EVE General Discussion

To be honest for most ships a static buffer is still more useful, the ASB actually offers an interesting conundrum, in that it benifits more from SBAs and a secondary static buffer, than resists, meaning for small gang+ a resists supported static buffer is more practical.

In solo situations it is a powerful tool, and while it may need some slight rebalancing I think its generally working as intended.

limit it to one per ship and it will be fine. One min of beast tank then quick death.

Maybe I made an error in my calculations somewhere but when accounting for the usual skill bonuses most of the ASBs didn't seem very impressive compared to a plain old easier to fit shield extender of the same size across one reload cycle. The small was a little better, the medium almost exactly identical, the large maybe significantly but not out of the park better. The only one that was a great deal better was the XLASB, and you'd sort of expect that given there isn't an XLSE. Basically, unless you have a source of boost bonuses they didn't seem to be all they're cracked up to be compared to plain old buffer.

Did I make a miscalculation or is that accurate? They do have more advantages if you can actually live through the reload cycle or disengage to reload, but across the one cycle not so much.

Glad TEST is around to state the obvious like this. Lost without them we would be.

Every buffer tanked blob with ECM support beats the **** out of your double ASB stuff...

You don't make an error at all in your basic calculations.

with boosters, and tengu bonuses, you can push your tank up to pretty crazy levels, but even with all those, a dual xlasb battleship will still only tank a little over 2k dps.

I say working as intended.

Translation: More homogenization please!

Try this cyclone tank out, 1x large ASB 1x LSE 1x Invul 1x Damage control.

A lot of people are starting to seriously overestimate the ASBs and are expecting more out of them than they'll get. We're already starting to see some really bad ASB ships. I expect many more to come as this expectation of them being the "i win" button spreads.

There are a few key aspects of ASB fitting that most people don't understand. Those of us who have done the math know how to use them properly and get the most out of them. They don't work like other active tanks, and most players don't understand that.

I have an extreme ASB tank fit that I'm just waiting for the right opportunity to use. If anyone does manage to kill it, the mail will be hilarious. I might win solely on the basis of them running out of ammo and leaving the fight.

edit: Active armor is still a solid tank for those ships that can manage it. I love my active pilgrim and vengeance. And the ASB is never going to replace buffer in large fleets where alpha can overwhelm the boosters.

If that thrasher has the same "1 slot tank" then you are ******. It works both ways.