Im going to agree and disagree here.. I can see that MAYBE having a slot two item such as this to throw in an item temporarily might be plausible, but in honesty, those who can actually do hard would have no use for such augments. Most of the people ive talked to in game find these augments worthless as well. I too was hoping for an upgraded version of the slot 1 augs, and I do not think it would be too out of balance if they were slot 1 as long as the chance of getting one was....rare. You guys are on the right track, making people actually want to do hard ldons but I dont think we are there yet.
Taladome