Funkmaster Whale
0uter.Heaven
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Posted - 2014.03.29 06:38:00 -
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I would start with rebalancing the slots and CPU/PG of Assault suits a bit. I still can't fit nearly what I want on a Assault ck.0 with maxed fitting skills without a CPU enhancer.
Compare that to my Sentinel ck.0 that has more CPU/PG than he knows what to do with. Or a Scout ck.0 who has better recharge, recharge delay, speed, all scanning related skills, fits a cloak, and an extra equipment all at the cost of a little bit of EHP and a low slot.
The low slot ultimately accounts for little since, for example, I use them for cardiac regulators and profile dampeners on an Assault to make up for speed/visibility which the scout gets innately with its suit. As far as EHP, with all Shield Extenders on High Slots the Scout only has 100 less Shield compared to Assault (453 vs 553), but trades that for 2 second better delays on both as well as 20 more shield recharge. Effectively Scouts get about one of every non-HP/damage related complex module (scan precision/damp/range, shield regulator, cardiac regulator, kinetic catalyzers) worth of bonuses innately with its suit at the cost of a meager amount of EHP.
This is all just Caldari stuff but I'm sure the other races are likely similar in regards to their discrepancies. Then you compound that with the terrible bonuses that the Assaults get that completely detract the player from any sort of customization because they typically provide some crap bonus to a single weapon type while Scouts get these broad spectrum bonuses to scan, hack, or speed related bonuses. I would much rather have, for example, +5% to shield recharge rate per lvl as a Caldari Assault than some boring ass weapon bonus.
-10% to shield recharge delays per level (Caldari Assault)
+1 to armor/sec (Gallente Assault)
+2% to movement speed (Minn Assault)
Stuff like that. Give us something that doesn't pinhole the suit bonus into using a specific weapon. Give bonuses to things that Assaults would need in battle in a meta sense, like what you did with scouts. Don't force us to use something specific if we want to take advantage of the suit.
IWS said there's talks about ways to buff Assaults so I'm interested to see what they do. Right now they're a little lackluster even with slightly more EHP.
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