Caldari Assault completely shield tanked

1x Duvolle AR
1x Ishukone Assault SMG
1x M1 Locus grenades

2x complex shield extenders
2x complex damage mods

2x complex shield regulators
1x enhanced CPU upgrade

1x compact nanohive

With max stats:
422 shield
150 armor
31.25 recharge rate
2.76 delay
7.35 sprint speed


Gallente Assault completely armor tanked

1x Duvolle AR
1x Ishukone Assault SMG
1x M1 locus grenades

2x complex damage mods
1x advanced precision enhancer

1x complex armor plates
2x enhanced armor plates
1x complex armor plates

1x compact nanohive

With maxed Stats:
150 shield
653 armor
6.25 recharge rate
0 delay
6.75 sprint speed

Comparison:
Gallente has 231 more ehp
Gallente has little passive but HUGE potential HP regen with triage hives and repair tools (200+ hp/s with ONE logi)
THey do they EXACT same damage with the EXACT same weapons
Gallente sprints .6m/s slower (just call in a LAV when the match starts and this penalty is invalid )
Gallente has the ability (with the precision enhancer) to detect 99% of all medium and heavy frames they come in contact with

Gallente has even more bonus when you look at weapon stats:
ARs and SCRs, which account for at least 70% of the kills in Dust, do 10-20% more damage to shields
Locus Grenades, which account for maybe 10% of the kills in Dust, do 20% more damage to armor
Shields have the disadvantage against their opponent's weapon about 7x more often the armor

Conclusion:
There may be "purposes" for the two kinds of suits but this is an FPS and in the end your ability to win fight are based on your ability to deal damage, and your ability to take damage (tank damage, dodge bullets, or avoid potentially dangerous firefights). Armor tankers can more easily integrate damage to their fittings, easily have more ehp, and use scanners easily, allowing them to avoid clumps of enemies. I would say that shield tankers could at least "dodge bullets" by strafing or whatever, but with this AA that's impossible. As of right now, armor is so much better than shields it's scary, and there's really no advantages to shield tanking.

2x complex damage mods on a Caldari Assault?
That's not the smartest of moves.

Also, Gallente assault can't detect anyone, 10m range is awful

Lastly, that compact nanohives lasts for 0.5 picoseconds.
It can't even fully rep your suit

And where the **** do you see 6.25 hp/s?
You filled all of your low slots with plates.



That's a very awful suit.

The weapons, equipment, and damage mods were to act as a base point for my argument, where both suits have the same damage and logi-ness.

Sorry one of the complex plates was supposed to be a repper.

Going by your logic where the Cal Assault has 3x extenders and 1x damage mod, now my point becomes even more clear.
Gallente now has 151 more ehp, and does about 8% extra damage. Gallente still has the two most important stats of any FPS, which is the ability to give and receive damage, better.

You're forgetting the regenerating stat.
I tried armor plates up the ass suits in PC.
You know what happens?

They shoot me, go behind cover, regenerate while I scramble for cover because I know what's going to happen, and then they just finish me off.


HP means jack if your enemy regenerates at 31hp/s while you regenrate at 6.25hp/s.

Those who are currently complaining about armour tankers - note the stats on the Gallente assault here, which is armour tanked.

Then think about the stats on various logistics dropsuits. Is it armour that's the problem or the logistics?