I've only played a few matches so far today, but I can't say I've noticed a significantly shorter TTK.

Although, my playstyle has evolved into turtle tactics so I only poke my head out every once in a while.

So you wan't stand there firing ultra weak bullets at each other from 30m away reloading twice to kill a guy?
Cover is important in ANY shooter where you can't shoot through walls! You don't need a cover system to use cover! And you shouldn't be able to run across a no mans land even as a heavy!

Wait. So you're saying if people die extremely fast, tactics have lesser importance? Surely the inverse is true. Tactics have to be employed so you kill the other person before they even see you. Isn't that how it works in warfare throughout the times?

Increasing TTK compensates for the fact that you weren't thinking, you weren't planning your moves, and hence require that extra HP to make up for your mistake.

Speed tanking should work when you're dashing along at 60m, dodging sniper shots and making it a pain for a rifle-user to track you. Dampening gives you that extra second over the opponent to prepare your shots, and drop them before they drop you.

DPS is not all that matters, and the whole reason for that is BECAUSE TTK is so short. Because of this, it doesn't matter if you use an Exile or a Duvolle, if you get the jump on someone, you probably will win the fight!

eHP is concrete. But DPS? How do you calculate that? We all know simply taking (Damage x RPM)/60 isn't going to give you your true DPS in combat. Have you factored in reloading in the middle of a fight? Cover that could block your shots? Headshot damage? Grenades? Other people firing at the same target? DOZENS of other factors.

I repeat: TTK isn't what makes the game more tactical. Feel free to argue otherwise. I'll give you likes if I agree.

Really? Have you played COD, have you actually played COD, do you know how useless ckver is in COD? It takes 4 rounds to kill a guy in the open, it takes 6 rounds to kill a guy in cover. Here in DUST it takes 8bullets to kill a guy in the open, you can't kill a guy with an assault rifle if hemis behind cover!

You don't need a mechanic to let you take cover, to take cover! BLACK how no cover system, they just had waist high terrain that you could hide behind!

The maps are very cover centric, every corridor has cover at each end, there tonnes of waist high fences, on gantries, there are buildings, there are containers standed around the map. The game should not make you think oh he's not worth the effort, quite the opposite, it should be

Damn they've got a heavy squad, we are getting suppressed, there is no safe retreat, we need mechanised support

Not,

Oh they have a heavy, Im just gonna run across this empty field and escape!

I want every round that hits to feel like damage has been done, thats why the added the shield sounds in 1.4, you are meant to feel fragile, so that you don't have people running around like lunatics!