Well, if you know a scout is nearby, you could use it to instagib them, but right now the ScRP does it better and faster

fit for gallente assault-duvolle tact, creodron ion pistol, 3x enhanced armor plates, 1x kin cat, 1x proto triage hive, 2x damage mods, 1x precision enhancer. You are now OP. Minmitar assault "OP" fit-4x shield extenders, 1x damage mod, 1x cpu mod, 1x Pg mod

Where is this Scrambler Rifle Pistol you speak of?

1. Shield extender/armor plate disparity has not yet been addressed, and it ruins gameplay immensely to having armor tanked gallants be the only viable suits in the game

2. Tank spam has not been fixed-there needs to be a harder cap on the number of tanks per team. If one tank=3 infantry, it doesn't matter how many people are going AV to take out tanks, especially if the tanks stick together, because even with the new WP options, tanks will still be impossible to kill if they become spammed. The damage mod nerf was needed, but sniper rifles, swarms, and plasma cannons need a damage buff to make up for what they potentially lost

3. Gimped weapons remain gimped or even nerfed (flay lock/shotgun), while ok weapons are nerfed(SMG), and better ones are introduced(Magsec), and the best of them all (HMG) receives no nerf.

4. Lag will become an even more serious issue in 1.8 with the increase of skills that must be calculated and no fix has yet been created. I have a decent idea to fixing skill point related lag, if a dev asks i will share it

5. Many glaring imbalance issues exist ATM. If you don't play a heavy, you won't play anymore. And once they get nerfed, the scout is next.

However, there are many things you got right. Proficiency changes on all but the shotgun are good, full racial parity is a huge plus, damage mod nerf is a good step if niche weapons received a buff, vehicle WP is very good, rifle nerfs are very good, scout buff is good, but i fear it may have been just over the top. Logi slayers will have, for the most part disappeared, (hopefully), however, very few will run Logi in 1.8, which is a problem.

Really, the only problems are balance issues right now that could be easily ameliorated in an upcoming hot fix.

this is blatantly false. shields give far less hp, have far greater fitting costs, in exchange for slightly higher movement speed in a game with massive amounts of aim assist. They are only more viable than armor if you have an infinite number of slots for highs or lows and infinite fitting capacities

i believe this post nulls all of your opinions on the issues of balance in this game, however, i will continue to respond

i am nearly 100% certain that SP has a huge effect on lag, primarily because i believe the server makes the calculations in a very repetitive method and calls the functions for determining the values for each individual stat of the player. Im not saying its the only issue, however, i believe i would have a little bit more prerequisite knowledge than you in this case.

Heavies are far greater than even the scout in 1.8, and logistics is the least ISK viable role on the battlefield due to ludicrous equipment costs. I was unaware that ranges were hardcoded, but still that is an off topic point, and would have been easily remedied pre-1.8

fit for gallente assault-duvolle tact, creodron ion pistol, 3x enhanced armor plates, 1x kin cat, 1x proto triage hive, 2x damage mods, 1x precision enhancer. You are now OP. Minmitar assault "OP" fit-4x shield extenders, 1x damage mod, 1x cpu mod, 1x Pg mod

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