Why is it that AV weapons get a 50% increase to damage without skills from standard to proto, while infantry weapons receive ~10%?

Nobody really complains too much about proto infantry weapons, while proto AV can simply solo even the best of HAVs. I think the whole AV vs tanks problem (and other vehicles, except for LLAV, but even those pop fast if you get them caught for a few seconds) stems from the fact that AV gets a 50% damage increase from standard to proto.

Infantry would cry OP immediately if Duvolles did 51 damage per shot against 34 damage per shot on regular ARs. So why can't vehicles do the same? What makes you believe that AV should get 50% damage boost while vehicles stay at the same level?

If AV gets a 50% damage boost, then proto vehicles should have 50% more health over standard vehicles... after fitting modules.

But if proto AV did only 10% more damage than standard AV, I think all the AV vs vehicle problems would magically disappear! But of course, nerf those LAVs so that you can still kill them as effectively.

I believe CCP's reasoning behind this is that good tanks can have roughly 200% more health in comparison to militia tanks.

I really want to see those PRO vehicles. I find myself wondering if they'll go black and red-glowy on them as well.

So can Dropsuits.....but what do I know??? Power Creep FTW!!!