I've put this idea out here quite a few times.
Why doesn't CCP rework the LLAV rep tool to be an AOE rep tool instead of this "hey stand still for 3-5 secs and i'll see if i can keep this square on you and THEN !! i can rep you" winky wanky rep tool it got.
Changing it to work with an AOE effect will basically just mean that it'll be a very tanky triage nanohive on wheels.

^^ COME ON !! isn't this an awesome idea !! ^^

Do you really think CCP will set things up so that you roadkill one merc and suddenly your LAV or LLAV will explode?

I'm betting it will be a little/minor damage and a slight reduction in speed if all goes well. So that running people over will become a split second risk/reward decision instead of an automatic HELL YEAH!

Tell that to the people I see activating it on their passenger when he hops out so that he can gun down everyone who comes near him while having near-invulnerability until the cycles run out.

Basically, instead of targetting a single individual, you'd be passively repping as many allies as could fit within the AoE. I only see this as an option if they split the repair rate (hp/s) between every player in range.

For example (using made-up numbers for illustration purposes):

Single recipient @ 60hp/s, 2 players @ 30hp/s, 3 @ 20hp/s, 4 @ 15hp/s, etc., etc.

While I like the idea in principle, I think that providing full rep rate to everyone in the radius, with zero effort required, might be just a little OP.

Yeah very true i usually don't include numbers into my ideas as it's usually those that define whether it's OP or not. Though you gotta remember you won't be able to rep through walls (like you won't get ammo standing inside the bubble of a nanohive but on the wrong side of a wall)
So yeah maybe if it got something like 100hp/s and a radius of 30 meter that would then get split out to how many are inside the rep radius. It's a lot but ok look at how much damage an AR does
That's actually a really really nice idea

It's gonna be like calling for you team car in cycling instead it'll be angry mercs steering and they'll come to pimp up your armor / shield

Except it requires 5 seconds to lock on, plenty of time for the infantry to die. And if they go around a corner the health beam is broken. Or if they take. 5 steps away from the lav.

It's much more effecient to just jump out of the car and shoot the enemy, or physically block the bullets so your ally can regenerate his shields (which doesn't require a logistics lav).

Anyone defending the current mechanic is bad.

Anyone who has faith in ccp making it actually work, I used to be like you :(

Yeah, it totally cant be used to repair things in a support role like logistics is designed for

You COULD try repairing vehicles with it, you know?

Even when it was broken as hell back in Codex, it was still neat to drive into a HAV v HAV fight, rep up the friendly one, and then speed away while the enemy one exploded.

You COULD try repairing vehicles with it, you know?

Even when it was broken as hell back in Codex, it was still neat to drive into a HAV v HAV fight, rep up the friendly one, and then speed away while the enemy one exploded.

/me secretly wishes the repair tools was a passenger controlled item via turret like.

You're so philosophical. please adorn me with more pearls of wisdom.

I tried to rep someone earlier to save him from enemy fire in my chary, the lock on took so long that he almost died, and as soon as he moved the lock on broke, he then died. After that I went back to murder taxi'ing.

Every attempt at using the current iteration of the infantry healing module in a nutshell.