But I can tell you that 80% of the time I'm put on a losing team with the new bandwidth changes.

I AM NOT SAYING THAT BANDWIDTH FORCES US TO PLAY ONE ROLE. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PUSH FOR OUR BEING FORCED TO PLAY ONE ROLE.

But you can keep some of the EQ you drop even if the fitting you swap to does not have any EQ.
So YOU CAN play 2 roles.
1 drop EQ
2 switch to HP stacked proto weapon fitting with no EQ that you would not be able to use if you had EQ on your suit.
3 gain effects of 2 roles in 1.

Didn't have to squad up before to be a deciding factor in a battle.

Now I'm either part of the grinder or part of the meat. I can go 20 and 1 from fighting on our redline and still have no effect on the battle.

But Bandwidth makes a select few very happy... for me it just makes the game a little duller.

Again, the mentality is looking at the long range. If an assault switches to double swarm commando to take out a passing dropship, and then back to assault. they were able to project power that an assault suit couldnt. A double swarm commando has zero anti infantry ability. Why should an anti infantry assault suit be able to gain for 20 seconds heavy AV power, and then, once my dropship is shot down, switch back to assault and go after my clone?

Basically everyone else gets to have fun and meet situations accordingly. Not me. if I do such a thing, since im frequently the only guy with uplinks, now my team has to spawn out of the redline. A invisible scout can go to a 1200HP HMG suit, clear out a squad, and then go back to being an invisible scout. People can switch roles the second theirs is obsolete.

Also, Proto assaults and scouts can put out as much equipment as a STD logi, despite being not a logistics. Where is your justification in that?

I respect your choice to be in a squad, it would be nice if you could respect my choice to not be in one.

Assaults and scouts running rep tools are performing multiple roles at the same time.

Assaults and scouts running uplinks are performing multiple roles at the same time.

Assaults and scouts running nanite injectors are performing multiple roles at the same time.

Assaults and scouts running swarms (or plasma cannon), AV grenades, and a non AV side arm are performing multiple roles at the same time.

As for the assaults dropping uplinks, I see that as infringing on a logis territory. Its bad enough that I have to stay in my suit. Now other suits can do my role too? Kind of ridiculous.

At this point I've asked you politely several times to leave me alone with telling me to join a squad. The next time I decline to be in a squad, I will be much more abrupt in my reply. Please, respect my choice. The answer to a squad now is no, tomorrow its no....its always no. Thank you.

You completely ignored what the statement was saying. Which is probably why you didn't include it in the quote. The statement addresses playing multiple roles at the same time. Not the effectiveness different suits have at performing those roles.

Also (the rep tool as an example) any non logi suit with an equipment slot can run the rep tool as well as 3/4 of logistics suits.

The fitting bonus logis receive is only worthwhile when their are multiple equipment slots being filled. A single equipment slot is negligible. Scouts make up for their poor fitting bonus with speed. Their speed actually making them better than logistics at running certain equipment.

I don't need to site a source on that claim I only need to play the game. In PC (an extreme minority) games are completely squad based. In FW there is an increase in squads, but its still a toss up. It is undeniable in public contracts that the majority are solo players and even if they weren't a squad wouldn't protect them from squads of Protostompers which is likely a large factor in them quitting. IF they quit.

"Please provide a screen capture of a scout dropsuit that gives a passive bonus to equipment other than a cloaking device."
Oh man this is a gem. "Provide a screen capture of a scout getting a bonus to equipment other than the piece of equipment I say!"

And scouts AREN'T required to use a cloak. The two equipment slots are available for any equipment they want.

You seriously disagree that solo players make up the majority of public contracts? I never declared it to be evidence it is clearly stated as an experience.

I know its not apples to apples, but you said it yourself "logis get bonuses with equipment and scouts technically do to" you cannot say that scouts do not get a bonus to equipment.
Yet someone who is a scout can drop uplinks and equip a rep tool (perform two roles at the same time) and that is apparently ok when a scout does it.

A logi cannot run high tier equipment and expect to tank effectively either. Or equip decent weapons.

Looking back at my replays.. just about ever game I play now is one-sided. I think band with is allowing better players to easily predict how a game is evolving and squash it earily. It removes them wildcard players that can turn battles around.

I think if you wanted easy mode the band with has really changed the game into a stomp or be stomped play style.

I see lots more players disconnecting from battles not just the players whom care about k d.

Nothing to adapt into I agree the new play style is only fun for logins.. boring otherwise.

Or everyone drop uplinks then switch to slayer assault. that seems to be what im seeing.

Bandwidth is here for good. The days of being able to have your cake and eat it too are over. Don't whine. Adapt.

After you cut though the bullshit Bandwidth was something fun they wanted to implement. It's a broken mechanic that just shoe horns this game into more of a lobby shooter then a MMO monster it should be.

This buffs squad play to a new level of overpowered and no love for us solo players.

People like Ripple that want to force people to play the game only the way they see it and limit players options.

and the internal CCP staff and external CCP consultants that want to see this game burn to the ground.