The most recent TWAB (or TWID if you’re so inclined) revealed that Synthoceps will lose their bonus to melee lunge range and will instead boost handling and reload speed when surrounded in the S23 balance pass. Part of the utility of Synthoceps in the live game is the passive, or always-active aspect of the lunge bonus. To preserve the nature of this utility, I would also like to see the stat bonuses in a format similar to heat rises on Dawnblade; passive minor boost to AE (+10), with a large boost upon the activation condition (+70 I think?). So, for example, Synthoceps would grant +5 or +10 to handling and reload speed passively, with a larger boost when surrounded (perhaps +30 or +40 to handling and reload speed). I don’t want Synthoceps to become too strong, so this may be a bad idea (for example, we don’t want Synthoceps becoming Ophidian Aspect on top of crazy melee and super damage bonuses), but I think a small passive bonus is at least worth considering/experimenting with, as the lack of a passive bonus might make them too situational for PvP.