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Trimarks should retain the speed penalty. Active tanking armor rigs should however have some other form of penalty, I'd be in favor of max lock range.

Simple logic. You weld a bunch of armor plating on something, it's going to be heavier, and thus go slower.

Also, with a shield tanked ship, once the shield goes down, it's game over for that ship.

-1 due to idiocy.

In the space the mass is not importante. And if you increase your shield (like large shield exterder), you need to add some extra generator in your ship. This generator have some mass also.

This drawback, it's really a big problem. Perhaps the best idea it's to put the draw back in the shield. Not on the agility and speed (for plate).

First off, don't write like a kid. Using 'like' every couple words doesn't make you look cool or intelligent, it makes you look like you don't know how to speak like an adult. If you can't act like a mature adult, don't expect people to treat you seriously (this applies to life in general, not just these forums).

Second, it's called a drawback. Train armor rigging 5 and it won't be so severe. There's not really much wrong with it (it's kinda annoying at times, but not that much of an issue unless you're putting three armor rigs on a ship, in which case you're probably overtanking).

Third, armor ships are already used quite often. Both forms of tanking are relatively balanced right now in most classes of ships (except capitals, in which case the armor rigs are already considered superior). They seem to be just fine as-is.