does a rep tool heal the user... no so then there is a president not to let hives repair or supply the user. we have snipers sitting in the redline with ammo and uplink spam for themselves. how is making them actively use their equipment instead of spamming it not better. besides they wouldn't be able to do it if they couldn't supply themselves. they would have to work with the team to ensure they can get supplies.

as for it never running out, why can't it need a charge up similar to the cloak. you turn it on and it pulses out delivering ammo.you use it and it depletes over time. turning it off recharges the device. using it for too long and it will deplete and need a 50% charge to reactivate

grenade spam is already an issue. having 1 person stop killing to bring out a hive or having 10 people throwing down hives throwing hundreds of grenades and killing at the same time. i know which i prefer.

just some of the issues I believe we have regarding equipment


1) expensive when you carry 3-4
2)equipment spam taking away the job off logi's
3)equipment deployed in an area just for the battle to move on making the cal logi for instance pointless once he deploys all his stuff
4)redline/tower sniping with their own supplies and out of reach of other friendly logis to supply them
5) camping - cal logi can drop i believe about 300hps of hives over a large area or how do you clean out a hard to reach area when an amarr logi has gone to work spamming it. not to mention the squad members dropping the equipment also
6) WP farming - dropping hives at a resupply just for wp farming purposes.
7) uplinks inside walls or hard to reach places. dont know how they do it but it happens
8) allows people to solo - why roam with a logi when you can carry a triage hive repairing and supplying yourself

and there are probably more i can't think off.

if the deployable equipment was active all these issues would disappear

Sorry man, but # 2 sounds exhausting!

As to your earlier numbered list, those are all issues but I don't know that radically changing the fundamental properties of the equipment is the correct solution to them. I think more specific and nuanced solutions to each is more appropriate, personally.

ok then how about this as a compromise.

active equipment as i stated but with 2 distinct types.

Version 1 = like i stated for team use but doesn't in anyway benefit the user besides wp earned. this would have a large field of use and never run out except for the drain/charge mechanic

Version 2 = solo versions. these would be limited charges and would run out after so many uses. these would be only of use to the user such as:

a) solo uplink - 1B/2A/3P uses. user can deploy this uplink for the use of him/herself to get back into battle. it will deplete once it reaches maximum respawns by yourself. behaves like the current uplinks but would only be visible to you as a blue and the enemy

b) solo nanohive - used like the active version i stated. this will only fill the users ammo. to remain unseen by the enemy this is a low power device which will not show on radar. it will replenish the users ammo/hp by half of its logistics counterparts speed and rate. it will have 1B/2A/3P charges per device.

players who use these devices can recharge them from logistics nano hives that way it keeps the logistics busy when his own hive isn't really needed

this will allow solo to do so but at a diminished capacity while still preventing the majority of spam and keeps the logis role active