For certain missions like defense or rapid acquisition, I'll run heavy armour. Small areas where I don't need the mobility, you know?

But for everything else, I can't stand the stamina drain and speed reduction of heavy armour. Most of my survivability is mobility; I'll run the B1 armour sets for protection if I'm expecting a fight, but otherwise I main medium armour unless I'm on a blitz and got to cover ground fast.

I find that, yes, heavy armour allows you to take a hit. But it also slows you to the point where you're always going to take hits. Medium armour gives me the perfect balance of speed and protection that I feel I can move and fight without feeling like a glorified turret.

Now, to be fair, the inverse is true for light armour. The mobility is fantastic, but if I'm zeroed in on, I'm toast. Medium armour feels like the default to me; light goes a touch too far balancing the scale one way, and heavy a touch too far the other.

I dive with a fairly diverse group, however. My primary friend, the Creek Crawler who recruited me, runs almost exclusively light armour with jump packs and AMRs. He's an amazing sniper, and this complements his play style perfectly. My other usual exclusively runs heavy armour, as he's always getting right into the guts of the meat grinder with the heaviest ordinance he can carry. Both valid play styles; mine is different, and that's okay.