Is there any situation where taking heavier armour is actually beneficial? in a "devs don't understand their own game" moment - it seems to me any situation you are taking damage, except maybe on the easiest setting, you are pretty much dead, mobility is key for staying alive. You'd need like 20x the armour rating to be able to "stand and bang" with the enemy in any kind of useful way. Though an armour set with a big defensive boost, resistance to player damage and access to/bonus to melee weapons would be kind of hilarious against bugs.
Armour rating only has a marginal impact on surviability. Might mean you get 2-shot instead of 1-shot. Mobility tends to be key, which is why most players seem to favour Light or Medium armour. It's the passives which make the biggest difference anyway and if you hunt around the Warbonds and rotating Supercredits store you can usually get some good combinations.
I usually run Light armour with Scout when solo/duo. Prevents getting too much aggro *some* of the time and you can often sprint away and de-aggro stuff. Medium armour with the passive that gives 50% chance not to die from lethal damage, when in random 4-man PUGs (because chaos).
What are the weapons of choice for folks ATM? I usually sport the Breaker or Slugger, then the autocannon, laser+guard dog rover or flamer+rover. The rover has caused issues against the shriekers however, so many times it's killed an incoming one whose corpse has then eviscerated me!
Usually Breaker (or one of its variants). I like the Stalwart for clearing trash, swapped on the battlefield to EAT for bigger stuff. Guard Rover for solo/duo bugs swapped to Shield Generator Pack for bots and 4-man. Then whatever turret or Eagle strike suits the mission. I like the EMS stun mortar for certain situations too, especially extractions.
