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.

this isn't nerfing proto gear at all.. its not even touching it. Its just making it a little easier on the new guys to catch up.

PG/CPU is a huge limiter, and it will keep fittings in check, still giving proto suits quite a bit more power than their std/advanced counterparts, while removing the compounding advantage of higher PG/CPU and additional slots.

Even you have to admit there is a crazy amount of power disparity between proto and non-proto gear, which I can't imagine was intended. Especially when you look at the relatively small power disparity between weapon variants.

you say you're 'not a proto bear' but you want to make sure that your std and adv scout suits remain much much weaker than your proto suit?

Or are you worried that your proto scout suit wont be able to compete against the newly buffed advanced medium frames? If so.. thats a balance issue between light and medium frames that needs to be addressed separately, and isn't related to this at all.