RayRay James
Molon Labe. General Tso's Alliance
389
|
Posted - 2014.08.26 15:06:00 -
[1] - Quote
CamClarke wrote:
Gallente Logistics would be good, were it not for the fact that ever since Active Scanners were nerfed into oblivion, Scouts can simply see more, more often, in 360 degrees, while fighting effectively. Being "useful" as a Gallente Logistics involves staying in one safe, preferably ladderless rooftop location cycling two or more scanners, as they lack the HP to get in the fighting without dying almost immediately. If bricked, they move about as fast as an Amarr Sentinel, so they cannot dodge or reach cover. If not bricked, they still do not move very fast, and die even faster because passive reps are completely irrelevant in the current state of the game. Either way, Logistics suits lack the damage capabilities necessary for dealing with Sentinels and cannot evade a competent Scout under most circumstances long enough to kill it. Apparently Minmatar Logistics are pretty good at keeping the Sentinel swarm up and running, but that's probably the only thing any of the four Logistics can do that a scout cannot do just as well or better.
It seems like the only viable non-Scout, non-Sentinel suits are the Caldari Commando and Minmatar Commando, both of which require you to sit in one good position and do nothing else but provide overwatch/shoot at vehicles. tl;dr: scout and heavy qq, i need to git gud, etc etc
I've been using the Gal logi since 1.0 (now with full proto goodness) and my suit hasn't changed much even with the nerfs and buffs. I would argue that you can be really useful as a logi if you know your roll and play it as such. I was in a PC match breaking corp doctrine about needles and we barely won on clone count vs MCC. Even though I was told "we dont run needles in PC" I haven't changed my suit ever and considering we won with 1 clone on the map, I think it worked out. That being said, logis were never meant to be slayers, they're support suits first, bad killers second. Play it like that instead of as an assault suit with more equipment and you'll generally do better.
The Gal Commando (ADV gear) I have is a lot of fun and I do quite well with it. CR and TAR and some adv armor mods and adv dmg mod. Can take a fair amount of abuse and can rep its self with the 2 repping hives I have on it.
Are there better suits out there? Probably. Every suit has pros and cons, that's the point. The "meta" (FOTM) doesn't matter. Let the chasers have their shotguns and invisible suits. They'll get nerfed, again, and then we'll be on to the next FOTM. |