Thanks Fozzie, after all of the feedback on this thread a post like this proves that you really are listening and that you value customer feedback. Excellent.

One quick point. I don't understand why armour has a PG requirement at all. After all it's just welding plates to an already existant hull, it's not like it's energised or anything, but just adding more buffer (it's a different argument for EANM's etc). Also armour realistically shouldn't affect top speed so speed penalities should not apply. Armour adds mass understandably enough but this should only affect acceleration and inertia/agility etc not final velocity. An acceleration penalty can still be significant in pvp so I'd like to suggest this instead.

Also why aren't armarr ships really fragile in the hull. I envisage a really simple, stripped down hull with less EHP being built on the assumption that it will soon be fitted with vast amounts of Armour, thus armarr ships should be just as fast as their traditional enemies the Minmatar with the hulls standard armour and plates fitted. Gallente are the traditional race for hull tanking which indicated more structure inside the hull and as such a heavier hull that will accelerate more slowly than those of other races etc. If we extend this principle to the Caldari and Minmatar then both races ships will be really agile and effective (for shield tankers) which is exactly how their are described as being in the official eve canon/wikki and backstory etc.

Just my thoughts.