Reactive plates are fine.

The Breach AR, Breach Flaylock and SMG should all be lowered a tier; advanced becomes standard, proto becomes advanced and a new proto version is introduced.

Basic Standard Minmatar light frame -º

- Standard AR
- Standard Breach Scrambler Pistol

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- Sleek Locus Grenades
- Compact Nanohive

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- Enhanced Shield Extender - 1x

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- Enhanced Armor Plate - 1x
- Enhanced Reactive Plate - 1x

-140 shields
-232 armor

-Movement speed: 5.45 m/s
-Sprint Speed: 7.70 m/s


My last game was 21/0. I even had to go back to the red line after running short on ammunition.

Sir, I am not saying I would be terribly against the proposed, though I do not see it as necessary.

A measly forty more armor may not seem worthy to most, though I assure you that it helps acquaint a crucial difference in minute scale ambushes. A spartan repair module will heal me after the fight, a reactive plate will see to it I live through the fight.

All things considered, forty armor is a lot on a suit that is only given seventy.

Currently, the benefit of Reactives is being able to split that last slot on your suit to gain a bit of repair, or using them to slower your speed penalties, along with saving a million SP on the Armor Repair Systems skill..

Are you sure? The module is not suited for frontline fighters, though works well on supporting units; the Logi repair bonus works wonders in conjunction with reactive plates. Furthermore, they work well on suits that do not make use of armor as their main leverage point, such as Caldari suits and Amarr medium suits if you shield tank.

Though now I understand why you are disgruntled, the commando suit is a very situational fit that is not effectively flexible.

Which is why I suggested at the end that the speed penalties on Enhance be removed, the PG costs brought down and Armor Repair Systems have an effect on Reactive Plates. The last one matters the most for players with 15 million SP. Complex Reactive Plates aren't that bad. They are CHEAPER to fit than Complex Plates with a Complex Armor Repairer and slightly less effective in exchange for lower speed penalties. The main problem I have with using just Reactive Plates is that Armor Repair Systems doesn't work on them, making the gap in repair rate between just using a Armor Plates and Armor Repairers a lot bigger with that skill maxed (over 50% more effective).

They are nice enough on Scouts, Minmatar fittings, Catalyzer/Shield Caldari suits and anything that can benefit from that little bit of extra speed or just needs a bit of armor repair and armor without using more than one slot. I wouldn't boost the armor repair as much as you said because that makes them too close to the normal modules at best and superior at worst. 16 armor and 0.25 repair for 3% speed is pretty good. Add in Repair Systems working and you'd have better everything except that tiny bit of armor.

Really, the most utility they could gain would be by making them a module for high slots. However, then shield tankers would be annoyed that armor tankers have armor modules for both slot types that boost health, while they don't. Maybe give them passive shield hardeners for the high slots?

. However, the point of the reactives is that they are decent at both.