I've previously advocated that Active Scanners should work as a multiplier of the suit's precision, with variants having a meaningful change in how they work (flux obviously being able to cover up a lot more range but it shouldn't have the same precision as, say, a quantum). This also means a more meaningful impact when used by Scouts.

Grenades shouldn't be something that can be so easily spammed and there should be some consideration behind using them - locus grenades, in my opinion, shouldn't be so much a killing tool as a damaging one. Something to finish off a target or soften them up. Just as well, there shouldn't be so many of them (three is a bit excessive). There was a suggestion of having separate grenade slots where suits could fit as many as that particular suit would allow, so you could potentially fit a flux grenade and a locus grenade on one suit.

Drop Uplinks have always been a problem and I think that reducing the ability to field more than one type of equipment slot of the same kind (fielding Triage -AND- Gauged hives as an example) will have a significant impact on that. If not, there is always the opportunity to implement a capacity limit for a team as to prevent the mass spamming of them, forcing them to be more tactically placed by design.

stop with the excuses man.....

Nowadays, I see adv level logi suits with more hp than my cal assault suit.

Here's a quick fix:
If you increase cook time on locus by 3 extra seconds and it takes 2 clusters of a hive to regain 1 nade I would assert the spam would stop.

Increase Flux by a comparable amount.

If I had it my way nades would do 100% to shields and 100% to armor and have 2 differing variants, namely sleek and packed.

Tweak the figures how you will but a sleek would essentially be a large AOE with reduced dps and packed would be a tight AOE but do significantly more dps. No headshots with nades. This option wouldn't employ the increased cook time previously mentioned. Then contact nades would be relevant again as well.

Well, I hope it's not what CCP wanted

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pelj30qHe3A

You can't tell me, CCP, that this is what you wanted. I hope that it isn't. Sad thing is that this is what corp battles has come down to....nothing but grenade, scanner, and drop uplink spam.

No disrespect to the parties involved cause it isn't your fault. Once one person abuses cheesy mechanics designed in this game, then you have to in order to be able to compete.

But seriously, I'm so glad that I had to work because I would have signed up for this tournament. And would have been utterly pissed off because of the grenade and explosives spam. This has to stop CCP...if you like suggestions on what you can do to reduce the spam without removing the weapons, then I'd be glad to oblige. But this has to end....it takes away from shooter skill, great tactics, and in-game enjoyment.

Contact grenades were apparently supposed to turn into sticky grenades. I kinda like the idea of increasing the cook time but at the same time I don't think it's that big of a change when they still OHK you. I'd rather they just reduce the damage on them to something more feasible to work with so that's it more of a finisher/softener as opposed to an entire play-style.

Maybe give us a Grenadier suit or something a few years from now that gets a bonus to explosives or something, lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pelj30qHe3A

You can't tell me, CCP, that this is what you wanted. I hope that it isn't. Sad thing is that this is what corp battles has come down to....nothing but grenade, scanner, and drop uplink spam.

No disrespect to the parties involved cause it isn't your fault. Once one person abuses cheesy mechanics designed in this game, then you have to in order to be able to compete.

But seriously, I'm so glad that I had to work because I would have signed up for this tournament. And would have been utterly pissed off because of the grenade and explosives spam. This has to stop CCP...if you like suggestions on what you can do to reduce the spam without removing the weapons, then I'd be glad to oblige. But this has to end....it takes away from shooter skill, great tactics, and in-game enjoyment.

1.) They don't OHK proto suits at full str without a headshot multiplier or a weakly tanked suit...or a scout that would be killed unless you nerf grenade damage to do a max of around...what 300?

2.) I disagree. Provide 2 types make a large aoe that does Very limited damage and owuld be your "finisher/softener" and also provide a grenade that has a very small radius that would allow skilled name throwers like myself to lob them precisely for a greater reward.

As previously stated increasing cook time is a simple fix...my preferred approach is detailed in the bottom portion you didn't comment on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pelj30qHe3A

You can't tell me, CCP, that this is what you wanted. I hope that it isn't. Sad thing is that this is what corp battles has come down to....nothing but grenade, scanner, and drop uplink spam.

No disrespect to the parties involved cause it isn't your fault. Once one person abuses cheesy mechanics designed in this game, then you have to in order to be able to compete.

But seriously, I'm so glad that I had to work because I would have signed up for this tournament. And would have been utterly pissed off because of the grenade and explosives spam. This has to stop CCP...if you like suggestions on what you can do to reduce the spam without removing the weapons, then I'd be glad to oblige. But this has to end....it takes away from shooter skill, great tactics, and in-game enjoyment.