I hadnt had Dust in front of me sadly today like I thought I would so I can't give you a detailed break down at this moment - so I'll follow up this post with a more descriptive one.

But there's a few things I know from off the top of my head.

Firstly: Grenadier - get it to 3 at least - the AV nades will be life savers in pub matches and your PC team will relax knowing you can multi-task a bit if tanks push hard. Plus the locus at that level are more useful.

Next is the HMG dmg increase passive - max it out. FG is secondary in comparison because of outrageous SP cost for little reimbursement of power. But try to get it to 3.

Max out the core skills that give armor/shield increase - probably before anything else you get.

Next - about scanners - you dont need to skill into them - the MLT variant works well enough - throw one on a a mlt lav and practice using barricades in skirms. Improve to Saga and ultimately Logi-Lav at your own pace.

You did well upgrading your cpu/pg core stats - but they come secondary compared to upgrading you damage and armor/shield stats.

I take it you didn't get the amarr racial? Good call - it's trash.

As for suit - you'll need at least 3 different pub variations and if you plan to PC - 3 more. The pub ones DO NOT require complex plate mods - nor rep mods. Rep mods in general you only need one - any level is fine though I use MLT. As for the other 2 slots - mlt armor extenders work well. They give you just enough extra health to survive some bad situations without slowing you down to a crawl. In PC you'll go full complex armor mods but pubs it's not needed.

As for the left side slots: 1 Dmg enhance mod and 1 shield recharge mod. Dmg should be complex - and the shield recharge mod is up to you.

Your point is survival and bringing pain in pubs - but it's a roll of patience. Use terrain and wait for people to get into optimal or use flanking routes to get to them - never charge straight in or let them charge you with the possibility they can open fire at range. HMG is beastly - and you should always stick to the ADV variant or PROTO - but it's range fallbacks are a bit painful. Keep close to terrain and this suit set up won't fail you.

**As I said earlier I'll follow this post up when I can see dust in front of me. But this should be the gest of everything.

lots of wasted SP here imo...

engineering 5 as a heavy? sure it has its uses, but u just dropped well over 1 mil SP into a skill that gave you 3 PG total

u are lacking in innate damage, innate shields, you have crap nades atm

my advice.. hmg prof and forge prof, hmg reload, forge reload, forge ammo, all the stuff that goes with the weapon. biotic upgrades is also a good thing to have, and don't be the f@g that runs around in an LAV... try building your character and improve your skill with your weapon before becoming random sh1tbum #2944

tbh getting the level 1 sentinel for pubs is a good way to go. 47k SP to unlock and the cost is half that of the standard suit.

long term that 47k saves a LOT of ISK


my pub fit runs me about 30k, and that's only cause I have an addiction to core locus, which is half the price of the fit...

I could substitute with M1 nades and my fit would only cost me about 15k per suit...

make 200k+ per match, can die up to 10 times and STILL make $

the less you die the more you profit. ISK management is the other key to this game. and choosing to be a heavy.. you WILL die, a LOT more than other classes typically if you ever want to get kills lol

I typically don't go full rep, and avoid plates like the plague cause you are slow enough as it is without movement penalty. I use the basic plate on some fits, and a mix of different rep depending on the space I have.

you have to look at ways to DECREASE usage. you already have all the max innate pg/cpu

but heavy upgrades decrease CPU, explosives decrease CPU, fitting optimization decreases pg etc.

I can run fits with 3 different proto weapons at the same time.. weapon, submachine gun and nades all proto.

and I can still free up more space.

the dren would be a way to go. I don use it myself but im assuming its like the skinweave which is complete trash.

all about the cpu/pg on the suit before u start to fit it.

don't be discouraged tho. I mean I have way more SP than you and it seriously just takes time to get what you want. u could always join half the scrubs in this game and spec into a flaylock as your sidearm. takes up very little space even at the proto level

just be ready for it to get nerfed cause that's what happens when the majority uses the same thing...

don't get sucked into the latest and greatest crutch. Being a heavy is not easy, you take your lumps more than most and if costs a lot more SP to be on the same competitive level, and you STILL will get flack all the time cause your weapon is stronger than others.. way down the road

Regarding Engineering... it costs like 900k SP to go from lvl 4 to lvl 5 in the Engineering skill... and all you get is like 2 extra PG. So the cost vs. reward ratio is extremely low at that point. Granted, if you need it to complete your ideal fitting and have nothing else to spend points on, then go for it. I think that is what he is saying is a waste.