Ships & Modules

Am i reading the armor repair amount on the Small AAR correct? Is it only 45 per cycle? EFT said it was around 140 or something.

Can anyone confirm what the cycle repair rate is from actual experience?

45 without paste and 3x45 with paste for 8 cycles max

AAR is armor tanking 1.5, doesn't save the hole scene, but offers some improvements.

On frigs it works, just like T2 reppers (and even T1) always worked, even without any bonuses.

On medium size, the biggest problem area it still needs some work.

+ it's a clear improvement on plate+repper fits, works especially well with a reactive armor hardener on T2 hulls in solo/small gang pvp. Plate+RAH allow enough buffer to carry you over the reload. Add Legion links, and you'll get over 2000 hps tank against antimatter or kinetic missiles on an Oneiros.

+ it improves PVE Domi tank enough to make soloing C3 anoms as fast as a Tengu.

- it is expensive to use

- it does not save T1 armor tanking ships like Myrmidon, which still don't rep enough

- it certainly does not make active armor viable on non-bonused T1 ships

- you die just as easily to neuts as before

- it uses same amount of cap regardless of it's rep amount

Mild buff to all medium and large reppers, say 7-10% rep amount and as much decrease in cap usage, AARs included would balance things. I'd also shorten cap booster reload times by as much as 50% to reduce the need to fit multiple boosters.

Allot of you just need to broaden your options for using an AAR.

Think of this scenario: you have a full EHP battleship like say a navy megathron, tons of EHP, good resists, yadda yadda.

Let's pretend that ship is fighting a second one, only the 2nd one dropped a plate for a large AAR.

navy mega 2: Has abit less armor, but can run the AAR while fighting for all cycles, have it reload while the EHP holds, and repair again.

So in this fight the 2nd navy mega over time will actually have a larger buffer because it can rep (rather well) for each cycle/reload, while having its buffer still hold out over the 60 second reload. This makes repping the buffer much more cap efficient.

To reiterate:

AAR's can be used on large buffer ships to increase the overall armor your enemy needs to chew threw, by surviving for the 60 second reload. This has held true in a few situations, it effectively gives you an even large armor buffer, if the buffer is large enough to survive at least 60 seconds, which in most small/medium gang pvp is common.

It also works well as some people have mentioned in junction with normal armor repairers. For example you have a 3 rep ship, you can run your AAR first, giving the most efficient armor repairing and another if needed. Once the AAR runs out, you can simply use your 3rd rep to hold while it reloads. Than the AAR is reloading, use it + another if needed, makes a more efficient and stronger armor tank overall. ASB's can't do this tactic very well because if you wanted to do it, you would need the ASB, another booster, and a cap injector as well to run the other booster. ASB'S you pretty much run strong till the cap charges/your cap runs out, than you blow up. AAR'S you have a better chance at outlasting in junction with another rep/2reps or a large enough buffer to survive the initial 60 second reload.

It's only 1.6x T2 repper, not equal to dual rep.