DUST Search - Logistic and Bandwidth revision

Nirwanda Vaughns wrote:

John Demonsbane wrote:

Not sure if I understand. Are you suggesting that the bandwidth is already spit up into those 4 parts as a basic property of the suit?

While having specific BW categories sounds nice on one hand so you wouldn't pop an uplink by dropping an RE, prespecifying and locking the way your BW is allocated sounds overly restrictive.

Now, if you could choose the allocation yourself with some kind of slider in the fitting screen, that would be pretty bad-ass, but I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that's not likely to be possible with the current code...

yeah it was to have a fixed amount per suit, not quite as restrictive as you'd imagine. a logi would still be able to field 2 uplinks, 2-3 explosives, 2 nanohives and a prox scanner, it would just allow racial logis to use and carry more of their own equipment. as i say someone with more time could draw up better BW allowances but it just helps keep the equipment you want out, out.
several times i've placed a ocuple of uplinks for squad mates. dropped a hive and lost the uplink that was in a strategic spot just becuse i needed ot drop a triage hive down not an ammpo one


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John Demonsbane Unorganized Ninja Infantry Tactics 5042	Posted - 2015.01.06 18:23:00 - [1] - Quote Not sure if I understand. Are you suggesting that the bandwidth is already spit up into those 4 parts as a basic property of the suit? While having specific BW categories sounds nice on one hand so you wouldn't pop an uplink by dropping an RE, prespecifying and locking the way your BW is allocated sounds overly restrictive. Now, if you could choose the allocation yourself with some kind of slider in the fitting screen, that would be pretty bad-ass, but I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that's not likely to be possible with the current code... (The godfather of tactical logistics)
John Demonsbane Unorganized Ninja Infantry Tactics 5042	Posted - 2015.01.06 19:18:00 - [2] - Quote Nirwanda Vaughns wrote: John Demonsbane wrote: Not sure if I understand. Are you suggesting that the bandwidth is already spit up into those 4 parts as a basic property of the suit? While having specific BW categories sounds nice on one hand so you wouldn't pop an uplink by dropping an RE, prespecifying and locking the way your BW is allocated sounds overly restrictive. Now, if you could choose the allocation yourself with some kind of slider in the fitting screen, that would be pretty bad-ass, but I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that's not likely to be possible with the current code... yeah it was to have a fixed amount per suit, not quite as restrictive as you'd imagine. a logi would still be able to field 2 uplinks, 2-3 explosives, 2 nanohives and a prox scanner, it would just allow racial logis to use and carry more of their own equipment. as i say someone with more time could draw up better BW allowances but it just helps keep the equipment you want out, out. several times i've placed a ocuple of uplinks for squad mates. dropped a hive and lost the uplink that was in a strategic spot just becuse i needed ot drop a triage hive down not an ammpo one I totally agree with your point about not losing uplinks, but I don't think this is the best way to do it. I didn't mean restrictive as in limiting EQ further, I meant it in terms of limiting your overall flexibility: - Sometimes I need 5 links, sometimes only 2 or 3. Depends on the map and who else is around. - In Dom meat grinder matches I'm really not going to "need" any nanohives but in a nice balanced ambush or skirmish with a semi-defined frontline (as rare as that is) I may need a whole lot. - God only knows when or if I'll need RE's Take the APEX suits: Some people really like the way they are set up... and some people really hate them. The Seraph logi, for example, I really like because it's set up similar to the way I make my own generalist suit... possibly due to the fact that no one else really seemed to care about that particular suit and my feedback in the original thread was about all there was. (That or everyone agrees with my amazing ideas, which is much less likely). Either way, my point is, for every one of those suits there was at least one or two people who gave reasonable feedback as to why they felt that that was the 'best' way to build the suit, and clearly that's not a unanimous opinion. Taking the suits and similarly dividing up their bandwidth in a fixed manner is going to make even more people unhappy, imo. At least with the APEX you can just not get one or use a different suit. If you made ALL logi suits like this, that option no longer exists and... (The godfather of tactical logistics)
John Demonsbane Unorganized Ninja Infantry Tactics 5046	Posted - 2015.01.06 23:47:00 - [3] - Quote Right, but that's why the cal/am logi's have more BW in the first place. (The godfather of tactical logistics)