J4yne C0bb
Molon Labe.
General Tso's Alliance
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Posted - 2014.08.07 18:09:00 -
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Logi Bro wrote:Jack 3enimble wrote:Logi Bro wrote:So with the upcoming buff to assaults, and no mention whatsoever of touching the basic medium frames, is there any practical use for the basics? They are already the pure essence of mediocrity as it stands right now, but after Charlie assault suits will straight up annihilate them.
It takes too much SP to get to assault suits to expect new players to not use these basic frames, and they will simply be outclassed in every way without some kind of buff. I'd urge CCP to take a look at ALL basic frames in Delta to see if they could do some improving to them, and by consequence, also improve NPE.
Anybody have any suggestions? LP medium frames? Increasing LP payout makes it cheaper and easier to use the dedicated role frames But that doesn't solve the problem of basic frames. If we are just going to do everything we can to avoid using them, then why do we even have them in the first place? Why not just remove the SP sink and save everyone some time grinding?
Yeah, I never use basic frames, never see the point. Not sure what role they are intended to fill, unless it's just to try out a suit class without significant SP investment... but then, that's what I thought militia suits were for.
Min Logi | aka Punch R0ckgroin, fatman
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J4yne C0bb
Molon Labe.
General Tso's Alliance
524
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Posted - 2014.08.07 20:44:00 -
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Logi Bro wrote:J4yne C0bb wrote:
Yeah, I never use basic frames, never see the point. Not sure what role they are intended to fill, unless it's just to try out a suit class without significant SP investment... but then, that's what I thought militia suits were for.
Exactly. But we are all forced to put SP into basic frames before we can move on to suits that are actually useful, so we should either make basic frames useful, or just remove them and the SP sink that they create.
Yeah, removing the basic medium suits would be a lot better in terms of NPE -- it's less confusing, and it would allow noobs to skill quicker into the role they are interested in. For instance, you can't even really try out logistics until you've made a significant SP investment... and what if you find you don't like it? Same with Commando -- couldn't even try it out until I spent L3 into basic heavy Cal. What for?
I think it would be better to remove basic frames altogether, and add all possible player classes as militia fits so people can try stuff out. And if CCP did so, they should also consider a general buff to militia suits -- nothing drastic, mind you. Wouldn't buff CPU/PG, you shouldn't be able to fit anything you want without significant SP investment into Cores, but a buff to eHP, to bring it more in line with L1 suits would be welcome, so people can get a better idea of how that particular suit performs on the battlefield.
Min Logi | aka Punch R0ckgroin, fatman
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