Ugh, Chemistry. Not that I don't like Chemistry, I actually started out as a Chemical Engineering major, but I ended up having to switch to Computer Science because I'm terrible at lab work and I'll graduate faster.

I've finished a minor in mathematics, though: Calculus I-IV, Differential Eq/Linear Algebra, and Discrete Structures (the only one I was actually good at).

Calc III was a *****, infinite series, 3D graphing, and integrals over polar coordinates. Calc IV wasn't that bad though, iterated integrals over 3D Cartesian and spherical/cylindrical polar coordinates, basically just do what you did in calc II-III 2-4 times on the same equation. It was worth it to finish my last Calc IV assignment and to find the beginning of the appendix on the next page, it was fulfilling to realize I had finally made it from cover to cover of the calculus book.

WEAPONS
-the general TTK for all weapons needs a decrease right now, as it is currently too low
-aim assist needs some tuning, preferably in the downward direction, especially for rifles, proposed fix would be what CCP is currently doing, as it sounds pretty good
-weapons currently in need of a nerf:
The rail rifle needs a huge reticle, more recoil, and a lot of hipfire spread, assault rail rifle needs a 5-10% damage per bullet decrease
The combat rifle (non-assault) needs a longer time for each burst, and a longer delay in between each burst, probably with a fire rate of 1000, but a larger delay in between bursts. The assault combat rifle is fine where it is, it has its ammo guzzling problems to balance it out
The scrambler rifle needs more bonus to charge shot damage, (25-50%) but less regular shot damage (5-10% nerf) and have 1-2 shots less until heat up
The assault rifle needs a range nerf of about 15-25%, but to balance this out and make the CQC weapon it is meant to be, increase all variants fire rate by 10%, nerf damage by 5%. The TAR needs a larger mag cap, but also a fire delay in between rounds similar to the combat rifle
-All sidearms other than Flaylock and Nova knives need a 5-7% nerf to damage
-weapons in need of a buff:
Laser rifle, however, CCP has announced a hot fix coming soon
Mass driver-increase splash damage to make it area of denial weapon by say 10%
Sniper Rifle- more of a bonus to headshot damage only, also, headshotted enemies cannot be revived, give a higher mag cap to tactical variants (6 rounds)
Shotgun-needs a pellet buff at ADV and PRO levels only, probably 2 pellets at ADV, and 4 at PRO, breach needs an upgrade to mag cap and slight buff to fire rate
Plasma cannon-DoT is something CCP had in mind, but is probably going to be hard toimplement, so if it doesnt work out, give it a 10-20% boost to direct damage
Flaylock- increase splash radius by 1 meter, and you have a balanced weapon
Nova knives- remove sprinting interrupt for all slashes, only should interrupt sprinting when charge reaches 100% for more than 1 second, and maybe even add a ballistic function- https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1784320#post1784320
Swarm Launcher-buff to 1.6 stats, except only 200m range

Now onto modules
MODULES
The main modules that need their effectiveness reduced in comparison to other modules are MLT, STD, and ADV armor plates (non-variant), and damage mods. CCP plans on nerfing damage mods, so i will not comment on that
these are some possible buffs to reduce armor and shield disparity-
STD: (85 armor, 3 PG, 10 CPU) vs (33 shields, 2 PG, 15 CPU)
ADV: (110 armor, 6 PG, 20 CPU) vs (55 shields, 4 PG, 36 CPU)
PRO: (135 armor, 12 PG, 30 CPU) vs (70 shields, 8 PG, 54 CPU)
if anything, the ludicrous costs of shield extenders need to be lowered especially in the pg departments for 3 reasons-
1. At proto level, (their only useful level), they only cost 1 pg less than proto plates, but 24 more cpu
2. Shield tankers (minmitar/caldari) have very low pg, but high cpu
3. Biotic modules which are supposed to be coupled with shields to create a hit and run style of suit cost the most pg of any module in the game, making them unfittable if the user also wants to stack shields
In addition, Caldari and minmitar suits need an innate buff to shield recharge delay (not depleted) and recharge rate of about 15-25%
ARMOR ALSO NEEDS A BUFF
yes i said it. The penalties for movement speed for all plates are backwards in my opinion, and is part of the reason no one uses anything past ADV plates. A solution for this would be to make the penalty constant across all tiers, possibly a 3-4% penalty depending on common opinion. Also, ferroscales and reactive plates are a joke, and i dont even use armor. I think that ferroscales need a slight buff hp wise (5% ish), but should also have very low fitting costs. Reactive plates should have a lower penalty than other plates (1-2%), and have 1/2/3 hp/s respectively for each tier. Also, they are in need of a lower fitting cost by a lot like ferroscales. Also, armor repairers should be moved to high slots. I currently think it is unfair to armor tankers that shield tankers are able to use both high and low slots to tank their suit, while armor tankers must only use low slots.
-proposed buff for armor repairers-3/4/5 hp/s per level, and moved to a high slot
-Armor repair, however, should not work while taking fire, in other words, add a 1 sec delay after taking fire to armor repair
-OTHER MODULES- kincats should affect strafing speed, codebreakers need a lower cpu/pg cost

VEHICLES
I wont even start trying to balance vehicles, there have been far too many threads on this topic already

DROPSUITS
When 1.8 comes around, we really are going to see some great new things from all suits. The sentinel gets its huge damage reduction, scouts get more modules, moer equipment, and a cloak to boot. commandos are huge dps dealers, and logis will actually perform their roles, and have gotten huge buffs to equipment usage. Overall, though assault and logi stats arent out yet, they seem very balanced, but give m scouts more base speed, and logi/assaults more base HP

EQUIPMENT AND GRENADES
The grenades are good, except for core locus and thukker. The core needs a slightly lower blast radius, and the thukker needs a small blast radius (packed at the most), but more damage (in the 400-500 range). Equipment seems to be good overall, as the active scanner is being turned into usable in only the way it is supposed to be used. I just want to see equipment spam being stopped, perhaps by having the limit for things like uplinks be for the total deployed, not the total deployed of each type.

did i forget anything?

