If solo equipment spam is sacrificed at the altar of a better Dust, I say let the killings begin.

Sorry, as much as I value team gameplay (and your particular style, NDN, of filling in the gaps is very close to my own), I cannot get past the underlying meta problems that equipment spam has caused this game.

So, I, for one, support the bandwidth proposal, although like all changes we need to keep a close eye on its effect for further tweaking.

The good news here, I think, is that CCP (and Rattati, in particular) seems to have a good feel for what needs to be done to keep the game in balance and performing well, even if I've not always supported all of the changes personally (and I hope the same can be said for you after this one is in the rear view mirror).

So I say voice your opinion (as you have done) but take a wait and see approach to this one -- my sense is once we have it in the rear view mirror (and we all have had time to adapt) this one will end up being another step in the right direction.

Nice RE there near the end, BTW. ;)

As a player who usually runs a logi, I'm torn between the proposed changes because I'm unsure of some issues.

If I get in my droplink suit and flood the map, then switch to my normal suit thats a variation of equipment, am I going to lose all the droplinks? I understand if I start throwing down hives and exceed my bandwidth, things will start popping, but what about just based on the fit?

Again, I'd prefer CCP do one thing at a time here. Figure out either the new orbitals or bandwidth (personally, I'd go orbitals first) and see what that does. Or maybe a flux variant with a massive AoE for equipment that has no effect on shields, something along the lines of 50-100 M radius that's not stopped by walls, floors or celinings. That way, you can clear some underground stronghold before you go in.

Maybe I'm just skittish around the word "bandwidth" after it was introduced for drones in EVE, but that's the solution I'd like least introduced into Dust.

Really if one wants to reduce the necessity of uplink spam, reduce spawn time.

also equipment spam doesn't cause lag, so can someone answer? What is the reason to implement this? Just cuz? The maps too blue for people? Do scouts need another edge over logistics suits? Did someone put an uplink by Rattati's uplink while he was shotgun scouting? What is it?

I don't see a problem with this. Their links won't survive the whole game if they do this and they'll have to switch back anyway to put more down.

Edit: Also isn't this kinda a slippery slope. When will there be penalties for logis who switch to assault to kill people then back?

This is an easy solution, one I've already mentioned in council chambers.

There idea of bandwidth needs tweaking - instead of it going from player to player the bandwidth would work like how Vehicles work - this opens up the game for AWOXers to be even more potent while teamwork and logistics aren't harmed.