Jade come on you cant be serious, I m a terrible sentinel but when I use it I can kill enemies almost like before.

Maybe you sentinels are too used to ez mode?

Been a sentinel for two years and I'll tell you this right now, if you were using it as an 'I Win' Button then you can leave your sentinel badge at the door.

I only went negative once today with all the new changes and that was because I was f*cling around in a minass suit with stacked myofibs.

Sentinels are in a bad spot however Rattati has helped us with this lastest hotfix. Our range has been increased and us AssHMG users now have decent DPS. Sure we are still slow and have giant hitboxes still but if you can't go positive in a skirmish or FW then you are doing it wrong.

BTW Gallente Proto Sentinel if you are wondering.

I said this before, I'll say it again. the HMG heat nerfs only made the amarr sentinel more powerful over the others, I haven't played with my sentinel enough recently but I can only imagine that the dps nerf has done the same. The amarr sentinel requires the longest time of bullet hits to take down compared to the other sentinels and the heat and dps nerfs made this window even tighter. I do agree that the dps and range nerf were needed as the HMG was OP against every other (dropsuit) role in the game but it terms of heavy vs heavy amarr is king.The PC data shows that it is the amarr sentinel + HMG combo that is OP, iirc the gal scout and min assault are higher on the list - above the cal and min sentinel. Heat reduction buff is necessary.

Because it's the relatively easy mode OP one, subsequently you have a bias POV.

The HMG needs to be designed, function and balanced out as an actual machine gun which requires skill to aim.

Not some mutant cartoon gun that has same dispersion and range as Jack Sparrows blunderbuss, like it is now.

i think a racial bonus needs to be added for sentinels, not just shield/armor resistance bonuses

To start, I have fought most of you in my heavy suit. I can count on one hand the number of times I have not been out numbered by heavies and I usually come out on top or so dang close, my logi would gun down the last heavy standing and needle me up.

The key is to go for head shots! I aim for the neck like I do with the shotgun and let the gun carry me up to the head shot when it bounces. There is no consistency with dispersion like in COD which was very prescriptive with the recoil pattern.

Also, Amarr heavy is better and worse, I run it because I plate that thing down, but I feel so slow, I am stationary for most of the fighting. First PC with jumping tonight. My Cal heavy is my favorite because repping through damage is not a good strategy IMO. I prefer to duck back, let the shields spawn up in 3 seconds, get that reload in, and come at the enemy back at full EHP. But PC demands Amarr for the brick, so brick it is. There is skill in the Amarr, you guys need to counter it at it's weak spots, it can't move, so REs and jumping will really impact the Amarr going forward.

You better be ready to swap scouts out of the air in the city. Also the communication facility spreads out the city.

You fail as a SENTINEL if you were using it as a heavy assault. Sentinels are point defense. Hell its even in the name.

Actually I do understand it quite well. It has enoughs highs and lows to either hybrid tank or shield tank with kin kats or armour tank with stacked damage mods. It is also the fastest of the sentinels.

However their role on the field is not heavy assault. That is what commandos are meant to be. Their role is to defend the objective by moving within the area as opposed to Amarr Sentinels (which is the stand and deliver suit).

Have you seen the size of those bullets? Even with New Eden materials, HMG isn't going to be much of an anti-material weapon.

What if the HMGs get fitted with bipods? When mounted (crouch) they become dead accurate. Downside being HMGers can't move when crouched. In my headcanon, all Minmatar weapons are modified versions of jury-rigged civilian weapons: The HMG originates from a mounted machine gun so really this seems appropriate and obvious.

But nah, I think this would make sentinels OP. You've already got the glorious Laser Rifle for long range.