My proposal for expertise upgrade options.

Though i havent tried to maximize all of my gear to have expertise level (edit, now i have, but for several weapons and gears only yet)

But i think the current upgrades are just providing a higher ceiling to the same meta or builds

My suggestions are: explicit to PvE (dunno how this should be balanced for PvP as i dont play that mode, any suggestions are appreciated)

Give a custom upgrade options for each items (1 per item across) unique for every item including existing ones


GEARS:



A. Mask:


1a. Health regeneration 0.1% up to 1% max per sec
2a. Health on kill 2% to 20% (+1% to +10% on headshot kills)
3a. Hazard resistance 1% up to 15%
4a. Pulse resistance 1% up to 15%
5a. Optimal distance 1m to 10m
6a. Accuracy 1% to 15%
7a. Skill speed 2.5% to 25% (tracking)
8a. Repair skill 1% to 15%



B. Gloves:


1b. Reload speed 2.5% up to 25% max
2b. Rate of fire 1-15%
3b. Stability 1-15%
4b. Melee damage 50% to 500%
5b. Swap speed 25% to 250%
6b. Skill cooldown -0.5 sec to -5 sec
7b. Revive speed 5% to 50%
8b. Grenade cook 7 sec to 3 sec



C. Chest


1c. Armor regen 0.1% to 1% max
2c. Damage reduction on hit 1% to 10% (like defender drone) +1% to +10% on headshot hit (5 sec refresh on full auto gun, 10 sec for bolt action/pump action/semi auto)
3c. Skill damage 2% to 20%
4c. Incoming repair 2.5% to 25%
5c. Armor kits 5% to 50% faster application
6c. Health 10% to 100%
7c. Throw distance 1m to 10m
8c. Magazine size 1% to 15%



D. Backpack:


1d. Active bonus armor 2.5% to 25% (like sharpshooter but active all the time) needs 10 sec to replenish or use armor kit to replenish instantly
2d. Status effect 1% to 15%
3d. Skill health on kill 2.5% to 25%
4d. Armor kit 10% to 50% chance not consuming on use
5d. Carry items +10 to +100 (also for materials)
6d. Grenades +1 to +10
7d. Skill items 10% to 50% (having an additional skill for like cluster/chem launcher/sniper turret ammo/etc)
8d. Skill duration 2.5% to 25%



E. Holster:


1e. Pistol damage 2.5% to 25%
2e. Ammo 2.5% to 25%
3e. Item acquisition 5% to 50% chance drop increase (this game is on its stretch, i think having a dedicated farming gear isnt bad)
4e. Armor on kill 1% to 10% (+1% to +10% on headshot kills)
5e. Grenade drop chance 2.5% to 25% (+2% to +20% on explosion kills)
6e. Special ammo acquisition 2.5% to 25% (+1% to +15% status affected kills)
7e. Skill haste 2.5% to 25%
8e. Armor kits team repair 5% to 50% from your total max armor (unique armor kit of specialization applied)



F. Kneepads


1f. Movement speed 1% to 15% (sprint and cover to cover)
2f. Roll recovery speed 1% to 25% faster
3f. Explosion resistance when in cover/not moving 2.5% to 25%
4f. Revive speed 5% to 50%
5f. Armor kits teammate repair 1m to 10m radius
6f. Grenade damage 2% to 20%
7f. Revive distance 0.2m to 2m radius
8f. Bonus armor on kill 1% to 10% (+1% to +10% on headshot kills)

EXOTICS AND NAMED:


Unique traits for named and exotic items should give an upgrade option (so many exotic and named, cant put them all here):

1. One of its talents buff specific talent
2. Upgrade 1 mod slot in weapons
3. Option to choose one from specific area of item to upgrade from (chest/backpack/mask/guns/etc)


WEAPONS:


Havent think about weapon unique traits but heres my first thoughts: (any suggestions are welcome)

1. Stagger enemy 1% to 10% on crits (like the existing staggering they do, just to add the chance of doing it, pve only) (+1.5% +15% on headshot crits)
2. Weapon handling 1.5% to 15%
3. Headshot critical damage 1% to 10% (multiplicative to existing attributes headshot/crit)
4. Armor on crit 0.1% to 1% (+0.1% to +1% on headshot crit)
5. Ammo returned from kill (straight to mag) 1% to 10% (+1% to +10% on headshot kills)
6. Health on hit 1% to 10% (+1% to +10% on headshot crit)
7. Skill damage on hit 0.2% to 2% (on hit) 20% max (5 sec refresh on full auto gun, 10 sec for bolt action/pump action/semi auto)
8. Explosion on kill 10% to 100% damage (scale from weapon damage + concussion grenade damage) chance 1% to 10% (2.5% to 25% on headshot/explosions) radius 1m to 10m (pve only)



UNIQUE TRAIT FOR WEAPONS



A. Assault Rifle


1a. Crits will proc bleed for 0.5 sec per crits, deals damage while bleed is active 5% to 50% from total weapon damage per crit



B. Sub-machine Gun


1b. Gain bonus armor per crit 0.2% to 2% from total max armor, 5 sec refresh



C. Shotgun


1c. Deals explosive damage 5% to 50% that scales from concussion grenade (2.5% to 25% chance)



D. LMG


1d. Increase incoming repair/repair skill per hit, 10 to 100 max stacks (1% per stack) 10 sec refresh



E. Rifle (DMR)


1e. Increase Crit Hit Damage per hits up to 5 stacks, 0.5% to 5% per stack (full stack will deal one shot that wont consume your ammo with additional +25% CHD)



F. Sniper Rifle


1f. Crit headshots kill will proc a pulse (like achilles pulse) to a random nearby enemy within their 10m, headshot will deal a crit headshot on a pulsed enemy additionally by 5% to 50% headshot damage



G. Pistol


1g. Weapon handling increase per hit by 20% to 200%, swapping from this weapon removes the buff, buff will lasts for 10 sec







Edit: my suggestions are another options on top of the current upgrades, just to provide more options for diverse build, but still any suggestion/complaints are welcome

Edit2: edit some upgrades

Edit3: add the weapon category specific expertise upgrade options

Unless I misunderstood the principle, as Pointman is a Named item, should it not be in the Named Chest/Body Armor category, rather then in the Gila brand menu for Research ?

Hi dear developers and fellow agents! It is just my imagination how would be cool if the next D2 TU15 had some sort of new features beside of what are coming. I need your thoughts about that folks. Criticism is much welcome!