I wasn't trying to take this conversation to vehicles. I think it's more important to balance infantry combat first, or at least alongside. That said, I feel the current dropships should be reworked to drop the gun turrets in favor of vastly more "tank" and be purely troop transport. I think that would serve the purpose more appropriately.

Anyway, My point is, if this game is truly about affording the battlefield, and prices are a means of "balance", then why is it someone with a 5k or less dropsuit can one-shot a suit that costs over 200k? how is that balanced on ISK?

I understand all the arguments here, and I'm not crying for a nerf really. However, I do like the sound of lowering ALL damages in this game, OR, raising all EHP (Effective Hit Points) of dropsuits.

This should be a game more involved in tactics and teamwork than a game based around 1v1. That is also why I don't think the Heavy needs much work (if any).

If you're talking proto vs. proto, I can see OHK's being a factor, or even Officer weapons. But when militia gear, like sniper rifles, shotguns, forge guns*, and grenades can do 4-500+ points of damage in one shot, that is extremely too much.

I guess what I'm asking is for weapons and armor to be balanced vs. their own tier. Militia vs. militia, etc.

I understand all dropsuits have the same base EHP (with shield/armor variants ATM) but each higher tier includes more slots and better cpu/pg to ideally allow for more EHP. I also get that damage mods are currently broken, and until they are fixed, balancing will be difficult.

Vehicles are a different story. One I would prefer to leave for a different thread, if you fine people do not mind :)