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This I can get behind.

I feel like that you have proposed too many bonuses, but at the same time I feel like this is what is necessary to make the frames viable. With the exception of the Logistics, I think you should drop the bonus to the respective armour/shield modules and leave it to just the Assaults, but that is just me.

I also wanted to mention I love the bonus you came up with for the Amarr Commando, it is so creative and it fits the role perfectly. I love the Minmatar Logistics' bonus as well.

I will try brainstorming ideas for the Minmatar Commando's second bonus, and will post what I come up with later.

The point you raised about Logi's is fair, but you never no until you see it in action, so I hope these idea's get used in hotfix echo or a later hotfix.

I also came up with a second bonus for the Minmando, and threw it up in my first post.

Indeed. My main concern is while the Assault clearly needs to be buffed up, I don't want to Logi to then completely fall behind the other suits in the proccess.

How I would like to do it ideally, is tie that defensive bonus to the Frame Suit skill, so that for example the Caldari Assault would get +5% to Shield Rechargers for every level of Caldari Medium Frames they have trained. The Logistics would then get a +3% for every level of Caldari Medium Frames trained. Essentially you give the Frame skill a purpose, as well as tie a general tanking theme to the frame and all specialties in that group. In this case Medium frames as a whole would focus on HP regen and movement.

Now this I can REALLY get behind.

It gives purpose to an otherwise near-useless skil.

It also is new player friendly, as to get basic Assualt/Logi they will need to to have med frame at three, which means they will start with a 9%/15% bonus depending on the suit they choose.

Frankly, Pokey, the race up HP mountain has been rather ridiculous since Uprising.
Where does it end?

Logis can already break 1000HP. Get any higher, you'll have to boost Sentinel HP. Again.

What part are you looking at specifically that increases HP?

* Normalizing Logistics Slot Layouts to be more similar to Assaults

^ I took this mean that you want another high/low slot in the event that assault frames receive one; pardon me if I misunderstood this point. I also made mental note of the HP-specific bonuses listed in your spreadsheet under Logistics.

There has been a lot of chatter on these topics lately and I think the community has put together some really solid ideas. I thought I'd add some method to the madness and compile the general concepts into a spreadsheet to get some more direct feedback on the concepts at hand. Note that listed percentages are not final and are just preliminary values to get the idea across. Here are the general principles being the concepts discussed in the community:

Core Principles:

• Medium Frames in general need to be more survivable, though Logistics to a lesser extent than Assaults.
• Medium Frames should focus on HP regeneration and movement, and less on adding raw HP
• Minmatar Logistics is overly preferred in high level play, primarily because of its Repair Tool, making other Logistics less desirable.
• Currently lacking suit that specializes in indirect AV (Remotes/Proxies)
• Assaults need something intangible that other suits can't replicate, such as grenade capacity/damage
• Commando is redundant and performs the Assault role better than the Assault
• Commando is slower and more suited for a Defensive/Suppressive role rather than assault.
• Modifying Fire Rate of weapons modifies effective minimum range and has no effect on semi-auto weapons, and therefor should be avoided as a means to increase DPS.

Concepts to Consider:

• Normalizing Logistics Slot Layouts to be more similar to Assaults
• Normalizing Logistics HP to be more similar to Assaults
• Lowering Logistics base PG/CPU but drastically increasing fitting reduction bonus for Equipment for effective PG/CPU are the same, but only when using equipment.

Current Conceptual Problems:

• Minmatar Commando needs another suppression bonus
• Minmatar Assault Bonus is too similar to Commando Role Bonus

Spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1G7rSyT1rD-7q9xz8n4uqAFtqCtc6841cmx0vlf4IRSE/edit?usp=sharing

Logistics only advantage stat wise is cpu/pg and you want to take that away and still leave them easier to kill?

If this happens i'm going to need a respec,i went into the min to rep not to use REs.
I'll go back to Gal where my chances of survival are higher.



This type of nonsensical 'balance' is what you get when a non-logi tries to 'balance' things.

Ah ok so I probably wasn't very clear, so let me clarify.

So the issue was that Logis have tons of slots "for flexibility" and tons of resources so they can run both equipment, and tons of slots. Players would skip equipment, which would effectivly free up a ton of resources they would pour into HP mods and fill their ample slots with Complex mods and then reach insane levels of HP. This is bad and I dont support it. Now I'm not a fan of "Logi's should have fill all of their equipment" concept, I think its crude and unimaginitive.

So you have a couple issues here. 1. Lots of slots to stack HP mods. 2. Excessive resources that can be used for high level defensive modules, exceeding the abilities of an Assault.

