There's been no hints that they'll change IOs to work the same way, no. In fact, I think we had some statement from Castle a long time ago that recharge from set IOs in Mind Link was completely intended, making it quite the opposite of the HO bug. If anything, the problem here is that Mind Link can't be slotted directly for recharge (for no clear reason), not that IOs are boosting it improperly.
I have a pre-24 Widow that I couldn't decide whether to level primarily as a Fort or as a NW... Recently I scrapped my NW plan for her (since I have enough stalkers to amuse myself with right now) and planned a Fort build that I really liked, with perma Mindlink and all, and not even using HOs (this was before the nerf, but I never liked using HOs much... worked out well in the end).
Thing is, without the rech from inventions in mindlink, it won't be even close to perma, and her defenses won't be capped. So I wonder if anyone heard anything, or think it's likely, about IOs getting the same treatment HOs did and not boosting mindlink's recharge...
Because if that looks likely, I'll probably go back to my NW build as my primary way of leveling with this character... Not having mindlink up all the time would make my Fort sad.
Anyone heard anything or has opinions about that?
Playing CoH with Gestures