ShaneoftheDead, on 14 July 2014 - 03:31 PM, said:
Excellent comment Mooky.
Did they think the module system was broken? I did not think this area of the game was broken. I am puzzled as to why PGI is messing around the with the module slots. Are there not better things to be working on or fixing? *cough*Community Warfare*cough*
If they are going to do this, I would prefer more Mech slots over consumable or weapon.
Now that I think about it, I would love if they limited the the air/arty strikes so you had to pick only one, not both. So you cannot have an airstrike and an artillerystrike loaded at the same time. I know that is not going to happen, but one can dream.
Seriously, the weapon modules in their current form actually make your Mech worse. (except for the machine gun module) The heat increase is way to high for the minimal range increase. Most modules increase range 10-20m. That's like 2 or 3 steps forwards. --step--step--step--...there I just gave my Mech the range module...for free...on all my weapons...and without the heat penalty. You don't notice the damage increase, but you do notice the heat increase. A few of my Mechs run very hot. Why would I want to make that worse?
Or put it this way: I do not load the current weapon modules. I am not going to load the current weapon modules. Even if they are made to be the only ones you can load. Every module slot that is dedicated to a current weapons module will be empty on my Mechs. They are not worth the c-bill price to buy. They are definately not worth the GXP price to unlock. I'm not sure, but I think I would not load the current weapon modules on my Mechs even if PGI paid me to do it.
How about upping the range increase to something noticable? Or give us modules that make our weapons cooler? I belive another poster already commented on trading reduced range for reduced heat. I'd try that. Or how about a module that raises the Ghost Heat count? So you could fire 3 ER Large Lasers without the Ghost Heat, instead of only 2. (or whatever it is) I'd load that one on a few Mechs.
To force us to buy the $#!+ weapon modules, naturally.