Mammoth is undeniably better than the Rhino. Rhino's main gun is weak unless you use the alternative fire. If you do, the all 150+ ammo is gone in a few seconds and the range is pathetic. It's supposed to be a laser machine gun but it sure doesn't behave like it (weak when inaccurate, short range when powerful).
no they are different: its like a Warrior fury(rhino) and a warrior defense(mammoth) Rhino outdps mammoth(as i see many post on FF forum) but mammoth cant sustain heavier damages.
when using this (still GG is a bit bugged and affect player projectile (not sure if it has been corrected)
gravity grenade increases damage taken by 17% at stock.
Sundering wave increases damage taken by 15% at stock. The rhino does 53 damage per a shot at stock.(Mammoth does 70 per shot)
on the five out of every thirty seconds the rhinos abilities are up, the rhino gets the GLORIOUS opportunity to.... Do the same damage as the "defensively" minded frame.
i use my Rhino with Heavy Armor skill to have a bit more hold on the field, with Gravity grenade Grenade and another damage augmenting skill that i dont remember the name
(Sundering Wave)
Mammoth vs Rhino preference for damage output:
Ares missions: Either, depending on location and type of mission.
Thumpers: Either, depending on size thumper and location (field, bottlenecked, exploitable area)
LGV: rhino
Crashed thumper: either.
Tornado: rhino.
Incursions: Rhino.
Invasions: Rhino.
Tower recovery: Either.
Melding pocket missions: rhino.
Blackwater: Undefined, most take mammoths for their defensive capabilities, not offensive.
PvP: rhino
Also the playstyle of the player does a lot too.
the main point is Rhino is more effective at long range dps than the Mammoth due to their weapon. at close range mammoth can do same (or close due to Rhino alternate fire) i dont notice low dps and weak behavior at long range with the Laser HMG
Alternate Fire mean for me : Gravity grenade on a pack and Heavy armor soon as i get close
now to come on the Dragonfly well it rocks cause i like to be supportive and also in term of solo ability if using heal fountain healing ball its golden, AOE dmg + the good dps of the Biorifle (i use chosen but accord and normal can be good too) again depending on the playstyle (i dont want to use skill or how good is the player that use it im against those "superiority" terms)
in fact the Mammoth outdps the Rhino but again it depend of the playstyle. altho i wouldnt recommende the Rhino over the Mammoth.
for soloability i recommend the Bastion (easy mode when lvl'ed) i cant recommende others.
good point for James888 : copa Arcporter and a cobra LGV will be avaiable at Luau beans shop at 175beans each (not the LGV but the Arcporter, too much founder complained about that
at last those who only want the Arcporter or a LGV without crafting it or taking the 100$ starter can have it, it doesnt need more than 50$ to add 440RB) now we might complain that a LGV will be easier to have for those who dont want to either: be a founder or starter pack or a closed beta player or work their ass off for 200k Cy but each Cobra has his own paintjob so no big deal.
meh... i just realised the Arcporter is now useless
loging off warp to copa ... soooo whats the point? oh wait on high server load and login queue hmmm it can still be of use xD