Well, actually, Velo Nexus almost became "must have" so there is some point in his words. I mean, look - every single tackler has it - ok fine. Every hauler fits it - well, why, ok. Now there were combat mechs with it - but hey, wouldn't that be better to have a specialized bot for that? Maybe those brand new Ewar Sindybots - why don't you make them specialized in Nexuses? Like, extended range, reduced fitting requirements, less power consumption, or even reduce overall nexus efficiency while giving Ewar Sindybots some role bonus for them.

Did you come back because the whole of Europe got (Angela) Merkled

Velocity nexus might seem like a must but its CPU requirements makes it so one have to downgrade tight fits. Going that road we would want to remove lightweight frames next. We all know how cruicial speed is and fit around it. Navigation was an EP thing only that ended up being the skill everyone does to lvl10 before anything else so just a barrier new players had to jump over first.

Or well-masked instead of tanked.

i would love to see Nexuses only applied to (secondary) locked targets.

currently there is neither a bot that can lock as many targets as the corresponding extension can unlock,
nor is there any limit on how many targets a Nexus can buff at once.

making any nexus only apply to (secondary) locked targets will

• make it a group buff, but limit how many allies can be buffed

• make it not require to be in same squad

• allow specialised robot, by having a bonus to max locked targets

• require at least a pair of bots to apply the buff to the buffer

• automatically nerf multiboxing as this cannot be done with auto-follow

• make this an active combat role, as it would require to re-lock targets that fell out of lockrange

i can totally see what bonuses the "Metis" would have then (RR support would also benefit from more targets and longer locking range then a normal industrial heavy)

I saw those robots have Velo:
combat mechs
ewar mechs
combat assaults
combat lights
ewar lights
indy bots of all kind

all of them were effective enough, and it's not like "hey let's put a gun on miner bot for teh lulz".

Nexus modules should be either restricted to certain bots/bot types, or rebalanced and have special kind of bots have bonuses for them. Velo nexuses are currently just most popular because speed is the key, but that doesn't mean other nexuses are fine too.

afaik demobbed targets are crippled down to almost immobile.
if you are talking about lwf fitted mk2 robots that can also fit 3 or more medium plates because their vast legslot count... then thats a totally different story.

what impact has your request if it would be fullfilled by the devs? any robot that has NOT demob resists would be crippled by a single demob, allowing an ewar mech to hold down more then one robot at a time. any kind of demob resist would be rendered useless, as ALL tackle bots would run that most effective combination of modules.

as a result, the acceptance to engage in PvP will fall down even more.

It's about balance right?
The problem I see is with plates and speed nexus at the same time (fast and un-demobable).
I'd rather change it so you could not fit plates (well, medium ones) and LWF at the same time.
Whats that going to do to the relative speed of the different fits?
Plenty of scope for choices but you have to compromise on something.

plate
plate and nexus
frame
frame and nexus

You only "Have" to fit a nexus if you are solo.
In a group, you won't all have one anyway, and the one that does will be gimped for something.

Probably need to look at full config assault speed vs mechs but at least 100kph+ roams in MK2 Seth's is no longer possible.