Given the joke of a passive bonus the Amarr specialization gives, I'm surprised more ppl don't just spec into ONLY the level5 basic Heavy suit. It'll still allow you to be a Heavy, but also save SP for the future release of all the racial variants.

This.

Need all the variables before trying to balance something

I understand that there have been complaints about heavies being underpowered before but I saw a thread that I completely agree with.

This thread was about giving an attribute skill for heavies to passively deduct a percentage of taken damage.

I find this fair for numerous reasons. Me being a heavy, know the struggle.

1. Really slow
2. End up with less shield than Assault
3. Large hit box (With any aim talent, almost impossible to miss)
4. Tac ARs melt us almost instantly (Along with Scrambler rifles)
5. No match for locus grenades
6. Really slow rotation (If enemy is behind, fight is already lost)

The heavies are a dying class and is dying more and more as time goes by because frankly, people are smart and I and a few others are the only ones stupid enough to remain.

This gentleman can paint the picture better than I can: https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=81725&find=unread

A dying class?

I see usually 3x the amount of heavies per class as logi's. Too much exaggeration.

Btw this was before the respecs
Still to this point, heavies could use a buff

Btw this was before the respecs
Still to this point, heavies could use a buff

heavies not a dying breed they just been re-purposed to be more like a mobile AV battery

A decrease in curser drag while in ADS view with the HMG is probably the least drastic change CCP could make and still have a significant benefit. For those that dont run heavy I will explain:

As with any other weapon ADS increases accuracy-what this means for the HMG is a drastic reduction to the bullet spread of the weapons cone of fire. More bullets going where you point them increases damage dealt, decreases time to kill and and saves a lot of ammunition. The current cursor speed while in ADS view won't move fast enough to track a target that is moving parallel to field of view. This forces the player to hip-fire what is already a very inacurate weapon in order to keep sustained fire.

This would make a measurable difference to the effectiveness of the class without changing any values to weapon or dropsuit stats.