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Acturus Galaxy
Horizons' Edge
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Posted - 2013.04.22 08:24:00 -
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I am running heavy all the time and the largest problem is the high isk price. I will drop quickly and not get many kills if I only go with militia Heavy suit and standard HMG. It works against others in militia suits but that's about it and reasonable fair. The price for my advanced heavy suit and proto HMG is 180k-240k isk which means one death and I will not earn any isk and two death it will be a loss.
The kill death ratio goes up and I am able to take down prototypes when I use my expensive builds but still die several times. After this I have to go in several ambushes running militia to save up isk before I again can afford to use the expensive heavy suits.
The heavy either needs an HP buff to increase the survivability or a decrease in isk cost. It sometimes fells like a glass canon running with proto HMGs. The proto HMGs are lethal but the heavy suit goes down quickly to other proto assaults, it is big, easy to hit and slow. And often the main target even when in a group of several assaults. I find that when our group of 4-6 players are attacked by one or two red dots they always target me.
Not all maps are suited for the HMG and I depend allot on the team I am running with. Allways needs someone at the back to avoid sneaky scout shotgunners. Hate it when my 240k isk heavy hear the *chump* *chump* sound behind me, I panic just hearing the sound of the shotgun even if it our own teams. The next thing you need is nano injectors and nano hives on your team, each revive saves my 240k isk, and running around in your 240k isk suit with my toxic SMG sidearm as I have run out of hmg ammunition can be scary.
I rarely see matches with more than 1-2 heavies in total, sometimes I am the only one running HMG. And not one of the heavies end up in the top of the scoreboard unless they go for the high end heavy suits and proto HMGs.
The Heavy are an easy target with the big hit box and slow movement when shooting forge guns. I fell bad whenever I blow up a fellow heavy with my forge gun, but they are just so easy to hit  |
Acturus Galaxy
Horizons' Edge
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Posted - 2013.04.22 09:08:00 -
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ChromeBreaker wrote:Acturus Galaxy wrote:I am running heavy all the time and the largest problem is the high isk price. I will drop quickly and not get many kills if I only go with militia Heavy suit and standard HMG. It works against others in militia suits but that's about it and reasonable fair. The price for my advanced heavy suit and proto HMG is 180k-240k isk which means one death and I will not earn any isk and two death it will be a loss. You dont have to use the best of everything dude. Type 2, a pair of complex dmg mods, a H69-something HMG and some flux grenades. Cheep, Solid, and deadly.
Thank you for the tip, will give it a try, have lots of the H69 or is it H81? HMGs collected as loot. The proto HMG as just so much more fun to use, I especially love the Kir-rin burst HMG.
I have replaced one of the complex dmg mods with a precision scanner, it has helped me reduce the number of times I am ambush from behind. Love it when a sneaky person think I am unaware of them, then turn around as they approach and mown them down.
Will try and create a semi expensive HMG build when I get back to Dust. |
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