3rd post
3. Prof skill.
This skill is simply to strong at the moment. So I suggest 2 different approaches.
1. 2% damage increase while within optimal range
2. % bonus to any attribute that affect DPS other then damage(rof,clip size etc.)

This does 2 things for us.
1. it lessens the gap between vet and new players. Currently a new player can't hope to catch up to the damage of vet player between this and damage mods. So they will feel the need to proto a weapon simply to unlock this skill. With so little skillpints this forces them into a very specialized role and destroy versatility.

2. It allows range to be the control factor that ccp can use for balancing. By not allowing us to increase our range from multiple sources CCP is capable of creating a more balanced environment as well as more niche weapons.

Almost forgot.

During my re-balance of modules I made a big change to reactive armor plates I forgot to mention.

Reactive Plates. During the balancing of these I decided their function needed to change and become more reactive. So now the reactive plates have 2 rate of armor repair the first one is rate of repair while you have shields. The 2nd one is rate of repair while your shields are depleted. I think this gives them a much better niche role and allows them to be usable by both armor and shield tanks. a shield tank gets a small armor repair and a little buffer but may take them longer to heal armor. For the armor tank this gives them the ability to play a strong hit and hide. By giving them a bigger buffer they can come out of cover a trade shots. Now once their shield are depleted they can go behind cover regen their armor at a quicken rate. Once their shield start to regen they will want to re-attack this allows them to use more of a regeneration tank style. pushing the battle when the enemy is ready knowing they will have the upper hand in hitpoints.