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Posted - 2013.05.28 20:02:00 -
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Problems:
Cal Logi shield tanking is OP
Armor tanking AT THE STANDARD LEVEL is underpowered
That's it.
Other shield tanks are fine, and when you get advanced suits or better, then armor start to shine. |
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Posted - 2013.05.28 20:07:00 -
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Thor McStrut wrote:Shield tank nerf has already arrived. You'll find it in the market under the grenades tab. 
A grenade is coming that does the same to armor.
Your argument is invalid. |
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Posted - 2013.05.28 20:12:00 -
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ZDub 303 wrote:If they reduced the ridiculous movement speed penalty on armor plates I think you'd find shield tanking to be quite balanced.
Everything has a bonus to shields... ARs are 110% to shields and SRs are 120% to shields, flux grenades wreck shields, lot of counters to shield tanking in place already.
Its just that movement speed penalty, while it might be okay for heavies, is NOT okay for medium and light frames.
Best way to balance shield tanking imho is to fix armor tanking.
Ferroscale plates are not the answer either (even though I know CCP thinks so) cause they will, by nature, have to have close to the same hp as shields... at which point.. why bother?
Ferroscale plates will be really good for shield tankers who dont want to sacrifice move speed but the armor value just wont be high enough to make armor tanking worth it.
Unless Amarr and Gallente get like a 50% bonus to ferroscale plates, I can't imagine it will ever be a viable way to balance armor.
Actually, the ferrocsale will by logic be above shields in HP.
Its the reactive armor that will be the same.
It has self regeneration, just like shields. |
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Posted - 2013.05.28 20:27:00 -
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Mike Poole wrote:The uncertainty on how things may eventually balance out keeps freezing me up on which logi suit to pick.
Go with Gallente/Armor and hope armor gets better?
Go with Caldari/Shields and hope shields don't get worse?
Screw both of those and go Minmatar with a little of both just to be safe?
Actually, Amarr has the same shield and armor. |
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