You do realise that Minmatar generally rely in shields too, yes?
They have been doing pretty well recently.

Drunk Troll is drunk?

First I want to compliment your write up and analysis of shield tanking but.....

I could not disagree more. You simply cannot play shields the same way as buffer armor. You need to duck in and out and know when to leave. Regulators need to be better, sure, but the stacking penalty is completely negligible. I run 2-4 complex extenders on my Caldari mediums and have noticed no difference whatsoever since the stacking penalty was implemented.

My cal assault suits are recharging at about 35 hp/s at basic, going up to mid 50s at adv level/basics (don't have protos yet) At 4-500 shields it's more than enough buffer to play a variety of styles, from shotgunning to long range play. Get in, do damage, get out, come back with full tank. Besides, they are some of the best dual tankers in the game. I have a 340/340 Cal basic proto with 3 enhanced damage mods. I don't really find that weak in any way. As a Logi you have enough slots and CPU/PG to fit a proper shield tank (with energizers) and still put some plates on. Unfortunately your regulator bonus isn't especially good but at proto level I can see it being nice as you only really need two regs at most, leaving two lows for plates/reps.

And as much as I hate to point this out, Caldari have some of the most powerful weapons in the game. The Rail Rifle is currently a little overpowered, being able to project huge DPS over basically all engagement ranges. The sheild resistance to rail weaponry is basically unnoticed except on the best of shield tanks. The Forge Gun can be unfightable in the right conditions, and in a similar fashion some of the best Snipers can one or two hit everything. Nova Knives are nightmarish in the right hands. Swarms are currently hurting but they are hardly relevant to your post. Speaking of, Caldari also have Pythons and Gunnlogis...

Caldari currently have an extremely versatile set of weapons that really can't be complained about. All we need is our heavy and light frames and their variants. I have no idea how a Caldari can feel as though they are gimped in any way, especially since the assault suit is the posterchild of the game. Sorry I felt the need to shut you down but I won't have a fellow Cal acting like they really need anything. I am more than happy being super effective right now.

Uhhh.....what...?

In open range a bunch of ck.0's with Kalaakiotas will absolutely demolish gk.0's with Duvolles uncontested. In cities/CQC it flips around, but that's kinda how it works.

Playing FW earlier I was taking out entire squads* of 800 armor gk.0s with this fit:

Prototype Caldari Medium Frame
L SB-9 Rail Rifle/State Kalaakiota Specialist Rail Rifle
S 'Toxin' Submachine Gun Blueprint
G Flux Grenades (yeah even on a shield tank)
X Remote Explosives
= Complex Shield Extender
= Complex Shield Extender.
= Complex Shield Extender
= Enhanced Shield Energizer
- Enhanced Shield Regulator
- Enhanced Shield Regulator
- Basic Reactive Plates

470 Shields 175 Armor even at close range I was faster, and if they lost their bead on me I was back at max tank.

EDIT: Granted not solo, but this game isn't really a solo game. Besides a lot of the fights were even or we were outnumbered.

Sniping? I was referring to Kalaakiota Rail Rifles...



The reason Caldari are losing factional warfare is because the Gallente side has a large number of powerful corps dedicated to fighting for them. That means that almost every match is going to have qsynced full proto squads with Eve orbital support (which is devastating, by the way) while the Caldari are running with a bunch of random scrubs who don't even know to shield tank. They are simply better players.

Speaking of, are you trying to RP? Cause noone else is in either game. A squad and I won 6 FW battles in a row the other day for the Caldari and only two of us were in Caldari suits or using Caldari weapons. For god sake we had a Madrugar. Not every FW match is going to be ck.0's versus gk.0's. If you are having so much trouble using Cal suits, then use what you are comfortable (and good at) using.

Oh and logi gk.0s being invincible? My remote explosives would like to have a word with you. Hint hint logi...

Some thoughts:
1) I do applaud the OP for some analysis, it's always good to see new players (I assume you are new-ish) sticking with and analyzing things. Best part is you can use some of this feedback you are getting to improve your game Because, yes, you probably are doing it wrong to a certain extent. No biggie, it happens.

Caldari losing FW has nothing to do with the equipment, as mentioned.

Stopped reading right there

I agree wih zap, shields need a buff, only a small one, but still. I am using caldari assault again, shield tanking works if your smart and use hit and run tactics, but it still needs a buff.

My mistake, but it does explain something. I accidentally posted my previous comment early, you'll see that it has been expanded. Yes, Caldari suits are not as good anymore, since as I mentioned, armor taking was broken before, so the gallente and amarr suits were not very useful (esp the old amarr logi, blech).

Since you used to use a pre-nerf CalLogi your suit is certainly gimped compared to before. Frankly it unquestionably should be since it was the signal example of poor design decisions by CCP and is why they released the new rifle information so early and made adjustments based on player feedback.