So first of all lets give the Logis a similar number of slots to an Assault. There are not enough modules in the game to really have much flexibility anyways, especially since EWAR belongs to the scouts now. I'd give the Assaults probably 1 more module than the Logi on their main defensive rack (Cal and Min +1 High, Gal and Amm +1 Low. Much like Commandos and Sentinels). So already the Assault is going to be superior slot wise.

So what about resources? Well lets give them roughly the same PG and CPU, so now even if the Logi doesnt use equipment, he cant exceed the defensive capabilities of the Assault. On top of that, lets assume a Logi is using 4 equipment and an Assault has 1. If they rough have the same slots and resources, that means the Logi needs to also be able to equip 3 more equipment than the assault, but do so with the same PG and CPU. So lets bump up the Reduction bonus to around 15% a level, so a 75% reduction at level 5 makes 4 equip cost roughly the same as 1.

So in summary, even if a Logi equips no equipment, his resource pool is no greater than an assault, and he's also missing that extra slot. So there is no way to make that Logi superior to that assault, even if you skip equipment. However his equipment is so cheap to fit, that he doesnt really lose much in terms of defense if he uses the equipment, thus encouraging its use without allowing for abuse.


You'll also notice that in the spreadsheet, the Logis receive the same bonuses at an Assault, but only 3% instead of the Assault's 5%. In addition, none of those bonuses increase HP, only the rate at which those suits can rengenerate lost HP. The outlyer is the Amarr in that it gets a reduction to speed penalty, however while that helps it fit more plates with less of a downside, it doesn't actually increase the HP at all.

You really should take a closer look at the spreadsheet. I moved the Rep tool to be a bonus for ALL logi suits, and replaced the Minmatar bonus with the remove/proxy bonus. So if anything the Minmtar gets to keep repping as it has been and gains another bonus. No respec needed.

I also suggest you take a look at the response I just gave Nothi. Overall this would lead to an increase in survivability for Logis, though not allow them to exceed that of an Assault, while still remaining sustainable and viable in a hot zone.

Also I have Minmatar Logi V and have been using it for years. This is what happens when a poster doesnt properly read a post and attempts to 'respond' in a snarky fashion. I don't mean to be rude but please don't toss around assumptions that I dont know what I'm talking about before you properly understand the concept being presented.

Proof you're a non-logi fearmonger.

You haven't even taken into consideration that CCP will be adding more modules that boost equipment efficiency.

You just want logistics to lose a slot for no other reason than to do so.

Oh i understand the concept,but to be blunt.
It's stupid.

Amarr would be the go-to logi then,reps and uplinks?
That's PC gold

Oh really? Do you have a post detailing these modules that are being added? I must have missed that one.

Look at this way dude. This is roughly what Id be proposing in a nutshell.

AFter all is said and done, a Logi, fully fitted, will have the same defensive abilities as as an Assault.

Difference is 1 less slot than the ASsault. And a 15% regen bonus instead of +25% the Assault gets.

What part of that do you dislike?

http://dust514.com/news/2014/03/equipment-uprising-1.8/

paragraph right above the first picture. (active scanner changes)

I think you're confused, that post was from March earlier this year. Those changes have already been implemented.

Proof you're a non-logi fearmonger.

Wow you can't read...

The paragraph above the first picture but below the amarr logistics bonus description reads:

...The intent here is to reward specialization and create room for future modules that will enhance the performance of equipment , allowing specialists to further customize their fits in a way that allows them to accell at a specific function.

The part i dislike is that you're saying essentially that logistics doesn't have as much right to live as it's white cousin.

Logistics and assault are equal,one is not better than the other.

Except in one place:
Assaults would be killing.
Logistics would support.


Assaults and logistics should symbiotic not parasitic.

This won't happen in Dust 514 mate....and CCP is not going to relase future content for us in this game.

If they do your equipment can stand the **** aside for racial vehicle parity.

Yes,but changes that happen to suits in Dust on PS3 will carry over to Dust on PC.

Which is why i'm mentioning this now.

Ah you're right, I missed that line, my apologies. I worry that we're likely past that level of Development because of Legion thought

But that's fine if you want to be rude about it, I don't mind.




I completely understand the sentiment, however I think completely equal isn't quite appropriate either. Assaults will be directly assaulting enemy forces, while Logi's interaction with enemies is more indirect. It's that difference that drives the concept that the Assaults need to be a bit more survivable, since they'll be in the direct line of fire more often than a Logi is. Logi survivability still needs to be high, but Assaults needs to have a bit more. It's fine if you dont agree though, just a difference of opinion.

And besides,scouts have proven you don't need high eHP to be FOTM.

Thats not actually a guaranteed. Already we've seen some big differences between Dust and Legion, such as the removal of the Commando from Legion.

Well I think you're being a bit biased, but again difference of opinion.

I think you would be hard pressed to find a lot of people who think Logis and Assaults should have identical survivability.