Like title says, i dont feel armors are balanced very well. its not so much that the heavies are overpowered, its more like the lighter ones are underpowered. the difference in hp (armor + shield) between the heavies and lights can go up to a factor of four, meaning four times the bullets. its hard to justify that in a situation like that, skill is the important factor. a specific example, the standard and lower machine guns do about 20 dmg per hit. the seond heavy armor has a total of around 1000 hp. this basically means that a machine gun user has to land 50 hits against the other guy. on a gun that has a clip of 80, 50 is more than 50% accuracy. come on, thats just unrealistic. using a rifle, the amount of hits needed just down to about 33. again, its not the heavies that need a nerf, its the light that need a buff. making it so that both sides need "more" hits to die really brings the skill aspect into this game.

As of now, the game sort of forces you to wear heavy armor to stand a fighting chance. this sucks because only lighter suits allow for people to play the other vital roles to be played in the game like "medics" and "infiltrators" (the ones that place the spawn points behind enemy lines).

bottom line, making the lighters more viable means more teamwork, as everyone wont feel the need to go with heavy armor and limit themselves to the tank role