The problem in your logic is that no soldier will ever use that setup. Because that which you gain, is not worth what you lose. Pre-LE, yes, there were evade soldiers around. But keep in mind that everyone had much lower AR then, soldiers had no 5% reflect in the back, reflect game mechanics worked much differently, there was no real good option for Assault Rifles so lots of soldiers just ran around with a Type 3 Energy Carbine for AS.Syn_captian wrote:I completely disagree that MR is a waste for a soldier:
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While 3202 AR is ok, it's not that great, and if you go against a decent evade prof, they are gonna rape you no problem, 4780 however, will make most any evade prof shake in their boots, not to mention that you get wit of the trox which adds about 350 more dodge rnged which if you have running, gives you a static def of roughly 2.7k =)
Things you lose:
Ability to perk stuff w/o MR.
Ability to land a decent FA w/o MR.
5% reflects from the back and what not which matters ALOT.
Nanoresist. Your setup doesn't even have a HHAB, that is not realistic at all unless you are dueling certain profs.
LOTS of cash, while a normal setup will have 4 AI armor pieces and for the rest NODROP items, your setup has 7 AI armor pieces, a Notucomm, two iGoCs, etc. You're looking at a difference of almost 1.9B!
Less hp, which is essential to survive an alpha during AMS downtime.
Things you gain:
2.7k static def. Hell even agents in def setup can perk through that. Agents are a low AR prof still, there are plenty out there that will just rip through those 2.7k def like it is nothing.
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I'm running around with 2.9kish def myself (as an agent), and let me tell you, I am getting perked and hit ALOT by various toons. The only reason I'm using this particular setup, is because I can't outheal all the damage being thrown at me in the BS otherwise. Soldiers however have no problems with defense (as long as there's no trader/engineer/NT around), they can AMS up and have that all sorted for 1:20.
And let's be clear. 2.7k def is not going to save you from engineer reflect rippers. 2.7k def is not going to save you from a trader BRing and perking you. 2.7k def is not going to save you, at all, from a NT with LE nukes.
Soldiers simply need AR way more than evades, so they can kill that trader quickly, so they can perk that NT even when blinded. And in a decent setup, MR is not going to make them able to kill more toons. Fixers and MAs will die to AS spam anyway, you don't need MR for them.
Also, popping MR, then debuffing evades, then waiting for that defense action to run out will not work. Soldier dodge debuffs last around 20 seconds at most. And guess what? The MR cooldown lasts 20 seconds as well, and debuffs your AR by -1k.