Waiyu Ren
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Posted - 2014.03.23 05:49:00 -
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I don't think a Pilot suit will even be possible if it adds any bonus at all... Unless Vehicles are completely neutered to the point of uselessness first, which no one really wants, probably.
If however you were prevented from calling or even acting as the primary operator of a Vehicle unless in a Pilot suit, and that suit had, at best, passive non-skill based bonuses such as a wider POV, incoming fire and proximity warnings? That would be do-able, and quite possibly better balanced than what we have now.
Capacitors, if i understand how they work, would maybe also help vehicles to need to fulfil roles other than meat grinder.
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Waiyu Ren
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Posted - 2014.03.23 06:43:00 -
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If they wanted to release a pilot suit today, as half-assed as possible, they could do it by simply removing the vehicle skill trees and shoving them into the "Pilot Suit skill tree".
Does anyone know what the original intent of CCP was in regards to that suit? It doesn't seem to fit the lore of New Eden as i understand it: Pilots just plug in directly, no need for an interface suit.
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Waiyu Ren
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Posted - 2014.03.25 05:10:00 -
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Vulpes Dolosus wrote:Well, given CCP's precedent with the Logi skill change and equipment nerfs, I'm sure vehicles will be dialed back if pilots suits are given a bonus to vehicle aspects. My ideas:
Suit Bonus: 2% increase to all resistances per level
Gallente: 2-3% increase to armor repair amount per level
Caldari: 5% increase to shield extender amount per level
Minmatar: 3-5% increase to vehicle agility (not speed) per level
Amarr: 2-3% increase to base armor and armor plates per level
I like this, and I'm pretty sure you are right. If Pilot suits became a thing, then they would probably look like this to an extent.
I still don't like the idea of hard number-bonuses though, I would much rather that a "unique" suit was actually unique in what it offered, but it's probably unavoidable.
My idea:
Automatic pilot suit bonus: Augmented senses. The pilot plugs directly into the vehicle's Ai and sensor systems net, granting the following bonuses: 3rd person perspective and missile/proxy warning (even if not limiting operation to pilot-suited mercs only, I would still force them into a 1st person view and cut them off from any early warning system the vehicle had unless they wore the suit)
Per level bonus: Would have to be racial, and probably non-vehicle class specific. If it's an Amarr suit, it needs to apply to all Amarr vehicles or the system would be too clunky.
Perhaps:
Gallente: Repping rate bonus?
Caldari: Recharge rate bonus?
Minmatar: Booster increase bonus?
Amarr: Capacitor charge extension? (see what i did there?)
I would set these bonuses to a rate equal to 1/5 of the relevant module, so that at proto level you would essentially gain a free module of that type. But then I would also make the fitting of ALL modules slightly more expensive.
The suit itself I would give racial stats, but no slots other than a sidearm and one equipment. At the very most, I would simply make it a frontline fitting.
It should exist to give a pilot a slight edge, not make vehicles broken, or turn them into nothing more than expensive EHP buffers without it....
The way I see it, vehicles are in a pretty good place. I wouldn't want to buff them, nor really nerf them. Those innate damage resistances can probably go though, given the lowered damage capabilities of their squishier opponents. 
(As a matter of fact, I think damage resistances in general are a really bad idea.)
Sigh. In the end this is probably all just pointless hot air. It would be far easier for CCP to simply remove the Pilot Suit entry than to hammer room for it in three whole skill trees plus vehicle game mechanics. I had an enormous amount of fun writing it though, so win?
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