I never have trouble using the caldari suits. If I try to use them like I believe they were designed to be used.

Stealth and dmg built suits in CQC.

regen built suits at long range

The problem right now, is the rise of the AScR, it has been buffed quite a bit, and that hurts Caldaris and to a certain extend Minmatars the most.

I think, that the Scrampler rifles and pistol should have a different dmg profile than the Lazor. To mimick the dmg profile of the opposing Minmatar weapons (projectile) All scrambler weapons, should have +15% dmg against shields and -15% against armour.

This would help with the complete OPness against shield, but also help the weapon against armour, which was the reason for buffin it in the first place. Since finishing an armour suit with -20% dmg (as is now) is obviously a problem, if somebody with a projectile weapon is shooting at the same target at the same time.

With that new profile, it would be reasonable to tone down the dps of all scrambler weapons again, without making them unusable against armour.

Well theres your problem! Your having trouble killing a ferroscale tsnked player! Simple= shoot them, if you get shot hide behind cover anf wait for regen, shoot thrm again, they're dead. They will have to reun max ferros if they want any practical ammount of armor and they cant run kincats at that point so they are just as fast if not slowwr than you, nd they dont have much regen to help them. I would urge any shidld tanker to try out armor tanking to find its downsides and strongpoints, its highly beneficial.

The game was designed to make it almost impossible to win if you get shot I the back. Stop complaining. Use ewar for higher chances of detection.

lag can cause weapons from your POV to have higher DPS. It is because the delay in damage detection is seen by your PS3
and makes up for it by speeding up events that lead to the present time within that game so that time from your POV does not stay too far behind. This leads to much more enemy DPS from your POV. In reality the enemy just fired there weapon sooner that you saw them do so.

We have to use them to even dream of surviving.
Also we have to put some in our lows too.

Forget math...

Its simple dude. Toilet (Caldari) meet urine (every other race)

God forbid we have to change the way we play as this game progresses right guys?

I've been here since Mordu and I know you've been here for a long time too.

Adapting is something we all have to do

That's exactly why Aldin only uses Tanks and Forges now and why a lot of veterans don't give the same amount of fear like they used to in the old days.

And yet you have everything content wise and a bag of chips and are still moaning because you do not wish to play your role on the field? I mean I'll admit Caldari content needs more durability to truly represent them as a faction but beyond that you guys are golden......in a proverbial sense.

Damn it feels good to be Gallente

I can and do you lucky fellows.

I just want my tank and I am throwing another tantrum!

I don't know if this was already said but, anti-shield weapons need to stop getting buffed for this armor meta... That's the first step that needs to be taken.

Well Duh, My brick tank Gallente starts getting shot in the back and I'm dead too

Fun thing to note is that the scrambler rifle has the same optimal range as the rail rifle and the laser trumps the rail rifle at distance all day long and shares aswell the same damage profile like the scrambler. In reality the amarr weapons and suits are the best for long range engagements and their DPS up close doesnt really suffer from this (except for laser rifles they blow up close).

Amarr assault with assault scrambler> cal. assault with assault rail rifle
amarr assault with laser rifle> cal. assault with rail rifle
amarr assault with scrambler rifle> both variants mentioned above if you are a good shot.

In my opinion lower the damage profile on scrambler rifles. And add rate of fire increasing modules that go into the lowslots.

i have 8 proto suit 0 of them are caldari.

its not that i always train into OP suits, it just that i refuse to train into suits that are obviously garbo.

Didn't know you couldn't fit an AScR on a CalAss... Dam.

Or maybe the Caldari just plain suck.

Just my two ISK. Take it or leave it.

In all honesty, watching Caldari get neutered ridiculously is one of my main reasons why I left Dust alone for an extended period of time. I pushed all my cores to lvl 5. Made sure my shield and regen were at 5. As time passed Cal tech became just unreliable in the field. Math really does nothing for the actual. Before I stopped playing, I was told that Cal are long range fighters. That they were quick hitters. Basically a Muhammad Ali styled merc. So I tried that, despite battles being in your face. Oh look, they say my RR is too strong and needs more kick, so guess what? I got a wild stallion in my hands that isn't tamed enough for long range which forces me to draw nearer. Oh my shields! Now they are depleting fast because I'm getting into the thick of things. I am told to hide and recover but suppressive fire basically mutes me. Shield regens, stick neck out for half a second in the twitch shooter battlefield, forced to regen again while enemy pushes forward to gain ground and corner.

It is the unfortunate truth. The Caldari are a minority and their support system on the forums mirror such. Cal tech is hysterically limited. We had decent weapons that gave us a chance and the forums screamed in horror. How ironic since our Cal brothers and sisters faced weapons that chewed our defenses like piranhas and we dealt with that for so long. God forbid we get an edge. CalSen comes along and oh no, its far too damaging yet a GalSen was Freddy Kreuger stalking you. Anything Caldari has been reduced to punchlines. So I had to stop playing for a while. I took my rite of passage and kept pushing. Then It was our time to shine and they couldn't swallow the same pill.

There's no reason why Caldari should be gimped so horrifically. Math doesn't do it any justice. The armor based majority on the forums don't do it any justice. The false application of long range fighter doesn't mean squat in the battlefield. Make the shields tougher. Lower the ridiculous kick on RR. Tell the naysayers to HTFU. Caldari shouldn't have been gimped because GD couldn't handle what they dish out.