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Posted - 2014.03.31 12:45:00 -
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(Before anything else, I know CalLogi's have the bonus to nanohives. I'm not a Caldari never will be. I Think CCP went to far on the equipment nerfs after playing 1.8 for awhile but let's focus on hives.)
I feel that while trying to "Fix" the grenade spam issue, CCP has double nerfed the nanohives for non-CalLogi players. I run a minlogi full time other then when it gets to expensive, which recently is most of the time. My hives suck. It's not the lower resupply rate or the decreased nanites that are the issue. It some random blue running through my defensive position from which I am laying down long range fire and popping my ammo source because they threw a grenade earlier.
This is obviously a unseen side effect of CCP trying to do a good thing and doing it too well. By trying to fix grenade spam and equipment spam, they've destroyed a majority of players resupply ability. Increasing grenade nanite packet costs and decreasing nanohive nanite packets was simply another case of trying to hard to fix something. Changes need to come gradually.
I propose a couple of things that might be a fix:
1. Simply remove the ability to resupply grenades from nanohives. Ammo and Triage only. Supply depots for are grenades and would make them more tactically valuable. This is only viable if AV grenades are increased back to 3.
2. Decrease grenade nanite costs back to 1.7 values, maybe a little higher. Wouldn't fix the issue but it would be a start and a slight increase in grenade spam.
3. Probably the hardest from the development side but I think the best fix. Separate grenades and ammo/triage resupply. You could still get the one grenade from a hive but it wouldn't instapop it. Others could continue to benefit from the ammo besides that random blueberry.
Thoughts?
-Nox
-Omnes una manet Nox
(The same night awaits us all)
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Posted - 2014.03.31 13:07:00 -
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CCP loves the double nerfs, don't they?
As you stated, number 3 is probably tough to code, but, I think its the best. If its not feasible, remove grenade resupply from hives, but give us back the third grenade (at least for fluxes and AV).
xSivartx is my Heavy. There are many like him, but he is my own...
So, other Logi's back off, those are my Warpoints!
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