Zero Harpuia
Turalyon 514
Turalyon Alliance
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Posted - 2013.11.26 17:12:00 -
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Many people have been clamoring to nerf the Logistics suits in such a silly way. They want to remove the Light Weapon slot from Logistics suits, and most of them want to replace it with a Sidearm Weapon slot. Some of the more deranged want to replace it with nothing, but lets ignore that for the time being. Let us also ignore how silly this kind of nerf is, and how it won't fix a great deal of the 'Slayer-Logi' issues. Let us focus on the player impact. Let's get some pathos in here.
If I have a Logistics Suit (and i do, two in fact) I only have one weapon. With all the SP I have to invest in Nanocircuitry, Repair Tools, and all the other Logistics places, along with all the Core upgrades that Logistics players have to use to get the most out of their higher fitting, I don't have much left over for guns. So what gun so I choose?
I can choose a Sidearm class or Light class. With Light being stronger than Sidearm, of course I'll choose Light. So I start spending my SP on something universal, like the AR or ScR or MD. Once I get that to a good level, maybe I'll skill something more situational like the Shotgun, Sniper Rifle, or Laser Rifle. The point is, most of us besides the Amarr Logistics have probably ignored Sidearms, or at least put the majority of our free SP into Light weapons. I being an Amarr/Minmatar I have SMGs so this doesn't apply to me as much, but think about the others.
So, on goes this Logi, he does his job, pays his corptaxes, maybe even is an ACTUAL LOGI. But here comes the nerfbat, and his Light slot gets hit. He is going to be PISSED, and for good reason. All that SP he spent is now wasted. He's either going to have to abandon the SP he spent on his suit, his equipment, and a few modules because he wants to keep his light weapons, or he has to abandon the light weapons and skill a sidearm to keep all the points in his suit setup.
I want you to ask yourself right now, Logi or not, Assault or not, Vehicle player, AV specialist, whatever you are. How much have you spent on your suit/chassis? Now on your guns/turrets? What if CCP issued a patch that made it so you could use one or the other, but not both? Would you be pissed? Would YOU want reparations? What would YOU do?
Shields as Weapons
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Zero Harpuia
Turalyon 514
Turalyon Alliance
1249
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Posted - 2013.11.26 17:50:00 -
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DUST Fiend wrote:Your light weapon skill tree would be refunded and you could then choose the godly SMG, or a scrambler pistol if you've got good aim. Maybe a flaylock with seeker missiles or god only knows what else there is come then.
I'm not saying whether sidearm only would be good or not, but you wouldn't be stuck with that light weapon SP if CCP decided to go that route.
Why refund the Light Weapon SP? Maybe the player wants to use their Light Weapon more than they want to continue healing their teammates? Getting nerfed is sure to create some disgruntled Logis. That would be like removing the Heavy's Heavy Slot, so they refund his Heavy Weapon SP. Would a Heavy without Heavy weapons still want to be a Heavy? I know that Heavy Weapons are more integral to a Heavy than Light are to a Logi, but you must understand. If a player's combat choices are suddenly limited sue to no fault of their own, they will be right in asking for an out. Think of the number of playstyles the Sidearms accommodate compared to the Light Weapons. It would create a large number of disenfranchised players.
Shields as Weapons
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