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.

AAR wont change anything, you will just swap one repairer for it. Not a single fit will change. And it 100% wont free you any slots, dont really understand what led you to that conclusion. It is just a straight, flat armor repair boost that will cost us incredibly boring cargohold management. And buffer&active tank combo is not really that good idea, dont get your hopes up.

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.

good lookin out...

or if you're not into "hood" vernacular, good job listening to the folk's feedback. :P

I do think you should be prepared for the influx of ASB user's complaints about the volume difference between CBs and NP.

just a head's up...


but good job on the decision to switch to NP, it's much more practical imho for that repping armor.

o/
Celly

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.

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.

Now we just need better rep per cycle for medium and large reps

Dear CCP Fozzie and Yitterbium,
did one of you by any chance took a look at my recent proposal?
And if yes, what do you think? I didn't want armor tankers to take over New Eden but I also would like to a larger Incursus some day

As for numbers, I'm glad I was able to catch up after being away for a day.

Anyway I like numbers, I hope you do too?

Right now our medium armor repair module I needs 150 powergrid and the tech2 one needs 175 powergrid, so don't we meet in the middle and say that AAR would need powergrid in a range of 155-165 powergrid and we would go a tiny bit lower on the tech1 and tech2 module in a range of let's say

Medium Armor Repairer I -> 130 powergrid and the
Medium Armir Repairer II -> 145 powergrid and maybe this summer we get some nicer numbers on the larger ones too?

Large Armor Repairer I -> 1600 powergrid (no battlecruiser or Tengu will be able to fit this anyway)
Large Armor Repairer II -> 1850 powergrid?

As with any information you read here, these are merely suggestions and I am not in charge of things!

Reducing medium and large armor rep cycle time is definitely an option, either for 1.1 or in a subsequent iteration.

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.

So a fully loaded MAAR will cost twice as much to run as a LASB. Lame.

So a fully loaded MAAR will cost twice as much to run as a LASB. Lame.

So a fully loaded MAAR will cost twice as much to run as a LASB. Lame.

"Easy" enough to sort out by tweaking PI formula's when/if needed. If the new mod takes off in the same way the broken ASB did then paste prices will skyrocket and an adjustment necessary.

The question is more what do you, moaners, want armor tanking to be ? Shield need to still be viable after that.

So a fully loaded MAAR will cost twice as much to run as a LASB. Lame.

The say a picture is worth a thousand words... here is a graphical comparison of the AAR and the ASB


http://i.imgur.com/j0CLZs5.jpg


Please correct any mistakes I have made.

Please note that I gave the AAR 3x rigs to help it out a little bit. I didn't include the Overcharge rig because the exact mechanics have not been clarified.

You forgot to emphasize that the AAR also takes longer to repair less.

But you did actually make a mistake... you didn't amplify the repair amount by 2.25 like you should've (you only noted it on the effective repair amount). And Fozzie jsut announced he's nerfing the AAR down to only 8 cycles, not 9.

The say a picture is worth a thousand words... here is a graphical comparison of the AAR and the ASB


http://i.imgur.com/j0CLZs5.jpg


Please correct any mistakes I have made.

Please note that I gave the AAR 3x rigs to help it out a little bit. I didn't include the Overcharge rig because the exact mechanics have not been clarified.

The say a picture is worth a thousand words... here is a graphical comparison of the AAR and the ASB


http://i.imgur.com/j0CLZs5.jpg


Please correct any mistakes I have made.

Please note that I gave the AAR 3x rigs to help it out a little bit. I didn't include the Overcharge rig because the exact mechanics have not been clarified.

So a fully loaded MAAR will cost twice as much to run as a LASB. Lame.

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.

The say a picture is worth a thousand words... here is a graphical comparison of the AAR and the ASB


http://i.imgur.com/REYYlHK.jpg (updated with correct total rep amount for the AAR)


Please correct any mistakes I have made.

Please note that I gave the AAR 3x rigs to help it out a little bit. I didn't include the Overcharge rig because the exact mechanics have not been clarified.

Comparing a single medium AAR to the x-large and large ASB is pretty pointless. You'd be better off comparing small apples to extremely large oranges.