When we eventually get all of the racial HAV's (and vehicles in general), the Amarr variant will mostly be an armor variant, at least if CCP follows suit with their combat philosophy and none of that dual-tanking garbage. Now the Minmatar variant will be mostly shield tanked.

Laser weaponry = very effective against shields

Projectile weaponry = very effective against armor

So they are optimized to pwn each other.

I'm guessing it then boils down to modules, suprise, support, etc.

I just have a silly cenario playing out in my head where an Amarr tank and a Minmatar tank meet each other face-to-face, blast each other, and both of them blow up.

Welp.

I see Minmatar HAVs as the hybrid tanks, and the Amarr as slightly less armour and same shields as Gallente but with another low slot and a bonus to turret modifier modules.

Minmatar might also be artillery.

I see Minmatar HAVs as the hybrid tanks, and the Amarr as slightly less armour and same shields as Gallente but with another low slot and a bonus to turret modifier modules.

Minmatar might also be artillery.

I can see it now.

Duck Tape!

Duck tape everywhere!

Skimmed over OP, didn't bother reading through anything else because it didn't seem to be a call for CCP to finish the game's basic content. CCP FIRST PRIORITY should be to release all four racial variants of basic light, medium, and heavy dropsuit frames and vehicles. When they have a complete foundation they can worry about making meaningful progress towards resolving balance issues.



"Funny thought about Amarr vs Minmatar tanks... They don't exist."

DUCT.

But yeah, a lot of it.

When we eventually get all of the racial HAV's (and vehicles in general), the Amarr variant will mostly be an armor variant, at least if CCP follows suit with their combat philosophy and none of that dual-tanking garbage. Now the Minmatar variant will be mostly shield tanked.

Laser weaponry = very effective against shields

Projectile weaponry = very effective against armor

So they are optimized to pwn each other.

I'm guessing it then boils down to modules, suprise, support, etc.

I just have a silly cenario playing out in my head where an Amarr tank and a Minmatar tank meet each other face-to-face, blast each other, and both of them blow up.

Welp.

That Amarr dual tank trash need to be fixed....

The sential is kind of the slot layout I think a proper Amarr suit should have.

When we eventually get all of the racial HAV's (and vehicles in general), the Amarr variant will mostly be an armor variant, at least if CCP follows suit with their combat philosophy and none of that dual-tanking garbage. Now the Minmatar variant will be mostly shield tanked.

Laser weaponry = very effective against shields

Projectile weaponry = very effective against armor

So they are optimized to pwn each other.

I'm guessing it then boils down to modules, suprise, support, etc.

I just have a silly cenario playing out in my head where an Amarr tank and a Minmatar tank meet each other face-to-face, blast each other, and both of them blow up.

Welp.

Oo, yeah.

Caldari are supposed to be the hit and run.

Minmatar being artillery makes some sense!

Only half true. Minmatar also have auto cannons. Imgagine HMG turrets that don't suck.