True Adamance
Scions of Athra
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Posted - 2013.12.16 08:49:00 -
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I have been considering this for a while now but there really are some oddities with the way tanks operate this build as opposed to the previous build that perhaps I think some of your more notable tankers and knowledgible players might be able to point out for me.
The first are tank roles.
Armour vs Shield....it seems to me that the Shield tanks have become the stand and deliver HAV as opposed to the hit and run like they were supposed to be. I say this because all damage modules are in high slots, as well as propulsion modules. I would have assumed that in order to use the hit and run style more effectively you would need speed and fire power to hammer your target hard. Yet considering the modules effectiveness I find it hard to imagine this is case.
Armour hardening modules are weaker that their shield counter parts and by far more susceptible to the majority of AV fire than shields. Apart from the plates which simply give a larger base HP I feel that shield modules top armour modules in every way. The Hardeners are 20% better, standard shield recharge is immeadiately better than the passive armour repper, which is essentially like having a repper for free with a 60% resist to top it off.
Shield HAV have vastly superior handling and torque which makes them exceptionally nice to handle in combat, with the capacity to turn the tank faster than turret turning speed, while stationary, as opposed to the slow, forward back wards turn of the armour tank. In most combat scenarios I have found this to be the determining factor of whether or not I have lost or won the engagement.
In terms of fitting modules I also seems like the Shield HAV wins out. I have heard tell of people fitting Sica with shield extenders, resists, armour reppers, etc.....however seems to me that I can barely fit a turret, Armour resist, and repper to my Soma. Is this supposed to be the case? Seems to me that I can get everything better in a shield tank.
Now I'm not QQing I'm just wondering if people can explain to me the purpose of the Soma/Maddy in the new build? Am I supposed to make a glass Cannon Maddy? Or can the Maddy still be run as a stand and deliver tank?
I mean I wont spec shields for a very long time, only went armour because I hope that one day Amarr HAV will be introduced.....more fool me.
Anyone got some good Maddy fits? Even Soma fits would be good.
"Shudder. Again another smart idea from an Amarr..."- Forlorn Destrier (11/12/13) LAWL
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