TBQH this buff will almost completely elminate the AR and will completely destroy the ASCR. In competitive matches the AR will require 2-3 clips to kill a strafing opponent (the ASCR might require all the ammo it carries lol). Their will only be 3 viable weapons in the game after this buff, the mass driver, forge gun, and flaylock pistol.

The issue with armor was never the HP provided by them but rather high PG costs for high end plates and for the reppers. Coupled with the loss of a slot due to all suites pretty much requiring CPU/PG mods. The other major issue is the Core Locust Grenade, if an armor class (non heavy) does not run all shield extenders (a huge drain on PG) in their high slot these grenades are a OHK.

In my personal opinion the best way to balance armor is not to buff HP but rather to lower the CPU/PG requirements on the plates and repairers coupled with the buff of lowering the movement penalty of the plates.

The regen in all acuality is far superior on armor when considering Dust is a team based game, and most teams would be wise to have their logi's carry either repair tools or repair nanohives (or both for gallante). CCP has done what they have always done in their balancing patch... they have gone from one extreme to the other, now shields will become inferior to armor and because of that Dust is going to become and explosive nightmare.

I wish my gunloggi was faster than a heavily armored madruger.

The regen on armor is only superior if you have healing Logis, so you need an entirely seperate character altogether. Also, vehicles can equip a Shield Transporter, so there is in fact a shield equivalent.

Also, if I may have a moment to be petty, I'd love to see this 'eliminate' the AR, but we won't be half so lucky. The AScR being 'nurfed' is also a good thing, as it is the Amarrian knockoff of a Gallentean weapon. It should be inferior to the AR, so that lines up nicely.

You have it backwards; the Gallentean Plasma Rifle is a knock off of the [Assault] Scrambler Rifles. I'll find the link when I have the time to do so.

Lore wise the scrambler weapons are just neutron beamers.

TBQH this buff will almost completely elminate the AR and will completely destroy the ASCR. In competitive matches the AR will require 2-3 clips to kill a strafing opponent (the ASCR might require all the ammo it carries lol). Their will only be 3 viable weapons in the game after this buff, the mass driver, forge gun, and flaylock pistol.

The issue with armor was never the HP provided by them but rather high PG costs for high end plates and for the reppers. Coupled with the loss of a slot due to all suites pretty much requiring CPU/PG mods. The other major issue is the Core Locust Grenade, if an armor class (non heavy) does not run all shield extenders (a huge drain on PG) in their high slot these grenades are a OHK.

In my personal opinion the best way to balance armor is not to buff HP but rather to lower the CPU/PG requirements on the plates and repairers coupled with the buff of lowering the movement penalty of the plates.

The regen in all acuality is far superior on armor when considering Dust is a team based game, and most teams would be wise to have their logi's carry either repair tools or repair nanohives (or both for gallante). CCP has done what they have always done in their balancing patch... they have gone from one extreme to the other, now shields will become inferior to armor and because of that Dust is going to become and explosive nightmare.

No BC with more armor tankers means more explosives means resurgence of shield tanking. Thus harmony is restored with the cqldari/MD vs Amarr/SR. Gallente still sucks. Minmitar is still not brilliant.

Something like this, yea. Just because armor tanking will become viable doesn't mean it will be the only onw to use. There will still be shield tankers, there will still be speed tankers, and there will still be people who don't tank, so don't drop your AR in a huff just yet. (Petty moment incoming) Actually, go ahead and do that, get a real gun :3

Also, alot of people alreay have perfect Caldari/Shield skills, so it would take a rather demented fellow to swap over to Gallente/Armor from scratch just because it might be usable now.

This is what is hurting the game. When everyone is standing on one end of a balance scale together, nearly all of them with the same set up. Then they are jumping up and down on the scale saying "CCP WEIGH US AND BALANCE THIS STUPID THING". When you all are refusing to balance yourselves and find counters to the caldari shield suiters its your own damm fault.