Well, what I'm interested in is your view on profession specific weapons. It used to be that:
- special, more powerful, profession locked weapons were for professions that used such weapons as a main ability, eg. chiopteras, panthers, etc from coh, all the perennium weapons, catawaul etc.
- the profession lock was to exclude professions not intended to use such weapons as main ability and force them to use weaker weapons and rely on their main abilities (heals, bots, pets).
This was the way it used to be, and it made total sense to me that a doctor, a crat, an engineer, an mp had to use weaker/lower ql weapons with their weaker template and thus did less damage with their weapons than soldiers, fixers, agents, traders. Now some time ago this changed. Now there are:
- specialised weapons for the upper mentioned "support" professions, more powerful than usual weapons, made to make up for their weaker template and skill
- profession locks to exclude professions initially intended to use these kinds of weapons
- a huge gaps for these profession's weapons throughout the levels.
So in my humble oppinion there shouldn't be no more powerful arms for professions naturally weaker in terms of firepower to make them en par with everybody else. but you think this is the right way - there should be a wider array of weapons for these professions. there is no reason why you have to wait till tl7 and your xan stick if you're supposed have it that way.
So, what's your point of view?
a) Put "artillery" prof's firepower and weapon arsenal back on top.
b) Give "support" profs more weapons over the levels to make up for their weaker templates.
c) Don't care. Gief cookies.