The speed disparity actually becomes quite apparent when kitting out your fit with kin cats or plates, especially kin cats though. It's actually almost viable to fit out a shotgun assault with ferrroscales, 2 kin cats, and a repper.

For AR users I'd recommend either 2 advanced plates with 3 reppers, or 3 ferroscales and 2 reppers. I find success with both. All fits get 2 damage mods (light and sidearm or two light) and a proto precision enhancer, (yes, it's worth it). Had a really good 54-1 domination game last night with my Duvolle AR and CreoDron Ion Pistol on the ferroscale fit.

The Amarr assault however, even when speed fit doesn't hold up as well overall. It's slower to get in range and has a more easily hit frame to deal with.

In the end, the Gallente are excellent for people who want a very good balance of tank, gank, and speed all in one fit. Amarr gets you gank and tank, but I personally don't like relying on having 800+ armor to get the job done.

Well that's because the Amarr used to be the Dual tank power houses, but since shields have been inferior for over a year now the amarrian players begged rattatai to make them armor tanks like the gallente, using Eve as a justification.

We lost diversity but whatever... I guess as long as our dropsuits act like spaceships... wait what? I mean really though, I love how modern navies and armies are identical. I mean obviously what works in space would work in land warfare right? Couldn't possibly be diverse.

In all seriousness, right now we have two near identical races because the gallente can't actually be armor reppers without being broken. I guess also because Minmitar would rather be speed dual tanks then shield regenerators, as we realize how stupidly broken that would be as well.

So the only reason why the gallente could be better is with a Tac AR.. Well.

About jumping over fences, if you fit 3 ferro/2rep on both proto gal and amarr with dmg mods, you will succeed in both suits! But amarr will have more hp/stamina.

You guys speak as if we couldn't fit an AR on the amarr assault. But when I do I finally have a better suit with the Amarr + AR than with the Gal + AR. And from what I've seen in videos, except with the Tac, the bonus is absolutely useless^^

Well yeah, not anymore the Amarr are not. Used to be more flexible before amarr player's pushed to be armor tanks like the Gallente. If you look at the difference between Gallente and Amarr, then look at the difference between Caldari, Minmitar, and Gallente, the Amarr might as well be identical to the Gallente. We are talking the same slot layouts with near identical base values...

Only reason I care right now is because Rattatai keeps balancing the game around the meta. So since there are more armor races than shield based races, he keeps buffing shield profiled weapons.