Excellent work as always.
Can I presume next step will be Forge Guns?

Now questions (as always):
1) Did you work with the basic frame only or also with the Sentinel? In my experience I found that for a HMG Heavy build the Sentinel is better, the added tank is well worth, in my opinion, the reduced gank power. On the contrary using forges I found that the second Complex Heavy Damage Modifier was vital.

2) You didn't mention the Burst HMG. Why?

That is actually what I did. But someone pointed out to me that the recharger gives percentage increase, and in the case of the Heavy that percentage is multiplying the slowest shield regen of any suit, so he argued that you donGÇÖt get much out of it. In the end I recommended the Extender rather than the Recharger, but either would be better than a Militia or Standard Damage mods. Whatever you put in the high slots to start with will get replaced by Damage mods once you skill them up.

I bet this fit would work really well on a Caldari Heavy, when we eventually get them. Damage mods were considered almost essential when the HMG was weak, but now that the HMG rate of fire has been increased and dispersion fixed, they may not be as needed. I have not heard of many Heavies choosing to go the shield tanking rout, but if it is working for you now I bet it will work even better when you get a suit designed for it.

I would classify your fit in the Assault Heavy category I think, as it relies on the shield recharge rather than extenders.

An energizer on a Heavy? I'll have to try that.

My new favorite fit:

Advanced Amarr Sentinel
2x Complex Armor Repair
Complex Plate
Complex Heavy Damage Modifier
GÇÿSteelmineGÇÖ Boundless HMG, SMG, Flux Grenade.


The fit I have mostly been running for the last two weeks:

Standard Sentinel (Dren BPO)
2x Militia Armor Repair
Militia Shield Extender
HMG, Militia SMG, Flux Grenade.

The second suit costs 3810 ISK (6810 ISK without the BPO). I managed to go 29/11 in the cheap suit last night in a Domination match. I have since switched the Militia Shield Extender out for a Militia Damage Modifier (Bumps the price up to 3930 ISK + 3000 ISK if you have to pay for the suit).

If you train in the cheap suit, you will absolutely wreck when you switch to the expensive version. Of course I did not start running the cheap suit for training. I started running it because I was broke.

These fits are what I refer to as Assault Sentinel fits. That is, they play like a Caldari Sentinel, having to take cover part way through the fight to regenerate health before reengaging.

Anyone up for squadding up sometime Saturday and just running amok in Dom?

I have Engineering and Electronics at 5 on both of my Sentinels, and they are both 3 or 4 levels into the HMG Optimization. But I was fitting proto mods to Standard suits. Fittings are a lot tighter now, they donGÇÖt seem unreasonable. I definitely have had to downgrade some stuff, but I have still been able to make effective fits.

The exception being the Standard Caldari Sentinel, which I do not believe can be made effective, unless you are running with a Caldari Logi with Rep Hives.

I gave the Burst a try and found it not to my style. I might give the Proto a shot at a later date and stick with it a little longer, see how it plays out.

I've actually come to like the slot swap on the Gallente Proto. Two high slots lets me run a decent AV with good eHP.