this is a very possible theory. I never thought it works like that though, i always thought the total resist would subtract from the damage you take instead of multiply. I.E: 60% resist (armor hardner) would negate 60% of 1000 damage so we would take 400 damage.
40% resist (shield hardner) would negate 40% of the 1000 damage so we would take 600 damage. We really dont know how it works huh

Shield
Low HP ceiling, fast regen, hit-and-run.
More shields increases shield regen delay.
Once depleted, shields take a long time to kick back in

That's how resists work.

If I have 10% resists then I take 90% of the damage. So 1000 damage becomes 900.

If I have two skills each giving 10% resists then I take 0.9 * 0.9 = 0.81 = 81% of the damage. So 1000 damage becomes 810.

So those modules listed as 0.6 are giving 40% resists.

Unless CCP is doing something weird which never happens... right?

Why did they even set the speeds up like that? Gallente is most of the time faster than Caldari......

Make base vehicles susceptible. An unfitted vehicle is little more than a weak hull. Base HP does not make a vehicle powerful. Only through fitting can a vehicle become a true threat on the battlefield.

wich in and of itself makes no sense. Armor tanks are faster than weightless shields because armor plates make you slower.... okay. Now as a joke wel call the slower tank the "hit and run tank". Okay good job. Now lets make them both even, break common scene/good game mechanics and lore now

it does make sense if you understand the eve universe. in eve gallente are faster than caldari in almost every situation, if they are superior in speed in space, why cant they be on the ground?

it does make sense if you understand the eve universe. in eve gallente are faster than caldari in almost every situation, if they are superior in speed in space, why cant they be on the ground?

then they messed up the hit-and-run tanks with brawler
gallente should be hit-and-run while the
caldari should brawlers.
not the other way round.

because space has zero gravity, it does not matter that their armor is heavy and has more mass than the shield ships of caldari. But on planets weight does matter, and gallante tanks would weight many more tons over caldari tanks.
But who cares? This is a classic Exmaple of:
Real life < Lore < game mechanics
It does not fit the balance of the game for the weak "hit and run tank" (caldari) to be slower or even just as fast as the stronger, more effective brawler tank (gallante). Its horrendous for game balance, f*ck lore. Now their both inconsistant and out of wack

because space has zero gravity, it does not matter that their armor is heavy and has more mass than the shield ships of caldari. But on planets weight does matter, and gallante tanks would weight many more tons over caldari tanks.

tell that to CCP and watch them kill the gallente race because it doesn't follow earthly physics.

You might have missed this in the list, but armor plates are giving a speed penalty. That's where shield tanks get their speed advantage from.

Mass does matter in space. More mass would mean decreased acceleration.

Also the better speeds could be explained by the fact the Gal tank's engine isn't having to devote energy to powering the shields allowing it to put more power into moving the tank.

Anyways, going by EVE lore, wouldn't the Cal tank specialize in long range bombardments?
The Minmatar tank should be the hit-n-run tank.

So CCP is saying the base hull needs to be weaker and the fitting, the actual mods you throw on the tank, should be the part that makes the vehicle truly useful.
Thats why the base hulls were given an increase in HP (gunlogi increased from 1800 to 2600 and madrugar from 2000 to 4000) the fitting stats (CPU/PG) were reduced AND slots were taken away?? Gunlogi decreased from 5/2 to 3/2 and madrugar from 2/5 to 2/3.
Yeah. this really reflects what you guys are trying to do. good job
The last one that concerns me is "the goal is to make tanks fun" would this be fun to you guys? All the changes in general. Armor looks like its nerfed less harder

This is a seriously good point. They did not make the hulls weaker at all it's like the numbers they came up with are a big "F you" from some designer who didn't want to play along and they didn't notice the numbers don't match what they are promising.

Also while speed is the same on all tans I'd like to see shield tanks have less mass so afterburners give more of an effect on them.

i think you're wasting your time telling ccp that tanks are broken bc after a nerf every build, i think they're tryna say they dnt care

Mass does matter in space. More mass would mean decreased acceleration.

Also the better speeds could be explained by the fact the Gal tank's engine isn't having to devote energy to powering the shields allowing it to put more power into moving the tank.

Anyways, going by EVE lore, wouldn't the Cal tank specialize in long range bombardments?
The Minmatar tank should be the hit-n-run tank.

yeah your right. I should kill myself

need any help with that?

So CCP is saying the base hull needs to be weaker and the fitting, the actual mods you throw on the tank, should be the part that makes the vehicle truly useful.
Thats why the base hulls were given an increase in HP (gunlogi increased from 1800 to 2600 and madrugar from 2000 to 4000) the fitting stats (CPU/PG) were reduced AND slots were taken away?? Gunlogi decreased from 5/2 to 3/2 and madrugar from 2/5 to 2/3.
Yeah. this really reflects what you guys are trying to do. good job
Btw, adding this to the OP

i think you're wasting your time telling ccp that tanks are broken bc after a nerf every build, i think they're tryna say they dnt care

wich in and of itself makes no sense. Armor tanks are faster than weightless shields because armor plates make you slower.... okay. Now as a joke wel call the slower tank the "hit and run tank". Okay good job. Now lets make them both even, break common scene/good game mechanics and lore now

first, shield generators are heavy :)

and second caldari specialize in long range, their war doctrine is similar to the old german WW2 doctrine aka you are slow, durable, just sit back and fire your guns at range. you dont need speed to sit there and shoot stuff.

psss... hit and run are not meant to be durable thats why they hit and run but CCP think thats caldari should be that type of tank.

if you sit back at long range you dont need to run fast to hide ;P