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Caldari suits seems to be performing just fine.

Usage is not performance.

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Caldari suits seems to be performing just fine.

Not relying on petty data please. Data told us tanks needed a buff. Look at tanks now.

From my recent post ( Yesterday ) https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=2780687#post2780687

You can see that shields and the Caldari suits alone are under performing greatly. Excluding their weaponry the Rail Rifle, Bolt Pistol, and equipment which is actually on par with the other Race weaponry. Even though I am all for the Amarr and somewhat Gallente, I hate to see one race continuously lacking.

I'd like to discuss some changes you as a community would like to see to the shield Race in a polite manner of course.

The things I see lacking of course would be:

* Caldari Logi & Bonuses ( Very Rare Sight )

* Magsec SMG ( Never seen them, never been killed by it )

* The Caldari shields itself

I'd like to hear everyone's perspective on this ! The Pros and Cons. Any way to make the Caldari Race to be on Par with the Other Factions.

Edit: Please don't state "Armor for Tanking, Shield for Strafing" because then what's the point of having one Race completely shields and can't strafe as good when compared to the Minmitar.

Petty data which Ratatti has referenced time and time again when it comes to balancing issues?

Petty data which Ratatti has referenced time and time again when it comes to balancing issues?

Caldari logi bonus was never that great to begin with, the recent buffs to nanohive count carried just put the nail in the coffin for the poor suit.

The magsec SMG is a reasonable weapon but it just has too much kick, the chrage up is a little too long and its iron sights are some of the most ghastly things in all of gamedom!

As for "Caldari shields" do you mean the base suit stats and regen rates etc.. or do you mean shield extenders, other shield modules etc..?

The Modules and Stats

Then I feel that shield extenders need to lose their depleted delay penalty all together.

Rechargers and energizers need to provide a little more of a boost and the same for regulators.

We have no shield hives or shield repair tools which has always been a major imbalance in my opinion.

Lastly, I think it would be fair for shield users to have a module similar to armour users "Reactive plates". So basically a shield module that gives some additional shield like a shield extender (though of course not as much) but also gives a nice recharge bonus at the same time. (Possibly delay buffs too?) I don't have numbers, just the idea.

It's not "armor for tanking, shields for strafing": it's armor for strafing/tanking (hodor), shields for cover.

I honestly think something here is skewing the results. Maybe long range weaponry, like snipers or just the nature of the RR range. I would be curious to see the data for kills and not just KDR.

Honestly I think shields need a second look, maybe an adjustment to recharge time and def a look at CPU to PG ratios. Especially concerning the logi.

And that assault bonus is incredibly lame in comparison to the amar and gallente bonuses. Even the min bonus with extra clip size beats out a very rare and seldom needed thing like reload speed.

I'm also curious as to how the Assault RR compares to the normal RR version. In my opinion the aRR is superior in every way, and I see no advantage to using the normal variant.

And remember not to come out of cover ever. And if you think someone is coming near, run away to farther away cover. Dont worry about A, its completely out of your reach.

We're talking about Dust here, not the iraqi army.

Usage is not performance, and raw k/spawn does not tell the whole story of a suit.

when will you fools realize that this is because of sniper rifles