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Equipment in H3 sucks. They kept in all the cheap equipment (bubble, regen) and took out the good one(s) (radar jammer, maybe the flare). Morons complained that the radar jammer jammed their own radar and was useless, but they were too dumb to utilize one of the most powerful pieces of equipment.
Here is my view on equipment. As it stands, I hate it. It's a great concept, but the problem is they turn it into such a cheap -tactic- but I don't even like to call it a tactic. It's just cheap. Equipment has fast spawns (1 min.) and typically spawns at several places on the map. It's too abundant to play like any other weapon and control it, so it saturates the gameplay. How many times do you run into someone with a regen Isolation? It's ridiculous.
But not only is it unlike power weapons controllability, it's also unlike a perk. I despise COD in that I utterly hate the gameplay of spraying and praying, lying prone in bushes, etc. But at least with perks everyone gets them and they can play to their advantages. If they fall to the advantages of someone else, they either should have chosen different perks or shouldn't have fallen into the trap. Perks give advantages, but they are very tactical (not all of them, like "last stand") and don't typically cheapen play.
Equipment now is just a cheap tactic because we have equipment that gives you a large advantage in gameplay, is too prevalent to control, etc. Equipment needs to become more like the radar jammer, as it gives you tactical advantages. Pair a radar jammer with a coordinated assault, grab the camo, infiltrate the base and use the jammer, assassinate someone and distract, and then have your team hit. It gives you a slight advantage that requires teamwork, planning, and precision to execute as opposed to the "Oh, F me, I was dumb and suck and got myself into a bind" equipment that keeps your shields up for a minute unless someone rockets you or snipes you in the head.
I know that's a long rant, so I'll reply to your OP. I think equipment can be great, and customization is always helpful for games. It would also make it easy for the community and Bungie to edit the equipment that they first come out with as they find flaws.
[EDIT] Don't tell me the radar jammer was taken out because you could equipment jump with it. You can do the same thing with a power drainer.
[Edited on 11.13.2009 5:11 PM PST]