Joseph Ridgeson
WarRavens
Capital Punishment.
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Posted - 2014.12.14 17:18:00 -
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I always see the posts like "If you use the Caldari Assault like you should, it is great! Stay far away and don't fight toe to toe." The thing is that the "don't fight toe to toe" is more to do with the weapon rather than the Caldari Assault. You could use a Gallente Assault with the same mentality using a Rail, Combat, or Scrambler Rifle for the range but if someone gets 'up in yo grill' you still have that armor chassis to keep you alive. It isn't as if the Caldari Assault has some magic about it that makes it better at range than other suits.
Hell, my Caldari Scout fit is built with that in mind. Shields and Dampeners with an Assault Rail Rifle. I sneak into people's backs at 20 meters and open fire at range. If I get caught, I Cloak and Sprint away if I the range engagement is completely unfavorable (IE, I won't win). So why would I use my Prototype Caldari Assault if it is best to play with this type of mentality when I could use my Prototype Scout, lose some HP, but gain a massive amount of speed, be far more difficult to scan, and gain the ever useful Cloak? It is like saying "The Minmatar Commando is like a bad Minmatar Assault"; why not just use the Minmatar Assault?
The problem with this reasoning of "It works great, you have to play differently" is that most other suits don't really work like that. An Assault to everyone else is the guy that charges but Caldari Assaults are 'meant to be played differently.' It doesn't make too much since to have one suit want to play so *vastly* different compared to the rest of the racial choices. Again, how you fight with the Caldari Assault is more to do with the weapon of choice rather than the suit's stats.
I think all the Assault suits are fairly rough but can get by. It is like the Scouts of old: little reason to use them compared to the other suits available. Caldari Assault, at least in my opinion, is the suit that is most hurt by the Assault's shortcomings in being a bad role. Like Scouts before, I really think that Assaults need some massive shake up in order to make them a more appealing choice.
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