GA Assaults are 6% slower than MN Assaults. They're only slightly slower than your "problem child" unit. Remove the problem child MN Assault, and I believe that GA Assault will take its place.

6% speed, infinitely better stamina (larger pool AND extremely fast regen), hidden 5% hacking modifier, they all add up.
You also forget that the 6% difference grows when both put a kin cat on due to math. And one can use that speed better than the other because stamina.

If you think the 6% extra speed is:
A. Small
B. The only thing giving Min advantages

You're just plain wrong.



I'm not going to enter this argument beyond this, but this is just dumb.

9.73 m/s - MN Assault + 2 KinCats
9.18 m/s - GA Assault + 2 KinCats

Difference: 5.99%

(because maths)

They have so many slots that they can use kincats, is my opinion.

I'll admit there's a problem when I can fit a Cloaking Device with comparative ease, get a low profile and low precision, as well as two equipment slots while maintaining the 900 EHP and 9m/s sprint speed.

Or maybe it's how 6% strafe speed > The HP you get from half a complex extender?
Because yes that's the HP difference between a Gal Ass and Min Ass.

And there's no way to increase strafe speed?

You're perfectly coherent, no need to worry about that

And while it's true strafe speed is more about technique, you can't honestly say a heavy strafes just as well as a medium frame.
The 6% extra strafe speed is enough to make the difference, and is certainly far more valuable than extra 30HP.

You see, before the HP buff scouts were being the problem.

Do you really believe removing an HP buff that was given due to Assaults being underpowered won't swing the balance in the direction of scouts too hard? Considering we've seen what happens without that HP buff?

After digging around all day in stamina and regen, I can safely conclude that with regard to mobility, the Minmatar faction has, due to I believe a fundamental misconception, been double dipping in the speed jar.

The comparisons were done on both "distance covered until stamina pool is fully recharged" and "average speed while covering a fixed distance".

The intent with the design was to allow minmatar to travel approximately 5% faster, and Amarr approx 5% slower. Whereas, minmatar actually travels 10% faster and 15% faster than Amarr.

Now, I don't want to punish them, but bring the rest up.

For example, this means that Caldari Assault will now have 35 stam regen instead of 20, and Amarr 45, while Minmatar stays at 50.

With the reduction of normal speed, and differentation through sprinting, I hope we have a really good model as a foundation for speed.

The rules of thumb as applied to the Medium class now:

Mobility (stamina pool and recovery)
CA/GA = normal
Amarr= 5% lower
Minmatar = 5% higher

Sprint
Basic = normal = 1.4x
Logistics = normal-0.1 = 1.3x
Assault = normal+0.1 = 1.5x

eHP
Basic = normal
Logistics = lower
Assault = higher

Speed
Basic = normal
Logistics = higher
Assault = lower

Shield Regen
on hold


While there is nothing gamebreaking about this increase, it will result in more fluidity across the spectrum and be a little more enjoyable.

This will have a cascading effect, as for example Light Basics are very out of shape in regard to most of these things. The other basics are more in line.

We can have dynamic strafe speeds as well, so assault can be slower than logi, sprint faster, and still have superior strafe speed.