I can see how it might be problematic in that sticking to roles ultimately requires people to be grouped and communicating to be an effective team. The fact that heavies don't have a slot has always suggested to me that they're meant to have logistics backup for full efficacy. That people don't always play as a team and vets can one-man-army using multiple roles is sort of a separate issue.

The only real issue to me is that the role exclusion is ultimately a logi-specific thing here. Going from logi to blank - you're punished with equipment lost. Go from heavy to scout, scout to assault, etc. it doesn't matter because the only real role restriction is equipment-based.

I agree. Keeping this thread on task for reducing EQ spam should be the center point. I've seen every suit/role imaginable spamming EQ and that's what we hope to stop. If I could team kill every bb I saw throwing down 12 nanohives around a supply depot...

I did not read all the responses, so forgive me if this was talked about.

This may be and issue, but not as much as other stuff that should be fixed first. The list is to long for this area but you know what I mean.

OP why wast time and resources on this?
It is not that big of a problem, it has its up and downs and yes the more noobs that come in cause the issues, but as past history has shown it resolves itself. Remember this went away and has just now come back as an irritant.

The proposal is flawed. Basically the op wants to punish those who use links/nano especially if the switch suits, but does not do the same for all other classes. Keeping the theme lets prevent those start with proto and then when the team is losing want to switch to basic from doing that or in other words prevent other classes from switching up or down in suits or even between clases like scout then logi then assualt.

No one wants that, but some want to limit what equipment I can run or how much I can drop?
What about how many times I can call in a lav or tank?

Instead of the op's proposal their should be a more elegant solution or one that is not as restrictive.

1) teak software and pay more for band width and problem goes away (this has been discussed in great detail in the past and has the community support by CCP does not want to spend money on buying band width)

2) allow equipment to stay even when switch to other suit and allow oh say (3 eqpmnt slots x2 units each x2 different logi suits =) 12 combo's of links/nanos to be deployed and stay in game through switching suits.

3) do not allow drops to be put within x meters of another drop (average room size/4)
4) nano's should be 1/4 distance because fighters need to resupply

Just some thoughts

After reading this thread I have determined 2 things.

1. Scouts think they should have the capability to do everything with the same suit SOLO. They are not OP and should not be forced to change how they play, everybody else should have to.

2. The players who truly play a logi are going to suffer from this, because the tourists who insist on vomiting equipment just for WP.

Equipment spam is the problem that BW is supposed to fix. I think BW is NOT the answer, there are much better ways to do this and the ideas in Cross's Logistics thread are the most solid I have seen. I know that there are no comments by a dev there, but I also know that you have been reading it.

It is very seldom when running with a squad that I need more than what my suit can put out at one time. But a player should not be punished for using multiple suits to change with the situation. The problem is not that one player uses multiple types of equipment it is that currently they are allowed to put large amounts of the same type of equipment in one place, mostly around supply depots. The fix to this is to put a non deployable radius around equipment of the same types. Granted one problem is repair hives with nano hives needing to be close for repair and resupply not a bad thing.

Uplinks are the exceptions if you want good fall back points you need to put out some well placed uplinks. Not 5 in a line out in the open on the way to the objectives. WP whores know what I am talking about.

There should not be any need to put hives anywhere near a supply depot. For that matter no equipment should be allowed within a determined radius of said depot. Drop links included, your better off putting them in a better location so your team can spawn in and retake the depot.

My last is RE Spam:

RE's are equipment, they are not grenades, as such they should not be resupplied by nano hives. It is a broken mechanic that you need to fix. RE's are a valuable resource that are overly abused, and the proposed BW is not going to fix them. RE frisbee throwers, yes I am pointing directly at you mister scout, only use one at a time. Throw, detonate, resupply, rinse and repeat until hive is extinguished. If you can not breach the area with 3 RE's then it is time to try another tactic, or use both your EQ slots for RE's and have six, but no cloak or hive.

Unfortunately easily exploitive behavior eradication and overall game balance needs to take precedence.

On the less objective note, I think the whole "Drop equipment and swap suits" Bypasses one of the wewaknesses of a non-logi suit and diminishes the value of said logistics in the field. I firmly believe that that kind of play hurts the dedicated logistics role more than it helps.