Ships & Modules

I agree somewhat, it's not bad but what would really make it shine is if the use of nanite paste could be turned on and off since like you say, you rairly need the extra rep boost in the beginning of a fight when your in an armor tanked ship. Your just not doing enough dmg to be able to charge in and kill something while you still have nanites like you can do with the ASBs. The way to do it in armor tanking ships is split targets up and chew through the first one while his friends are on they're way and then use the nanite paste to survive long enough to kill off the first target you tackled. Repair amount seems pretty fine to me as is. Active tanking in general could use a boost in order to make active tanks on ships that don't have a tanking bonus viable but as long as Legion and Tengu links are around that isn't going to happen because it would make boosted active tanking retardedly OP in a small scale environment imo.

Making the AARs not require cap at all is just a really bad idea tbh and would only serve to make it an armor ASB which is just plain dumb and boring. I think it was a bad idea to make the ASBs capless since basicly the only way to counter it is more dps, as in more ppl. Lately I have kind of had a change of heart though because like a lot of ppl have discovered even though having a capless tank is really awesome, without any source of cap you are still extremely vulnerable to neuts since mobility, tackle, hardeners all require cap. I would rather they tried to tweek the ASBs properties and bring them down in performance in some way but still having them require no cap. Making it possible to only fit 1 ASB might be a solution but a rather boring one imo, I'd rather see them nerfing them a bit instead but still keep them a viable choice both single and double fit. Maybe make them use larger cap charges so you wont be able to tank forever and ever and ever... or make it harder to oversize them. The latter probably being the best solution.

For armor tanking I would like to see it go more towards being a efficient way of tanking, more rep/cap then shields but less rep amount per cycle. Since dmg mods are allways a pain to fit on an active armor tank you are basicly slowly grinding your targets down and therefor need a tank that is sustainable for a longer amount of time then you would in a shield tanked ship with lots of dmg mods in the lows. I like the changes to armor tanking so far but a cap reduction across the board is sorely needed especially on the large reppers.

It is a bad idea to try to dual tank a ship. It ends confused and performs badly. Both of these shield tanking ships have horrible armour stats. There is little buffer for them to try to stay ahead of. You'd be better served by damage modules, tracking enhancers, or even speed modules....

Plate the **** out of a battle ship, plug in an XL-ASB. Dual tanking works well enough due to ASB's mechanics...

SAAR reps 135 > overloaded 148.5 > 8 reps 1188 > 1553 ehp vs exp or 2795 ehp vs em for the Merlin buffer fit. That doesnt include any unboosted reps you might get lucky to throw in. Pretty nice for 1 slot i think.

It just appears this will be a bigger boost to shield frigates then the armor ones.

It's Minmatar. I say PO-tato, you say po-TAT-o.

so it uses cap in addition to charges instead of just charges like the asb, and it's charges are crazy expensive. So basically the same as the shield tanking variety but worse? In a patch to correct shield tanking being far superior to armor tanking. Anyone else find this ironic?

Terrible module that adds nothing to the game.

I would have been more satisfied with making all the existing armor repairers less cap hungry perhaps so you don't have to use as many moduless to viably active tank. Thus making it blatently obvious at the difference between shields and armor. This way you could use the extra fitting for either upgrading gun tiers or extra ewar.

This module is just trying to bandaid something that needs actual surgery. The other armor changes however are great.

For how long can the AAR use repair paste? How does this compare to the ASB when cargo size is factored in?

Or neuts. Which is the point. Of all the combat and attack cruisers out there only the Stabber and Rupture still have utility highs in the form of unbonused weapon slots. If you're making the point that they're silly not to fit said missile weapons - then you are supporting my larger point. Neutralizers are going to be the domain of specialized ships more and more as the rebalance goes on. Even the battlecruisers which have utility highs are being forced to sacrifice either tank or gank to get medium neuts fitted. More often you'll see them downsize the neut to small or skip it altogether. The metagame is changing and most don't even realize it.

Roll the damn thing out. Get a measure of the metagame. Make adjustments. This is their plan. I support it.