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Thank you for posting this, I was just about to suggest the same thing.

I would not be willing to see a buff as high as 250.  I think last I recall looking at the stats, I'd be willing to see up to a 150 hp increase (at divine, no arena buffs).  This is because it already has good all-around resistance.  150 should make it very competitive without wrecking the mete (again).  I based this on configuring WU with all the torsos today using the CleverJumper (top phys meta) configuration, seeing how i could get just enough heat/energy stats but also then add as much hp and resist.  Archimond can get really competitive in that config already, so 150+ should make it a viable alternative to MPV/LPV (in my opinion) without making it better than them.

I think if the other vests have been buffed, Hardened Platinum Vest should be equal to the others, just in a different way.  I say this because I tend to think that the "family" of items should be more or less equal, just specializing in different things.  My main goal is symmetry.

(the picture is with arena buffs on)
As it now stands, Hardened Platinum Vest has 15 less total resistance than the other vests.  I think if MPV and LPV can be thought of as heat and energy torsos for fighting against physical mechs, why not give physical mechs the opposite?  Why not make HPV a torso for physical mechs who want protection energy and heat mechs?
So I propose that it get buffed so that its stats are as follows:
Hit Points: 1153 (like the other vests)
Heat: 230 cap, 80 cool     
Energy: 230 cap, 80 regen
(basically the other torsos' heat and energy capacity/rege/cooling but balanced between the two, so that it's about equal to them.)
Resistance: 16 physical, 38 energy, 38 heat.      (basically the same total amount of resistance but shifted towards the opposite of the other two.)
Please vote accordingly!
 

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I would not be willing to see a buff as high as 250.  I think last I recall looking at the stats, I'd be willing to see up to a 150 hp increase (at divine, no arena buffs).  This is because it already has good all-around resistance.  150 should make it very competitive without wrecking the mete (again).  I based this on configuring WU with all the torsos today using the CleverJumper (top phys meta) configuration, seeing how i could get just enough heat/energy stats but also then add as much hp and resist.  Archimond can get really competitive in that config already, so 150+ should make it a viable alternative to MPV/LPV (in my opinion) without making it better than them.

I would not be willing to see a buff as high as 250.  I think last I recall looking at the stats, I'd be willing to see up to a 150 hp increase (at divine, no arena buffs).  This is because it already has good all-around resistance.  150 should make it very competitive without wrecking the mete (again).  I based this on configuring WU with all the torsos today using the CleverJumper (top phys meta) configuration, seeing how i could get just enough heat/energy stats but also then add as much hp and resist.  Archimond can get really competitive in that config already, so 150+ should make it a viable alternative to MPV/LPV (in my opinion) without making it better than them.

No problem.  And you're right.  Windigo was made basically the flagship of F2P torsos.  Archimond, as a premium, should be better.  So either it should be made non-premium (and everyone who owns it given a legendary power kit at least) or it should be buffed so it's better than Windigo.
On that thread, I gave my opinion that a 150 hp buff (at divine, no arena stuff) should make it very competitive without making it better than the monkeys or vests: basically, elevating it to almost equal status but not killing off other things in the meta.

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Voltage Regulator? That’s what a VR reference designation is. 
 
or throw a / in the middle and call it current because (voltage divided by resistance) V/R = Current?

I think Alex mentioned at one point the best sales are usually the ones with the "coolest" looking weapons. We live in a (relatively) top ranks perspective here vs. the avg SM player =P 

My idea for an energy vandal sort of stalled when it came to naming it.
IF Gato Games produced the energy version of the vandal rage, what should it be called?
The sprite has "VR" stamped on it, so names that are "V.R." get bonus points, in my opinion.
But any name.  Please reply with name ideas.  Thanks!
My idea: voltage reducer.  Because it does reduce your regen and energy, so in a way it does reduce your voltage.

My idea for an energy vandal sort of stalled when it came to naming it.
IF Gato Games produced the energy version of the vandal rage, what should it be called?
The sprite has "VR" stamped on it, so names that are "V.R." get bonus points, in my opinion.
But any name.  Please reply with name ideas.  Thanks!
My idea: voltage reducer.  Because it does reduce your regen and energy, so in a way it does reduce your voltage.

And not surprisingly it soon resulted in this:

In my experience, no, common items are the most cost-effective way to boost other items.  Then using common items (not chance of rare) to boost power kits makes them 33% more powerful on average.
Like, I sat down and did the math early when I started playing SM.  And you should ask on discord: others have found the same thing.

Smurfing is intentionally losing in the arena to drop ranks so you can destroy and mess with newbies.  Smurfing is intentional.
Now that we've gotten the definition out of the way, is smurfing wrong?  Yes or no?

LOL no I don't.  I have mechs that are somewhere between level 1 myth and level 50 myth.  I think the only fully myth items I have right now, other than torsos and legs, are my Distance Shredder, Annihilation, and a Malice Beam.  And right now I'm working on my modules because none of them are max myth either 😉 
I've thought about that one long and hard.  I can't say it would be completely wrong to do it only to get that achievement.  But I can get 10 wins by chance (right now mine says "9" so I've already gotten close).  And the reward (20 tokens) isn't worth abusing newbies.
Yep and sometimes I'm busy doing chores while I'm fighting in the arena so I tend to make a bit more mistakes than when I'm focused on it.  But that was never smurfing.

In my experience, no, common items are the most cost-effective way to boost other items.  Then using common items (not chance of rare) to boost power kits makes them 33% more powerful on average.
Like, I sat down and did the math early when I started playing SM.  And you should ask on discord: others have found the same thing.

Yeah, lot of info lost with the binary code oh I mean the wind. 😔

It's ok ... for low ranks but not good for mid to high ranks.  But the stats need a LOT of work.  Mainly your modules.  With all due respect, I would do this, if it was me (and it might be in about a week due to drops)

If you really want, you can substitute an iron plate for a heat engine, but I wouldn't.  I don't think iron plates are enough hit points to be worth it for the arena or the campaign.  But feel free to disagree with me.
I had no clue what your drone is, so I guessed with Nemo.
But if you get a platinum plate, I would substitute one of those for one of your heat engines.

i seriously doubt that mechs are supposed to float