Honestly. For playing an assault role, the type of suit or weapon you run make ZERO difference. Nothing will net you more kills than the other.

Aim... shoot... skill...

Minmatar is best for specialist fits like AV.

Caldari- Long Range Skirmishers
Gallente- Close Range Brawlers
Amarr- Long Range Brawlers
Minmatar- Mid Range Skirmishers

This post has been Sgt Kirk approved.

A little more specific, I find my Advanced Amarr Assault suit doesn't have as much eHP as other advanced assaults usually do, but with the heat bonus and already high DPS of laser weapons, they are best for either point defense relying on stopping the enemy before they can get close or sitting just outside an objective and picking people off while others invade.

Not even just laser weapons though, scrambler rifles too. Great for stopping enemies at great distance.

Just hybrid tank everything and stop and pop from cover or bounce around like a rabbit in a minnie suit

I want to try a civil war style firing line at some point, if anyone would like to indulge me in a couple of weeks let me know.

All we will do is match in a straight column toward the enemy, not stopping, even if we die, line up, then fire a single shot, wait 20 seconds then fire again.... nah we'll unload on them until we all overheat..... if we live that long.

You know the whole reason battles were fought like that was because the rifles were crazy inaccurate, so if you get a dozen people standing side-by-side to fire you'll surely hit someone. Of course that tactic is crazy out-dated and would never work, especially in a video game. Still, it would be fun.

You know the whole reason battles were fought like that was because the rifles were crazy inaccurate, so if you get a dozen people standing side-by-side to fire you'll surely hit someone. Of course that tactic is crazy out-dated and would never work, especially in a video game. Still, it would be fun.

Damn I want to get 32 good agreeing players to do this with me, shame I cannot fund the Clone packs to try it in PC.

Charge Shots only on officers commant.

4x4 man rifle lines

reload after every shot

no iron sights

I've messed with the amarr assault (the logi is better)

I go with a laser rifle and a scanner. also an smg for within 10m. play 50m outside of your ar and frontline weapon users. remove the shields of every enemy who is approaching, and kill the ones that don't approach. you can generally cover two objectives with a short run while your scanner is recharging.

be wary of the ar users. you need to be at 60 or 65 meters to negate their effectiveness. occasionally an ar positioned above you will have a strangely strong punch. once you can get the ar user to scope in on you, just burn him down.

I've only used the Caldari and Gallente assault suits(though to be fair, I only used the Caldari before we got Gallente assaults)

And I'm wondering what each suit is best at doing. In my experience with Caldari suits they are better at being a Orbiting assault and hit and runs. They can effectively attack a target then move to the next. Not the best for dealing with multiple suits but effective at 1v1s(as I'm sure most assault suits are anyway)

For Gallente, they were UP before the armour buff and now they feel just up to par. I'd like to see a +2 buff to base PG but otherwise I'm happy with it(though you really need to max out all skills to use it well)

As for what the Gallente assault is best for, I would say it's kind of a more mobile heavy suit. Good for point defense and works well in a group. It's a very survivable suit, but because of the slow nature of armour reps your kind of forced to seat on the side lines for a bit between fights if they eat into your limited buffer.

tl;dr what do you think each assault suits best and worst role is?

I use Caldari for its mobility, tried Gallente didnt like it. Less HP but more movement.

As you said hit and run tactics are fun for the caldari but at the same time taking down 2-3 enemys at a time is as easy as the 1v1's if your popping in and out of cover, I do it all the time While the gallente assaults stay defensive for the most part (Stacked with Armor and Damage mods) Caldari suits fit my play style perfectly considering I like to run behind enemy lines hacking objectives and killing strays

Caldari- Long Range Skirmishers (no good gun)
Gallente- Close Range Brawlers (AR)
Amarr- Long Range Brawlers (Laser/SR)
Minmatar- Mid Range Skirmishers (TAC AR)

Is crouching allowed? I want to be a part of this rally badly. Also, what is a commant?
Edit: you meant command. I though you were talking about an officers item

Minnie assault would fit that play style better...

Nah I dont like being squishy.

C assault has the right balance of hp and speed for me. I like shields over armor.

BUT I did build a suit for defensive roles that kiks azz, 965 hp at present. 582 shield 383 armor. I have Biotics maxed but still dont like the lack of speed from the plates =/