But at 3x the cost it Doesn't feel any better than the Advanced aside from the fact that I can put a boundless HMG on it.

Any Heavy's out there wanna share some good fits, or is it rule of thumb to just stack armor plates?

Edit: Medium Proto heavy by the way, Sentinel Heavy looked very unappealing.

Medium Proto Heavy?

How do I get this suit? Sounds cool!

Ill hit u up when im on dust in like 45. Drop some knowledge

Medium Proto Heavy?

How do I get this suit? Sounds cool!

You should definitely stack the complex armor plating. May sound ridiculous because you're already really slow, but come on now - you're not going to when any strafing contests either way. Plus since your base value is the lowest the 10% penalty is the lowest compared to any other suit.

One complex plate is .511 m/s off your sprint, which is nearly two feet. So in that extra second it takes to cover that last two feet till safety of cover your enemy has that extra second to land 3-4 AR bullets which will do more damage than the HP you gained from the plate that cost you that precious second.

But at 3x the cost it Doesn't feel any better than the Advanced aside from the fact that I can put a boundless HMG on it.

Hope it doesn't give you buyer's remorse, but you can fit a Boundless, Flux, SMG, 2x Complex Damage Mods, Complex Repper and Adv. Plates on an Advanced Fat Suit with the right fitting skills...

The Proto just isn't that shiny.

You may as well abuse the broken armor system, though. Combine Complex Armor Plates with one Ferroscale Plate in your lows. Then take a look at your movement speed and cackle maniacally. (ED: Works best with Sentinel, I'll admit.)

I refuse to do it, but my brethren fatties may as well get every bonus they can.

Hope it doesn't give you buyer's remorse, but you can fit a Boundless, Flux, SMG, 2x Complex Damage Mods, Complex Repper and Adv. Plates on an Advanced Fat Suit with the right fitting skills...

The Proto just isn't that shiny.

You may as well abuse the broken armor system, though. Combine Complex Armor Plates with one Ferroscale Plate in your lows. Then take a look at your movement speed and cackle maniacally. (ED: Works best with Sentinel, I'll admit.)

I refuse to do it, but my brethren fatties may as well get every bonus they can.

I'm a proto sentinel, 4 lows seemed better than 2 highs. Here's my tryhard fit:

-Gastuns/Boundless HMG
-Specialist Flaylock (Core is on the way)
-Enhanced Precision Scanner on the high (this gives me ~47 dB scan precision, enough for revealing medium dropsuits on radar)
-1 Enhanced Armor Plate (ferroscale PG cost is too high)
-3 Complex Ferroscale Plates
-Flux Grenades

Before 1.2 I had 4 complex armor plates which gave me 1000 armor HP, but I was super slow and easily killed. After equipping ferroscales I realized how important speed is for surviving in this game. Even aiming got better because turn rate is affect by speed.

This gives me 800 armor HP without sacrificing speed. I don't equip reps because they're so slow repairing armor, and I always try stay with the logibros. If not I just go to the nearest supply depot and change fit to regenerate armor to full. The shield energizer seems useful for this fit as well.

But you're basic heavy. Maybe you could stack 3 kinetic catalyzers for fast heavy. For the 2 highs idk, I wouldn't equip extenders because you'll only get 130 more shield HP, which is not that noticeable when you got 500 shield HP already (if you have the core skill at max). For damage mods I always try to have 3 so they don't apply for heavy, unless you're using a Forge Gun.

I would equip 2 energizers or rechargers so that HP gets regen as fast as possible. Another fit would be 3 regulators and 2 extenders/rechargers/energizers. Another one is basic shield/armor tanking, 2 extenders and 3 ferroscale plates. It's really up to you which one you think is better.

-XOXO

So are Damage mods not as effective for heavy's? Tank > Damage?

If you're using a Forge Gun then equip damage mods. But the HMG.....it has low base damage, which a damage mod will increase it just by a small amount. It's not worth it over tanking imo. But idk maybe try them and maybe you can feel the difference?

-XOXO

Medium Proto Heavy?

How do I get this suit? Sounds cool!

But at 3x the cost it Doesn't feel any better than the Advanced aside from the fact that I can put a boundless HMG on it.

Any Heavy's out there wanna share some good fits, or is it rule of thumb to just stack armor plates?

Edit: Basic Frame Proto heavy by the way, Sentinel Heavy looked very unappealing.

But at 3x the cost it Doesn't feel any better than the Advanced aside from the fact that I can put a boundless HMG on it.

Any Heavy's out there wanna share some good fits, or is it rule of thumb to just stack armor plates?

Edit: Basic Frame Proto heavy by the way, Sentinel Heavy looked very unappealing.

Militia everything with the standard HMG.

I think the slots i use are a militia shield extender and a militia armor repair....side arm is a militia SMG.

Is that for real? Or it's a bug in the dropsuit screen? Does your heavy runs at max speed?

-XOXO

Low base damage, but multiplied by a high fire rate. A better factor to go off of is DPS.

Though I do agree tanking is better for an HMG heavy and damage mods are better for a forge gun heavy.