So all suits have the same slot layout but the difference is the amount of CPU/PG?

Uh... No. People with Core Skills, Engineering V, and Electronics V can dominate the field with a low cost. One of the main things for proto-gears is the cost of ISK and/or AUR. If they don't cost as much, what's to stop someone from buying 500 Proto-heavies? Just making a difference in CPU/PG would be OP, in a couple ways.

Oh, right! I was trying to think of the ways, and I knew there were more. Here's one. It takes LESS than 500k SP to get into Standard Medium/Light gear (Not the case for Heavies, unless you want to use ARs or anything other than a Heavy Weapon). That means that (Thanks to ISK Transfers and rich alts) someone can make a character, and INSTANTLY skill into the same-quality gear as Prototype.

Normally it'd take a couple games to make the ISK used for Skill Books.

I'm telling you, just try the Militia Shotgun; it works like a charm that works. There are ways to combat Protos without closing the skill gap; it's called tactics.

How about limiting what you can use where, just like they have in EVE. Take PROTO and higher out of Hisec, and let it rip in Lowsec and Nullsec. (Just to let you know you're not allowed to bring in most capital ships into hisec. I once saw a dred get owned because he jumped into hisec on accident. It was so funny )


Peace, Aizen

I could 1v1 a proto-heavy, no problem. I'm saying that for the newer players (Ones that have just downloaded the game...), it'll be a bit tough to deal with.

Also, I try not to sound like a huge arse, but this happens sometimes... Things will be OP, and things will be UP.

CCP is currently working on (Or should be working on...) a thing called "Perfect Imbalancing". This means some things are more powerful than other things, but those also have their weaknesses, and etc.

Element (Or in this case, suit/gun) A is powerful. Everyone starts using Element A then. But then, someone gets smart, and figures out a way to stop Element A, and make it obsolete. This produces Element B. Same scenario. Element C is created, then Element D, and so on, until Z. At which point, Element A becomes viable again.

This will get players to thing about the game. An example is the original StarCraft (I think it was called) game. The devs made everything perfectly BALANCED, so then the only way to win above all others was using routines that were calculated by the players. Within a short amount of time, it became less about "How can I beat this guy?" and more about "Who can execute this routine faster and/or more effectively?"

This sounds scary.

Please no.

Then I'd fit all STD gear in my slots and still be weak compared to Proto gear.

The strength of proto gear is fine.

It's the match up between newberries with MIL gear versus Protopacks

Put selectable filters on the gear the player wants to use and fight against.

Let the players choose what level of gear they want to fight

I'm an exception to EVERY rule.

Jk. But seriously, 90% of C-Logi's are just yapping poodles waiting to be shot. You might be an exception, but 10% is a pretty small number. :P

Plus, I've never played with you, so you know. Skill levels are all guesses here. :)

So the fellow who has maxed all core skills, all CPU reducing skills, and is basically a proto suit with only a 11th of the price.

If being able to field 11 proto strength suits and make a good profit doesn't scare you, you have balls of tritanium.

No it wouldn't, it just would allow proto gear in Hisec, everyone would still be allowed in Hisec