Until everybody and their mother started abusing/using it. 500 armor mofos with 3 damage mods ect kb/m strafe tactics ect.

Literally killed my fun. I hate when a suit goes from a "Fun time" to a requirement to be competitive.

Every corner I turn it's either a Min Ass or a Amarr heavy.

I remember a time when I used to be the only guy on the field with a Min Assault ripping people to shreds.

Me no feel special CCP. Why!?!?!?!?!

Nope. Gallente are not suppose to armor tank. They are armor repper tankers.
I see a Gallente Assault with more than 500 armor and I laugh because he is slow and has slow regen on top of it all. I can out runhim, get my health back up and continue killing him.

But now, MinAss's speed with that amount of Armor is too powerful.

Don't hate the players, hate the game.
The fact that it is viable at all is the problem

It's not that fact that they can strafe faster. It's the fact that they can strafe faster AND fit an above average dual tank. Add to that, when people lag the benefit of strafing is made even more pronounceable.

PRO Gallente Assault
eHP: 823
Strafe: 4.5m/s

PRO Minmatar Assault
eHP: 1037
Strafe: 4.77m/s

The Minmatar assault boasts 6% faster strafe speed and roughly 20% more eHP. They pack decent shields and armor, which gives them added protection against weapons designed to wreck a specific tanking style. Up against a ScR? Well it's got armor to spare. How about another CR? Well it's got shields too.

Where do you get that the eye won't notice a faster movement speed? I can damn sure notice Minmatar assaults moving faster than I can pin a reticle on them. I don't have that problem with Caldari, Amarr, or Gallente dropsuits. It's noticeable and I'm a terrible player on my best day.

Also, you still haven't addressed the issue with lag making the "benefits" of strafing even more pronounced. There is a good reason why a lot of latino corps run Minmatar assault.

In regard to my Minmatar assault fitting: the need for local reps is lessened if you run with a squad that has a logi. I do. If your shields are down just run away. You have incredible sprint speeds and stamina regen rates; use them. I don't have a single SP into the Minimatar assault dropsuit command, and I only have CR op IV, yet I go 2 - 3 K/D consistently in my APEX MinAssault. Reiterating that I am a terribad player and I can go 2+ K/D in this thing

In regard to my Gallente assault fitting: Triple stacking damage mods is lawl-worthy. That third mod is giving tiny DPS increases. You will get a better RoI if you fit a shield extender or precision enhancer.

Sounds interesting. Care to share that comparison that you no doubt captured so that this is a valid point and not just your word against mine?

I believe that you believe that

First light damage mod: 7%
Second: 6.08%
Third: 4%

The third damage mod is granting 4% more damage.

I like how he keeps saying that 5% is not noticeable by the human eye, yet I can see MinAss's strafing faster than any other suit..

I like how he keeps saying that 5% is not noticeable by the human eye, yet I can see MinAss's strafing faster than any other suit.

So you are trying to defend your crutch. Great!

AR DPS with 3 damage mods: 615
AR DPS with 2 damage mods: 591

Difference: 24 more DPS

Would still rather take the added shielding or scan precision.

We've found the answer: Jack has not trained Eyes Operation V.

I will never "git gud". It's against my very nature. I enjoy my shitawfulness game, thank you

You can't simply dismiss what people say because you don't notice it. It makes you out to be ignorant. I notice it, min assaults in my opinion move too fast for no real downside. 30ehp loss for a moment speed increase of 0.3m/s isn't balanced. Especially when they have more stamina and recharge it faster than a gallente assault.

Jack, just the strafe speed alone is not game breaking. There is more at work here that just Min strafe speed > everyone else. It's a combination of strafe speed, dual tanking, Minmatar CR being a beast vs. armor metagame, hit detection being a bit... finicky at times, Minmatar assault's high sprint speed, and so on.

Now, the answer is not to nerf the Minmatar assault's strafe speed. I think it probably doesn't need a straight reduction. Instead, CCP reducing lag and improving hit detection is a better answer. It effects the entire game in a positive way, not just punishing the MinAssault for CCP having issues with their servers.