i have three such accounts ^^
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I get angry every time that i read about how it all went down, how light their security was, considering the military budget,a little more could have been spent for the men working in the area that not long ago was in all out civil war.

Zortarg,

I think its the fact that here we have a name,a face and a long story so its easier for people to relate to.

Same way the death of someone close hurts but the deaths of millions far away is really just a number.
I dare anyone to show me who can truly mourn a million,or even just a thousand deaths genuinely.

And i agree,every murder should be treated equal, but to me i feel like these people need not have died if people in charge had taken the neccesary precautions. How can you place these civilians in what is basically still a war-torn country and not expect this to happen atleast once? Was their only plan an alternate safe house? Cause obviously that didnt work. I blame the perpetrators as much as i blame those in charge of the embassy and its workers safety.

May all embassy's and other official but civilian personell get increased safeguards in the future.
The only thing that suprised me was that anyone was suprised at all.
For america,much of the middle east is not friendly territory.
There are always groups,big and small,some in government and some in tribes and local gangs. Groups that want to do harm.

Did these men have to die for there to be a wake up call? Why do men always have to die before more drastic measures are put in place to prevent it.

Im not gonna R.I.P or anything else to a man i never knew. Im not even american. Hes a victim same as thousands others down there. I will only say sorry, for your last moments must have been terrifying.

More than anything i feel for the wife and children. I hope they are taken care of by their government, and their friends.
Hope the college fund works out. Having less things to worry about allows you to grieve easier.

I took away the "troll" suggestion and added yours anni.
Still i feel,personally, that falloff should be resolved mainly by altering the weapons.
The bonus to falloff we get from extensions should be enough if the aforementioned doesnt miss any glaring gaps.

However,what do you think anni of replacing it with something wich makes it less difficult to close range?
Buffing armor repairs likely wont happen. a 3-5% (3% seems most balanced?) per level demob resistance,
and perhaps a very nominal speed increase of the bot is in order?

Im just brainstorming now and trying to get yours and others ideas going.

And anni i agree that falloff should be changed but im still not convinced that i find falloff bonuses as being in line with other mechs bonuses,regardless of a fix on weapons innate falloff. What do you and everyone else reading think? Chip in,by all means

1 - Sensor strenght bonus (10% per level)
Blue bots already have the shortest range. Moving forward often mean entering the 800m range of some zenith, and we get completely shut-down. I would like to suggest we get a passive sensor strengh bonus to resist Ewar and move into efficient range.

We already have the strongest Ewar strenght on Vagabond (excepted a particular Zenith MK2 fit), wouldn't that be logical our faction would also be in a leading position of ECCM ?

2 - Demob Resistance ( 5% per level)
Short range also mean relying on speed to catch oponents. If we fits plates, we are too slow. If we fits lightframe, a single demob negate our advantage.
If a medium plate give 25% demob resist, why not give us the equivalent, without the added HP?

3 - Passive Health Regeneration ( (1% HP per level / 10 sec )
Being the faction specialised in repairing ourselves, it sounds logical we could have self repairing bots. This also helps on keeping the bots light and fast without the weight of repairer.
If you do not like the % value, I would then suggest a fixed value, influenced by both repair skills. ( to improve HP repaired, and reduce cooldown. It would basically work like a free repair module working permanently.)

4 - 6% Shield bonus per level

5 - FIX FALLOFF and the weapons associated. View annihilators charts!
Clearly shows that short range versions are beyond getting any usefull benefits from either the bots 50% or with maxed extensions to go with that.

These are the suggestions being thrown around atm. I left out hit dispersion becuse it would mostly impact short range weapons against small bots,wich would be a small part of the overall gameplay.

The numbers and percentages are all up for discussion, personally i think a 2-3% demob resistance would be one of several possible replacements. The one thing we all agree on seems to be a wish for the falloff bonus to be replaced and i hope the devs take notice of this and keep it in mind if and when the robots are once again up for a slight review.

That really nails the issue down, the bonus is simply put a subpar one and in one form or another it needs to be addressed. I play a missile bot aswell and as a green pilot i dont feel that my mechs bonuses are subpar. Perhaps there was a time when the falloff bonus was great but today it is nearly useless.

Thanks alot for the numbers anni.

Shield bonus certainly would be interesting, keep the discussion going and hopefully a dev will pop in and leave with some fresh ideas.

I did suggest limiting it to one post per day/CEO only ,and under the corporation bulletin wich goes largely unused when you are freelancing. This way it wouldnt spam newbies nor would it clutter their playfield or ping their mailbox.

Still taking orders on mk2 bots?

might i suggest that you take the ridiculous numbers that make your calculator burn, and instead use the timestamp for them as the number as a fair and random solution if nothing else works? I cant see how that could be considered as anything but random.