M3A1 Synthetic Utility Vest becomes light(er)weight

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About the pull request

This PR changes the M3A1 Synthetic Utility Vest to have a 10% slowdown
TLDR, I want more people to use this vest because its flavorful. I conducted a poll last year to see why pretty much no one used it and its because of the slowdown with nothing to show for it, as it is an armor vest .. without the armor. Less than 1% of participants of the poll cared about the storage space(which is quite laughable, at 1 slot)

Adding armor is not something I intend, but minimizing the slowdown is something I intend, and I see it as intuitive.

If an armor vest weighs 25kg and you remove 2 inserts of 10kg armor, how does it still weigh 25kg?!? It is a stretch to say it has any slower movement at all.

You get: added storage(1 slot), a suit light
For: 20% slowdown

Because the main intended user of this is a USCM Synthetic, they don't really benefit from the suitlight since they are usually with Marines.
Speed is key for any support role and for Synthetic it is especially crucial, slowing yourself down for a single inventory slot is just ridiculous. Granted, there is still a slowdown here.

Overall I'd just like to see it being used more under various circumstances, whether its for flavor during preparations in dangerous situations, or if its just part of someones outfit.

Explain why it's good for the game

Despite many attempts to get more people to use it, the M3A1 is used by borderline nobody because of the slowdown.

The description states that ALL ARMOR is removed(and indeed, all armor is removed). Why does it weight as much as combat vests that ALSO have lights and storage pouches? It just doesn't make sense. Armor weighs a significant amount and removing it should lighten the vest significantly, as described.

Making it more lightweight will hopefully have more people use it. It is the only USCM styled Synthetic piece available.

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Changelog

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balance: M3A1 Synthetic Utility Vest only has a 10% slowdown.
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[NeOchenLord]

If you're looking at it from a perspective of the vest being basically lighter and therefore not slowing down the wearer, I think it's important to remember that synths in general couldn't care less about weight since they have inhumane strength and overall are physically superior to humans. I don't think some extra kilograms can really do much in that regard.

RP reasoning aside, still a nice change 👍

[Steelpoint]

Mechanically speaking the main reasons, a Synth uses the armour is for the extra internal storage space, and that the suit is capable of holding items like the G8 pouch, something that the cosmetic vests can't do.

Whether this justifies the slowdown and lack of any actual armour protection is a matter for the powers that be, but for what its worth the last head maintainer declined to accept further reductions to the speed penalty of the armour.

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