I don't see a reason for it to have highs or lows, tbh. Its not like it really needs them.

I say give it one sidearm.
2 equipment.
**** HP. Like 100 HP total.
High speed. Faster than a scout.
No slots.
Vehicle related bonuses.

SoooGǪno ejecting. C'mon gonna need some stuntman eHP to make a safe egress...

Pilot suits should allow you to spawn inside of a vehicle, you would still be dropped down by a RDV but you wouldn't have to spawn somewere, call in a vehcle and then wait for it, instead you choose the pilot suit, than a vehicle and can spawn neer the MCC and the spawnpoints that cant be moved, so no Uplinks or CRU's.

All the suits should have the same slot layout, but different bonuses IMO

At STD 1 high 1 low 1 equipment 1 sidearm 4 bw

At ADV 2 high 2 low 1 equipment 1 sidearm and 8 BW

at PRO 3 high 3 low 2 equipment 1 sidearm and 12 BW

BW could be used for say a dropship pilot to put uplinks somewere they take 4 BW so 1 more at each tier of the suit.

PG and CPU would be substantially lower than say a basic light or scout suit.

Bonuses could be something like this; each have a role bonus something like 2 - 3% increased CPU and PG for vehicles per level

Minmitar bonus - 2% bonus to turret damage per level 2 % bonus to vehicle velocity and turning per level

Caldari bonus - 2% bonus to shield capacity or resist per level and 2% bonus to vehicle turret effective range per level

Amarr bonus - 2% bonus to armor hp or resist per level 2% to turret heat buildup per level ( maybe? )

Gallente bonus - 2% bonus to repair modules effectiveness per level 2 % bonus to vehicle turret rotation speed per level

Until Minmitar and Caldari get vehicles ( if ever ) the bonuses would just be placeholders

Maybe each vehicle gives a ceartain different bonus if used with a Pilot suit, an ADS with more turret speed isnt very useful so maybe DS's HAV's and LAV's could each have their own bonus that is activated if it is being used with a pilot suit.

Numbers could probably all be changed and these are just ideas off the top of my head, excuse any grammar errors please.

Pilot suits should allow you to spawn inside of a vehicle, you would still be dropped down by a RDV but you wouldn't have to spawn somewere, call in a vehcle and then wait for it, instead you choose the pilot suit, than a vehicle and can spawn neer the MCC and the spawnpoints that cant be moved, so no Uplinks or CRU's.

All the suits should have the same slot layout, but different bonuses IMO

At STD 1 high 1 low 1 equipment 1 sidearm 4 bw

At ADV 2 high 2 low 1 equipment 1 sidearm and 8 BW

at PRO 3 high 3 low 2 equipment 1 sidearm and 12 BW

BW could be used for say a dropship pilot to put uplinks somewere they take 4 BW so 1 more at each tier of the suit.

PG and CPU would be substantially lower than say a basic light or scout suit.

Bonuses could be something like this; each have a role bonus something like 2 - 3% increased CPU and PG for vehicles per level

Minmitar bonus - 2% bonus to turret damage per level 2 % bonus to vehicle velocity and turning per level

Caldari bonus - 2% bonus to shield capacity or resist per level and 2% bonus to vehicle turret effective range per level

Amarr bonus - 2% bonus to armor hp or resist per level 2% to turret heat buildup per level ( maybe? )

Gallente bonus - 2% bonus to repair modules effectiveness per level 2 % bonus to vehicle turret rotation speed per level

Until Minmitar and Caldari get vehicles ( if ever ) the bonuses would just be placeholders

Maybe each vehicle gives a ceartain different bonus if used with a Pilot suit, an ADS with more turret speed isnt very useful so maybe DS's HAV's and LAV's could each have their own bonus that is activated if it is being used with a pilot suit.

Numbers could probably all be changed and these are just ideas off the top of my head, excuse any grammar errors please.

Gods no. You'd have to take pilot suit use into account for vehicle HP balanced......that would just be another overly complex mechanic that fundamentally undermines a well fleshed out and built skill tree......

While they are "racially appropriate" they are not suitable as a per level bonus for suit operation. You want a pilot suit to be useful for vehicle combat but not a necessity for it.

100% support

you and quafe sota are the same guy you realize. your supporting your own thread :P

arent we all GJR alts

I know I am

That might be one other the better ways of going about doing it actually.

Generally, just nerf vehicle responsiveness across the board.
Make the pilot suit completely negate that nerf, as the role bonus.

The racial bonuses could be other things that actually provide a biff to vehicle gameplay.
Stuff like what True said.

I'd like the Gallente to do this: reduce blaster dispersion, and decrease the heat generated while firing. If not that, then improve the reps even more.

Caldari: reduce the heat buildup, and reduce the refire time.

I love how you pretend to champion vehicles, when you really only care about HAVs.
"Me, me, me!"
How do standard Dropship pilots or LAV pilots benefit from any of those bonuses?

You aren't fooling anyone, and you never have
Everyone knows you just want 1.7 HAVs back.
The fact that all the bonuses that you want are specifically geared for killing infantry makes this pretty self evident.

They would effect turret effectiveness and on lavs the samething

What when where was rumored about Pilot suits release[:?