And yes, assaults in general are FotM

Thinking of a mechanic that would limit rep tool 'spam' perhaps instead of something as orthodox as 'ammo' it could have a heat mechanic instead (NO overheat though). When the rep tools run 'hot' their efficacy starts to suffer, perhaps nothing much but I think that even just a few percantages of reduction would be a 'fun' gameplay mechanic.

What do you guys think about the rep tool? :)

I love this idea, Haerr! Rep Rep Rep until the rep tool gauge depletes, after which it spits and sputters. Something like a suboptimal fuel/air mix. It'd look fantastic and feel intuitive :-)

So ... when the reptool is in a recycling/recharging state, what is it doing exactly? Are its remaining nanos rapidly self-replicating?

By design. It was an expressed goal of Rattati to see Assault Suit usage rates higher than those of other frames. In my estimation, we'll only have a problem if (1) assault usage increases to unhealthy levels or (2) the medframe majority manages to convince Rattati to declaw all else.

By design. It was an expressed goal of Rattati to see Assault Suit usage rates higher than those of other frames. In my estimation, we'll only have a problem if (1) assault usage increases to unhealthy levels or (2) the medframe majority manages to convince Rattati to declaw all else.

Spitballing ...

A backpedal speed penalty might lead to shotgun overperformance; last we were told, its kills/spawn ranking was already higher than those of the Fine Rifles. Assuming the proposed change were to imbalance the SG, how might we reasonably rebalance it?

@ Pseudo - I'll have to do some digging to find Rattati's quote; my take away was that a healthy assault unit would outsell the other, more specialized frames.

Thinking of a mechanic that would limit rep tool 'spam' perhaps instead of something as orthodox as 'ammo' it could have a heat mechanic instead (NO overheat though). When the rep tools run 'hot' their efficacy starts to suffer, perhaps nothing much but I think that even just a few percantages of reduction would be a 'fun' gameplay mechanic.

What do you guys think about the rep tool? :)

Since the Barbershop is talked about the most, What do we think would make PC viable as a playable game mode?

As someone who does software development - We should identify the problem(s) today so CCP can resolve them in as few improvements as possible.

I think PCs should be available to all player styles, create value for players participating in PCs. Re-enforce the idea that corp loyalty and corp battling is important. (Let me know what you think in 2 sentences what a PC should be.)


Things I think we need to fix in today's configuration (Correct me if I am wrong):
1. We need smaller corps to be able to participate
(There are just too many barriers for these guys with no pay off)

2. we need bigger corps to allow for C and D line to play instead of just the A and possibly the B line
(Having 100 active members in a corp will reduce the number of players who can participate in a PC when there is 1-3 a month with 16 people playing making, 3 times the usual isk. The A team will show up to that every time.)

3. We also need attacks\defenses to be less costly for smaller corps
(This is closely related to number 1)

4. We need districts to be worth taking
(There isn't very much purpose to hold a district. ISK gained is negative in most cases.)

5. Stop the big corps from sitting on districts and excluding other corps
(This is a tough one because some corps will just flip to alternates and sit on a different district with the same effect. Just thinking outloud but maybe a passive isk gained like passive sp that gets buffed by having a district. One per account? This problem will be tough to overcome.)

6. Reduce the timers to attack or defend
(PCs need to occur more quickly or more regularly so the casual player can participate. I have lots of ideas about this but I want to know if people see this as a problem if we make PCs viable again.)

Please quote this post and add in you stance on how to improve the PCs/District Ownership. I have more problems I will be including after I see the response to this.

Less alpha damage, more range. It currently does. >400dmg per shot with a refire of .7seconds allowing it to do 3 shots of greater than 1kdmg in under 1.5 seconds - it almost never takes more than 3 shots to kill people.

Then maybe they should make us proto assault before going into a specialized suit. Would seem fair with that way of thinking so everyone has assault to fall back on.

no jolly, it's to rebalance the shotgun so it's not a 'first mover' weapon accessible to only scouts that have the prerequisite combination of speed & ewar.

25m range, 250dmg / shot, roughly same current fire rate. This makes it available to commandos & assaults too.

no jolly, it's to rebalance the shotgun so it's not a 'first mover' weapon accessible to only scouts that have the prerequisite combination of speed & ewar.

25m range, 250dmg / shot, roughly same current fire rate. This makes it available to commandos & assaults too.

There's a measure of risk involved in getting yourself within 5m of your opponent. That risk is appropriately rewarded by the shotgun's high alpha. Your proposal would lessen both risk and reward of shotgunning, effectively diluting the weapon into a bad, short-range rifle. Do we not already have a sufficient number of rifles?

Since the Barbershop is talked about the most, What do we think would make PC viable as a playable game mode?

What risk is there in sprinting and jumping at someone who can't see you and then putting 1200+ dmg into them before they can effectively react? Even if people survive the third shot they don't have enough hp to actually do anything to you, so no, there is no real risk.

btw please no knifing me when I run a heavy a lil this weekend.
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250k per nova knife death . up to 1mill per game or until I go broke.

What risk is there in sprinting and jumping at someone who can't see you and then putting 1200+ dmg into them before they can effectively react? Even if people survive the third shot they don't have enough hp to actually do anything to you, so no, there is no real risk.

btw please no knifing me when I run a heavy a lil this weekend.
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250k per nova knife death . up to 1mill per game or until I go broke.

I don't like shotgunning from cloak, and if that still isn't fixed that is definitely a problem