That extra ~30 EHP is to make up for our slower speed, which is lolworthy itself...

~30 EHP <<<<<<<<<<< 2hp/s, more modules slots (allowing even more EHP than lol30), and more speed.

Gallente suits are better than Amarr ones at Armor and Buffer tanking, while also being faster and more self sufficient.

Example:
A Gallente Assault can achieve 1123 EHP in 1.8, with 846 of it being Armor. This is while using a Standard AR and Standard IoP with a Compact Nanohive. Keep in mind that it also is faster and has innate Armor Reps.

An Amarr Assault con achieve 1095 EHP in 1.8, with 733 of it being Armor. This is while using a Standard ScR and Standard ScP with a Compact Nanohive. Keep in mind that it is also slower than the Galassault, and doesn't have any innate reps, so realistically, one of those plates would be a Repairer, likely a Complex one, lowering its EHP down to 946.

Can't wait until you guys see that the Caldari Sentinel has a 1 second depleted shield recharge delay.

In fact (It's my secondary account.) the problem is what they try to do (CCP) is :

Amarr : Brick Armor Tanker
Gallente : HP regen tnaker.

Problem : Gallente actually have more hp than Amarr AND native regen.

The native regen of gallente make them save a slot. which is used to increase Armor ehp by 70/110/150 (with skills)
AND they have same or more slots than Amarr suits.
At the end, Amarr suits have Less slots, no native regen (they must waste a slot if they want repair) and only 30 more ehp.
And they are supposed to brick tank ?? With less Hp ????? And less slots ?


Amarr don't need armor repair since they're Pure Armor tank, BUT the problem is : They're not Armor tnaker, they have less armor hp. 30ehp is NOT a fair tradeoff for a slot.
They need AT LEAST 70 more base ehp than Gallente to be competitive. (A basic plate).


Amarr is same than a Gallente, but, slower, with fewer lsots or same slots, less Potential ehp , no regen , less PG (2/4 for more CPU (only 8/9....).

So everything an Amarr can do, (Medium suits) an Gallente can do it better.

Ok, now I understand.
You haven't read the ******* dev blog.
Look at the ******* stats. Amarr HAVE more free armor than Gallente.

Stop spouting lies. I wish I could downvote your ignorant ass.

Let's count the things a Gallassault can do better than an Am assault.

1.) Armor Tank
2.) Speed Tank
3.) Buffer Tank
4.) Stealth Tank
5.) Rep Tank (Armor and Shields)


At least the Amarr can Stamina Tank better... Oh wait, the Gallente have 4 lows so they can do that better too.

The single thing an Amarr Assault can do better is Shield Tank, which is not only ironic, but also practically worthless since its only by about 50 ~HP.

you are looking at raw facts. if you take other things into consideration, such as the armor upgrades skill, your will find that because of your base hp, you will get more armor per level of upgrading that than the Gallente do.



also, only the light and medium frames get 30 more base armor hp per level. the heavy frame gets 75.

WRONG.
These 30ehp cost us speed. (We're by far the slowest, our scout is slower than a Minmatarr assault).

So actually they didn't gave us an advanced ferrosclae.
They gave us less than a Militia Plate with speed penality of an double Complex. (We have 10% less speed than others if i remember well.)

Innate Armor repair means you don't need to fit one and you can increase your ehp with even more ehp. Making you more tanky than Amarr WITh a regen OR makes you able to stack a huge regen Pool. (15hp/s with double complex which is going to be HUGE since we're lowering the TTK.)

While Amarr will be OUT OF COMBAT after one battle because 3/4 of his armor is dead.

Look do you really think your suit would be faster without that 30HP? I don't believe this at best you would get a different bonus that's it.

Amarr are supposed to be the slowest suits withe the highest EHP and that's what they are. The Amarr heavy and Assault are great suits and they will be great suits in 1.8 as well. Regarding the Amarr scout I am not sure how good the satmina bonus will be.

But in general Amarr suits have the highest base HP, the most stamina and the best stamina regeneration they are tanky and mobile and the Assault suit has clearly the best fitting power of all Assault suits coupled with one of the best bonus.

You simply can't have ALL goodies the most HP the best regen the best stamina and be fast...

If at all CCP should buff Amarrs base health a bit as they already did once with the heavy. But regen belongs to gallente its their way to armor tank...

Issue Description

Armor tanking dropsuits are usually required to have a way to regenerate their plates. There are three ways to regenerate armor at the moment. The first is self-repair via dropsuit low slot modules, the second requires a 3rd party with a repair tool and the last one is using armor repairing nanohives.

As of 1.8 a base self-repair has been added to every Gallente Dropsuit ranging from 1 to 3, meaning that a player using the previously mentioned dropsuit will have the option to disregard using a low slot module which saves him CPU/PG and frees up a slot.

The free slot means that the player can use one of the following:
-CPU/PG enhancement modules
-Armor modules that can increase EHP or regeneration
-Kinetic modules to increase speed or sprint endurance
-Profile dampening modules





Do Amarr Dropsuits have a roll in the battlefield?
If the Gallente Dropsuits are capable of better armor and regen tanking than Amarr Dropsuits...





EDIT:
- Edited OP to reflect the threads discussion
- I have moved proposals or ideas to the second post.

Amar heavy suits have quite a better buffer. 275 more hp in armor alone. I think that's huge.