Logi Bro
Brutor Vanguard
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2014.08.18 18:50:00 -
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A dev stated that they were taking a look at the minsent, and as a user of it, I wanted to throw out what gripes I have with the suit.
The biggest problem, in my opinion, is the speed. The Minmatar basic heavy frame is faster than the Minmatar Sentinel, in exchange for more armor. No other suit does this. The Gallente and Amarr heavy frames both get increased armor but keep the same speed when they make the jump to sentinel, so why not the Minmatar as well?
My other problem is the fact that the Minmatar Sentinel is armor centered. It has more highs than lows, a decent shield recharge rate, and a decent shield delay. All the base stats point towards it being a shield centered suit. (The Minmatar basic heavy frame has more shields than armor, I don't see why that would change when it goes to Sentinel)
In the event that the above paragraph made it into the game, I would also recommend that the resistance to blasters on armor be changed to resistance to blasters on shields. (You could say the same thing for the Amarr Sentinel)
TL;DR- Buff Minsent speed, flip shield/armor stats, change armor resistance to shield resistance.
SP Sinks? Fixed.
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Logi Bro
Brutor Vanguard
Minmatar Republic
3216
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Posted - 2014.08.19 01:47:00 -
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Meee One wrote:Logi Bro wrote:A dev stated that they were taking a look at the minsent, and as a user of it, I wanted to throw out what gripes I have with the suit.
The biggest problem, in my opinion, is the speed. The Minmatar basic heavy frame is faster than the Minmatar Sentinel, in exchange for more armor. No other suit does this. The Gallente and Amarr heavy frames both get increased armor but keep the same speed when they make the jump to sentinel, so why not the Minmatar as well?
My other problem is the fact that the Minmatar Sentinel is armor centered. It has more highs than lows, a decent shield recharge rate, and a decent shield delay. All the base stats point towards it being a shield centered suit. (The Minmatar basic heavy frame has more shields than armor, I don't see why that would change when it goes to Sentinel)
In the event that the above paragraph made it into the game, I would also recommend that the resistance to blasters on armor be changed to resistance to blasters on shields. (You could say the same thing for the Amarr Sentinel)
TL;DR- Buff Minsent speed, flip shield/armor stats, change armor resistance to shield resistance. 1 kincat and a Minsent can OUTRUN my UNTANKED Minlogi. And of course if it can outrun the Minlogi,it can well catch up to and annihilate the other logis. HELL NO TO SPEED.
First, a Minsent + one complex kinetic catalyzer doesn't outrun a Minlogi. To be exact, a Minsent with maxed core skills and a complex kincat sprints at 6.7m/s. The base speed before you consider any core skills on a Minlogi is 7m/s. Also, the speed buff that I was recommending to the Minsent was to bring it in line with the speed of the basic heavy frame. Even with that buff, it would only run at 6.95m/s with maxed core skills and one complex kincat. Still doesn't outrun the logi.
Second, since when do we use the speed that logi's run as a balancing metric? I would argue that the one of the roles of the Minsent is to run down medium frames and destroy them. In that case, the Minsent needs an even bigger buff to speed than I recommended in the OP.
SP Sinks? Fixed.
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