Better armor -> more armor tanked suits -> more explosives -> mass driver nerf in 1.6 -> AR is once again the best possible weapon in all situations

-Shield repair is 2-3 times larger than armor repair.
-There are 12 weapons to kill armor, only 9 to kill shields. From that 12 you will find the most powerful weapons in the game, this includes the forge gun, locus grenades, the mass driver, and the HMG.
-Armor has a rep tool, shields have a rep vehicle.
-Armor makes you slower (already mentioned) but there is a bucket load of disadvantages that come from being slower.
-Shield tanking has modules on high and low
-Shield tanking does not have to compromise their tank to use CPU/PG modules, while armor tanking is extremely resource intensive, talk about the 1-2 hit combo.
-Shield tanking there a 30% damage reduction against explosives.
-Armor tanking gets a 10-20% damage reduction against some rifles.
-Armor gets higher HP.
-When shields drop you don't die, when armor drops you die.

Let's sum it up:
Shields- 9
Armor- 5

This is just wrong on many things.

-First off there is 6v6 weapons for shields and armor after you remove what kills both (REs) and what has not been added yet. Check out the weapon ranges dev blog and count them yourself. Remember to remove things like swarms as they cannot target dsuits and this is not a vehicle debate.
-Armor has rep tool AND triage hives... shields have nothing.
-With the changes proposed armor penalty will be easily negated with 1, SERIOUSLY 1, KinCat. The movement penalty is minimal now.
-Shields do have a low mod but no equipment (armor gets 2) plus there is only 1 kind of extender that is worth anything, armor gets 9...all being useful.
-Shields are resource intensive as well but do get CPU/PG enhancers so advantage shields, we'll see how the penalty plays out.
-Explosives are supposed to be 120% to armor 80% to shields, check out the weapon ranges Dev Blog, the fact that it is not is a known bug.
-Lasers are 120% Shields 80% armor, there are more Lasers than Explosive weapons after removing REs and swarms (seriously check out the Dev Blog)
-Armor gets more HP at all levels (even standard vs Pro shield)
-Shields don't have that buffer in front like armor does, plus 0 Armor does not mean death if shields are recharging.

This is a pendulum shift not balance. I'm glad for a change but it all will just be fixed again in 3-6 months once shields start falling away. Shields will be the minority soon, which is fine, Armor fought that fight for ages.

Will Kinetic Catalyzers increase strafe speed due to the fact that strafe speed will be 90% of sprint speed?

... 90% of the max run (not sprint) speed of the dropsuit you are using.

Run Speed =/= Sprint Speed

Run Speed =/= Sprint Speed, ergo KinCats will not affect strafe speed.

So run speed means movement speed?

So run speed means movement speed?

Let me go over a few things first.

I am an armor tanker, and as much as this makes me squeal with joy, I have to warn you guys about some things that you might have overlooked.

First of all, I think that the double buff is not a good idea. All the plates really needed were a decrease in the speed penalty. With the extra armor on top of that, it might turn disastrous.
This is because with the lower speed penalty, it means that using complex plates is now a viable option (before, the speed penalty was too great for the complex plates to actually be worthwhile).

Second, Ferroscale plates might be better, but the cpu/pg cost still makes them worthless compared to the new basic plates. For instance, why would you use a 35hp ferroscale when you can equip an 80hp basic plate that uses up barely any pg/cpu, at the cost of only a 2% movement penalty. Just a thought.

Third, with this update, shields will not need any added penalties. In fact, I suggest you guys increase the enhanced shield extender to 44 to make it more in line with the new reactive plates values as currently only complex extenders are the way to go.
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On a positive note, this is a great update for sentinels and armor tankers! The biggest issue with armor, like I mentioned before, is that the more armor you had, the faster you were killed. This was because the movement speed penalty was too much, especially for heavies. The faster you can move in this game, the more bullets you can dodge...so slow moving targets could be taken down easily.

With this update, a heavy can have 1100 armor, with another 500 shield on top for a total EHP of 1600!
Gallente logi's can have 950 armor

I'm definitely excited. And the best part is that everyone will skill into armor now so that my mass driver can chew through even more players! (On the other hand, the mass driver might become less effective against good armor tankers)

So, are they changing MLT armor plates as well? I forgot to ask him that.

Can I hug you?

Adding Penalties to Shield Extenders - Makes no sense unless shield extenders were getting buffed to give around the same HP as armor plates or ferroscale plates were removed from the game. The ferroscale plates are like the current shield extenders; they both give a modest boost in HP with no penalties. Just adding a penalty to shield extenders and doing nothing else would make shield tanking inferior to armor tanking; not balanced.

Because there's absolutely no disadvantage to using them. You can stack 4 of them together and you don't get penalized.

However, armor plating requires you to sacrifice movement speed.

Honestly, I still think it would be better to have the plates affect acceleration, so you just take a little longer to reach full movement speed, but this is nice too.

Don't misunderstand, I'm happy with better Armor plates, but...

... I thought Plates give you more HP because they slow you down also.

A STD Plate gives you more HP than a PRO Extender. (Armor-Shield 1-0)

Armor needs a Repper (1-1)

Reppers work constantly while Shield is delayed (2-1)

Armor slows you down (2-2)

Shield extenders penalties... WHY EXACTLY?

Armor reppers probably work constantly because they take up a mod slot. However, shield reppers come on all suits and do not take up a mod slot. So 1-2.

Can we please fix hit detection before we buff strafe speed?

This is wrong, logi have built in reppers, they work all the time......

this will not end well.

As long as you don't get a chub.