CELESTA AUNGM
Kang Lo Directorate
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.11.11 16:59:00 -
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Logi-ANYTHING should feel like the conclusion of a playerGÇÖs hard work and grind.
This way sheGÇÖs at least had the opportunity to learn alot about the gear and actions that help others in combat. And even when sheGÇÖs finally obtained a Logi-vehicle, she should still need to skill into further special modules that only a logi vehicle can effectively use.
It should also feel like a SPECIALTY, rewarding only a player who LIKES to do that Logi workGÇöit shouldnGÇÖt have advanced destructive powers that will make every assault player want to add it to his collection. A strictly-slayer player ought to feel kind of bored trying out a logi-vehicle, and the logi player should really feel like sheGÇÖs having FUN using this vehicle.
If the Logi vehicle is too strictly GÇ£pre-steeredGÇ¥ by CCP into one GÇ£roleGÇ¥ for a vehicle or infantry, then it WONGÇÖT be fun. Like CCP expressed about the GÇ£roleGÇ¥ of the ADS vehicle, the PLAYER ought to be defining the role she wants to try to use the logi vehicle for.
A Logi-anything is supposed to help other players better control areas, bounce back from damage faster, negotiate obstacles and gaps easier. Since Dust is about foot-play primarily, it make sense that even Logi vehicles should be geared to assist INFANTRY foremost, and have a secondary ability to assist other vehicles (just not as easily as they can for infantry).
The logi vehicleGÇÖs features should be tricky or demanding to use, so a player canGÇÖt easily exploit a GÇ£logiGÇ¥ vehicle as a new kind of proto-weapon. (If itGÇÖs GÇ£LogiGÇ¥, itGÇÖs not for killing---itGÇÖs for helping fellow players as THEY do the killing.)
--A logi LAV with a passive repper or passive nanohive permanently built-in makes sense (get healed/resupplied just by climbing in the seat/turret).
--A logi LAV having a Scanner permanently built-in make sense (sweep an objective ahead of infantry raiding the objective).
--A logi HAV with that can hold two additional infantry passengers (no turret use) might make sense.
--A logi HAV with a permanently built-in remote-repper for healing other vehicles makes sense.
--A Logi DS with the mobile CRU built in always made a certain amount of sense.
--A Logi DS with a passive supply depot built in for infantry makes sense (get resupplied simply by standing beside a resting or hovering DS).
 Make these logi abilities EXCLUSIVE to each vehicle type (only a logi HAV can remote-rep, or only a logi LAV can heal its passengers, only a logi DS can re-supply footmercs just by being near them, etc).
Every logi vehicle should have at least one NATVIE logi ability the moment you buy it.
Keep the logi abilities of the vehicles SIMPLE, so players can have latitude how they want to use the abilities in the matches, and can have fun being inventive.
Make specific (propulsion, repper, supply) modules that only fit logi vehicles, in special added GÇ£logi slotsGÇ¥ that will only accept logi modulesGÇöthey canGÇÖt be use to fit and stack more regular modules.
Give the logi vehicle the necessary extra native PG and CPU, so it can handle its collection of regular modules plus these logi-module slots.
Give the Logi vehicles the bonus of slightly higher native EHP, to allow them a little more lingering power but not enough to give them any more "fighting" power than non-logi vehicles.
Universe of good wishes for the 49, especially CCP Eterne...
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CELESTA AUNGM
Kang Lo Directorate
Gallente Federation
324
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Posted - 2014.11.11 17:11:00 -
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Spkr4theDead wrote:So... you want logi LAVs back in, but without the logi ability at the start?
Go back to your drawing board. Terrible idea
 And Spkr-4 is RIGHT. Every logi-vehicle must have at least one logi-ability, and natively built into it.
Right from the day you buy it, it needs to be able to do something passive or active (helpful to fellow blues, NOT offensively destructive to reds) that no regular vehicle can be pimped to do.
Universe of good wishes for the 49, especially CCP Eterne...
No story can have life without writers and publishers.
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