I updated the OP with something that is connected but that I forgot to put in at first since it isn't a main part of the changes.

At the same time as these changes we'd be reducing the Incrusus rep bonus to 7.5% to keep things sane.

My Brutix just got a boner.

I also echo the concern that balancing could have been more easily done by

- reducing armor rep cycle time (reps happen at the end of cycle anyway)
- reducing armor rep fitting costs
- reducing armor rep cap usage
- increasing armor rep hull bonuses to 10%

This proposed solution forces armor tankers to learn another new skill (we just had to train RAH skill), increases the already massive fitting cost imbalance even further while doing nothing to the cap issue or making the 7.5% hull bonus any more worthwhile.

Brutix will be the new Cyclone? I think AAR will be awesome in combination with some buffer to help it survive the reload.

"Lets add more skillbooks, because its easier than balancing existing stuff."

Addition of new skills and modules
Many people have expressed objections to the addition of new skills and modules to the game rather than rolling all the changes into existing modules. I understand the feeling many people have that skills create a gap between older and new players, but that logic can be applied to any existing skills as well. Skill systems in games like Eve do provide a certain advantage gained over time, but the diminishing returns over levels helps to balance the playing field. I disagree that Armor Upgrades is any more a "must train skill" than any other support skill, and many players will find quickly training it to level 2-3 will get them most of the way to the bonus enjoyed by an older player at a far lower time commitment. Also note that half the plates are receiving mass reductions completely unconnected to the skill.

If fitting XLASB on Cyclone "is part of what makes Eve so great", make sure we can use XLAAR on Myrmidon!!

And if that will need fitting mods, find a way to let us split 6 lows between them plus armour tank PLUS damage mods.

Or is oversize mod fitting for shield only?

A few updates:

We're switching the AAR to use nanite repair paste instead of cap boosters. What we're looking at now is for them to hold 8 reps worth of paste, with the smalls eating 1 per cycle, the mediums eating 5 and the larges eating 10.

I'm also investigating our options for reducing the base powergrid need for medium and large armor reps a bit.

We're aiming to have all of this on Sisi before the weekend. Please note that just because things are on Sisi doesn't mean they can no longer change. It just means we want to give people a chance to try it out in the game client.

Then it is completely useless. In order for this module to make sense at all, it needs to be able to run as a 3/4 normal rep all the time, with the burst on demand. You need to add a feature like I suggested a while back; a complement to the "heat" tab that lets us switch on the cap-burning burst mode at will. So you can load it up and use it as a weaker normal rep, and when you click the "overcharge" tab, then it starts burning the cap boosters and goes into 2.25x rep mode. When it's empty, it should reload while continuing to run as a normal repper.

Just so you all know the Sisi update today put the AARs on the market and fixed all the outstanding defects and bugs we have had reported up to now.

Feel free to go play with them and continue to provide whatever feedback you have.