As I said, Mk X is fine, but why not get option to upgrade them as you advance through reputation tiers? Atm, most (again, not all) of the XI and X gear is being ignored and everyone is waiting for tier 4/5 and Mk XII "elite" stuff. This proposal would change that by making Mk X sets something you will hold on try to make…
Agree, the whole balance reason argument is kinda weird, considering its already unbalanced in favor of high DPS escorts/DHC-s P.S. forgot to add /sarcasm after that last line :)
Great idea. Before all universal consoles were swapped to slots-only, I used to have grappler (yeah, the NX one :P) on all my ships, just for the lulz and as a additional tractor beam (even more lulz in PvP). I am pretty sure it would be a true balance breaker having it back in device slot.