DUST Search - Heavy suits should resist small arms fire and low grade explosives

Lance 2ballzStrong wrote:

Flux Raeder wrote:

I can't and won't vouch for the intelligence of my enemies on the field but I use my militia heavy forgegunning suit frequently and have noted that, minus any flux grenades, I can survive to the extent that I just listed. Even with militia I have survived attacks that would have taken out any of my other suits long before, and by no extent am I anything special in a heavy suit.
What people need to realize is that the heavy, like any other suit, has a role on the field and a lone, roaming tank is not it.
If you lone-wolf as a heavy you will get ****** up. Loosely, a heavy is supposed to:
A. Lead the charge with support from behind, that means easy logistics access to fall back to while for iron a fearful barrage of hmg fire, or
B. point defense: lock down one position with a squad.
A heavy has many strengths if you play it right, just like any other suit. I have seen well coordinated groups of heavies+logi dominate entire games and seen it enough to know that they are PLENTY resistant in the right circumstances.
So I'll say what many have already said before, just because you suck at a fitting, that does not necessarily make it UP, nor the weapon you are getting repeatedly boned by OP.

LOL...just LOL!

You use a militia heavy suit, to Forgegun snipe, and wanna tell seasoned HMG Proto heavies their suit is alright? hahahaha

Look guys, he's giving us advice on how to defend objecitves Lol

... also he's telling us the importance of a logi Lol

Please. You're making yourself look foolish. Go stick to Forge sniping in your militia suit.


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Flux Raeder WarRavens League of Infamy 241	Posted - 2013.09.11 21:32:00 - [1] - Quote HowDidThatTaste wrote: I know this is a crazy idea right? If the heavy suit was more resistant to small arms fire smgs ,pistols and low grade explosives i.e grenades then the heavy suit may have a fighting chance. Here is where I got this crazy idea http://dust514.com/universe/dropsuits/ "Heavy The Heavy dropsuit is designed to withstand concentrated small arms fire and protect the wearer from low-grade explosives. Its power-assisted exoskeleton lets the wearer use the heaviest weapons available. What heavy dropsuits lack in mobility they make up for with incomparable defenses. Mercenaries wearing such armor have been known to survive going toe-to-toe with enemy vehicles." Well lets see, It takes 2-4 shots with a sniper rifle to take down a heavy whereas I take down anyone else with 1-2 It takes 2-4 times longer to kill a heavy with a AR Heavys are very resistant against splash-damage A heavy can survive a grenade that would take ANYONE else out I'm pretty sure that easily qualifies as "resistant". What it sounds like you want is "bulletproof" which ain't gonna happen.
Flux Raeder WarRavens League of Infamy 245	Posted - 2013.09.12 05:20:00 - [2] - Quote Lance 2ballzStrong wrote: Flux Raeder wrote: Well lets see, It takes 2-4 shots with a sniper rifle to take down a heavy whereas I take down anyone else with 1-2 It takes 2-4 times longer to kill a heavy with a AR Heavys are very resistant against splash-damage A heavy can survive a grenade that would take ANYONE else out I'm pretty sure that easily qualifies as "resistant". What it sounds like you want is "bulletproof" which ain't gonna happen. You have no idea what you're talking about, and have CLEARLY never used a heavy suit against people that know their arse from their elbow. Please, stick to giving advise about sniping. I can't and won't vouch for the intelligence of my enemies on the field but I use my militia heavy forgegunning suit frequently and have noted that, minus any flux grenades, I can survive to the extent that I just listed. Even with militia I have survived attacks that would have taken out any of my other suits long before, and by no extent am I anything special in a heavy suit. What people need to realize is that the heavy, like any other suit, has a role on the field and a lone, roaming tank is not it. If you lone-wolf as a heavy you will get ****** up. Loosely, a heavy is supposed to: A. Lead the charge with support from behind, that means easy logistics access to fall back to while for iron a fearful barrage of hmg fire, or B. point defense: lock down one position with a squad. A heavy has many strengths if you play it right, just like any other suit. I have seen well coordinated groups of heavies+logi dominate entire games and seen it enough to know that they are PLENTY resistant in the right circumstances. So I'll say what many have already said before, just because you suck at a fitting, that does not necessarily make it UP, nor the weapon you are getting repeatedly boned by OP.
Flux Raeder WarRavens League of Infamy 251	Posted - 2013.09.12 19:29:00 - [3] - Quote Lance 2ballzStrong wrote: Flux Raeder wrote: I can't and won't vouch for the intelligence of my enemies on the field but I use my militia heavy forgegunning suit frequently and have noted that, minus any flux grenades, I can survive to the extent that I just listed. Even with militia I have survived attacks that would have taken out any of my other suits long before, and by no extent am I anything special in a heavy suit. What people need to realize is that the heavy, like any other suit, has a role on the field and a lone, roaming tank is not it. If you lone-wolf as a heavy you will get **** up. Loosely, a heavy is supposed to: A. Lead the charge with support from behind, that means easy logistics access to fall back to while for iron a fearful barrage of hmg fire, or B. point defense: lock down one position with a squad. A heavy has many strengths if you play it right, just like any other suit. I have seen well coordinated groups of heavies+logi dominate entire games and seen it enough to know that they are PLENTY resistant in the right circumstances. So I'll say what many have already said before, just because you suck at a fitting, that does not necessarily make it UP, nor the weapon you are getting repeatedly boned by OP. LOL...just LOL! You use a militia heavy suit, to Forgegun snipe, and wanna tell seasoned HMG Proto heavies their suit is alright? hahahaha Look guys, he's giving us advice on how to defend objecitves ... also he's telling us the importance of a logi Please. You're making yourself look foolish. Go stick to Forge sniping in your militia suit. Maybe you could show me where I said I forge snipe? Cause I sure can't find that quote, and it is making you look foolish to be arguing about how **** your suit is when I get on just fine on the frontline with my, yes, MILITIA gear. I used to have a adv hmg heavy suit in previous builds but prefer the mobility allowed by other suits so I am SOMEwhat familiar with what it means to be a heavy. You are actually looking rather foolish in this convo as you are trying to tell he guy running militia gear and surviving that he doesn't know what he's talking about while you are apparently getting your ass handed to you on a regular basis. Hell, just last night I killed two full health assault guys in cqc while they were both firing on me, one was definitely proto, the other might have been adv, I just kept moving and took the first out with a forge shot and cut down the other with my toxin smg, still had half my armour too so I started on a third before two more came around the corner and wiped me out. That is even after I was dicking around with my forgegun trying to switch weapons while my clone wanted to reload it for a ridiculous amount of time. If I had had an hmg I can only imagine I could have taken at least two more down. In militia gear. And best of all, I suck as a heavy compared to some people I squad with, so that really doesn't say much for you