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Nirwanda Vaughns
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Posted - 2014.12.28 00:42:00 -
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shields work well if you play as intended with caldari/minmatar.
Caldari, Primary racial enemy is Gallente specialize in short range high damage weaponry. keep at range and receive small amounts of damge from your enemys wepaons as you're outside their optimal range.
Minmatar, Primary racial enemy Amarr. slow dumb, cumbersome opponents, use fast hit/run tactics taking short amounts of high damage with fast recharges of shields.
yeah soemtimes a suit doesn't have the racial weaponry but if you see a lot of reds using Combat rifles, change to heavy shields, if they're using BAR change to armour tanked rail rifle. as i've said in many posts before. DUST is rock, paper, scissors (lizzard, spock) don't come QQ'ing because your scrub FOTM is gettign its ass kicked, look at whats killing you and find the rock to crush their scissors
Never argue with an idiot. they bring you down to their level and beat you through experience
proud C-II bpo owner
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Nirwanda Vaughns
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Posted - 2014.12.28 01:10:00 -
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Ydubbs81 RND wrote:Nirwanda Vaughns wrote:shields work well if you play as intended with caldari/minmatar.
Caldari, Primary racial enemy is Gallente specialize in short range high damage weaponry. keep at range and receive small amounts of damge from your enemys wepaons as you're outside their optimal range.
Minmatar, Primary racial enemy Amarr. slow dumb, cumbersome opponents, use fast hit/run tactics taking short amounts of high damage with fast recharges of shields.
yeah soemtimes a suit doesn't have the racial weaponry but if you see a lot of reds using Combat rifles, change to heavy shields, if they're using BAR change to armour tanked rail rifle. as i've said in many posts before. DUST is rock, paper, scissors (lizzard, spock) don't come QQ'ing because your scrub FOTM is gettign its ass kicked, look at whats killing you and find the rock to crush their scissors
Gallente suit will beat out a shied suit at ranges where it matters. If a cal suit is subject to camping at 80m from an objective, they will never cap it. This isn't eve...where all that you have to do is kill another ship. So, sure....a caldari ship can stay out of range of a gallente ship and be successful because all that matters is ship destruction, right? In fps, you have to cap letters and defend them.
i've cut through plenty armour tankers with my caldari assault/commandos even with a basic RR. a breach or AR has its limits and yes caldari are supposed to sit at range and camp and yes technically this is EVE. the racial profiles and playstyles of the 4 races have been outlined fo rthe past 11yrs. get used to it, play the way that benefits the race and adapt to the enemy. pick your fights and run when you have to, seriously its not rocket science. your one suit can't take on the world, it takes time but if your racial preference is leavign you short then begin killign into a complimentary race.
if you're caldari and need close quarters then choose minmatar for CQC weapons that can also use the shield skills you already have on their suits.
Never argue with an idiot. they bring you down to their level and beat you through experience
proud C-II bpo owner
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Nirwanda Vaughns
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Posted - 2014.12.28 02:26:00 -
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If i can go 19/5/3 (K/A/D) with a STD bpo suit that has 612 shields and only 90 armour and using a basic RR and bolt pistol on it then they can't be all that bad 
Do i think they can be improved? of course, personally i've said that the shield upgrade skill (that increases HP of shield plates) needs bumping from 2% per level to 3% or maybe even 5% to brign them a little more in line, but, thanks to damage profile changes the suits and weapons are finally beginning to fall into place and work in a good way and me saying that its a caldari's role to sit back isn't making the point that shields are weak. its making the point you're too dumb to realize you have to play in a role that the suit/weapon you pick, offers you. the advantages you have over your armour tanking counterparts is quicker speed and range. sure armour is pretty good and gives you high HP and if you have a good rep module its 'always on' but a caldari assault properly fitted out can literally run rings around an amarr heavy at 60m away and slaughter the poor s.o.b as he tries to turn to kill you and if he wants to run away well he doesn't stand a chance because he's so slow from being tanked out.
if you use the right tool for the job then you'd find that for the first time in over 2yrs things are actually pretty balanced in this game.
shields have always been about quick short fast engagements, duckin for cover, recharging, popping back up and so on.
Never argue with an idiot. they bring you down to their level and beat you through experience
proud C-II bpo owner
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