My guess is because of the CPU cost. I would have said to correspond with EVE but I think DUST Developers have thrown away EVE logic in DUST.

I'm not understanding why Reactive and Ferroscale plates aren't highslots because they are very CPU intensive.

I always thought that every suit should have at least ONE equipment slot . That means giving Logi's three at the least and the one's that have one , two slots and just make a damage mod an equipment slot item . This would allow much more flexibility in their fits and a ability to maximize their suit's potential . This thought makes a slot free in the high end for use and places something that could be considered an equipment item ( damage increasing module ) in it's proper place .

I disagree with this. Not because I think armor should have gank+tank (though mobility really does count for a lot more than people credit), but because then the there are literally three (useful) modules that can go into high slots:

Myofibril Stimulants (melee damage bonus. On a slower-than-mud suit. Yes, that's totally a good idea)
Shield Extenders (which take up precious precious grid that's necessary for plates and reps)
Precision Enhancers (Range enhancers are low slots, and seeing slightly better in a 10m radius is not that useful)

So. Yeah. Right now there are really only two viable high slot mods, shield extenders and damage mods. Shield extenders are obviously subpar for armor tankers, which leaves damage mods as the only useful thing to stick in their high slots. Precision Enhancers are not especially useful unless you also add Range Enhancers, because being able to passive scan slightly better in a 10-15m radius is neither impressive or useful.

If we moved all of the electronics mods (damps, precision&range enhancers), or some more of the biotics mods (kincats/cardiacs) to high slots, or maybe introduced an armor hardener mod that went into high slots, and/or changed myofibs to also increase movement (but not sprint) speed, then yeah, damage mods going into low slots is something I can get behind.

If, however, all of the (useful) utility mods remain in the low slots (thus favoring shield tankers), and damage mods are moved to the low slot as well (also favoring shield tankers), then quite frankly I'd probably be forced to commit the gravest of heresies and shield tank my Amarr suits.

Yep, shield tankers should definitely have literally every single useful utility module.

Oh, and armour tankers should shield tank.

High power slots makes more sense than low power for damage mods. Low power mods that increase damage could be a tracking computer that increase ROF.

Yes. I am playing eve xD

Because all of the other reasonably decent modules are already Lows?

PG extenders should be Highs too.

We need Mid Slots for Biotics.
More for Scouts.

I recommend you clarify this position in your OP, to avoid having legions of armor tankers (or guys who want balance in general) from dogpiling your thread and telling you 'you are stupid', since the thread would quickly degenerate into uselessness.

That said, if damage went into the lows, and I could pile utility mods into highs, I don't think I'd mind that much. Of course, an armor hardening mod in the highs would sweeten the deal a bit (and a shield hardener mod, though whether it should be a high slot or a low slot is a bit of a question; shields already have shield regulators in the lows).

Its funny how EVE has tenfolds of module variants for each skill. While we get one (At most three from armor plating). Somehow the SP grind for everything in dust doesnt make sense any more :(

Off topic: A low SP EVE character is useful. You can fit a frigate with warp scramblers and help out a fleet. A low SP character in dust........... useless!

Personally, I'm against hardeners. Imagine how OP amarr suits would be, with lots of armor and lots of hardeners.

Instead, make an armor pump that increases armor repair rate.

Shields weakness is the recharge delay. Regulators shore this up.

Armors weakness is the slow regen. An armor pump would shore this up.

Which slots do the damage mods go in EVE?


Munch

This ^^

You people seriously want to be able to run rings round armour tankers AND out DPS them !?

You do realize that if you run Damage mods on a Shield based dropsuit you are running high damage low hp?

Well if an armor tanker wanted to have lots of HP and go fast, he can't reliably do it, because one plate is more than enough to cancel the effects of any kinkat he could install.