Supposedly arming time was changed to 5 seconds across the board, although I have heard that didn't take, or ma.

At the very least, prior to the change, Std REs were at 4 seconds, with Adv being 3 seconds, and Pro were 2.

So really, only the Pro REs prior to the supposed changes were significantly different than what you are proposing, with Std REs actually taking a fraction of a second longer.

I do think there should be some fix for throwing from a height however. It is a minor fix that takes care of some of the abuses without reducing their viability for those using them as intended.

Salutations, Knight Guard,GǪ butg please be careful about proposing a change to quickly for items in Dust. The devs are very compliant (sometimes way too willing, in my opinion) to entertain changes just because a mob of rioting supporters get behind someone's proposal for change.
Often the situation that is bothering us is just the newest gimmick that imps are trying to exploit, in a game that they otherwise aren't learning to be very skilled at, and don't really know how best to play.

The Domination matches I enjoyed last week were plagued with a few Cloaked-players wearing Black Eagles Scout Suits (GǪI swear, Officer, I saw the perp, and he was dressed like one of those Gallente Policemen, honest!), pogo-jumping over our heads like evil goblins and plopping RE's beside us faster than a diarrhetic pigeon can poop!

I must have been killed four times by these RE's in one match, and three times in the next match-----but BOTH matches were won by my side, because the RE gimmick can't even push one team out of any area effectively enough for the other team to take it over.

It's a nuisance, but not even a half-descent strategy for controlling anything in Dust. Like the cloak-shotties and cloak-knifers, I'm not sure that trying to curb them out ways the serious risk of making matters worse.