I disagree with almost your entire list.

But having said that, balance really isn't that bad right now. There is a ton of variety on the battlefield, and that's always a good sign.

A. OP - Armor Modules (Infantry)
Which aspects in particular do you have issues with? I'll admit that shields still feel too weak compared to armor, but I'm not sure if that means armor is necessarily OP.

B. OP - Large Blaster Turrets
Can be pretty nasty, I like the DPS they do in a vehicle battle but the range still makes them pretty damn powerful. Do you think its the range that makes them OP?

C. UP - Active Scan WP
This is kind of a tough one, I mean the potential for WPs is very high, but the effective gain is pretty mediocre. Do you just suggest a increase to the Intel Kill Assist bonus?

D. UP- Ion Pistol
This is a tough one. The reduced overheat duration was a nice change, but the gun feels like it needs something....more. Im not sure if its even damage, but more so the mechanics of how it works. Thoughts on improving it?

E. UP - Cloak
Out of curiosity, what aspect of the cloak are you looking to improve? I think there are a number of things that could happen to improve them, but I'd like to get your specific thoughts on it first since I'm sure you use them more often than I do.

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* Additionally I'd like to see something done to make the Breach Mass Driver and the Assault Swarm Launcher actually useful. They're pretty much pointless weapons at this point, so something fundamental needs to change in the philosophy behind them.

I'd remove cloak from underpowered and add scrambler pistols and shield tanking in general. Also put repair tools and WP rewards for uplinks and repair tools in overpowered. .

Cloak I think is balanced (though the delay mechanics they introduced to balance it are sort of annoying to deal with). It is meant to make movement more subtle and less easily detected, particularly when you deal with an enemy who is already being engaged. It is not meant to allow you to run up into someone's face and shotgun them the instant you decloak before they have a chance to even realize you are there, which is what some people seem to expect and what it was before a working delay mechanic was introduced.

There are still problems with it, most notably the delay mechanic as implemented is annoying since it works while putting away cloak equipment instead of turning off the cloak like it probably should, also the cloak is notoriously undependable and can be either way too effective or way too ineffective depending on lighting and the color of the terrain you are running around on. If the delay mechanic was reworked a bit and the performance evened out this would be a perfect piece of equipment.

As for the scrambler pistol, there are a number of problems with these things, but it boils down too they are too dependent on headshots (which is essentially luck in this game given the **** hit detection) to be effective sidearms. I've suggested in the past that we improve the body shot damage of these things to a reasonable amount and reduce headshot damage to keep headshots about where they are now. In addition some of the variants (the burst especially) need their performance drastically changed to make them viable (dispersion on most of these tends to jump way out and make accurate shots impossible on most of these pistols, the ADS sights are some of the most abysmal sights Ive ever seen on any firearm, real or imagined, etc). (heres a thread on this weapon line I made in the past).

Also I agree with the Ion pistol being underpowered, I think it needs a longer range (SMG + 10 meters for a start) or maybe some changes to the charge mechanic to make it more viable. Right now it is completely overlapped by the SMG and completely unable to compete with it. (and another thread for the Ion Pistol)

I think you need a third category "broken" for stuff that is essentially balanced but still annoying as **** .

Breach Rail Rifle CQC performance has been nerfed into the ground. Meanwhile its ADS performance is kind of lacking, given that the scrambler rifle outperforms it at all but the most extreme ranges, and the ADS is annoying as hell to use because of how it bounces around and how quickly recoil accumulates. It needs to be made more functional and less jumpy in ADS so its more comfy to use. I would also complain about its range issues vs. the scrambler, but I think the reality there is that we need a tactical rail and combat rifle in the game.

*Gallente LAG Facility

* Shared Squad Sight: fine as is.

Or for the highslots, precisicion enhancers can be, and are, used to great effectiveness, but I still would be quite surprised to find them in the top 10.

because it's gives a role for scouts as recon outside of active scans.

very important in sharing Intel that not all players can quite articulate. a lot of guys aren't rainbow six, or have English as a first language. Or mics.

important for me as pilot trying to provide air cover and having an idea where the enemy is engaging buddies. also for nailing equipment in hard to reach places.

With rings of detection, players have to bsay close to the enemy to passively pick them up.

still by outclassed by far by active scans.

my counter questions is why do people want it removed?

is it because it's a squad benifit that solo players don't have? I see it as a minor squads advantage that aids in sha ring Intel, that a solo player can still over come with damps, or with an active scanner. its a non wp bonus to team play.

Always a good reason to do something.

But I said what now? Ah, yes, something about shared passive scans, and how I personally would be happy to be rid of them. They are indeed problematic. I will say Tesfa makes some good points about the emphasis placed on squad versus solo play, however... I also find there to be a good case to be made for a clear difference between active scans that are more easily accessible to the squad, but are limited in duration and frequence and need to be, by their very nature, more proactive, and passive scans, that are, yes, limited by location, but are more immediate, and thus should perhaps be limited to personal use.

Now, removing shared passive scans would limit the scout recon role somewhat. As Tesfa rightly pointed out, there are language barriers and not everyone can use voice comms, either at all or all the time. Not the simplest issue. In the end it comes down to what the designed purpose of the roles and the types of scanning are...

in the old days passive scans were insane. now with fall off, your only 100% efficient than at really close ranges. The farther out you are the less effective your scans may be.

here is the balance from rattati https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=168249&find=unread

which clarifies all passive scans can be beaten by all scouts. scanning souts are trouble for mediums and heavies. and the should be. Now even the longest range passive scans can only lying 9th up my undamaged suit well within rifle range, which is fine from me.

But yet again we digress. talking about the pros and cons is one thing. calling the ability for the team to share OP is quite something else.

At the end of the day, EWAR is in an ok place at the moment. Scouts don't get scanned and aren't OP. It would be a shame to mess it up.

consider the min scouts moves at a base 7+ meters per second sprint speed, he's in and killed you or in and out of range before your squad even knows he's there.

9 times (or more) out of 10 my scout is defeated by vision rarther than scans. In my experience scouts (properly dampened) are rarely scanned.

Though perhaps you are right that scouts should have to fit one or two damps to hide. Do you mean excluding focused scans, like now? Or one to two damps to a avoid all scans? Personally I'm fine with focussed scanners having the precision to scan me, so long as they are unwieldy enough to operate around.

To Tesfa, it's zero precision mods on a medium to pick up a single dampened min scout, two precision if the scout fills all lows with dampeners.

Probably because of its encouraged play style. Hacking is risky, speed fits are risky, low health is risky, nova knives are risky.

I think theres a disconnect here between Tesfa's scenario and the reality of Min scoots ...

This seems to be a "fix whats broken" thread. In all actuality its a scout QQ thread.

Yet i'm like "look at that K/D,he obviously lost a lot of ISK regardless of WP"

I don't understand taking an extreme example and presenting it as the norm.

Rep Tool WP isn't simply OP, as even logi focused on using rep tools in a squad can still readily go ISK negative. Rescaling both the mechanic and values for Rep Tool earnings would likely be a good move, as I've actually advocated since closed beta, but pulling them back while leaving the current burden of cost is improper.