How about we make this a thread about gear suggestions?
Med-pack: Slowly heal teammates around you up to however much health they have equipped.
Ammo-Box: Supply your teammates with ammo up to their max ammo capacity.
Shield-Recharger: Same as the two above, only for shields.
Active Sensor pack: Gives you a radar that shows enemy locations relative to your own (and an indicator of their general location in your HUD). We could balance this by having enemies only show up when moving quickly or firing an unsilenced weapon and limit its range. This could be extended to a "Team sensor" that relays this information to your teammates, though if you die, there goes your sensor support (unless multiple team members have them).
Cloaking Device: Self-explanatory. Makes you very difficult to see visually. Could be balanced several ways. It could take up a lot of space, giving you fewer weapons. It could also make you unable to use shields, as it "interferes" with its performance. You could also have users be always visible on Active Sensor packs. This would be a great tool for all the crazy ninjas out there. New invisibility effects would be great, as the UT one is ugly
Focus-enhancing drugs: Gives you lower movement chaos and faster reload and weapon cock speeds.
Nike(TM) running shoes: Faster movement speed and higher jump height (Just kidding about the name
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Sensor-Jammer: Here's a fun one. Fills an enemy's Active Sensor packs with lots of blips when in the sensor's range. This would also of course create a big red dot on the enemy sensor, showing him where the jammer is, but making it very difficult for him to find the jammer's teammates on his radar.
Reactive Shield: This one's a little complicated. When you are attacked, this shield activates for about one half or one quarter of a second, completely negating any attack on the player during the time it's activated (including the attack that activated the shield). Any attack, be it sniper bullet, grenade impact (the actual grenade hitting you in the face), rocket explosion, Rail bolt, pistol shot, katana swing, shotgun blast, Mario jump, you name it. After that quarter/half second, it deactivates and has to recharge for 15 seconds before it is used again. An item like this would be incredibly useful for point-men, giving them a small safeguard against snipers or ambushes.
Other ideas:
Something that causes a person's body to explode on death (discounting suicide command), damaging surrounding players. Dunno what yet. Maybe a side-effect to the Ammo pod or cloaking device?
