Ok...so what is the similar trade off that ANY OTHER role will make?

The logi players, dedicated support players mind you, will be forced into far sharper trade offs than any other role because the "cost" of switching suits mid-fight won't be nearly as impactful to any other role on the battlefield.

However you have yet to suggest why the logistics player should gain the benefit of using their suit, switching to another, and continuing to have personal and team wide benefits despite being a completely different role.

Every suit has this ability to varying degrees already...the uplinks you placed in the perfect spot as a scout remain, correct? Even with bandwidth applied those uplinks will likely still be active when that scout switches to his Six Kin HMG fit then back to his cloak shotgunner fit a few minutes later. Effectively every suit can enjoy the benefits you describe while being in a different role and switch roles with near impunity. I for one actually think that is a strength of the game.

The issue is the scale or capacity for spam that logi suits have seem to be the point of contention you bring up. There is no way to impact that without a negative impact on Logi suits short of a dramatic revision of how equipment works in the game. Perhaps the idea of squad bandwidth might level things out...it's honestly difficult to tell.

There are numerous variables that are difficult to sort through to try and find an optimal solution in regards to equipment spam. Logi suits desperately need significant redesign already and perhaps bandwidth can be a positive factor but it can't simply be another constraint that they carry the lionshare of the consequences on.

One thing i do know about Dust is that nothing scales well. Two scouts add flavor and variety to a team and added tactical challenge to an opponent but 13 of them on one team is broken. The same can be said for heavies, vehicles, and apparently equipment.

Now that is well reasoned.

I don't think Blue Tags like my posts.. They don't respond well to me constantly reminding them of nerfed caldari gear.

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.

God no. Awoxers would be WAY too effective.

Ok...so what is the similar trade off that ANY OTHER role will make?

The logi players, dedicated support players mind you, will be forced into far sharper trade offs than any other role because the "cost" of switching suits mid-fight won't be nearly as impactful to any other role on the battlefield.

I wish high tier vehicle use did require a suit......

Ew

No thanks. Pilot suits are an aweful idea honestly. CCP already can't balance vehicles, god forbid they force us to waste even MORE SP on a suit that will ultimately just give us average vehicles, while anyone without them rides around in garbage.

Bad idea is and always has been bad

On topic: Good discussion. I'm personally in favor of BW as a whole, but recognize that Logi's take the largest hit as well

Off topic: Why does the youtube video of you playing the game run and look smoother than the TV in front of me...

Well,

it looks like Equipment Bandwidth is being deployed anyway. Removing of play/counter play to reinforce forced squad formation to reward a play style that not everyone can easily access.

Not everyone can squad up and not everyone can have comms all the time.