SENTINELS Overall bonus 2% bonus per level to resistance against small arms fire.

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i wanted to try heavy this new build . but seeing all junk that has been done to them . ehh no.
i would even go so far as to say make them useful . or get rid of them CCP
maybe even give them a skill to harden defenses but it should slow them down more.

but really they have no reason to be here anymore unless they get a level shake

Slow them down more? That's crazy talk bro! Heavies are slow enough trust me.

The medium and light classes can walk backwards faster than heavies can sprint! Making us any slower would only further gimp us as a class!

Slow them down more? That's crazy talk bro! Heavies are slow enough trust me.

The medium and light classes can walk backwards faster than heavies can sprint! Making us any slower would only further gimp us as a class!

how about read what i wrote . enter a mode on the heavy so when you activate it . it gives you a major damage resistance at the cost of moving like a turtle .

heavy = pain turtle

(pain turtle is trademarked by drake sadani and tacti-corp if you wish to use pain turtle please send 1000 AUR to drake sadani )

Or you could just hire me for 1mil ISK + Dropsuit costs.

nah i'm good ^_^ btw did you actually play as sver true bloods or just join up with them on dust ?

I joined them on DUST. My talents were underutilized in a different corporation. I'm a vet EVE player since '03

Slow them down more? That's crazy talk bro! Heavies are slow enough trust me.

The medium and light classes can walk backwards faster than heavies can sprint! Making us any slower would only further gimp us as a class!

The heavy should be able to absorb more dmg than now. Since we aren't effectively able to dish dmg out with an HMG, it makes sense that we should be true bullet sponges. I'm all for more damage resistance. It would help compensate for the medium suits that have the capability to amass 1k total shields and armor.

A consolation buff might simply be to remove the headshot bonus on heavy suits. The heavy head is so large and the suite moves so slow, there is no challenge or precision skill of a merc to hit a heavy's head. This could compensate for the heavy's relatively low HP compared to the max hp a medium suit can have or from their capability to have multiple damage mods.

If the heavy is to serve only as a defensive meatshield compared to suits with 1k shield and armor or full dmg mods, CCP, let the heavy be able to absorb massive amounts of dmg to be a true meat shield.

Being able to absorb two magazines of any light or small arms weapon would suffice, even if we have a little slower movement. This might compensate for the HMG's horrible range. It might actually help the heavy suit perform as it was meant to in PC.

+1

^^ haven't seen new redo of skill tree but CCP do above ^^

I agree that Heavies could use a boost to EHP, though I also agree that they should be slowed down more.

I think that Heavies should have as much EHP as MLT HAVs though to compensate for this, they need to be as fast as a tree stump. They should be a situational suit that gets dropped off at the point where they are going to be defending and they're not going anywhere else fast without a ride from a blue LAV. I've seen people using Heavies as slightly slower Assault suits and this isn't what they were intended for (IMHO).

Heavies should be the bridge between dropsuits and MTACs and until they have their EHP buffed, they will not properly represent this.

Maybe you guys would like to look at my thread? Perhaps the heavy section? On a side not: HOW, WHEN I CAME UP THE HARDENER IDEA, DID I NOT THINK IT SHOULD BE PASSIVE!!?

New dropsiuit class bonuses(./?) *COMPLETE*

i just saw your post. i dnt know how i missed it. but i dnt think it should be a module or use a slot. it should ba askill for heavies or just a bonus. because its in their description to be resistant to small arms fire. for a future suit designed for small ares fire its hard to believe i continue to die to small arms. i mean really.

again that is a description of a blaster turret. if its only to be a situational st. i should have to spec over 6 million SP into it. only to use every 5 matches, and get pwnd in my assault set up that has no points in it.

When are blaster turrets in interior places? Plus, I feel that you should be able to easily facerape the assault given the right circumstances.

If you want to have more EHP, you NEED to have a drawback added/increased to compensate. You can't have your cake and eat it too, no one should (IDK why CCP is letting the TAR scrubs eat it). I really think that the heavy is best off in CQC areas where there is no escaping them despite the fact that they move slower than tectonic plates (which they are much faster than currently and shouldn't be).

Also, I never said it should only be used once every 5 matches, it should be used every match, it is just that you're obviously not seeing the situations which are conducive to having a 2500 EHP (roughly where I think they should be) dropsuit with an HMG at.

It should take an entire squad to take down a heavy, though they should be slow enough that they shouldn't be a viable sole composition for a squad.

Personally, I think it would be cool if we had an option for heavies to "Anchor" similar to POS guns/mods in Eve. Make it so that they are immobile, though they get increases to their turn speed.

As it is now, scrubs still run around in Heavies like they are Assault suits, they shouldn't even have that thought due to the ridiculously slow speed.

Buff Heavy EHP, Nerf Heavy Speed.

^^ O.O OH GOD NO... IT"S HAPPENING!! THE PYRAMID QUOTING HAS BEGUN!!!

Every single whinge here seems to boil down to a need to learn how to fit your damn heavy suit.

Heavy shoukd take a squad to take doen, but not be a good idea for a whole squad of just heavies? Short of limiting them to sidearms-only that would be impossible, you'd be a moving wall capable of simply steamrolling through anything short of a HAV and making a wall around the objective.

Movement speed is fine as-is, bordering on a bit fast. EHP is also perfectly fine if you have any clue how to fit your suit (even the meta 0 variants have just shy of 1k EHP before skills and mods) and learn to play (this is not Call of Halo, learn to utilize cover and stop standing around in open fields; if you don't, I will happily plink away the two+ mags it takes my sniper rifle to kill you).

The heavy is fine, the PEBCAK. Learn to fit your suit, learn to play Dust, and learn to work as a team instead of flailing about for a solo pwn-machine.

Every single whinge here seems to boil down to a need to learn how to fit your damn heavy suit.

Heavy shoukd take a squad to take doen, but not be a good idea for a whole squad of just heavies? Short of limiting them to sidearms-only that would be impossible, you'd be a moving wall capable of simply steamrolling through anything short of a HAV and making a wall around the objective.

Movement speed is fine as-is, bordering on a bit fast. EHP is also perfectly fine if you have any clue how to fit your suit (even the meta 0 variants have just shy of 1k EHP before skills and mods) and learn to play (this is not Call of Halo, learn to utilize cover and stop standing around in open fields; if you don't, I will happily plink away the two+ mags it takes my sniper rifle to kill you).

The heavy is fine, the PEBCAK. Learn to fit your suit, learn to play Dust, and learn to work as a team instead of flailing about for a solo pwn-machine.