I got a G logi with over 500 armor , 20 hp a second constant repair , and a repair tool pumping 105hps to any other armor guy willing to stand in front of me! come get sum shields!

Question for the OP seeing as he seem to have done extensive research on this...
Is the glitch just with Caldari suits or do any of the other suits suffer...sorry benefit
from the same glitch?
Oh and as for every "pro" and their dog using and abusing the Cal suits, I see plenty of
the other racial variants running around at the mo. I'd like to see some actual numbers
but Gallente Assault/Logi seems to be more prevalent atm. Amarr Logi here btw.

Flux grenades are a hard counter to shields at the moment. There is also a lesser known hard counter: The Plasma Cannon. The Plasma cannon will insta-gib any regulated caldari suit with its splash. It'll drop duel-tanked caldari suits into about half armor, though.

3. and because that is not enough advantage, an awesome BUG gives them a crutch too cause shields recharge during a gunfight even when they are hit. shield recharge delay obviously does not always work properly, known for 2 months and still not fixed https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=88305&find=unread

Maybe you should ask for permission from your leaders before you start making stupid posts.

1. Caldari is no longer the master race suit.

2. I know a number of players who make armour tanking viable

3. You have absolutely no idea about what you're talking about.

How did you manage to get over 500 armor with 20 HP/sec repair on a Gal Logi? I assume 3 complex armor repairers and 2 complex armor plates, but that gives 478 HP armor total with all skills maxed. Unless you meant over 500 EHP?

1. So that explains why 10 out of 16 suits are Caldari in a PC match? (Those 6 include heavies and scouts, that don't have Caldari variants)

2. Yeah, with extreme amounts of effort.
Oh and all that goes down the sink with a single core locus grenade, even an assault with 4x complex plates dies to one of those.

3. He has, it's true that this bug exists.

Actually what you're experiencing here, imo, is "just" lag and bad hit detection. happens the same thing if you shield tank with amarr or minmatar. I know it's annoying but i gotta say it once again : "don't hate the player hate the game". This game's got too many HP, none would ever notice this "lag" or bad hit detection if the game actually permit a max of 200-300 HP.

He probably never actually tried a Callogi compared to other drop suits. An Amarr Assault could get the same HP with much less money spent, for instance. Gallente Assault/Logi is an incredible DPS machine with a great armor tank. Amarr logi is at the moment and in my opinion the best choice.

1 10 out of 16 are Caldari logi PRO, just because it used to be the best suit. I mean, to get the PRO level for another armor, you need more or less 2 mln SP.

Actually what you're experiencing here, imo, is "just" lag and bad hit detection. happens the same thing if you shield tank with amarr or minmatar. I know it's annoying but i gotta say it once again : "don't hate the player hate the game". This game's got too many HP, none would ever notice this "lag" or bad hit detection if the game actually permit a max of 200-300 HP.

first of all, it is not about shield depleted delay. the problem si the regular shield recharge delay, which does not work how it is supposed to work and increases your shields during a gunfight. it can also be abused to jump behind cover, regain shields and proceed to fight. an armor tanked suit just cannot keep up with the speed and chase him down.

and regarding your strategy, it is flawed from the beginning to the end. "run in" with the slower armor tanked suit, throw flux just to see that it is dodged by lolspeed of caldari suits and even if you hit, they just run away and you will never keep up with the armor tanked suits speed. nice strategy, seems to work out well .

also your argument is null and void because I should not be forced to counter bugs. also your fit is just bad.

you got me.. it's actually 17.5 hps

I believe the OP misunderstands how the bug works. Other posters are correct. Damage occurs and the timer starts, if more damage is added after the time starts it has no effect. Once the timer expires shields then begin recharging (Cal having the highest recharge base of all suits excluding scout) As the recharge ticks away if ANY damage occurs during the recharge the whole process starts up again.

What I believe is happening is that the initial damage occurs and the player hides for 3-5 seconds then pops back out and the massive recharge begins during the gunfight. Then due to aim, dodging, luck, whatever you cant manage to hit them again for a few seconds. In this time the Cal player has probably regenerated 100 or so shields.This seems unfair but it works the same for EVERYONE.

No infantry ever recharges shields while they are taking damage. Your complaint is regarding specific builds that utilize shields with Energizers and Regulators and the proper use of cover tactics. I do not disagree that this provides shield tanking a huge advantage over armour tanking and that the bug on the timer needs to be tweaked, but this is NOT a gamebreaking issue nor is it specific to on type of suit.

pfft i can make a logi with 796 armor and 220 regen

And move slower than a bag of hammers.

Not to mention tied to those Wirykomi/Allotek nanohives ;)

how I am wrong about the bug? you just repeated it by yourself. recharge delay does not kick in unless the next recharge happens.

your are missing the point. also it is not about specific builds but regular armor vs. regular shield tanks. and yes it is specific to shield tanked suits because suits with lower shield pool have much less benefit out of it. the side effect of having an armor tanked suit is having less shield hp pool and less speed, your are getting hit with depleted delay alot faster and dodging core grenades that insta kill you is quite hard to do. the side effect of having shield tanked suits is being alot faster and being able to dodge flux nades that would only deplete your shields.