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I don't know how much of this is a shitpost or genuine but the only time heavy armor is the "correct" answer is specifically Heavy Fortified because the extra base DR has a massive impact on the double dip of Fortified explosive resist DR and enables you to survive any combination of indirect explosions any faction can shit out. Otherwise heavy armor is vastly inferior to light armor due to the extra durability functionally accomplishing nothing. Anything that one-shots you will still one shot you and anything that takes an extra hit to kill you has chain strikes that'll still kill you due to the stagger and reduced movement speed making it impossible move out of range. The "Best" option is generally considered to be Siege Ready light armor unless you're building around a specific passive or gimmick. Heavy armor is usable now after all the buffs so you can take it if you like it, but it's almost always inferior to Light armor.

Well there's also the Heavy gas resist armor making you completely immune to gas if you take Vitality Enhancement with it.