It would be nice to have an infantry active module, or equipment that allows us to destroy our own shields to produce an area-of-effect shockwave to hurt enemies within the blast radius. The damage output could depend on how much shields a player has, and each increased tier gives more damage per amount of shields.
Since the damage depends on how much shields you have when it activates, it can't be abused for high damage by those whose shields are almost down anyway. If you have very little shields to sacrifice then you won't get much, but if you have a lot to lose then you get more out of it.
There could be variants with higher blast radius, or for more damage. Each would have their own weaknesses to balance their advantages.

The usefulness of this would depend on the situation, and might be quite a gamble. High risk high reward is fun.

Something like this could be done for vehicles as well I'm sure.

I think it would really add to the game if there were types of modules for dropsuits that had to be activated (like vehicle armor repairers, and vehicle shield boosters). They could be used for temporary effects.

[Possible dropsuit active modules]

The upcoming infantry cloaking could be one of such modules.

Speed burst: Walking and running speed are doubled for a short period of time.

Disguise: Temporarily makes you appear as a friendly to your enemies (Your name turns blue to them)

"Radar" spoofing: Making red dots appear on the enemy's minimap, as well as making red chevrons appear on their HUDs to distract them.

Shield booster: Releases a massive increase in shields.

Barrier: A large defensive wall of plasma molded into shape by an electromagnetic field to not only protect the user, but those around him.

X-ray vision quick scan: Pulses of X-ray radiation is emitted from the module, and then then picked up when it bounces back to reveal locations of enemies through walls. Should only last about a second to give a general idea of where enemies are concentrated at.

Anti-personnel: A module that fires a stasis web from the wrist of the player to temporarily slow down enemies hit.

The active modules should have cool visual effects to signify when they are in use. A speed burst module for example could cause a blue tint in the screen, and the X-ray module could an X-ray vision see-through-walls effect for a second.

The specific ideas for active dropsuit modules I suggested are no important, but I would like some nice active dropsuit modules. Having to actively use something is kind of like having a superpower, which are really fun.
I have been wanting something like this since before I was in the beta, watching vids online, and looking for any crap of news about the game that I could get about the game on the dust515.org website.
Actively doing things is always more fun than having it done for you passively.

I think it would really add to the game if there were types of modules for dropsuits that had to be activated (like vehicle armor repairers, and vehicle shield boosters). They could be used for temporary effects.

[Possible dropsuit active modules]

The upcoming infantry cloaking could be one of such modules.

Speed burst: Walking and running speed are doubled for a short period of time.

Disguise: Temporarily makes you appear as a friendly to your enemies (Your name turns blue to them)

"Radar" spoofing: Making red dots appear on the enemy's minimap, as well as making red chevrons appear on their HUDs to distract them.

Shield booster: Releases a massive increase in shields.

Barrier: A large defensive wall of plasma molded into shape by an electromagnetic field to not only protect the user, but those around him.

X-ray vision quick scan: Pulses of X-ray radiation is emitted from the module, and then then picked up when it bounces back to reveal locations of enemies through walls. Should only last about a second to give a general idea of where enemies are concentrated at.

Anti-personnel: A module that fires a stasis web from the wrist of the player to temporarily slow down enemies hit.

The active modules should have cool visual effects to signify when they are in use. A speed burst module for example could cause a blue tint in the screen, and the X-ray module could an X-ray vision see-through-walls effect for a second.

The specific ideas for active dropsuit modules I suggested are no important, but I would like some nice active dropsuit modules. Having to actively use something is kind of like having a superpower, which are really fun.
I have been wanting something like this since before I was in the beta, watching vids online, and looking for any crap of news about the game that I could get about the game on the dust515.org website.
Actively doing things is always more fun than having it done for you passively.

I think it would really add to the game if there were types of modules for dropsuits that had to be activated (like vehicle armor repairers, and vehicle shield boosters). They could be used for temporary effects.

[Possible dropsuit active modules]

The upcoming infantry cloaking could be one of such modules. Agreed

Speed burst: Walking and running speed are doubled for a short period of time. Agreed though shouldnt be available for heavies imo

Disguise: Temporarily makes you appear as a friendly to your enemies For this game's sake, please dont. I just hate all those free kill methods. Will either be useless or OP and boring

"Radar" spoofing: Making red dots appear on the enemy's minimap, as well as making red chevrons appear on their HUDs to distract them. [/b] meh, not my cup of tea, many more usefull things to do before

Shield booster: Releases a massive increase in shields. [/b] Would make sense to have active shield boosters with a pretty long cooldown. or shield rep.

Barrier: A large defensive wall of plasma molded into shape by an electromagnetic field to not only protect the user, but those around him. Could be a cool idea. Would it stop ennemy bullets only or also friendly rounds that you or mates would try to shoot through ? IMO, should stop everything

X-ray vision quick scan: Pulses of X-ray radiation is emitted from the module, and then then picked up when it bounces back to reveal locations of enemies through walls. Should only last about a second to give a general idea of where enemies are concentrated at. Why not.

Anti-personnel: A module that fires a stasis web from the wrist of the player to temporarily slow down enemies hit. Not a bad idea, but i think stasis grenade would fit the purpose in a more logical matter

Equipment is a whole selection of items which you have to equip in place of your weapon and activate manually, most of which have some form of ammo count as a restriction on their use.

