Hmkay. Can we get more weapon slots and better resists then? I'd like another zerker option.

Seems logical for it to be an alternative Berserker option, but not with high resists. For that we already have Poseidon Wave. We can definitely increase the weapon slots, though.

It was 40%. We can look into returning it to that. 6 weapon slots should be doable. Good idea about making the aura into a super – although we do have one superitem already that I think should be very good for the close combat theme.

Well my thought is with the Zerker engagement device, you run in, then you use the enragement device that explodes to piss stuff off/pull it in. Then you use the Prawn item to gain resists and slow everything down to give your squad time to kill it.

OK, so you want it to be a pulse aura that you can trigger with a super item, basically.

Correct, we don't want it to be relevant in the endgame. T22 is supposed to be endgame. I am open to cutting down the number of Prawn Pieces required in the build, or some other suitable nerf to the build cost, if this is supported by the players.

It's out of the question to keep the 4 aug, high DPS setup in exchange for paper thin resistances. As I've explained before, balancing one very strong stat with one very weak stat is bad practice and has been demonstrated as such time and time again in this game. Most recently we've seen it with the Anger aug. What happens with items that are balanced that way is the players figure out how to use those items in a context where the negative stat is made irrelevant. The net result is that they come away with a super strong stat with no relevant negatives to counterbalance it.

Nothing is decided on the Prawn's Claw yet. It's not even decided whether to change it from an aura to a super item, or replace it entirely with something else, or leave it like it is. Although I should note that since the -vuln affects transference damage, it actually is the exact same as buffing your shield bank.

I've previously heard that T22 player gear was intended to be an alternative to T21, not a straight upgrade.
Was I misinformed, or has this position changed?

I see some space between being a side-grade and a straight upgrade. T22 is not designed to be a straight improvement to all things T21, but you should be able to find ways to make it better than T21, depending on what you do with it.

Prawn FCs exist, so the claw should probably be left as is.

Prawn FCs exist, so the claw should probably be left as is.