Cross Atu
Conspiratus Immortalis
Covert Intervention
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Posted - 2013.06.29 15:02:00 -
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Oso Peresoso wrote:OP here
Thanks for your replies all, I don't mean to present myself as an expert on the topic by any means, and you've raised some good points that I hadn't considered. The light weapon -> sidearm nerf for all logis is probably a bit too extreme to address the issue. After all, if you're in a proto suit with a proto weapon, you should be a killing machine regardless of if its a logi. The specific concerns about caldari logi HP are probably best served with adjustments to the CPU, or if this is insufficient, removing a hislot, as well as a general look at logi/assault skill bonuses. I also don't think all suits across the same class should be completely homogenized (this is certainly not the case in Eve, and it isn't even the case in Dust right now).
First, respects for this follow up it takes character to evolve a view point or publicly alter a stance o7
Second all the fittings work I've done suggests that the suits in the Logi line including the Cal suit are fine, save the Amarr which is underpowered and needs higher base PG and/or another low slot.
The problems come in from the racial skill buffs. The Cal buff needs lightly toned down so it's in line with the rest of the Logi suits and the Gal bonus needs a bit of a buff or replaced with something more useful.
The the Assault racial buffs almost all need some love and/or better support within game for their gear (e.g. the Amarr Assault buff might be good if the LR were still a real weapon. I did need a tone done from Chrome levels but the current Uprising version is a joke, and a bad one at that. Only one has killed me since Uprising and there were also 3 ARs shooting me at the time  ). Point being the Assault buffs need more love and support which would be the better solution to any of the 'slayer logi' concerns going around.
I totally agree that homogenization is not ideal/b] however here we are stuck for the time being as CCP has stated their current "tag" system for applying such things isn't up to splitting buffs within a role. It's my understanding that it's going to be improved in future but for the present that option is sadly off the table.
Cheers,
Cross
EDIT: @[b]thread in general I run 80-90% free fits in pubs, on the rare occasion I encounter a Cal Logi I can't kill I'll either spend a trivial amount of ISK to run basic flux nades for one clone or I'll drop in a free LAV and crush him. They're actually not that hard to kill and I say that as someone who does not run Cal gear, only destroys it  |