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Pokey Dravon OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention 810	Posted - 2013.05.16 16:38:00 - [1] - Quote So lets talk about Dropsuit Racial bonuses. Right now there is a big problem with Logistics and Assault suits. Logistics are considerably stronger than Frame suits due to their high durability bonuses. Assault suits on the other hand are rarely used at all because theyGÇÖre too similar to Frame suits and their bonuses are simply not worth the train time in most cases. As such there is little incentive to move beyond Frame suits unless youGÇÖre going Logistics. As such the suits really need to be revamped. So. There is a lot of good stuff and a lot of messed up stuff in here. -Assault suits are all encouraged to shield tank, despite both Gallente and Amarr traditionally not being shield tanked -Caldari Assault suits get reload speed which is sorta useful but not much of an incentive -Minmatar Assault magazine size on sidearms is...interesting I guess, but again not all that useful in most cases -Gallente resource cost is actually not bad, but could be better -Amarr basically gets the best deal because its race specific skills essentially boosts the direct lethality of laser weapons, while the other races have a pretty underwhelming bonus. -Logistics suits get the bonus to repair tool rate which is great but I'd like to see this fleshed out and diversified for all support equipment -I actually like all of the race specific bonuses for logistics suits, I think it fits the races well. -Scout Suits get reduced scan profile which is good, though i think it could be changed a bit to fit the races better -Scout racial bonuses are pretty good, Gallente is more of a scanner while Minmatar is more of an assassin. Basically I don't like the blanket bonuses that are applied to all suits of the same class, despite the race. I think it flatlines the different suits too much and makes them too similar to one another. The last thing we want is for certain suits to be unused because they're simply inferior due to another suit being similar enough but better to be a clear replacement. I like the two skill system, I think that's interested, but even the general Assault Suit skill should offer a difference bonus to each suit as to make it more in line with traditional racial bonuses. General Suit Skill should offer a more base bonus, tailored more towards survivability in most cases. Race Specific Suit Skills should offer a more specific bonus, more in line with traditional race bonuses and more of a utility bonus to that race and suit. Here are my suggested bonuses, I've purposefully neglected putting in actual values since that's more of a balance issue than I want to tackle at this time. ASSAULT SUITS: Amarr -Increased Armor Plate Efficacy / Lvl Amarr Medium Suits -Increased Cooldown Rate of Laser Weapons / Lvl Amarr Assault Caldari -Increased Shield Extender Efficacy / Lvl Caldari Medium Suits -Increased Effective Range of Hybrid Weapons / Lvl Caldari Assault Gallente -Increased Armor Repair module Efficacy / Lvl Gallente Medium Suits -Increased Damage of Hybrid Weapons / Lvl Gallente Assault Minmatar -Increased Shield Recharge Rate / Lvl Minmatar Medium Suits -Increased Stamina and Recovery / Lvl Minmatar Assault LOGISTICS: Amarr -Increased Armor Repair module Efficacy / Lvl Amarr Medium Suits -Increased Armor-on-Revive for Injectors / Lvl of Amarr Logistics Caldari -Increased Shield Extender Efficacy / Lvl Caldari Medium Suits -Increased Nanite Cluster Capacity for Nanohives / Lvl of Caldari Logistics Gallente -Decreased CPU/PG cost of Equipment / Lvl Gallente Medium Suits -Decreased Spawn time for Drop Uplinks / Lvl Gallente Logistics Minmatar -Increased hacking speed / Lvl Minmatar Medium Suits -Increased repair rate of repair tools / Lvl Minmatar Logistics SCOUT: Gallente -Decreased Scan Profile / Lvl Gallente Light Suits -Increased Scan Radius / Lvl Gallente Scouts Minmatar -Increased Sprint Speed / Lvl Minmatar Light Suits -Increased Melee and Nova Knife damage / Lvl Minmatar Scouts SENTINAL: Amarr -Increased Heavy Weapon Reload Speed / Lvl Amarr Heavy Suits -Increased Efficacy of Armor Plates / Lvl Amarr Sentinals Also on a semi unrelated note, can we get the Armor Honeycombing Skill in Dust? Pretty please?
Pokey Dravon OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention 810	Posted - 2013.05.16 19:13:00 - [2] - Quote David Spd wrote: Range and damage are stats tied to weapons, not dropsuits. Reload speed is based on the suit's dexterity and speed (accuracy of body movements and the quickness of the movement). Giving damage to a dropsuit only makes sense for nova knives which all ready is in the game. By that logic the current Amarr Assault suit bonus doesn't make much sense either. Not saying these bonuses are the best, but there needs to be a better incentives for Assault suits at the very least.
Pokey Dravon OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention 810	Posted - 2013.05.16 20:28:00 - [3] - Quote Iron Wolf Saber wrote: I think a better effort is to try to theme every race up and select a bunch of bonuses that best suits them. Well that was the general idea. Amarr has armor and lasers, Gallente have Armor and Hybrid, Caldari have Shields and Hybrid, Minmatar have Shields usually and Projectile (Though the lack of light projective weapons is lacking, hence the endurance/speed in order to reflect the Minmatar speed tanking.)
Pokey Dravon OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention 810	Posted - 2013.05.16 23:39:00 - [4] - Quote That's an excellent way to put it Aeon. So lets go over the "theme" of each Specialty Assault: General attacking, the balance of damage output and mobility. Light Weapon Damage / Lvl Logistics: Support Specialists, medics and engineers. Reduced PG/CPU Cost of Equipment / Level Sentinels: Point Guards, defensive role Damage Reduction / Lvl Scouts: Intel and scouting Increased Scanning / Lvl Now the Racial themes: Caldari: Shield Tanking, Long Range + Low Damage, Hybrid Weapons + Missiles Gallente: Armor Tanking, Short Range + High Damage, Hybrid Weapons + Drones Minmatar: Shield/Speed Tanking, Low Defense + High Damage, Projectile Weapons Amarr: Armor Tanking, High Defense + Low Damage (I might be wrong on that), Laser Weapons So now the tricky part is pairing each racial theme with each suit theme, and making unique bonuses that make sense for that suit.

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