Vrain Matari wrote:
Imagine facing your mirror image opponent, but with them basically 10 to 15 percent better at everything. How is that fight going to go?

Lastly, the assault suit needs to be a generalist's suit, so some of it's bonuses have to be generic and apply broadly to all races and many playstyles. These soft buffs do that, and they do it in a hot fixable fashion.

Honest question, what about another equipment slot? Logis still have an advantage due to fitting bonus and cloaky scouts need one for the cloak.

Pokey,
Scouts generally do more than run around cloaked.
We place uplinks, scan enemy positions, serve AV functions, etc.
Back when we were broken, cloak was supposed to "fix" us ... not standardize us.

I have a proto scout, and I don't think I've ever fit a cloak. My favourite loadouts has to be Allotek Nanohives and Gauged Uplinks. Gimps the rest of the fitting, or it would if EWAR mods weren't so light on fitting.

I know a guy who runs a Nanite injector and a Repair Tool.

I think Pokey has a point.

Bingo. That's exactly what we said at the time. And we were told "no" :-)

Either way, I think we can do better for Assaults ...

Maybe a 2nd grenade slo mixed in with the other improvements?
If that'd require client-side change, maybe +100% to grenade count?

The reason I rallied this post is because while the Assaults are a defined role, other roles already kill better than them. You will not find a role that can kill better than a heavy, not with the HMG DPS. What you can do however is make the Assault a suit that LOVES to push. Speed helps it keep up with Scouts and use their intel, but don't buff their stamina. A bonus to module effeacy allows Assaults that are hurt to fall back, and then return. Again, not as fast as scouts, but not so frickin slow that they need a Logi to heal, not unless they stack 700 armor.

So your tying to fit them in a box ?

The thing that I like about what CCP is doing with the scouts is that they seen where they went wrong and they fixed it , those who use scouts as light assaults would have done so because of their displeasure with the current bonuses that assaults have .. the only one that I like is when they gave the skill for weapons because that let the advanced assault fit damage mods and pro weapons and that's more offense than they were use to without maxing the tree branch , which a lot of newer players could not take advantage of ... so in a since it was giving them a taste of what they could have with the branch investment along with the role bonus ( Like reload skills and such ) , so that gives one incentive to skill more and focus on that role to improve their performance which should be promoted , but what Vrain is doing is not penalizing one for thinking out side the box .. like I use to Caldari assault before I started using Amarr Logi for the side arm and all , for anti-vehicle as well and also ran scanners and e-war while laying spawns , without the shared bonus and sniped also performing more than just frontline assault .. which is how it should be played .

The commando cant really be adaptive and to the EQ question , that suits needs a grenade slot and another EQ slot .. but the assault should be the platform that promotes creative game styles and play and not be constrained by certain role based bonuses that place them in a box , where independent thought is not taken advantage of .

Where there obvious differences are not highlighted , like Gal's ability to armor tank and rep at the same time or the fact that threw using rangers , they can see better or regulators they can gain a shield recharge benefit . Amarr the same and use stamina and kincats .

Causing creative thinking outside the constraints of a " Box " should be promoted and not excluded .

I can understand where he is coming from in his approach and appreciate it as well .

This is coming together quite nicely

Charlie
YES - More PG/CPU, playing around with numbers, maybe 10% across the board
YES - More EHP, 100 to 150 ehp, racially consistent to shields/armor
YES/NO - Another equipment slot, maybe only ADV and PRO, including the necessary PG/CPU

Delta
Another Role bonus, ROF, damage, TBD, ammo capacity bonus,
Racial efficacy bonuses, f.ex. GA to dmg mods and/or reps, etc.
Caldari reduction to Rail Rifle kick, spool up time
Gallente, ROF(unless role bonus)
Fitting/capacity bonus to Grenades

Why not add an special equipment for assaults? like the cloak field for Scouts.

For example,"Acceleration module"
if you activate it, you can move faster and jump higher during some period of time, but it enlarges your profile and sounds noisy
Enemies must find you are assaulting, but you have chance to dodge their bullets and leave them behind with amazing speed!

now Scouts pierce a defense line stealthily, in contrast, new assaults do it recklessn+în+Ö.
Doesn't it sound cool?

why cant Devs add any visual indication? are they too busy to develop new items?

Thankyou for your answering. I hope DUST development go active again... or Legion is released early.