The ability to choose perks adds a lot of customization; however, for many tiers, some perks outshine others by a long shot. The support class has several must choose options. Here are some ideas to fix the most egregious imbalances in the support class:
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Support: Tier 1 - Ammo vs Supplier
Ammo: Start getting serious. Increase your ammo capacity, your ammo starting amount, and ammunition everyone gains from pickups by 20%.
Supplier: Be the one everyone loves; Carry a backup from which all players can get ammo once per wave.
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^^Explanation: With the addition of a bonus to ammo pickups, the ammo perk becomes more attractive for groups that choose a sprinting or roaming strategy. Camping strategies favor the supplier perk. This results in more diversity.
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Support: Tier 2 - Fortitude vs Regeneration
Fortitude: Give yourself a better chance. Increase your health by 50%.
Regeneration: Give yourself a second chance. Whenever your health falls below 30%, regenerate back to full health over 5 seconds thanks to Horizine nano-bots. This effect can only activate every 3 minutes.
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^^Explanation: The regeneration perk in its current state is very useless because the rate is so slow. Increasing the rate at which regeneration happens can be very dangerous in terms of balance issues. Instead, as described above, regeneration can be a 1 time life saver if your team is overrun. Fortitude reduces the chance you'll be put in a life threatening situation in the first place. Hence a "second chance" vs a "better chance." Remember that for the revamped regeneration perk, the more damaged you are, the slower you run. That is the main advantage to this perk for keeping you alive.
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Support: Tier 3 - Bombard vs Tactical Reload
Bombard: Put more power into it; Increase your chance of causing a specimen to stumble by 15% with ranged support weapons and increase the amount of shrapnel from grenades by 15%.
Tactical Reload: Be cool. Be quick. Reload 20% faster with every weapon AND look more elite while you're at it.
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^^Explanation: Bombard needs a little extra in my opinion. Support also gains bonuses to grenades so I see it fitting that a perk named "bombard" affect it as well.
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Thoughts and further suggestions/tweaks?
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Support: Tier 1 - Ammo vs Supplier
Ammo: Start getting serious. Increase your ammo capacity, your ammo starting amount, and ammunition everyone gains from pickups by 20%.
Supplier: Be the one everyone loves; Carry a backup from which all players can get ammo once per wave.
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^^Explanation: With the addition of a bonus to ammo pickups, the ammo perk becomes more attractive for groups that choose a sprinting or roaming strategy. Camping strategies favor the supplier perk. This results in more diversity.
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Support: Tier 2 - Fortitude vs Regeneration
Fortitude: Give yourself a better chance. Increase your health by 50%.
Regeneration: Give yourself a second chance. Whenever your health falls below 30%, regenerate back to full health over 5 seconds thanks to Horizine nano-bots. This effect can only activate every 3 minutes.
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^^Explanation: The regeneration perk in its current state is very useless because the rate is so slow. Increasing the rate at which regeneration happens can be very dangerous in terms of balance issues. Instead, as described above, regeneration can be a 1 time life saver if your team is overrun. Fortitude reduces the chance you'll be put in a life threatening situation in the first place. Hence a "second chance" vs a "better chance." Remember that for the revamped regeneration perk, the more damaged you are, the slower you run. That is the main advantage to this perk for keeping you alive.
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Support: Tier 3 - Bombard vs Tactical Reload
Bombard: Put more power into it; Increase your chance of causing a specimen to stumble by 15% with ranged support weapons and increase the amount of shrapnel from grenades by 15%.
Tactical Reload: Be cool. Be quick. Reload 20% faster with every weapon AND look more elite while you're at it.
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^^Explanation: Bombard needs a little extra in my opinion. Support also gains bonuses to grenades so I see it fitting that a perk named "bombard" affect it as well.
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Thoughts and further suggestions/tweaks?
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