with no mods to work with it squishy (militia heavies start at 1000 ehp base [with skills] and arent exactly a force to be reckoned with) especially on heavy's hit box and speed. we cant jump and run around like a light or medium frame. So our tank doubly suffers.



1. .3 isnt that much of an increase for losing almost 400 ehp without the ability to equip mods (1012 ehp base on Sentinel STD vs 625 with commando STD and 1590 sentinel proto and 921 commando proto/ [witn complex ] 849 with ferroscale those curious)

2. When you add that loss of a heavy weapon slot in with the rest of those "prices" doesnt seem quite as fair.


STD commando breakdown vs Sentnel
(assuming tanked sentinel with skills)
additions:
.3 km/h speed
upgraded sidearm slot (not two light weapons because heavys slots can fit light weapons)
equipment slot


losses:
694 ehp (more if new plates equipped instead of complex to save speed "boost")
3 module slots
heavy weapons slot
race bonus because no modules
grenade slot
14 PG
68 CPU

no change:
heavy's large hitbox
turn speed (as far as the dev blog describes no increase here [agility could very well just describe running])

Proto Commando vs Sentinel breakdown
(assuming same as before)

additions:
.3 km/h speed
upgraded sidearm slot
equipment slot
3% reload speed per level (sentinel has reload too)
10% module efficiency (used in ehp math so lolz at this)

losses:
893 ehp
heavy weapons slot
grenade slot
2 module slots
10 PG
46 CPU

no change:
heavy's large hitbox
turn speed (as far as the dev blog describes no increase here [agility could very well just describe running])


Take a second and look, the cons do not outweigh the benefits. its not as if you can use both light weapons at once. Plus you have to switch weapons which takes time so mid firefight would be a kitten anyways (not that they have the tank to be in a firefight). This is not a good suit it either needs significantly more speed, more modules, or a heavy weapons slot instead of one of the lights (which you could still use 2 lights if you felt like anyways). This suit will flop and it saddens me because i wanted more heavy content and got it...

@ladwar thanks for the appreciation. also thanks for pointing out my typo

should read: "benefits do not outweigh the cons"

Just to let you guys know, CCP Remnant is a developer in Shanghai and this blog was put out at roughly... oh... 1:30 AM there. So he'd be in bed.

He will be able to check and respond to your feedback when he gets into the office.

It really won't though, its MAX hp is around where an assault/logi (commando proto = 835 MAX with ferroscale why lose your speed bonus...) is plus it slower and has a larger hitbox. The basic amarr heavy frame with stamina mods will be more effective at what the commando proto is trying to accomplish, especially with the introduction of ferroscale plates as well. Base Amarr heavy frame gets base 1012 hp. Basic amarr can equip. damage mods, catalyzers, flux grenades, scrambler pistol, AR of choice (mix and match however you want ie SCR/SMG/AV nades) = more tank and more gank than a commando plus increased speed AND Stamina (if you equip catalyzers).

I'm going to go with what everyone else seems to be thinking, which is that 395 is a typo and it's mean to be 3.95.

Thanks for posting the concept for the new drop suit prior to the patch.

Since all we have is raw numbers I'll say that it looks like a very interesting suit that may need additional buffs but we can't possibly know that until everyone plays it for a while. It also looks like it has the potential to be fairly OP, but we can't know that until we really start playing it and getting a feel for how it's fitting into current game balance.

I'm always fascinated that prior to something even being playable everyone already knows what is wrong with it and how to fix it.