I can see the issue but I am not sure I can see the solution.
"Nav 10 is a required extension it speeds up all forms of travel including PVP"
Which of course means new players spend the first few days trying to get Navigation installed and that's not good.
Removing Nav 10 will only help new players so I am all for that. Nerfing LWFs would also make sense at that point as long as the negative effects are balanced out after.
So increase all robot speeds to their Nav 10 and 10% LWF bonus and then reduce LWF to decrease armour by 15% and increase speed by 10%. T4 decrease armour by 10% and increase speed by 15%.
This will not effect smaller robots or robots that always fit a LWF but will effect those that didn't fit LWF with a speed increase but still not be as fast as those with a LWF.
Heavier equipment will still slow you down of course.
But the question is.. Is this the right solution? Right now Navigation is one of the cheapest extensions. New players won't even notice it got removed and older players won't be affected by the change..
So I see no reason not to change it. Are we removing complexity from the game or are we removing annoyances? The same goes for removing attributes. If anything it'll give more freedom of choice, new players won't notice it and older players may benefit from it..
So, is it a good idea? D:
CIRCLES!