Imp Smash wrote:Jynx'D wrote:It makes no sense. Amarr gets resistance to HMG - right? Plus more base armor? A what, 50 or so shield difference? and way more stamina?
It used to be pretty balanced, choose Minmatard heavy for flanking and speed, Caldari for AV, and Gal and Amarr competed for HMG heavy. Amarr would typically be slightly better at facing other heavies - but Gal could be more versatile with 4 lows. And with Gal low stamina - 4 kats on it wouldn't overwhelm everyone. Stacking 4 armors would keep it up with amarr who still had 3 lows plus a good amount more base armor.
But now?
Amarr is just the choice suit for heavies. Caldari is still the AV heavy pick choice - but Minmatard is doomed.
With resistance to HMG, 4 lows to stack armor, reps, speed, or hack - and good stamina - why would you pick any other heavy?
With gal it made sense - but Amarr? It's just OP.
What data could you of possibly gotten to make this decision? It seems absurd.
Minmatar's flanking ability makes it a great assault like heavy suit, especially in maps with lots of rooms with obstacles to slip around. Cal is the same but for playing defense.
Gal is better at open area offense than Amarr. Amarr is better for open area defense.
Also, isn't the Amarr resistance to projectile weapons (HMG) only for their shields? I forget....
Amarr has resistance to HMG to there armor. which they start with 720+. Gal has no resistance, has around 650 armor.
The shield resistance to HMG works in favor for the Gal - having a bit more. But when you take into account Amarr armor has resistance to HMG - it gives the amarr a huge edge in HP. And now not only does amarr have the highest based health - but can stack 4 slots worth of armor. AND has a lot more stamina.
Gal - it has 1 more rep and 1 low slot. Low slot is almost completely useless on a heavy. Cal gets away with it because it has 4 - just stack the shield. But damage mods are useless. They aren't adding anything substantial to your DPS like a shield extender would to your survivability.
So the gal is low stamina - can't keep up in armor, shield stacking isn't keeping up with armor stacking that has passive resistance as-well, and damage mods aren't worth the CPU/PG spent...
it's superior rep is just completely useless - just like the suit itself.