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BlackHorizon
Caldari Umbra Congregatio Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2006.11.25 06:27:00 -
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Edited by: BlackHorizon on 25/11/2006 06:34:52 Some facts about shield versus armor tanking. This is already well-known stuff, but it must be made clear.
(1) There are no specific mid-slot armor tanking mods, whereas shield tankers have low-slot shield tanking mods (shield power relays, power diagnostics, damage control).
(2) Shield tanking is generally superior to armor tanking due to (1). A XL booster + amp regenerates as much shield as 2 large armor repairer II while having the same cap efficiency. Moreover, there are passive shield tanks where there is no true passive armor tank. A shield tank also regenerates during the beginning of a cycle and in general can tank more dps than a armor tank (cap permitting).
(3) You can shield tank and stack dmg, fitting and speed mods in the lows, whereas if you armor tank, you must sacrifice your tank a lot more than a shield tank does.
(4) For reason (3), by stacking dmg/fitting/speed mods in the lows and having a uber passive(or active) shield tank (cf. Drake, Vagabond, blasterokh, etc...), you can "tank AND gank" with a shield tank whereas thats not possible with an armor tank.
(5) Electronic warefare such as tracking disruptors, sensor dampners and ECM is a form of tank which equalize the imbalance between shield and armor tanking. Shield tanking is still superior for PvE, but it's equalized for this reason in PvP.
An ECM nerf is a serious nerf to armor tanking because of observations above. Missile ships such as ravens now not only have FoFs, but have reduced chance to be jammed to begin with. There are no missile disruptors and although damps are good, the're very suituation specific. An ECM nerf is nerfing a plenthora of fitting options on several ships (RIP Battle Badger). We're certainly going to see more cookie-cutter setups now and an overuse of damps.
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Orvas Dren
Gallente The Nest Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2006.11.25 06:44:00 -
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Except I love damps, no such thing as too much use :)
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Gor Kraon
Minmatar Shadowclan
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Posted - 2006.11.25 06:47:00 -
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Drones = FOF tank.
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Dred'Pirate Jesus
Imperial Academy
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Posted - 2006.11.25 06:51:00 -
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Role based ecm ships will still pwn after Rev1.. (jammers at least) even more so as they are getting an ecm boost.. 5% to 10% per level for bs afaik.. But as always if you can spare a mid slot an eccm mod will save you.. But noone ever uses them do they.. KALI:Revelations.. Putting the Waaaa back in Piwat.. |
Ryu Goto
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Posted - 2006.11.25 06:52:00 -
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http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=429643
may contain some relevant information if you would like to talk about nerfs.
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