Buff = Heavies are getting a massive HP increase, early signs are indicating that the Heavy sentinel could possibly have HP upwards of 1500..... (that's literally the same as a militia LAV).

Buff = Since sharpshooter for all guns wont increase the range for any weapons anymore it pulls enemies and allies into a much closer proximity to each other. Heavies wont get sniped across the map by AR's, LR's, SR's, SMG's, Pistols, or Shotguns anymore, the enemy will have to close in on a heavy now which is a buff to heavies because..... well..... Heavies are about as effective at close range as shotguns in my opinion.... (really good).

The current reload speed for a heavy is 8 seconds. The racial bonus is 2% per level, not 5%. Even if you did manage to max out both reload speed skill and the racial bonus (which, combined, would be a ton of SP, like 5 million), you'd still only be at 5.2 seconds. Plus when you're comparing, you have to use as similar a situation as you can get. In this case it means you'd also have to take into account an AR user with 5 levels in Rapid reload, meaning the gap is even larger.

Nerf = HMG Range + Damage
Nerf = Flaylock Pistol (explosive damage = bad for non shield heavies)

That about sums up the 'overall' nerfs for the heavy coming tomorrow (that im aware of).

Buff = Heavy Suit prices have been reduced to match assault gear of the same meta level IE: Heavy VK.1 will cost around 90k instead of 250k

Buff = Heavy Weapons such as the HMG specifically are significantly cheaper so as to match Light weapons of the same meta level.

Buff = Heavies are getting a massive HP increase, early signs are indicating that the Heavy sentinel could possibly have HP upwards of 1500..... (that's literally the same as a militia LAV).

Buff = Since sharpshooter for all guns wont increase the range for any weapons anymore it pulls enemies and allies into a much closer proximity to each other. Heavies wont get sniped across the map by AR's, LR's, SR's, SMG's, Pistols, or Shotguns anymore, the enemy will have to close in on a heavy now which is a buff to heavies because..... well..... Heavies are about as effective at close range as shotguns in my opinion.... (really good).

CONCLUSION: Uprising will be a massive HP buff for the above stated reasons, Sure the Range and Damage is getting nerfed, but that's to balance out the fact that running Heavy suits from now on will give you MUCH MORE HEALTH and you'll be doing it for MUCH CHEAPER. Not to mention that your going to be playing in a much more clustered environment given the range nerfs across the board. So yeah...... uprising may 6th = heavy buff (btw all of this info has been gathered by official dev statements, most notably the patch notes that came out recently).

first off, shield control/ mechanics are gone??? that sounds a bit..... questionable, but I wont confirm or deny that. Secondly HOW IS THE REMOVAL OF SHARPSHOOTER NEGLIGIBLE????? The biggest complaint I hear from heavies is getting melted by some gun from across the map! how are you going to say that its not a huge buff for them to be able to..... you know cross an open field??? Sure snipers are still there but that only made up for 30% of the open field deaths heavies got. (based off of LR's, AR's, and Snipers being the biggest down range culprits). Its a HUGE buff that people have to move in close to hit heavies now, especially considering how an HMG in the current build has pretty much the same range as an AR. After tomorrows range nerf AR/LR specialist will find only a narrow window to hit a heavy without getting hit himself, AND THATS assuming the heavy doesn't have a handy dandy logi/squad backing him up. Not to mention that the AR will only do tiny bits of damage to a Suit with over 1000 HP (when the heavy is at the cusp of his range in that window I just set up for you)....... lol don't go and say things like a 35% range nerf ISN'T a big deal.

being able to affordably run Proto gear does though. Unless your team is bad, then it doesn't matter What you can afford to run.

Theres this new thing called vehicles that let you move around quickly and we each get one for free even how cool is that
And if you want to get really daring theres this thing called a drop ship that lets you quickly deploy to pretty much anywhere on the field

Teamwork dude, learn it, use it, love it