Thats right CCP, just because you designed the suit for a certain play style it shouldnt be that way and you need to cater to guys who want to kick in doors with 1k + ehp and kill from 60 meters away

Seriously though thats what its designed for, not everyone gets to be in the spear head and if you want to go assaulting guys then maybe wear an assault suit while you do it

Thats right CCP, just because you designed the suit for a certain play style

You must not understand that that's what the AMarr heavy's designed around. I'm sure the spear headers would be Winmatar or Gallente.

I find myself a sad panda CCP seem to be blowing off an important topic, or are at least not getting the point.

Im not going to go into the numbers or arguments about how what does and doesnt do this or that and things. Thats what the many many other threads are doing...

I want to get across that when CCP are looking at the heavy with their critical eye, NOT to do so trying to get them to conform to an unwanted defensive role!
Im sorry if im getting the wrong impression, but any CCP response (and they are few and far between) on the topic of heavies seems to me to be pushing towards this mentality.

Personally i think (along with scouts) the heavy needs some love. That the HMG are restrictive at best.
I may be wrong, but there are a lot of people that are thinking the same, and regardless of your stance on the matter CCP need to have a long hard look at the matter... BUT NOT with this defensive, hiding round the corner, never moves anywhere idea in their heads.

Honestly, HMG heavies would be perfectly fine if the HMG just DID MORE EFFING DAMAGE. If I get outgunned by a damn assault with a duvolle in cqc, something is off. Even if TWO duvolles are firing at once. I should be able to solo two AR users in CQC with a Boundless easily. So actually, my two changes here are very simple: HMG damage increase, and small arms damage resistance to heavy suits (you know, like they are supposed to). Basic heavy, sentinel, and commando should resist 10-20%, adv you do 20-35%, and proto is 30-50%.
I think CCP should at least try this out and see how it goes. If everyone complains too much about OP heavies, then I was wrong, fair enough. I don't feel as though I am being wholly unreasonable. Just my two cents.

Slow-moving units have no place as shock troops. It's more common sense than just the opinion of CCP.

Ooo my post got Dev'd

What you say i completely understand, and if you can make Terminator Heavies i may infact come to fanfest give you a hug and buy you a very large beverage of your choice.
Defensive play for a heavy is very strong, but its restrictive, and using LAV's all the time isnt practical.

The problem is apart from LAV'ing none of this has happened yet We dont have the racials, or dropships, or killer commando's.
We're stuck with our short range HMG on a slow moving brick, that can get out dps'd, out ranged, out maneuverer and out tanked by other suits. (all at once)

Confirm (hint?) to us that with the other racials your going to open up the field, and not pin us down to hiding around objectives Or at least get rid of this mentality that heavies are "meant" to be defensive.


(note: The dropships we have now, you cannot see out of as a passenger, flings you half a mile if its even slightly moving, remote repping will remove any resembalance to a tank it already doesnt have, and if it stays still gets pwned by a sneeze, not particularly practical for a rapid incursion)

I'm sure when you look at the numbers, heavies have dropped a substantial amount. I remember seeing 4-5 heavies in Chromosome every match. Now? I'll be lucky to see 1. Even me, a dedicated heavy for my team switched to assault because I'm more useful and versatile that way.

The class is so limited that it's not even worth using anymore.