I think it’s odd that perks only work with a specific type of armor. Would be nice if they were changed to work with lower armor types as well. For example point blank shot for blasters only works in light armor, but with this change it would for force armor as well. Someone in force armor should be just as able to dodge blaster fire as someone in light armor, since force armor is even lighter. A perk that requires heavy armor would work with all armors. To me it just doesn’t make sense that something would only work with one specific type of armor and not any armors that are lighter than it.
So what would heavier armors get as compensation then?
Higher AC? And I suppose some of the armor perks themselves could remain as they are if that would unbalance the armors. I’m mostly talking about the weapon perks that say they can only be used with one particular armor type. It limits some builds quite a bit.
I would say just weapon perks should not be limited by armor type, since they are already limited by weapon type.
I think that is much better then just buffing force armor by giving it more options.
The armour perks should remain as is - since the heavy armour perks are all well, heavy armour related. However I do agree that the weapon perks should have looser requirements.
For example - evade blaster fire in MA only works in light armour - but why can’t it also work in heavy armour (as a deflection rather than total evasion), or force armour (evasion again)?
Sneak attack is a precision attack (as it doesn’t require sneaks) and can be done with heavy armour (aim and stab!) as easily as light or force armours - since you’re using a finesse vibroblade anyhow.
About light armor perks:
Hide: Instead a short time to use, turn on or off the effect, with cooldown to re-activate. If a character attack or be attacked, the effect ends
Evasiveness: Change the time by lvl: 1 to 4 for 25 sec and lvl 5 to 30 sec. The actual time is too short to be effective
Shield Boost: Unlocked to be used with light armors. Light armor users use shield too.
Sneak attack: Can be really nice to see a message in the console windows, telling if you attack worked or not.