Big buff to Gal Assault? Didn't see that one coming.

Do you really think that today's GalAssault needs a buff to shield performance?
A simple Yes/No will suffice.

Some weapons will still make your Caldari Heavy feel like fodder

If we're talking about the scrambler rifle that weapon just needs a nerf or serious rework. As long as we get to pretend that tactical weapons arent overpowered and there are simultaneously no anti armor tactical weapons, shields are going to be disproportionately ****** by them.

Ill stop posting about the SCR though, since this thread is about regen delays.

I find the RR more fearsome then the ScR - but I'm an Amarr Heavy. To be expected, because that's how the meta works.

But, admittedly, the ScR does a bit too much against armor. I don't think the resistance penalty is working properly.

I'd appreciate that.

Your mom would appreciate that.

She would.

If the weapon balance posts continue I'll have them snipped, so best not to waste precious time you guys will never get back because our lives are in fact finite.

Big buff to Gal Assault? Didn't see that one coming.

Do you really think that today's GalAssault needs a buff to shield performance?
A simple Yes/No will suffice.

For a more in depth analysis at the numbers, you can check out this screenshot of the spreadsheet with my considerations/notes on the nuances: http://i.imgur.com/eshWaQK.jpg

I agree that the shield numbers need to be refined, as they're all over the place now. However, why on God's green earth would we buff armor tanking suits at all? Repping a few more HP per second, sure. Like 5 HP more max. I do not understand why the armor based suits need any type of shield buff what so ever.

Armor suits would have no weakness with these proposed numbers. If anything it would encourage dual tanking and King HP even more...

Big buff to Gal Assault? Didn't see that one coming.

Do you really think that today's GalAssault needs a buff to shield performance?
A simple Yes/No will suffice.

No

The gallente do not need any sort of shield buff.. nor do Amar, all around Nerf to both classes shields IMHO.

"Unified Theories" sound good, but I can't get behind the proposed buffs in the HP department. These will only lead to a widening of the performance gap between both Vet & Newbro and HP-oriented & Non-HP-oriented playstyles. Both of these are bad for Dust, and I can't see how the benefits of this proposal will outweigh the drawbacks.

Chromosome had its flaws, but it was a good time to be a newbro. They bumbled about, just like today. They dropped like flies, just like today. But when a newbro got the drop on a vet, he had damn good odds of killing that vet. Prototype or not. HP tanked or not. I fell in love with this game as a newbro in Chromosome. Call it nostalgia, but in my opinion, that is the direction we should be heading in if we want better NPE, higher retention rates and a healthier playerbase:

* Higher odds of success when outplaying/outpositioning one's opponent
* Fewer get-out-of-jail-free cards afforded by HP tank
* A better balanced playing field for non-HP-oriented playstyles

Player thinking, planning and skill should play a part in any shooter. And in a shooter with as many loadout options as Dust, different playstyles and configurations should be encouraged rather than marginalized in the wake of King HP. When a newbro gets the drop on one of us and manages to keep his shots on target, we owe that newbro good odds of success. Spin-and-win is an NPE killer, and reinforcing the predominant meta by slowing TTK will ultimately amount to another free pass for vets (and another kick-in-the-teeth for those of us who don't stack HP).

That's my two cents, at least.

PS: The correct answer to my question, was "No. GalAssaults are not in need of a shield buff."

1. As a re-iteration, HP would be re-assigned, not necessarily buffed. The suits would still have the same EHP but more focused and consolidated into their specialized areas of tank, meaning that weapons that work better against them will be enhanced in their performance rather than having to chew through the subsidiary tank. The numbers aren't set in stone, more of a spit-balled example but total HP would remain the same, in either case.

(2A) Nothing about the shield proposal affects TTK either as there are not direct HP buffs. Does it open up for more opportunities to fit Shield Extenders in the wake of increase regen? Perhaps. (2B) One thing that many of the CPM are hesitant to do is further reduce TTK further. (2C) I apologize if you don't like this but this is the state of Dust 514 design, which has been developed consistently as a high-TTK Tactical Shooter.

(3) EDIT: Players like being able to react to situations and there is a strong desire to maintain that. When a player gets killed faster than they can reasonably react, they feel cheated, and while there is merit in a newer player getting a kill because he got the jump on a veteran that can be accomplished in other areas and (4) it is not a justifiable reason why shields should not be standardized/balanced.