The Black Jackal
The Southern Legion
The Umbra Combine
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Posted - 2014.02.06 02:05:00 -
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As Soraya and Canari have conveyed above, it's not a matter for CPM Candidates or elected members to give numbers, but it's an issue that you can have both on many suits, and often fitting damage mods is more conductive.
An example is the Complex Shield Module Vs. an Assault Rifle.
Complex Shield Extender gives you 66 hp which amounts to less than 2 shots from a non-modded STD AR... mod it up, and replace it with a Prototype, and it's about 1 shot...
Now I run Caldari primarily, and see this constantly. Survivability for anyone is low, and TTK makes damage mods appear to be the better option.
In EVE, Damage Mods are low slots, allowing Shield 'burst' tankers to have High Damage output, and armor tankers to have a bigger buffer and higher overall resistances, but less damage.
In DUST, they switched it up, but kept the shield tank at below - par ratings on some level (which I wont elaborate on).
Overall the issue is this (yes time for some numbers.
STD Assault Rifle : 750 RPM (12.5 RPs) = 425 DPS (467.5 DPS Vs. Shields)
So assuming a Caldari Commando (All tiers - 400 STD HP in SHD, and 250 in Armor) Would survive roughly 1.5 seconds under fire from a STD AR. Unmodified.
Now a ck.0 Caldari Commando has 3 High Slots. Let's fill them with Complex Extenders.. at 66 hp a pop. For an added 198 Shields.
Now that same Commando, Vs a STD unmodified Assault Rifle will survive a grand total of...
1.99 Seconds (We'll say 2 to be generous).
Three high slots have bought us .5 seconds worth of survival.
Now Take that Assault Rifle...
We'll use the Caldari Commando Suit to add in 3 Complex Damage Mods... with stacking penalty this amounts to around a 23% increase in Damage. (100% from first, 80% from second, and 50% from third).
425 DPS (467.5 DPS Vs. Shields) becomes 522.75 DPS (575 Vs Shields).
Meaning that in the above example Vs. Fully Tanked Caldari Commando, the Commando's survivability drops to...
1.4 seconds.
Keep in mind this is a STD rifle Vs. Prototype Suit....
TTK issues aside. There is no real benefit for tanking, as tanking lacks punch atm, whereas damage output is considerably higher.
Once you go Black, you just never go back!
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