Legit question, I want to hear what your thoughts are.

Legit question, I want to hear what your thoughts are.

MinAssault - Second only to the GalScout in "do everything and more" suit.

or slayer scout sadly, IMO ofc...

Starting to believe that as well. There's nothing that my Gal Assault can do that the Min Assault can't do better. Speed, utility, tank, regeneration, damage output... Only thing I even use the Gal Assault for is this fluff 'black ops' fit with the profile dampeners and cloaking device but I know that the Min Assault could still do better with that just because it'd be faster.

Then you using your Gk.0 wrong

Easy to say that without posting fits and suggestions

I always post fittings but here's a suggestion don't suck :)

Easy to say that without posting fits and suggestions

Here you go, my go to gal fit and minmatar fit.

My rep adv gallente fit has 862 ehp and reps at 21.25 per second, sprints 6.84

2 comp reps 1 enh plates, 1 basic plate 2 enh shield extenders

My max tank adv Minmatar fit has 907 ehp reps at 8.25 hp per second, sprints 7.18

3 enh shield extenders, 1 enh rep, 2 enh plates.

Behind by 45 ehp on the tank, but 13 more reps per second than the minmatar. If i switch out the repper for a plate on my gal assault though

1 enh rep, 3 enh plate, 2 enh shields

Gal gets 1010 ehp, reps at 8.75 sprints at 6.5

The only real advatage the minmatar has over the gallente is speed. Which in dust counts for alot. But with 4 low slots to play with at ADV you can make up for some of that speed with a kin cat.

It really depends on how creative you are with the fit. The min is a powerful suit, but so is the gallente in many respects.

Here you go, my go to gal fit and minmatar fit.

My rep adv gallente fit has 862 ehp and reps at 21.25 per second, sprints 6.84

2 comp reps 1 enh plates, 1 basic plate 2 enh shield extenders

My max tank adv Minmatar fit has 907 ehp reps at 8.25 hp per second, sprints 7.18

3 enh shield extenders, 1 enh rep, 2 enh plates.

Behind by 45 ehp on the tank, but 13 more reps per second than the minmatar. If i switch out the repper for a plate on my gal assault though

1 enh rep, 3 enh plate, 2 enh shields

Gal gets 1010 ehp, reps at 8.75 sprints at 6.5

The only real advatage the minmatar has over the gallente is speed. Which in dust counts for alot. But with 4 low slots to play with at ADV you can make up for some of that speed with a kin cat.

It really depends on how creative you are with the fit. The min is a powerful suit, but so is the gallente in many respects.

Easy to say that without posting fits and suggestions

IMO, the Gal Assault actually represents what the assault role should be.

I've never even used a GalAss, but I know the basics of fitting it, it's not some enigmatic trade secret:

Highs:
Shield Extenders and Damage Mods w/ a bias towards damage

Weapons
BuAR/TAR/ARR
BrScP/IP/BP

Lows:
Some combination of Reps and Ferroscales or Ferroscales and Reactives

Equipment:
Nanohives/Scanner

It has:

• Enough tank to take some damage
• Good reps to eliminate any significant down time
• Excellent damage dealing potential in its optimal (CQC w/ sparse cover for Gal w/ AR)
• Can still perform outside of its primary circumstances (can kill at range and can kill in dense CQC)
• Not fast, but still mobile

It's an all-around balanced suit, fit to utilize its weapon and damage type, and is good at dealing damage in a variety of situations. The varying racial assault suits should have a similar model, with shifting weight towards different areas. The other assault suits have issues due to breaking this model:

The Minmatar Assault gets ridiculous mobility, while still maintaining decent HP, decent regen, and multiple optimal areas of engagement.

The Amarr can dominate at almost any range, it can deal massive damage, but it is barely more mobile than a Commando or even a Sentinel, has much less HP, and can't regen well.

The Caldari is close to being a differently weighted model of the Gallente, but it gets a mediocre weapon bonus and isn't quite mobile enough for its tanking ability.


The solution:

TTK needs to be higher. Having a larger possible distribution of survivability and killing potential would open up a much needed niche for the Assault class. Currently, the Minmatar dominates because anything under 1000eHP gets wrecked in very little time, so the only solution is to GTFO faster than the other guy. Assaults were made to fill a niche of infantry with the tank to post up, bonuses and slots to deliver high damage, and enough mobility to move on to the next objective. Currently, they can't do that, because the TTK is too low for anything other than a Sentinel to stand and deliver. Instead of moving from post to post, they have to resort to Scout ganking tactics, just with a bit more HP and a bit less mobility, which the Minmatar is the best at.

Well right now there really isn't much an assault can do that another suit can't do better. Except for the min assault due to its excellent weapon bonuses dual tank and scout like speed. I think some versatility would be good for assaults, give them that extra equipment that the scout got and some more regen for assaulting and maybe that would help.

The only thing I got from that is that Assault's are apparently well-balanced, I think