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Posted - 2013.01.19 05:38:00 -
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Zat Earthshatter wrote:Best overall: Sentinel. Most tank, biggest gun, and with a few SP it actually does the Artificer's attempted job faster. P.S. it should be noted that the actual differences are relatively small - you have the same set of Assault Suit fits alongside your specialist, plus you actually have (or should have) an equal amount of assigned starter SP, plus 500k to flesh out a few skills.
hmm... right now shield > armor. Shield is needed for shield vehicles, and right now shield tank > armor tank. Shield is also used for assault and scout suits. Logi has a mix of shield and armor.
If you're going heavy, go Sentinel, but best "overall" is definitely Arbiter. Arbiter is used in more load-outs than Sentinel. The shield skills are also annoying to skill up. To get the 5% per level shield bonus you need to have shield boost systems to l4. That's 310,920 SP. There's no requirement for 5% bonus to armor if that's what you are looking for. Armor bonus is a 1x skill.
edit: you said it in your post, but I just want to put more emphasis on the PG bonus arbiter gets too. Shield vehicles are all about PG.
edit edit: can't forget about the point arbiter gets in shield enhancements too. Shield enhancements are needed for shield extenders. These are extremely important. You can check out the requirements for shield extenders in the market. There are many, and you need lots of SP. Armor plates are very easy to skill up and get. Shield enhancements l1 will also give you access to basic shield extenders, which use less cpu/pg than the militia. |
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Posted - 2013.01.19 05:49:00 -
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I think zat just doesn't want more snipers xD. |
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Posted - 2013.01.20 23:51:00 -
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Django Quik wrote:it really depends on whether you want to start out as a character more suited to offense or defense.
Yes, but imo there are more offensive roles and fewer defensive. Arbiter allows you to quickly skill up complex shield extenders. Weaponry can be learned at the start with no other skill requirements. Arbiter just gets you the skills you need for more roles faster.
If you want more survivability, you want to skill up shield and armor. Armor bonus can be learned without meeting any other requirements. Anyone can immediately skill it up. Shield has many requirements. Since Arbiter gives you many points in shield already, you can skill up your armor bonus and shield bonus faster than any other class.
If you want a defensive role, you need both shield and armor. If you look at the distribution of total points between armor and shield, arbiter gives you more points overall.
If you want to be offense, running and gunning, shield tanking is much better than armor. Both assault and scout usually prioritize shield over armor. Both shield weaponry, and the weapon skill you are going for are needed. Weapons can be learned from the start. Weaponry can be learned from the start. Shield cannot. The only reasons I would go for Sentinel over Arbiter is if I were making a heavy, or want to use armor- type vehicles. Weaponry 3 comes into play here because heavies need to max out weaponry before they can get better forge guns. Shield is less important for armor tanks and heavies at the start. It will become important for heavies later on. I believe the top tier heavy suits have as much shield as the type2 style assault.
That is why arbiter is the best choice overall. All of the other stats, like weaponry and armor can be skilled by anyone from the start. Shield stats cannot.
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edit edit: I removed the last edit. |
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Posted - 2013.01.21 22:55:00 -
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Django Quik wrote:Also, yeah, GMs, this would be handy for the new bunnies... Cross Atu wrote:Can we get a friendly Dev or GM to sticky this?
+1
I guess this doesn't have to do with starting class, but I haven't seen any info on what races give what. For instance, calamari get a shield LAV and gallente get an armor LAV. Right now there are no racial bonuses to gear, but there will be in the future. For instance, if someone wants to go with an armor blaster tank, he should definitely go gallente. |
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Posted - 2013.01.28 18:14:00 -
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Can we get this in the stickied link @ the top please? I've used it a couple of times, it's great |
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