Hey CCP, I play as a heavy and assault so I put a lot of thought into this. Many of the people I play with often ask "why do heavies have assault rifles?" I have told them because of the commando suit. You need to spec into heavy in order to use two light weapons. Or spec into the light weapons if your a heavy. Now seeing as they never use the commando class suit after they discover that they can have almost three times the health if they just put it on a sentinel suit. I think to re-enforce the commando class you guys "CCP" should have it so that heavy basics and sentinels can only use heavy weapons and a sidearm. In doing this your giving the commando a purpose again. Instead of it being replaced by the heavy sentinel. And, i've always found it would make sense that a heavy'd only use heavy weapons and a sidearm. So, maybe if you could... consider this in your next update? Because nobody "and i mean nobody" is going to use the commando suit as long as they have a suit like the sentinel suit that can have more than one module on the right or the basic which has more than two on each side. Please? I know for a fact that the commando suit will have a much more prominent role in Dust if you make the heavy sentinels only carry heavy weapons and sidearms. Maybe even add an extra module slot on the commando to sweeten the deal?

Hey CCP, I play as a heavy and assault so I put a lot of thought into this. Many of the people I play with often ask "why do heavies have assault rifles?" I have told them because of the commando suit. You need to spec into heavy in order to use two light weapons. Or spec into the light weapons if your a heavy. Now seeing as they never use the commando class suit after they discover that they can have almost three times the health if they just put it on a sentinel suit. I think to re-enforce the commando class you guys "CCP" should have it so that heavy basics and sentinels can only use heavy weapons and a sidearm. In doing this your giving the commando a purpose again. Instead of it being replaced by the heavy sentinel. And, i've always found it would make sense that a heavy'd only use heavy weapons and a sidearm. So, maybe if you could... consider this in your next update? Because nobody "and i mean nobody" is going to use the commando suit as long as they have a suit like the sentinel suit that can have more than one module on the right or the basic which has more than two on each side. Please? I know for a fact that the commando suit will have a much more prominent role in Dust if you make the heavy sentinels only carry heavy weapons and sidearms. Maybe even add an extra module slot on the commando to sweeten the deal?

I'm getting really tired of saying this.........



Until there are more heavy weapons things should stay as is

The problem with doing what you propose is that it totally gimps sentinals and basics at mid/long range....
If there was a heavy mid range anti infantry weapon then I would be all for it

Hey CCP, I play as a heavy and assault so I put a lot of thought into this. Many of the people I play with often ask "why do heavies have assault rifles?" I have told them because of the commando suit. You need to spec into heavy in order to use two light weapons. Or spec into the light weapons if your a heavy. Now seeing as they never use the commando class suit after they discover that they can have almost three times the health if they just put it on a sentinel suit. I think to re-enforce the commando class you guys "CCP" should have it so that heavy basics and sentinels can only use heavy weapons and a sidearm. In doing this your giving the commando a purpose again. Instead of it being replaced by the heavy sentinel. And, i've always found it would make sense that a heavy'd only use heavy weapons and a sidearm. So, maybe if you could... consider this in your next update? Because nobody "and i mean nobody" is going to use the commando suit as long as they have a suit like the sentinel suit that can have more than one module on the right or the basic which has more than two on each side. Please? I know for a fact that the commando suit will have a much more prominent role in Dust if you make the heavy sentinels only carry heavy weapons and sidearms. Maybe even add an extra module slot on the commando to sweeten the deal?

"oh no this gun is too light! I can't carry it!"

Restricting heavy and light weapon slots only to weapons that fit exactly in the weight range makes no sense.

I used to run a heavy with a laser all the time. Why? Because I was able to get a lot of damage downrange and be able to soak up any and all damage that came back my way. If I was stuck with only using the forge or HMG I wouldn't have been able to have as solid of a defense of an area.

There's a fit I have that I still break out pretty often. It's a heavy sniper. It's an ADV suit with a ADV tac rifle That I bust out for counter sniping. Guess what? I think it's perfectly valid to want to use a suit with enough EHP to soak up a couple sniper rounds to line up your shot. There aren't a lot of reasons not to.

So why shouldn't a sentinal be able to grab a RR and own an open area? You know, actually being able to defend an area? their entire job? They're slow, and you can usually pick them off if you use the right tactics anyway (hit and run, and making sure to pick off their pocket logi if they have one) so why shouldn't someone be able to pick the right weapon for the job?

This game needs more options, not less.

An easy "fix" to the wrong-class weapon "problem" may be just to buff suits when using their appropriate weapon class. Assault suits get a bonus to light weapon damage--say, 15-20%, but light weapon damages are nerfed 15-20% across the board. So, when using an assault suit, you put out full damage, but when using Logi or Heavy suit, you put out reduced damage (to emphasize the intended role of the suit). But in no case should creativity be limited arbitrarily. If that happens, Dust will be just like every other shooter out there.

I'm getting really tired of saying this.........



Until there are more heavy weapons things should stay as is

The problem with doing what you propose is that it totally gimps sentinals and basics at mid/long range....
If there was a heavy mid range anti infantry weapon then I would be all for it

Maybe the suit with highest total ehp available is not meant to xecel at EVERY range and EVERY situtaion. But those who think the only way to play dust is by stacking as much ehp as possible will surely goe for heavies...

I guess noone could complain If all suits could use heavy weapons. Currently the Heavy/sentinal is the ONLY suits with exclusive gear (and a very powerfull as well). And thiy excusive gear makes NO sense.

If dust was abou excusive gear why can any suit use Assaultrifles or cloaks?

This should not be done. Plain and simple. It is plain wrong to limit Heavies to only heavy weapons. Especially when the game only has two heavy weapons.

I almost wish there was just plain weapon slots with the ability to fit whatever weapons can fit. I can live with the current heavy, light, and sidearm slots though.

Making even more restrictions would just go against the core philosophy of New Eden though. More options, and more sandbox is needed, not hard coded restrictions to our actions. We need more freedom, not less freedom.