Modules wouldn't have ammo limits, but would instead have cooldowns - and possibly use a certain amount of capacitor charge if such a system is added (possibly coming for vehicles, no confirmation I know of for Dropsuits). Kind of like active modules in vehicles do now.

Another important difference is that you can activate a module, and it just constantly does its thing while your weapon is still in your hands, free to be used at the same time.

I dont see any reason why some equipment couldnt work on an active pattern. Or passive as a matter of fact.

If the equipment slot is where active modules go, then shield tanked Heavies won't have access to shield booster modules, or armour hardeners if/when they add them.

Equipment is for equippable items that you hold in your hands. Modules are activated instead of being equipped. I wouldn't object to equipment that operates like an active module, but at least some of these suggestions would be better suited to a different system.

You could maybe replace the grenade slot with an active module, so you hit L2 to turn it on/off.

Oh but i didnt mean to have all active stuff requiring an equipment slot either mate ^^
Just, based on what the module does, some would fit more an equipment slot.

Such as an actual active scanner you would only need to activate, not hold in hand. (honestly, this equipment would work a lot more like intended this way). Or the X-ray scanner, or Anti-personnal webifier or radar jammer suggested by OP. All sound more like equipment, no matter active or not.

To me, equipment doesnt necessarily mean you need to hold it in hand. Just that its not suit integrated but more like stored in your belt's pocket


But considering all the active shield boosters, biotics, armor rep i or the OP suggested ... of course they would use regular low and high slots. No debate there.

I think it would really add to the game if there were types of modules for dropsuits that had to be activated (like vehicle armor repairers, and vehicle shield boosters). They could be used for temporary effects.

[Possible dropsuit active modules]

The upcoming infantry cloaking could be one of such modules.

Speed burst: Walking and running speed are doubled for a short period of time.

Disguise: Temporarily makes you appear as a friendly to your enemies (Your name turns blue to them)

"Radar" spoofing: Making red dots appear on the enemy's minimap, as well as making red chevrons appear on their HUDs to distract them.

Shield booster: Releases a massive increase in shields.

Barrier: A large defensive wall of plasma molded into shape by an electromagnetic field to not only protect the user, but those around him.

X-ray vision quick scan: Pulses of X-ray radiation is emitted from the module, and then then picked up when it bounces back to reveal locations of enemies through walls. Should only last about a second to give a general idea of where enemies are concentrated at.

Anti-personnel: A module that fires a stasis web from the wrist of the player to temporarily slow down enemies hit.

The active modules should have cool visual effects to signify when they are in use. A speed burst module for example could cause a blue tint in the screen, and the X-ray module could an X-ray vision see-through-walls effect for a second.

The specific ideas for active dropsuit modules I suggested are no important, but I would like some nice active dropsuit modules. Having to actively use something is kind of like having a superpower, which are really fun.
I have been wanting something like this since before I was in the beta, watching vids online, and looking for any scrap of news about the game that I could get about the game on the dust514.org website.
Actively doing things is always more fun than having it done for you passively.

I think it would really add to the game if there were types of modules for dropsuits that had to be activated (like vehicle armor repairers, and vehicle shield boosters). They could be used for temporary effects.

[Possible dropsuit active modules]

The upcoming infantry cloaking could be one of such modules.

Speed burst: Walking and running speed are doubled for a short period of time.

Disguise: Temporarily makes you appear as a friendly to your enemies (Your name turns blue to them)

"Radar" spoofing: Making red dots appear on the enemy's minimap, as well as making red chevrons appear on their HUDs to distract them.

Shield booster: Releases a massive increase in shields.

Barrier: A large defensive wall of plasma molded into shape by an electromagnetic field to not only protect the user, but those around him.

X-ray vision quick scan: Pulses of X-ray radiation is emitted from the module, and then then picked up when it bounces back to reveal locations of enemies through walls. Should only last about a second to give a general idea of where enemies are concentrated at.

Anti-personnel: A module that fires a stasis web from the wrist of the player to temporarily slow down enemies hit.

Hi guys,

Just thought IGÇÖd let you know that we do have plans to add some of the functionality youGÇÖre discussing here in future updates. Exactly which ones will remain shrouded in mystery for now. Some of the functionality is associated with equipment items (which are used very much like active modules) and also with some weapons.

Thanks for the cool ideas!

Cheers

CCP Wolfman

Hi guys,

Just thought IGÇÖd let you know that we do have plans to add some of the functionality youGÇÖre discussing here in future updates. Exactly which ones will remain shrouded in mystery for now. Some of the functionality is associated with equipment items (which are used very much like active modules) and also with some weapons.

Thanks for the cool ideas!

Cheers

CCP Wolfman

You guys should also implement twice yearly free expansions too!

Melee DMG burstl: A low-slot module that provides a larger increase to melee dmg than the passive booster but for a short amount of time. with a large cooldown.

Hi guys,

Just thought IGÇÖd let you know that we do have plans to add some of the functionality youGÇÖre discussing here in future updates. Exactly which ones will remain shrouded in mystery for now. Some of the functionality is associated with equipment items (which are used very much like active modules) and also with some weapons.

Thanks for the cool ideas!

Cheers

CCP Wolfman