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Posted - 2014.04.10 15:20:00 -
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So, the whole Medium suits being inferior, with Assaults being the most inferior suit talk got me wondering.
(Without going into too much detail because I'm at work and left my notes at home.)
How would people feel if Logis had one less total slot than Assaults? By total slots, I mean the sum total of all Light Weapons, Sidearms, Grenades, Equipment, High Slots, and Low Slots (I'm sure you knew that, but, I wanted to spell it out).
First, my reasoning for this is. I'll admit, its pretty simple and pretty flawed. I looked at the only other suit type that had two specializations, the Heavy suits. At Proto level, all Commandos have 7 total slots while all Sentinels (and by extension, all Basic Heavy Frames) have 8 total slots. Just using CCPs wording, on numerous occasions, I would like to then qualify Sentinels as the Basic Heavy Frame type while the Commando is the Specialized Heavy Frame type. (This is for simplicities sake. I realize they are both specializations, but CCP has stated, and the community usually agrees, that the Commando is probably the most specialized suit type in the game at this moment. This is only for categorizing other suits)
From there I took this precedent and translated it onto the Medium frames. As the Assault suit is equivalent in layout to Basic Medium frames, the Logi becomes the Specialized Medium Frame type, in turn meaning one less slot. Actual numbers for Total Slots (TS from now on), however, then becomes pretty tricky.
If Assaults have 13 TS:
1LW
1SA
1G
1EQ
9 Modules
Problem with this amount being that you would only have two module configurations, 5/4 and 4/5, as we currently max out at 5 of a given slot (if CCP can rectify this, however, this would be the better TS amount).
If Assaults would have 12 TS:
1 LW
1 SA
1 G
1 EQ
8 Modules
You would end up with a more diversified module load out, with 5/3, 4/4, 3/5, but it would still mean two suits would have the same slot layout. I don't like that, I want suits to be different, so, 1 suit could gain a different slot (Equipment being the most logical, or maybe a Grenade), but, that's up in the air.
The problem I see with this, however, is that Logis would have 11 slots, same as the Scout, in fact, they would have 6 Module slots (this is without changing EQ numbers, in which case the CalLogi would have 7 module slots). The suits, however, could be comparably more specialized: Amarr being 1H/5L, Gallente being 2H/4L, Minmatar being 3H/3L, and Caldari having freedom to be either 5H/2L or 4H/3L.
Actual numbers aside, simple question: would you be alright with Logis having 1 less Total Slot than Assaults?
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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