I'll say it again, but I think 600 extra shields is too much for the Python. It closes the gap between the ships, too much.

Observe the following fitting
http://www.protofits.com/fittings/shared/0/5594

It has
1x STD Shield Hardener
1x ADV Heavy Shield Extender
1x STD Booster (can be retrofitted with an Afterburner if preferred)

1+ù PRO PG Expansion Unit

1x ADV Missile Turret

It has

2550 Shields (Under Charlie this becomes 3150)
950 Armour

+24s (excluding passive skill bonuses) at 60% resistance.
- Equivalent to 7,650 Shields (9,450 in Charlie) while hardened.

+102 HP/s regen built in
+ Faster Speed and Acceleration



Now observe this one
http://www.protofits.com/fittings/shared/0/5902

1x MLT Afterburner

1x ADV Heavy Armour Repper
1x STD 120mm Armour Plate
1x PRO PG Expansion Unit

1x ADV Rail Turret

It has
950 Shields
3377 Armour (Under Charlie this becomes 3477)

- No Hardener
+112 Passive Regen
- Slower than Python


If you give the python +600 Shields, you will overpower it. However I am still happy to give this bonus to the Transport Dropships. But giving it to the python is going to be something you will regret.

you tell them apart either by receiving intel or by gathering it. either way, when you point at an enemy, tacnet supplies targeting info such as shields, hp, class, and tier. basically it gives you enough info to determine whether to attack, whether you need backup, how to attack, and whether theyre going to stomp you if they see you before you regroup with squad. that info can also be called out to improve the quality of scans and identify greater threats to call out for assassination.

and for some reason, nothing about targeting enemies is ever explained anywhere in the entire game....

also, if a suit or weapon has excessive amounts of black and red... prototype. almost every time.

Replace woth proto heavy shield extender
Proto after burner
Proto scanner
Xt missiles

I am well aware about the TacNet targeting info, however when I encounter a heavy in CQC and I have no where to run, I do not have time to look at the TacNet.

These aren't vehicles, I can die in less than second, I don't have time to read text.
I make my best assesment (Race? Armor/Shields? Prototype?) and engage according to that.


99% of the time, your intel is limited to Frame and Race, and if it's Prototype then tier. (The difference between STD and ADV in color is hard to spot in the middle of a fire fight or at range)

Replace woth proto heavy shield extender
Proto after burner
Proto scanner
Xt missiles

No, the hardener gives much greater survivability, to do otherwise would be pointless.

XT-Missiles
Enhanced light shield booster
Complex heavy shield extender
Basic Afterburner
Complex Powergrid Upgrade

Engaging another enemy does tell you what weapon he has. Blue flashes means rail rifle, sharp bursts means combat rifle, one long smoke trail means sniper, and long yellow stream means scrambler and a long line is laser. Its very easy to tell what weapon you enemy is using and its generaly very easy to differentiate between the races, as well as the classes i.e the logis scouts assaults and the heavies. All the weapons are clearly distinguishable by thier own sounds and bullet trail. Easy to distguish asault variants from tactical variants and so on. Also infantry has cover to hide behind and when you aim directly at someone you can read his suit stats (race, class and wither std basic or proto) if you cant already identify by the colors of the suit.

The difference is that on the ground, infantry render at the same rate. I see you and you see me. The closest example for infantry as to what pilots go through is the cloaked scout debate. People were pissed at being shot by an invisble scout. So CCP changed it so scouts supposedly cannot shoot while cloaked because it was an unfair advantage. With dropships your first warning that there is even a swarm launcher on the field firing at you is either getting hit, or watching missiles flying through the air one their way to hit you. (we engage between 50 - 80m max swarms still chase us for 400M). The swarmer themself is impossible to identify unless you watch him firing missiles at you, because infantry render for dropships at a much smaller range than dropships render for infantry. The only way to defend yourself is to run away or kill him. The only way to gauge how dangerous he is (as things stand now about half a million isk vs at best a 200 K proto suit) is by number of missiles. wyrokamis eat my dropship alive. Heck it tricky fighting just one ADV swarm launcher, 2 and i am out the area pronto. Since all forge guns are deadly i steer clear whenever i see a blue flash.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxwLQAFLbJM&list=UUy11xToip47aIW0M9TSOKrQ

Swarms from the ADS point of veiw, explains much better than i can.

Its so hard for infantry only players to comprehend, because you dont have to fight autolocking sniper rounds and your only option is to sprint 400 meters away without cover.

The most common thing i hear on comms with other pilots or said on comms when i'm flying : GTFO.

I can tell if a weapon is protoype just by looking at it. I cannot tell the difference between ADV and STD.

Considering how the 3rd Person Model for the weapons all have the same color, I'm willing to bet that this is a lie.

Same crap again. Pilots cry they can't stay in an area all day so you give them more HP and nerf swarms again.

Your uninformed opinion is discarded, you have not flown a python, or a ship, and you can't aim while being hit.

Ah yes, because getting hit and being unable to aim is fair, getting e shotted by a forge is fair, we have to drop lowish to see people....breach forge is just stupid vs dropships...

While heavies get dps, rof, ehp, and speed with lav...

Getting 3 shotted is op, it's not that hard to aim 3 hits, no python has ever killed me while forging, which isn't fair, as he must flee immediately or die....and if 2 people use a forge and don't suck, you have a 90% mortality rate.