I love Chem Lab on the other hand though. I have the class at 7:30am for around 2.5 hours once a week, and it's 2.5 hours I never feel is wasted. I love the lab environment. I can't wait to finish all my math and focus on the science.

Added the RE Nothi post to the Immortal Guide to RE. Get out and blow up some HAVs

Did you guys know that the Federation Scout G-1's color is black?

Event + news of Scout buff = lots of people trying out the scout

SP bloat makes it easier

WEAPONS
-the general TTK for all weapons needs [an increase] right now, as it is currently too low
-aim assist needs some tuning, preferably in the downward direction, especially for rifles, proposed fix would be what CCP is currently doing, as it sounds pretty good

-weapons in need of a buff:
Laser rifle, however, CCP has announced a hot fix coming soon
Sniper Rifle-
Shotgun-
Plasma cannon-
Flaylock-
Nova knives- remove sprinting interrupt for all slashes
Swarm Launcher-buff to 1.6 stats

Now onto modules
MODULES
The main modules that need their effectiveness reduced in comparison to other modules are MLT, STD, and ADV armor plates (non-variant), and damage mods. CCP plans on nerfing damage mods, so i will not comment on that
these are some possible buffs to reduce armor and shield disparity-
STD: 33 shields
ADV:55 shields
PRO:70 shields
ARMOR ALSO NEEDS A BUFF
ferroscales and reactive plates are a joke. Reactive plates should have 1/2/3 hp/s respectively for each tier. Also, they are in need of a lower fitting cost by a lot like ferroscales.

VEHICLES
I wont even start trying to balance vehicles, there have been far too many threads on this topic already

DROPSUITS
When 1.8 comes around, we really are going to see some great new things from all suits. The sentinel gets its huge damage reduction, scouts get more modules, [more] equipment, and a cloak to boot. commandos are huge dps dealers.

EQUIPMENT AND GRENADES
The grenades are good, except for core locus. The core needs a slightly lower blast radius. Equipment seems to be good overall, as the active scanner is being turned into usable in only the way it is supposed to be used. I just want to see equipment spam being stopped.

Did you guys know that the Federation Scout G-1's color is black?

I just spent the last 3-4 hours studying for my Cal II test today.

I call it Embrace the Death, completely a legitimate style. Ask Monk, he watched me roll it out in full effect

As I said, it would just take too long to say what you got wrong and why, so here is what you got right.

Yeah, I agree with this subset of issues.... except I'm actually getting nervous if TTK increases scouts may end up in a worse place as we are so squishy now I doubt we'll get much benefit from additional TTK, but we could really feel the drawbacks if other suits are harder to kill.

Any chance TTK adjustments might only apply to Fine Rifles?

A dev somewhere said they were thinking of a 20% reduction to light weapons. People responded that it should be limited to the 4 rifles, not AV and Alpha weapons

As a scout I am excited for 1.8 but sad. The love we are getting is too much. We got a stat buff in every category outside base health. In my opinion That was enough without giving us extra equip and slots from 5 to 6. I will be happy running complex everything but I feel it won't take long for the community to realize the scout is where the fun is at.

With the current bonuses I don't think people will migrate to scouts full time.

I'm actually looking forward to cross speccing into heavy as I feel they will be a force to fear when attacking objectives.

Scouts will be "fun" and quick paced. But they won't outshine an assault in DMG projection and kills. Logi will actually be a support role, which I think is great for those type of players.

Overall I think CCP Rouge has done a great job of getting things balanced from an infantry perspective.

A dev somewhere said they were thinking of a 20% reduction to light weapons. People responded that it should be limited to the 4 rifles, not AV and Alpha weapons

@ Ivan
You sound like you are not in favor of a universal damage drop. You are correct; it'd be bad for shotgunning. I'm confused :-)

Any chance TTK adjustments might only apply to Fine Rifles?

Thank God no.

Cal II, and Physics II + Lab is all I have to take for my Major. After that, it's Chem, Chem, Chem.

A dev somewhere said they were thinking of a 20% reduction to light weapons. People responded that it should be limited to the 4 rifles, not AV and Alpha weapons

So scouts that use 1 of those 4 rifles and is not a fatty scout like you will be even worse off. lol

i can't help but get kind of annoyed when i hear people saying they're getting into scouting, or they're scouts now.

they were all running assault and slayer logi before, but now when scouts actually get a buff, they want to say they're a scout.
and that's why i don't want scouts to be FoTM. scouts are supposed to be one of the few classes that actually require skill in my opinion, and now i'll be labeled a FoTM chaser even though i was a scout long before it was cool.

Ah you haven't had fun until you've survived multivariable calculus and linear algebra. Though high level probability and stats is pretty terrible too.

Just look forward to p chem. It's just one of those things you go through as a rite of passage. Oh and analytical (quantitative) chemistry, for some reason other people had a problem with sitting in front of a titration for 2 hours just to find out how much calcium was in the solution.....for some reason I thought it was great....

@Appia Molecular genetics was by far my favorite course in undergrad (was the main reason I continued on to grad school in a biomedical field instead of chem) Did my first cloning project in molecular genetics lab using a plasmid construct to introduce siRNA into Arabadopsis. Totally incomprehensible to layman (more or less)

(no people, not cloning animals, recombinant genetics in bacteria and plants, which still sounds nefarious but is in reality far more banal and boring than you can imagine)