Vespasian Andendare
Subsonic Synthesis
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2014.02.18 20:09:00 -
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emtbraincase wrote:I think the doomsayers are a little bit excessive in their claims that Logi is now useless......but only to a certain extent. Everything mentioned is accurate except I see it as changing Logibro from a "master-of-all-logi-trades" to a "jack-of-all-logi-trades, master-of-only-one". This means that while any 1 item will remain relatively steady, the rest will all be diminished based on suit preference, and some people like myself now have a suit they love, and it doesn't jive with what equipment we want. I run GalLogi, hate scanners, and use hives and rep tool on every suit (keep scanner cuz u kinda gotta right now, and uplinks are Satan in my mind since got a few peeps who run them well). I am going to need to choose whether to switch suits to maintain my current logi playstyle (Cal or Min), or I keep my Gallogi and become a slayer with it since it's bonus is useles to me. I personally don't like this choice, but I will say to myself as I say to almost everyone who is pissed about something related to this game and feels they are being singled out for negative alterations or treated unfairly.......
Welcome to New Eden.
This is very true, but I think a counter point here is that you don't have to switch suits, given that you don't like scanners but are specced into Gallente Logi. The fact is that Gallente Logi still brings the innate armor repair (probably, not released yet), strong armor tanking/slot count, many equipment slots, etc. That's why you should go Gallente Logi. The scan bonuses are nice, but you're not seeing the whole picture. You still have many more equipment slots (and more HP) than an assault suit. Yes, Gal. Logi will be the best at scanning, to be sure, as Caldari Logi will be at hives, Amarr at uplinks, and Minmatar at repairing. CCP is creating a distinction between Logi = healer and Logi = support. They're making Logi into a broader role that supports other players on the battlefield, by providing them various buffs (ability to spawn wherever faster/better, ability to replenish supplies more/better, providing tactical information on other team for longer, healing their damaged armor/allowing them to last longer in the battle).
Gone are the days of the master Logi do-it-alls. It's probably a very healthy change for the game. I do think it's curious, however, that the two shield tanking races are the best at armor-related triage, through Caldari-buffed hives or Minmatar-buffed repair. I understand the racial connection to the equipment; it's just an oddity the way it turned out.
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Vespasian Andendare
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Posted - 2014.03.10 15:04:00 -
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Is the difference between the Advanced P-13 Quantum Drop Uplink and the Prototype Viziam uplink really just 1 second of respawn time and 25 hp? This hardly seems like a bargain, considering the increased isk cost (+63% higher (6,630)) and the fact that a single flux will wipe them both out. Shouldn't the Prototype tier offer 10 sec respawns, with its variants retaining the 8 and 6 sec variants currently shown? The other "Advanced Plus" variant uses offers the Prototype tier's 11 sec spawn time but it only has a maximum 15 spawn count (the regular Advanced tier's amount) compared to 20 for Prototype (+25%).
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