I didn't see any responses to this guys drone question so i figured i quote to make it get noticed.

Will drones get +15% repair amount? (or +22.137% based on arbitrary math)

Under these numbers one point stands out above the rest and that is the HP/Cap/s
A T2 X-Large Shield Booster II has an meta-efficiency of .34. With skills at level 5 it is .38
A Large Armor Repairer II has a meta-efficiency of .15. With skills at level 5 it is .20
Less than half as efficient as a shield booster and this is the big problem between the two.
To make armor have a meta-efficiency of .34 without becoming OP the cap needs need to be reduced.

New HP 920 Cycle 15 Target Efficiency .38
920/15/.38 = 215 cap / cycle

Edit: Reworked efficiency with skills at level 5.

That would be true if SB+SBA were the equivalent of double armor reps but in fact this is very easy to verify it's impossible to compare or, how can you compare twice drawbacks (and not little ones) twice huge amounts of PG/CAP to 1 module using 1/3rd if not 1/4 the cap 4x faster cycling and a module using no cap ridiculous CPU/PG and ridiculous drawbacks?

There's no comparison possible, even if you pick a T2 rig + AR vs SB+SBA we're far away from anything comparable, shield modules are way out of whack for ages, numerous threads about this for ages and there's a verifiable reason for this: once you can fly all sub cap ships and fit them you understand quickly what are the "I win buttons"

It's really not for fun or because armor is so awesome armor ships often fit shieldmods except for large fleets, well except Baltec
Even with mediocre number of mid slots you can push stronger ships than armor fitted, if you don't see an issue here but creativity I have to disagree with you. I'd see some creativity if the difference was made by player skill and not completely OP modules.

Gallente ships are tipically close range brawling fits that required MWD to get in range.

Armor Reppers are CAP intensive

MWD Nerfs total cap capacity, thus cap recharge rate.

Gallente ships are the only ships to get an armor repper bonus (Incursus, BC, Command Ships and Hyperion)


Am I the only one that sees the problem?

So it is fine that the "sustained" tanking system requires 3 modules and 2 rigs to do what Burst tanking can do with 2 modules and 2 rigs?

Please enlighten me with this fabled cap less active armor rep module.

How is this situation worse from current, where you cannot tank 2-3 of them? At least in the future people are more willing to upengage, fights last longer and require more micromanagement.

I just had an awesome 1+links vs 2 all in Myrmidons, I died when my cap boosters ran out, but before that good times were had by all. Grinding through buffers is boring compared to fighting active tanks, and there's more room for piloting errors.

Only if you forget that about 3/4 of the deadspace shield boosters are off-the-charts good compared to the other shield boosters or any of the deadspace armor reppers.

Cost is also problem with rep paste (AAR) but i'm leaning more towards buffing AAR some more to justify it's rep cost. If only one module is allowed it should at least be comparable to ASB's