DUST Search - So now I'm stuck with Gallente, the worst Logi suit?

True Adamance wrote:

Justin Tymes wrote:

Caldari has max Shielding and best recharge now, Min has speed comparable to Assaults, can Shield tank, and can take objectives, before the enemy swarm arrives. Gallente used to be the most versatile suit, but now Amarr has a side-arm and an additional EQ slot at ADV with an additional low in proto. They make up for Armor tanking by being the best at DPS of all Logibros and max repair rate, and remains the only Logi that can actually AV without being useless against infantry.

So where does this leave Gallente? The passive skill is mediocre, the suit is build to armor tank, and without a side-arm and the repair rate of Amarr, it can't make up for being inferior to Shield tankers. EQ abuse doesn't work out either. Scanners don't provide any WP, and only scouts have a reason to use them, there is no reason to skill up to proto RE/PM. Needle at a proto level doesn't strain the suit for the passive to really take effect. To a lesser extent, the same goes for the Gauged Nanohive. I suppose proto repair tool is good to have, but honestly Triage ADV will get you going fine. The only real EQ that takes advantage of the Gallente passive are Triage Nanohives, but to use the Gallente just lower the CPU of Triage Hives by 21 is hardly a reason to use Gallente over any other Logi suit.

You already are inferior to shield tankers you just don't know it.

BUFF ARMOUR


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Mobius Wyvern BetaMax. CRONOS. 2594	Posted - 2013.07.20 05:56:00 - [1] - Quote True Adamance wrote: Justin Tymes wrote: Caldari has max Shielding and best recharge now, Min has speed comparable to Assaults, can Shield tank, and can take objectives, before the enemy swarm arrives. Gallente used to be the most versatile suit, but now Amarr has a side-arm and an additional EQ slot at ADV with an additional low in proto. They make up for Armor tanking by being the best at DPS of all Logibros and max repair rate, and remains the only Logi that can actually AV without being useless against infantry. So where does this leave Gallente? The passive skill is mediocre, the suit is build to armor tank, and without a side-arm and the repair rate of Amarr, it can't make up for being inferior to Shield tankers. EQ abuse doesn't work out either. Scanners don't provide any WP, and only scouts have a reason to use them, there is no reason to skill up to proto RE/PM. Needle at a proto level doesn't strain the suit for the passive to really take effect. To a lesser extent, the same goes for the Gauged Nanohive. I suppose proto repair tool is good to have, but honestly Triage ADV will get you going fine. The only real EQ that takes advantage of the Gallente passive are Triage Nanohives, but to use the Gallente just lower the CPU of Triage Hives by 21 is hardly a reason to use Gallente over any other Logi suit. You already are inferior to shield tankers you just don't know it. BUFF ARMOUR Armor is in dire need of a buff. Cat_Merc and I put together a buff proposal aimed at Gallente suits a week or two back. We proposed giving them either a 50% role or 10% per level bonus to Armor Repair System and Reactive Plate repair rate, and that that bonus be on the Medium suits, such that you don't have to get up into Prototype Specialist suits to be effective as a Gallente player. We also suggested doubling the armor amount of reactive plates. Thus, at max skill and with Complex mods, you can easily get several hundred hitpoints with a repair rate of up to 30hp/s. This would mean that Gallente fits would have less hp overall, but would be able to rep what they had very rapidly to fit their weapons which require getting in close to do optimal damage.