Caldari Large Frame Dropsuit (designation TBA).

See the IGN interview where they discuss "frame sizes" and mention that each race will have at least one suit within each size bracket.

Caldari Large Frame Dropsuit (designation TBA).

See the IGN interview where they discuss "frame sizes" and mention that each race will have at least one suit within each size bracket.

^^^ Hum, don't know what that's all about (link please) but:

Perhaps one of the racial assault variants has a heavy gun slot. I'd dig that.

Surely a "large frame caldari suit" would have more shielding and armor than a standard caldari assault suit !

Caldari = shield tanks.

Might not be much better at Armour, but almost certainly getting a shield increase.

Assault isn't a frame size.

The current Assault and Logi suits are confirmed to both be "medium frame size" suits.

New Racial MEDIUMS might have a different approach from either the Assault or Logi suits we have now. Just like any upcoming Small suits might work significantly different from the current Scout. Also, the hand looks distinctly like the current Caldari suit, which suggests it's a new Caldari suit with a Heavy slot. When a Caldari Large Frame is confirmed to be in the works by a dev interview, that seems more likely than a non-Caldari Assault suit that has a Heavy slot and still looks like the Caldari suit.

-Rubs fingertips together sadistically- And my Flux Grenades will be waiting.

And while you wait, there are plenty of shield-tanked Amarr Heavies you can hunt.

Correction All races will have their own variant of every 'base'

Now the only thing that's going to be drastically different from race to race are weapon systems.

There wont be a minmatar forge gun instead the minmatar use an anti-material rifle for their heavy high damage anti vehicle dumbfire weapon.

Can totally see that. A scopeless, giant of a rifle with a low fire rate but damage rivaling that of a Forge Gun.

Long as it has a nuclear warhead on the tip of the round (adhering to the lore) I'll gladly use it ^_^

Wasn't questioning your reasoning. I asked you for a link to the material you were referencing.

Also, never said anything about assault being a frame size. Racial variant was what i said.

Caldari = shield tanks.

Might not be much better at Armour, but almost certainly getting a shield increase.

http://www.ign.com/videos/2013/03/05/dust-514-dropsuits-make-the-man

Skip to 1:00 for the bit about frame size.

And the point was that there might not be any more Assault suit variants. If each faction only gets one medium frame, then Amarr might have their Crusader suits as the medium frame size, and no Assault equivalent, and Minmatar will still only have the Logi. Depending what the Gallente medium frame turns out to be (possibly Pilot), it's possible that there will be 4 different medium frame size suits with each one filling a totally unique role on the battlefield.

My point being that the one shown is displaying stats of an assault (medium frame) suit, not a heavy (large frame).

Surely lore wise the Minmatar wouldn't go to war with an entire army of logistics suits ... each would have their own assault, logi, scout and heavy classes as well as the pilot and command ones.
I know it could be explained in some convoluted way, but that would just be a cop out, each Faction would have needed to develop different suits for different roles, not just small, medium and large for their skinny average and fat soldiers.

My opinion anyway.

for all we know the "small" frame suit for minmatar could be their assault, based not so much on tanking hits with a shield like the caldari's assault we've been using, but on quick, hit and run guerilla tactics.

Surely lore wise the Minmatar wouldn't go to war with an entire army of logistics suits ... each would have their own assault, logi, scout and heavy classes as well as the pilot and command ones.
I know it could be explained in some convoluted way, but that would just be a cop out, each Faction would have needed to develop different suits for different roles, not just small, medium and large for their skinny average and fat soldiers.

My opinion anyway.

You SO missed the point.

At the moment, Minmatar only have one suit type. That suit is a medium frame, the Logi. They'll also get a large frame (similar in size to the current Amarr Heavy e already have) and a small frame (with a similar profile to the Gallente Scout). These suits will have unique stats of their own, just like the current racial variants in each size.

Pilot suit might be Gallente's medium frame suit, and with the Command suit being confirmed to be called the Crusader suit, it seems likely to be Amarr. Probably also medium frame, giving each faction a medium suit with its own unique role.

There's also the fact that it was "at least" one suit for each frame size, though, so there may be additional suits in any frame size, meaning a non-Logi Minmatar medium is also a possibility.

You SO missed the point.

At the moment, Minmatar only have one suit type. That suit is a medium frame, the Logi. They'll also get a large frame (similar in size to the current Amarr Heavy e already have) and a small frame (with a similar profile to the Gallente Scout). These suits will have unique stats of their own, just like the current racial variants in each size.

Pilot suit might be Gallente's medium frame suit, and with the Command suit being confirmed to be called the Crusader suit, it seems likely to be Amarr. Probably also medium frame, giving each faction a medium suit with its own unique role.

There's also the fact that it was "at least" one suit for each frame size, though, so there may be additional suits in any frame size, meaning a non-Logi Minmatar medium is also a possibility.

And the point was that there might not be any more Assault suit variants. If each faction only gets one medium frame, then Amarr might have their Crusader suits as the medium frame size, and no Assault equivalent, and Minmatar will still only have the Logi.

I'm sorry what point did I miss ?

This one ...

So the Amarr have spent how many years going to war with nothing but scouts, heavies and commanders sat in their MCCs and Minmatar have battled without sidearms on their medium frame suits, they didn't at some point think hey it's great carrying all this equipment n all but I'm screwed if I carry a sniper or AV weapon ... no they would have needed a more versatile suit with less equipment and a sidearm slot to take that sidearm they made ... the SMG.

You missed the point that each race will have at least THREE (small, medium large) suits. Not just a small suit and a large one. And everyone also seems to be missing the "at least" part as well. Crusader Suits aren't a "sit in the MCC" Commander. They're a suit with modules that provide buffs to nearby allies. You wouldn't use that on the MCC, because the people you're commanding aren't nearby. They're on the ground. You use it when you're on the front lines. It's still a front-line combat suit. Like the Logi suit is.

Given the fact that there have been multiple clips - including an official promo video - where we've seen evidence of a Caldari suit that holds Heavy weapons, it seems logical that Heavy Weapons will be standard on Large Frame suits. At the very least, we know the Amarr version can hold them, and the Caldari and Minmatar wouldn't make a weapon they can't field, so there's no way they'd make their Heavy equivalent NOT able to hold such weapons. Heavies seem likely to fill the "slow with big guns" role regardless of race. But racial variants will have different stats and possibly a side-grade type role on the battlefield. Kind of like the current Type I vs. Type II setup. They're still the same "class" in a way, but they're different ways of achieving the result. The same thing could happen for small frames with all the small frames filling a similar "hit-and-run" role to the Scout. Mediums would be the more specialised classes that give each race a particular focus. And it seems plausible that the medium frame size would also be the point where "at least" kicks in first and each race gets a second variant. Maybe not for all of them, but it seems more likely to see at least 2 of the races get a second medium frame suit before anyone gets a large or small.

Also, my SMG fits just fine on my Logi suit. And when your primary "weapon" is your HUGE array of explosive devices (Grenades, REs, Proximity Mines, more REs because LOL...), having a secondary weapon that's actually a full-featured Assault Rifle is pretty nice.

I give up, forum ate my reply and batteries going on my phone.

Point I was making is that I didnt miss your point ... you changed it from "might only get one of each frame size" to "at least one suit of each size" and then argued like you'd made that point from the start.

I normally like you're posts and comments Garrett, but this time you're wrong ... I didn't miss your point, you didn't make it then argued like you did !

It seems that it is an assault suit holding the forge gun but maybe it's some kind of light forge gun?

No grudges held ... unless you're red.