Having clusters of hives in some spots is useful. For instance if you put some links on a roof, and you're raining terror from there. Keeping the contingent from your team both supplied, repped, and having at least a couple spawn points up there is useful.

Having a few around a supply depot is also useful for similar reasons strategy-wise. People defending the position can get reps from hives and spawn back at the point to defend it. This is true of any position really, a little bit of equipment spam from logis in various places isn't uncommon.
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Presently, a single logi can pack 3-4 slots of a fitting with a different type nanohive in each, and spam that on top of a building... or wherever. They can do the same with links, proxies, etc. A supply depot becomes a center of these shenanigans because it lets them switch fittings quickly. A particularly lazy logi can do it right there quickly without going anywhere, which is why it gets centered around those areas. Even if it weren't "strategically" useful to have hives/links in that area, it would still be useful to a logi (or person possessing those suits) because they can drop equipment and then switch to another fit to collect WP without actively doing anything after the fact.

The fact that spam causes lag is just gravy for the people that are into that.

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Consider the fact that "slayer" logis are considered bad in that people think they go against the intent of the character. If they nerf logistics combat-power AND restrict the amount of equipment they can put out, you wind up with a pretty serious nerf to the class. Current TTK means repping isn't the most viable practice either.

Persistent equipment and the amount of stuff a single character can put out is built-into the way the game works, and has been for awhile now. The effect and usage of equipment may need to be examined globally if any fix aims to curtail that dynamic. I can see the lag being bad of course, and I know about the would-be "slayer-logi" adjustments too. It's possible that early game balance design wasn't thinking about a logi laying out equipment, then switching to a proto-assault to have the best of both worlds (as many older characters can easily do).

I dislike seeing large clusters of enemy equipment but then i carry flux grenades and they're a good way to get points. If they could remove the hives animation and the uplinks animation in points of high server load it wouldn't be so bad I think

I've seen my own team do this a few times. Putting down about 28 hives around a supply points or even our default spawn point. I wish I could shoot some of those myself...

However, I'm not certain a team limit would help. As a logisis who's whole role is support, I see this really hurting that role. A player limit might be worth looking into though.

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I agree with you on certain points, but it wouldn't be a real "nerf". And here comes again the "skill" discussion: a skilled logi knows where to put hives / uplinks, there's absolutely no need to spam an entire zone with 8 of them. The issue is that:

- It's quite ridiculous that the squad that can deploy most uplinks / rep hives wins

We know it depends on equipments spam, we know people abuse it, we know people do it in pubs for the giggles. Equipments are broken, and make game experience much worse, it's game breaking, much more than an OP suit or weapon. Yes, I know it's a known issue (oh, well at least I hope it is...) but what are you waiting to fix it?

There may be a temporary measure like limiting the total equipments per team, or per player; just do something. Please.

It will kill the logistics dropsuits and makes the assault the same role than thel ogistics.

Getting a team into an area fast and well supplied is how all battles are won.