We'll be addressing armor tanking with multiple updates going forward:
- New armor modules will be released with the Uprising 1.2 patch:
- Ferroscale plates (smaller HP buff but no speed penalty)
- Reactive plates (small HP buff and minor repair rate buff - plates that heal themselves! Big smile)
- We'll be reducing the movement speed penalty slightly on armor plates in a future hot-fix.
- Giving proper racial bonuses! The reason the Gallente don't get (the very obvious) bonus to movement speed when armor tanking at the moment is because we use a tag system to confer bonuses to items and currently there is no way to exclude an item from getting a bonus. The only way to do this would be to tag EVERYTHING in the game that isn't the Gallente suit with a tag, which is error-prone and likely to ensure we unintentionally screw up some unrelated skill at some point. This will be corrected as soon as is feasible.

Soon

Joking aside, it would be nice to know. Hopefully a dev blog road map is in the works. Hint hint CCP.

Modules are already coming but this last part sounds like it may come in months later. I'm hoping that's not the case.

All I have to say is Sentinel bonus.

>_<

Joking aside, it would be nice to know. Hopefully a dev blog road map is in the works. Hint hint CCP.

You should also add the minmatar assault bonus..........worst bonus in the game besides possibly sentinel.

All I have to say is Sentinel bonus.

>_<

careful what you wish for... CCP is only on the 2nd book of the Dark Tower series, stuck on the beach with 3 doors, and not sure where each leads much like Roland...

they know they want to reach the Dark Tower, but have no !#@ing clue where it is....

Possibly one of the greatest analogies I have ever read on these forums +1

Sucks that you're stuck with something meant to be effective with a game mechanic still on the drawing board huh? Imagine how logis waiting for EWAR feel...

You should also add the minmatar assault bonus..........worst bonus in the game besides possibly sentinel.

I've been using a lv3 minmatar assault and don't mind the bonus too much. it takes some getting used to because of limited range, perhaps instead ammo clip size it should be 2% per level to sidearm max range to make the SMGs capable of being used as a main weapon as they were pre-uprising. with sharpshooter 5 and SMG 4 i loved using smg on my logi it was tough on some maps but on the close city maps it was perfect, you're still out ranged by an AR but it just gives you more of a chance to close the gap without a guarantee death. atm you have to get sneak up behind someone and just let rip and hope you get enough bullets to take them down before they just crumple you

also another thought i had was to allow minmatar assault to dual wield SMGs to give them some power

Possibly one of the greatest analogies I have ever read on these forums +1

You should also add the minmatar assault bonus..........worst bonus in the game besides possibly sentinel.

WHAT! YOU LEAVE MY DUAL SIDEARM BUILDS ALONE!!

I hate it when people say +1 but then dont actually give +1. Reminds me of an ex-girlfrind I had in highschool. Such a tease.

You should also add the minmatar assault bonus..........worst bonus in the game besides possibly sentinel.