The problem is: why not?

The added survivability combined with superior squad tactics makes dying extremely rare so that there's not even that large of a risk of going negative ISK wise. Not that any of said corps could care less about losing miniscule amounts of ISK.

I can't speak for others but for me i don't wear it to steam roll new people, i wear it because it took so freakin long to finally get that i have paid my dues in crappy gear and i don't wanna go back. To me it would be like unlocking all the other guns and attachments in other games and only using the stuff you started with, it isn't fun when you have better stuff.

Plus it is affordable to do so, unlike chrome were the suits were WAY more expensive, the old heavy suit alone was what? 252k ISK?

I agree. I played against and with anon players who wore proto in pubs.
I am not dissin annon or anything like that. I think that most players will not waste months to get proto to not use it. I don't know about you personally but your corp does use it.

I use proto but not to pad my kdr. I actually spend the majority of the game spamming the field with uplinks. Repping people, dropping nanohives, hacking and running to supply depots to switch fits. Proto gives me the cpu i nee to run 3 uplinks in all my slots. In any match I use at least 3 different suits so I can play a support role to the best of its potential.

This seems like a poorly disguised attempt for a pat on the back for being "honorable"

why should i bother running STD and ADV gear if I can make money while running all proto in pubs? i have over 260m isk so there's no reason to save it

and taking on 4 guys at once and winning clean is kinda fun too

The power differential that is created when a proto suit is used vs. an advanced or standard suit is pretty drastic. I think that its a major problem.

They did a pretty good job with weapons... having them only increase about 10% in power... yet a proto suit is almost twice as effective as a standard suit? I think we need some serious rebalance on that front.

Also... standard vs. proto hp modules is a joke. I think we need to take a lesson from vehicles and completely rework how hp modules work in this game.

For Example:
'Light Shield Extender' 30-35-40 hp
'Heavy Shield Extender' 55-60-66 hp

lol... but your title suggests that everyone in your corp runs STD / ADV gear in pubs

Now you make a 180? And lol at you saying only a few guys spec'd into flaylocks... HAHAHAHAHAHA... good one. Everyone and their grandmother has FLP. Not saying there aren't a couple guys who didn't spec'd into, but lol... just like you saying "Oh, nobody in my corp uses proto gear in pubs"

Please. More often than not I see you guys in proto.

Personally IDGAF what people use, but you claiming YOUR corp don't use proto to pubstomp? lol gtfo

Youreu
Joking your guys are some of the worst proto spammers ive seen
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When you have proto what reason is there not to run it?