no they're right

scout wouldn't need as many modules to get the same kind of EWAR stats as the medium. thus they'd have room for HP modules

Assaults aren't supposed to be ewar monsters. Cal Logi's can fare passably with ewar though.

Assaults are murder-kings when in an appropriate squad. If you play solo you should use a scout.

Not in my case they are not right..my amar assault has more ehp than any scout I've ever seen and deals more damage.

no scout can run 3 complex dmg mods and have over 850 armor with a complex rep

"Assault users - what do you run? HP? EWAR? Speed? Damage?"

I'm an assault player at heart, but I use scout or heavy suits to assault....because, in comparison, the assault suit still falls short:

Sometimes I run a Cal or Amarr scout.....It runs faster, it EWARs better, and it does virtually the same damage.

Other times I run an Amarr heavy....dat burst DPS and all that armor! Even the basic/Dren version is a beast.

Bottom line: Cal/Gal Assault suits still aren't viable killers for my style of gameplay. The scout and/or heavy simply does it better -- and I don't have good enough gun game to overcome the assault suit's shortcomings.

My caldari assault runs off 3 key elements, I really enjoy it, it may not be for you.

This can work on any of the 3 meta's of frames, also bear in mind I haz much sp

The assault rail rifle, it chews through ammo, but is an excellent companion in mid ranged aimed fire, close range hip fire, the reload skill helping you maintain pressure on hostiles

Shield energizers/rechargers, I don't like energizers on sentinels as it will nerf ur hp too much, however running 2 adv energizers
on your cal assault will boost you to 76/sec.....nice

Finally the lynchpin of the design, regulators, you can use one, but a true caldari warrior uses two.

Combine all this together, no u can't stand and trade with heavy frames at 10 paces, but a smart player using cover and not sitting in front of the enemy too long, will find you take cover, change magazine and a few heartbeats later you are at full ammo, full shield and most armour tankers will be comparatively kittened.

Once you get used to it, this setup is ASSAULT, u can put pressure on objectives and tackle wave after wave of enemies.

Im sure you can figure the rest out

P.S. Ahem...Bolt pistol...?.....no......Nova Knives!!!

Don't forget your kaalakiota injector

gal 3 dmg mods 5 reps or ferroblend

The assault, depending on which one you're using, is built to have enough armor/shield to survive attacking or being attacked. They are support fire for the heavy/logi combo, the 3 man fire team holding or assaulting bravo, and they can be great at drawing fire from the heavy until he gets into position.

If your using a gallente assault you should stack shields mods, armor mods, and reps! You have a wide variety of variations from quickly repping fits with dmg mods to finish enemies, and quickly rep for the next engagement, to heavy shield and armor defense fits for defending a point. You can add speed mods and be a go-between guy for two close points. It really depends on what your squad needs, and the weapons you apply.

The Caldari in your squad should be covering your movements with range, not assaulting points as I see a lot of them doing?! Your built for shield repping on high points, keeping heads down, and bringing ammo to the fight. Why I always see Caldari assaults hacking and running shotguns is beyond me?! No heavy should walk across open ground without a response from your rail rifle! No gal or Amarr assault should move from one cover to the next without fire support from you!

The Amarr is another mid to short range fighter like the gal assault. The difference being it's built more to hold points not assault them! There slow with a lot of armor, and great for duel tanking, but they have long and mid range weapons. If I see another Amarr assault sprinting across open ground I'm going to rage! You have uplinks! This is because you're suppose to drop from dropships, or ride in lavs to an objective. Drop the links, and hold til the help arrives!

The min assault is the true jack of all trades, and best suited for tank busting! Speed is his friend, and explosives are the tools he's equipped with! Support by fire mass drivers on roofs, swarm launchers on vehicles, and your gone before anyone can retaliate! The combat rifle also gives the min assault the ability to support by fire close to mid range.

All of these suits should be paired together, with heavies and logis, or commandos depending on how Your squad is setup. As far as eWAR goes you can slap a precision, damp, or range mod on to catch "some" targets, but your scout should be in squad calling out! A lot of players have gotten away from their actual role with the scouts because they've been more like predator than scout?! Now everyone is looking for the assault to be like the scout, and set up the one man army fit?! The scout can run with squad or solo depending on how he's playing, and can ambush fire teams. The assault is fire team specific with short term solo capabilities. He's not the ideal solo runner?!

I know it was long, but maybe that helps. o7

gal 3 dmg mods 5 reps or ferroblend

Five reps?
Good grief.

HP > EWAR lol

1k EHP assault Suits :)

CCP Rattati Teaching Arkena how to Gallente.....

I probably wouldn't use that fit.
5 reps is an amazing regen rate, but having 340 armour in a frontline protosuit does not appeal, however much regen you have.

I applaud the insane reps, but after 3 or 4 reps you really don't need any more and a little buffer will do wonders when you have a solid regen like that.

The standard fitting I use has three reps and two plates - it gives enough buffer to survive a round of combat and then enough regen to rapidly get back in. With 340 armour, you become extremely vulnerable to being alphaed through your buffer before you can retreat to rep. Especially in this era of bolt pistols, where it's very possible to get OHKO'd with that little armour.

The ferroblend is a much more sane idea. Speed is important on a close range dropsuit, after all, and I imagine Rattati is smart and evading the use of regular plates so as to incur no movement penalty.

5 reps just sounds insane... I'm going to go try it. I'm sure that 4 reps is the limit of sanity though. 4 reps and an enhanced plate brings you up to 460 armour while still regenerating in 11 seconds, which is really plenty. The full potato 5 rep fit regens in 7 but is surely noticeably less sturdy. A single enhanced plate gives a negligible movement penalty.


Even if 5 reps is a dubious proposition, at least our glorious saviour Rattati is wise to the Gallente ways rather than being an armour stacking Amarr wannabe.

My pub/FW Assault Ck.0 fit is:

1x Complex Recharger
1x Complex Energizer
3x Complex Extender

Kaalakiota Rail Rifle
Six Kin Submachine Gun
Core Locus

1x Complex Regulator
1x Complex Reactive Plate
1x Complex Kinetic Catalyzer


The regen is superb with just 1 regulator (though 2 works wonders), along with the KinCat for strafe and b-lining it to cover. The reactive plate is just for a small buffer, because those random fluxes scare the sh** out of me.

My PC fit is different (with the Specialist Rail Rifle), but still the same theory: Use your cover & surroundings and keep your distance; never letting your shields reach zero. And keep a sharp eye for cloaks.


EDIT: eWAR on assaults, and medium frames for that matter, is essentially useless since scouts do it significantly better.

gal 3 dmg mods 5 reps or ferroblend

I have Amarr assault. It's not very good atm but i run tank and dmg mods

your logic is flawed because scouts are not supposed to be able to do everything better than assaults, yet they do. assaults can get more HP only but this advantage is surpassed by the scouts regen, hitbox and strafespeed.


the amarr assault is an exception because the amarr assault is alot better then the other assaults. try to fit any other assault in a similar way...

gal 3 dmg mods 5 reps or ferroblend

I'd much rather not stack armour but resistance modules are not a facet of this game.

As I have said numerous times my ideal fit would be

2x Complex Light Damage
1x Complex Precision Enhancer

2x Armour Plates
1x Armour Repairer
1x Adaptive Nano Plating
1x Explosive Resistance Plating