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Accepted, but I still hold ASBs are closer to LSEs in their dependence on cap, and much further away from true active tanks. Let me see if I can draw a continuum of tank features:

ACTIVE

a) HP gain unlimited in theory, but restricted in practice by cap charges and capacitor amount and regen rate
b) Vulnerable to neuting; HP gain can be disabled by neuting

BUFFER

a) HP gain strictly limited, no modification possible
b) Invulnerable to neuting; HP gain only overcome by moar DPS

ASBs

a) HP gain strictly limited to cap charges available; the true active option is prohibitively cap-intensive
b) Invulnerable to neuting; HP gain only overcome by moar DPS

Or do people think I'm crazy for thinking that this puts ASBs closer to "buffer"?

Remove them. Fix the problems ASBs were meant to address in a different way. They're a blasphemy to balance and make idiots happy.

I like my idiots sad.

As others have iterated, all they needed to do was limit it to one per ship and here's why:

Ancils were designed to make active shield tanking viable without links+crystals (I have a maxed out boosting alt and ancils have made me leave her at home most occasions), the problem is when you have two and you can perma tank until your cargohold runs out of charges, the same as a regular booster, so there's no disadvantage at all.

Removing one booster creates a tension of having enough dps to finish the opposition before depleting charges, or fitting mobility or tackle mods to allow a "tactical retreat".

So many people have tried to explain this and nooooo one has said in ernest "no dual x-l ancils are a.ok. boss", and yet you just say well you know the story...

The only other adjustments that need to be made are bring xl cycle time back in line with other xl boosters and nerfing mediums a bit as well, as they are over powered on frigates, where fights are almost always over before charges become an issue (except when fighting dual td condor DAMN YOU!!!)

I understand what the dude above is and has been atempting to say for some time now. I also think there is some over analyzing of a simple issue on his part v0v back in the day that use to be a serious issue (over analyzing). Which lead to so many bad mechanics and just silly to begin with.

However, I don't fully agree and this issue can be delt with by simply limited these modules to 1 per ship.

Eve-online can be like the chinese game of GO, instead of chess. Simplistic in its design and complicated/difficult to play.

Another way might even be increasing the powergrid usage of xl to like 1500pg and mediums to 75pg and start NERFING boost amount or duration.

I really like the idea of a stacking penalty. If you used -33% boost amount for each ASB after the first, then pretty much only 1 or 2 would be viable. This would work out to 66% of one ASB's boosting amount continuously if you had 2 of them that you staggered, or 133% of one ASB's boosting amount if you ran them both at the same time. Maybe 25% would be more appropriate, that would give 75% / 150% for the two cases I mentioned above. CCP could tweak this to make dual ASBs (staggered) about the same as a regular shield booster + cap booster, but with the option to run them both at the same time if a bigger burst i needed (eg. the guy you are shooting is in hull and your are bleeding hull between reps).
This would mean the second one would be far less effective without nerfing single ASBs and I don't really think anyone thinks the single ASB is unbalanced.

TL;DR = Don't nerf the thing that is working as intended in order to nerf your unintended consequences.

Lol, there's a pharisee uprising or something? I find it utterly odd how passive tank apologists got yet another OP option (single ASB) and want to abuse it as long as possible while trying to bring the active tank option (dual ASB) down at the same time. No way this can be good!

It's like proposing to introduce a 99% web and then make it 'balanced' by limiting to one per ship. Insanity? Apparently, not for some.

Active tank allows you to tank enormous dps until your cargo hold runs out and even longer if you use a hauler. One plate gives you 4200 HP, that's it.

Nerf active tank, yeah.

Nope, it's you saying 2-3 med reps plus a cap booster are better than 1600mm plate. In terms of tanking specifics, fitting and trade-offs that's pretty much the same comparison as dual ASB vs. single one.

Someone has a couple of thousand xl asbs stashed away huh.

I pretty much agree, i think they should reload a booster every 10 or 15 secs automatically whether active or not instead of one long 60 sec reload.