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Posted - 2012.11.27 11:28:00 -
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Thanks Op. Great idea.
I'm not sure why everyone thinks a heavy must rely on a logi. Not even tanks need another player to rep there armor,a nd they have many options to harden their armor.
A tank can role off to a resupply depot and recharge his health in 5 times the speed it takes a logi to heal the health if a heavy.
Why should a heavy rely on another player to heal his armor? No other player in the game require this?
What the heavy needs is more slots period. We get one extra slot for advanced and on for proto. Nothing else changes except CPU/pg and price.
I find in my advanced suit the extra slot is used for a CPU module anyway, just so I can use a better smog so the extra slot does nothing to help my armor situation.
I agree with the op heavies need some reason to use the armor suits, so a passive regent would help this. |
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Posted - 2012.11.27 11:59:00 -
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Garrett Blacknova wrote:
Tanks need someone else to repair them when their active repair module is on cooldown, or when they chose to fit something else instead of the repper for some reason.
Tanks can run to a Supply Depot to heal, you say? Guess what? So can a Heavy. And they can swap fittings and regen faster than that tank can repair at a Depot.
And Heavies don't NEED a logi to repair them. Just like other suits, they only need a Logi to repair them FAST.
I won't argue against giving Heavies more slots though - or more CPU/PG - at least the higher-tier versions. They don't seem to get better by as much as other suit types do as they upgrade. If your CPU/PG increases were greater, you wouldn't be needing that CPU Upgrade so urgently, then you'd have the slot free to add something else instead. Like another Armour Plate, or Repairer.
As you say after their hardener or plural hardener's are on cool down you need someone to repair you not if you chose not to use a rep per. These are choices a heavy does not have. 98 % of heavies has a rep per in his low slot, unless you are in a final stand suit or something.
Giving a passive recharge would allow us the ability to mix up our build a little. In an advanced suit the extra slot is the first choice we have to use a unique mod, cause the first one is always used to regent armor.
Just to address your point on the heavy suit swap. Yes it is faster to swap suits than the tank repairs, but your not taking in to consideration the agonizing slow waddle it takes to get to the resupply depot from the same spot. the tank will have been to the depot regenerated and be back by the time a heavy reaches the depot. |