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Posted - 2013.05.12 17:20:00 -
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NeoWraith Acedia wrote:Ronan Elsword wrote:So for example you are saying: Medics on the Frontline should only be given minimal survive-ability. In modern military's would you expect them to send them medics in with a pistol and say good luck keep our guys alive. Military medics are sometimes the best equipped soldiers on the battlefield because they can't save someone if they can't protect themselves.
That's not exactly true, we have war laws the protect medics so long as they properly identify themselves. They also mostly only carry sidearms, in case they run into someone who doesn't respect those laws. That said, "shoot the medic" always applies in Dust.
Wrong wrong wrong:
Quote:However, the enemies faced by professional armies in more recent conflicts are often insurgents who either do not recognize the Geneva Convention, or do not care, and readily engage all personnel, irrespective of noncombatant status. For this reason, most modern combat medics are armed combatants who do not wear distinguishing markings.[7] Combat Medics in the United States Army and United States Navy Hospital Corpsman are virtually indistinguishable from regular combat troops, except for the extra medical equipment they carry.
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Quote:With a combat unit, they function as a member of an infantry platoon up until the point that one of their comrades is wounded. Therefore, the Medic carries basically what a Rifleman or any other soldier carries. His Basic Equipment is usually:
An M4 rifle and in some units an M9 pistol.
A MOLLE Vest with a full "combat load," being (most often) 210 rounds for the M-4/M-16 rifle.
An IBA or Interceptor Body Armor, now being phased out in favor for the newer IOTV;
The Army Combat Uniform;
An ACH, or Advanced Combat Helmet.
TL;DR Dust Corps didn't sign the Geneva convention, modern medics don't wear identifying labels and serve as rifleman first, logistics are more than just medics - they're the only class that carry fulls loads of explosives, gear combos like: droplink/hive/scanner that are more suited to forward positions, etc.
Make the other specs different from basic frames and improve their passives, logistics (mostly) has the only set of passives that make sense and aren't incredible niche and stupid (like the Sentinel bonus to weapon feedback). I'd buff the hp on the assault frame going from STD to ADV then ADV to PRO, adding it to the base will increase the relative efficacy in relation to a class that relies on modules for hp. Passives are kittened too, but the equivalent of a complex damage mod in passives to assaults would be too much - the Caldari Assault only has two fewer slots than a logistics for example. |