Miphor
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Posted - 2006.02.04 11:39:00 -
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Hi, I'll comment on the individual items and then again a summary at the end...
 Originally by: SpikePT
1 - You don't have to wait for your shield to come up to go to the next belt.
Shields are free. I usually dont give them a second thought.
Originally by: SpikePT
2 - no waist on cap ( when the guys start hitting i start managing my cap with the shield booster), if you have a armor tank, what do you do till you get to armor?
I use the cap to kill stuff. :)
Eg use it for MWD to get close, or guns/webber etc.
Originally by: SpikePT
3 - Efficiency managing. Since Shield tanking is 3 times shorter then Armor tanking and about 2 times less taking of cap, it's easyer to manage your cap.
I consider shield a free bonus to protect my armor.
Originally by: SpikePT
4 - Since you have a nice amount of armour, when your cap is low, and your shield is down, you can wait for the cap cause you still have the situation under control.
Kind of depends on your playstyle.
Using armor repairer I can repair armor for free, shields regen by themselves for free.
It means reduced costs.
Originally by: SpikePT
5 - When your Caps out, shield's out and doomsday's coming, you still have some of your armor and full structure to get the hell out of there !!!
When relying on armor, you need to keep an eye on cap. If your cap runs out, you will usually die quickly.
Originally by: SpikePT
One of the Shield Problems is the EM Damage resistance, but since i'm fighting serpentis i have no problem in that. Serpentis does kinetic 1st and Thermal 2nd. Serpentis also does more damage to armor.
It's almost unquestionable the use of Armor tanking in Gallente and Amaar, Shield in Minmatar, and both in Caldari. I'm still not convinced.
I'm now going to take some of the advices i've read here, mainly with the power relays and the use of rockets and Ions.
Well, personally, the main reason I armor tank my Tristan (and other Gallente ships generally) is that armor tanking leaves mid slots free for other nice toys. 
Like afterburner/MWD, statis webber, warp scrambler, tracking computer, target painter, ECM modules and so on.
Majority of this stuff only comes in mid-slot form, so if you use your mids for shield tank, you wont be fitting these modules.
Having said that, if you use a shield tank and it works for you, keep on with it!
There is no one correct way to fit or fly a ship.
The key thing is that you find what works for you with your skills and play style.
If you have a nice shield-tank setup that works, please share it with us.
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