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Posted - 2014.02.24 15:38:00 -
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LT SHANKS wrote:I made a MLT Gallente Medium fitting that's equipped with an Assault Rifle, Assault Scrambler Pistol, Flux Grenades, and a Compact Nanohive all whilst boasting a near 800 total eHP....
Jeezus... I can only imagine what a Proto Galogi or GalAss is capable of.
*cries in corner because of squishy Minmatar suits*
Of course Gal-Ass's are op! Our skin tight suits really show of what we got. Specially those Gal women...Mmm 
There now that I've started with a joke, onto talks of balance.
While I feel your pain (Having skilled into the ridiculously squishy Min suits on my 1 mil SP ALT, seriously CCP low SP players have it rough enough. I feel for any poor newbie who skills Min first) I don't think Gal-Assaults are in anyway OP, Gal-Logi however can be another story. I am not just saying this because I myself run a Gal-Assault, I try to be as neutral as possible when it comes to balance but you'll just have to take my word on that so it is up to you.
The Gal suits excel at survivability in extended engagements, this is how it is supposed to work as the heaviest armor tanked suits. (Granted lore wise this should be Amarr, we will leave that discussion for another time.) However, they can't survive multiple engagements as easily as the other three suits without support; either from a logi or a rep hive. (Try running it alone without rep hives or switching fits at a supply depo; will give you some perspective.)
I have also noticed there is a far smaller leap in power from a STD Gal-Assault to a PRO, my STD suit has 700 EHP while my proto has 800. The only thing my PRO suit has on my other fits is damage capability but I think with how armor was made to work in this game, that is also working as intended. Armor right now in general is in a good place while shields have suffered; the exact opposite from what we used to have in the Cal-logi supremacy days. (Happy John?)
When the disparity between STD and ADV shields V.S armor is fixed and balance in general is tweaked you'll probably be less inclined to think Gal-Ass's are op. Also i assume you built this suit on your main with full core armor, CPU, and PG skills; not to mention any other skills that may affect the fitting. It is much harder to build any good MLT suit without core skills, thus core skills being so important to get first.
I will say however the two easiest suits too use when low SP is the Cal and Gal suits, as they each give newbies a bit of wiggle room to grow. Seriously my third and final character is 600k SP Cal-Assault and good lord do you start out with a pretty decent and easy to understand suit. I recommend either of them for lower SP players to start with as they will let you get accustomed to the game mechanics.
Just an honest opinion from a Vet friend; I'd have spoke on Gal-Logi's more but as I have yet to skill into that I don't think I am qualified.
Vae Victis
Valor Vet, R.I.P MAG
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