Monkey MAC wrote:Your also forgetting Logistics are
1) running with 4x the equipment an Assault Carries
2) is designed to be a mid-rank class
Not saying I agree or disagree with you, but they are some important facts to consider.
Important facts you haven't considered.
1)It cost easily 2x as much to run a gimped logistics as it does a super powered assault.
My 'Gimped' Logistics has 400 eHP and costs 45,000, my 'super powered' assault has 550 eHP and costs 52,000
- Busted2)It's designed to be a specialist,logistics is the equipment specialist with 0 specialist stats
Assaults are the killing specialist with 0 drawbacks.(all the specialist stats)
Logistics has lower profile, higher prescision on eWAR, logistics has 'specalist' slot layout, logistics has a light weapon still. - Busted 3)Sp investment is more than an assault
Skilling into logistics suit has same SP requirements, additional SP comes from equipment, which many assaults also skill into, Assault also typical skill into wider variety of weapons. - Busted 4)logistics is always the first targeted,yet no one wants them to have any advantage in regards to survival
You have the heavy and 3 assaults as your advantage in survival.5)Dust isn't supposed to be COD,there's supposed to be an actual need and desire for support to succeed,not be cannon fodder because they are support.
Balanced Ambush matches are won or lost on good logistics, dominations have been lost because of poor logistics, that's actual need and desire for logisitcs - Busted6)Assaults are,by SP standards,low rank.
Assaults are infact that most varied role in SP standards, some people will only skill 1 weapon, for 1 use, my Assault Class currently has 18million SP sunk into his upgrades, weapons and suit. I only use 1 suit, but I run pretty much every role imaginable, this your opinion - BustedIt cost much less Sp to skill assault and gear than it does logistics,gear and equipment,only to be treated as a lesser member of Dust for all that dedication.
My Logisitcs suit literally picks up an honour guard of 2-3 people every match I play it, I recieve Fan Mail for logistics on a regular basis, this your opinion - Busted7)Logistics is slow with nearly scout level eHP,if scouts were slowed to mimic logistics the QQ would be endless,yet it's ok for logistics because logistics is support. Yet scouts were recently given an extra equipment slot which means they're suppot too.
Scouts are anything but support, they recieve no skill bonuses to their equipment. Scouts can not do a Logistics role nearly as well as a logistics suit can, this is your opinion - Busted8)Currently Cal logistics has two equipment at basic,just like scouts,but unlike scouts it costs the logistics:1 weapon,shields armor,speed and stamina/stamina regen.
Logistics should really be starting with their full 4 equipment slots, that is no problem for me.MOST IMPORTANTLY :9)The hypocrisy surrounding logistics "need" to stay gimped:
This assumes they are gimped in the first place. This also assumes that just because we do not believe a logistics needs speed, we believe they do not need buffs in certain aspects of their role. This is ONCE AGAIN your opinion.-It used to be "because of the 8 slots"
With assaults,CCP themselves proved that was a lie,8 slots,extra 160 eHP,no loss of speed.Logistics gets the shaft.
When Assaults had less slots yes, slots are the most powerful asset to a dropsuit, it doesn't make sense that suit designed to be adaptive to any situation should have a lower slot count.-"It's because of equipment"
Scouts proved that was a lie,2 equipment (same as a basic Cal logistics),they keep all weapons and all speed and are equal with their basic frames in eHP.Logistics once again gets the shaft.
Despite a recent nerf scouts are still being complained at for omnipotent passive scanning stats, nothing proven, another opinion.Anything defending logistics currently gimped state is either an excuse,or an outright lie.
Opinion, again