Zaria Min Deir
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Posted - 2014.12.04 02:33:00 -
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Lazer Fo Cused wrote:1. It seems that running an Amarr proto suit is now a must, even for pubs which means that every death will cost me 250k and that i cannot swap to any other role to do anything else to help the team even if i wanted to
2. I am being forced to logi even when the time may not require the logi but i cannot swap or do anything else because i would lose all my links which then means less chance of flanking or making a push on the objective
3. Amarr and Caldari is worse off, go Gallente/Minmater and reap the WP without having to put anything down and risk it either getting destroyed by the enemy or getting destroyed when you swap suits to adapt to a different situation because 'sandbox'
You are not being forced to do anything. There is no law that says that just because you are an Amarr logi, you have to deploy all the links ever. There is no law that says an Amarr logi has to fill all slots with uplinks, and that that Amarr logi has to **** them out all over the map in one go.
And the only way you'd "lose all your links" and thus foil the push/flank you'd orchestrated... is if you were switching to a heavy. At which point, well, sorry to borrow a cliche, but maybe this is a case of wanting to have your cake and eat it too. You can deploy several strategic links and still switch to an assault suit for example, to help with that push, or even, oh the horror, carry those links ON AN assault suit. There is literally nothing to stop you from choosing to do so. You also don't have to stay in a proto suit, unless you think it is somehow imperative that you MUST have 9 links active at once. If you find that to be must, for some reason, then that is the price you have to pay.
You, personally, don't have to be responsible for uplinking the entire map. You can maybe look beyond the arbitrary racial bonus and consider the entire Logistics role. And no, Logistics doesn't mean just repping heavies either, not even if you are a Min logi.
My Min logi deploys links in strategic locations, scans, revives and reps, resupplies, creates AV traps, all as circumstances demand and allow. Your assertion about how Amarr and Caldari are somehow worse off for this change is just blatantly ridiculous. First of all, you get MORE BW for fewer slots, just to begin with. Your proto logi has more bandwidth than you can even deploy as links, as the most you can deploy from one fit is 7. Second of all, if your point is "I already spammed down all my links in the first 2 minutes of the match and can't ***** for more WP"... gtfo.
Have you considered installing the improved keyboard?
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Zaria Min Deir
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Posted - 2014.12.04 09:24:00 -
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Racro 01 Arifistan wrote:Eruditus 920 wrote:Can someone clarify for me...
I understand the new suit bandwidth stat and how it directly applies to the amount of equipment that can be deployed for that suit.
But what if I deploy, for example, in a proto scout suit with drop links, lay them, and then switch to an Assault. Do I lose the uplinks?
And, what about the same scenario but after I drop links I change into the same proto scout suit only fitted with RE"S instead? Same bandwidth but fit differently. Do I lose the links then as well?
Thanks. if you only drop one link then swap to assault you wont lose it. if you place 2 links. then swap to assult the first placed link will die while the 2nd will remain. if however you place a hive while assault, then the link will die so you can get your ammo from the hive.
*sigh* Not true. The assault bandwidth allows for more than one link/hive, even at standard level. 2 at standard, 3 at advanced, 4 at proto.
And your proto scout can have 2 active links AND use an RE (one at a time) just fine.
Have you considered installing the improved keyboard?
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