It honestly some times hard to play this game.

I even used to be one of its biggest fans, and would defend it vehemiently against all trolls and QQers..... and now I am one of those QQers...

Sad really because this game is really very good.

Except for the fact that I'm actively being punished for not using one of the bulk standard weapons, or subscribing to the current meta.....

I chose to be an Amarr RP Armour tanker..... big mistake. Every explosive in this game is a punishment. Contact Grenades, Core FlayLocks, Mass Drivers. There just isn't enough of a way to compete with every one else who ran shields....

I chose to run Lasers and Scrambler Rifles..... and to be honest Lasers are a much better gun that Scramblers are ....and Lasers are a bit of a joke..... but again since I don't run the FLaylock, Mass Driver or AR I;m just being punished by this game....

Blueberries..... I don't have to say anything about them we know how punishing it is to have to work with them....

So much for variation when one type of tanking clearly trumps the other, so much for customisation when all you have to do is use a standardised fit to do well....

I'm not complaining that I want this guns nerfed.... far from it. I think, and we all know it, that Amour needs to be buffed, other weapons need to be buffed to the level of these other guns...

The games excruciating otherwise.....

I chose to be an Amarr RP Armour tanker..... big mistake.

The next release is not far off, why don't you just take a break until then or fool around with a different role / setup that you wouldn't usually?

Nonsense, we stand by it together! Armor tanking may not be as good as shield tanking, but we manage and will pull out our repair tools. Scrambler Rifles may not be as good as ARs and Flaylocks, but we will devastate the masses with them anyways.

And honestly it's not like it's hard to kill with the Amarr weapons, its just that it's easier to kill with the other ones. But who needs that? Its not like we're actively participating in the joke that is Planetary Conquest. To me the people who run maxed out shields and core flaylocks in the instant battles and faction warfare are simply stating that they need every little advantage possible to compete. I am comfortable taking them done even a bit handicapped.


Not really excusing the lack of balance, rather I'm saying be patient. It will get more balanced with time, but it's not like you can't enjoy what we have now.

The next release is not far off, why don't you just take a break until then or fool around with a different role / setup that you wouldn't usually?

This is the new, "It's still in BETA!" isn't it?

Nah, I mean if your favourite fit isn't doing well right now to the point that you are not enjoying it at all, there is nothing wrong with waiting it out for a bit. Balance changes all the time and most setups go through good times and bad times. :) Of course the more of a niche your chosen path is, the more likely it is that there are bad times.

Yeah PIE inc is a dedicated Amarrian RP corp for FW.... we kind of have to use Amarrian equipment.... and since armour is meh.... I'm kind of jaded about the whole shields vs Armour debate....

Keep in mind that although Amarr in EVE are armor tankers, in Dust they are "balance tankers" if such a thing exists. But anyways it makes equally as much sense to shield tank an Amarr dropsuit as it does to armor tank it.

This is the new, "It's still in BETA!" isn't it?

Carthum Assault Scrambler > Duvolle AR.
The Scrambler is worse than the Laser? Are you high?

These are things that are true.

Lasers are amazing guns. Since re picking them up my KDR has been boosted significantly.

Oh you poor bastards that decide tanking one specific way is the end all be all
Hybrid tanking FTW

Oh you poor bastards that decide tanking one specific way is the end all be all
Hybrid tanking FTW

You are talking to a 4m SP toon, even with triple that in terms of SP I would not really spec into dual tanking.....?

I dunno since armour tanking I just view all shield Infantry as pussies.....

IKR? they should be here crying and circle jerking with all the real men instead of out there in the game adapting to explosions