It seems like a great way to bring them in line with Shield Extenders...

There is nothing OP about armor. It got buffed the same day the AA and hit detection went off the charts. For people who have armor tanked all along, we still die much faster than before the 'fix'.
The need for more hp is across the board, as demonstrated by the migration to armor. Nobody wants to see a fit they built insta-popped. It doesn't exactly highlight the feature of creating your own loadouts. Honestly, Rail rifles and even ARs are far too effective at long range.
I'm getting killed by people more or less in front of me before I can even locate the tiny dot shooting at me. Everyone hates snipers, but the new weapons have turned many players into small scale snipers. Because these weapons don't just chip away at a target's health, they kill them... very quickly, regardless of how much armor they are stacking.
Never thought I'd see a thread whining about the effectiveness of armor.

I could not agree more. My issue is also with the fact that the difference between effectiveness on different types of HP as well.
110 on shields and 90 on armour is an assault rifle, and what, 90 on shields and 110 on armour with a RR? They are basically the same, and gives no real pros or cons to using one HP or weapon over the other when it comes to different effectiveness.

In this case its all about which does gives higher HP or does more damage rather than which one is effective at what. In this case, you might as well stick with armour if you want higher HP, but even then CCP somehow makes 80Armour the same as 33shields, which makes it more of 'how fast do you want to move' more than 'what is your playstyle'.

Right. Also the positive/ negative bonuses to damage types seems like a bad idea. I really feel that weapons should do flat base damage, which should be mitigated whatever % by shields or armor. The way it is now... Example: you throw a grenade at someone, as soon as their shields are depleted, armor actually somehow interacts with the explosive to give it a damage buff?
Grenades are the best example, since the damage calculation greatly favors shield tankers.

The damage types as a whole favor shields over armor. If you total and average the damage bonuses, shields average a 5% resistance to the various damage types, while armor averages a 10% penalty.

As long as repping hives exist in this game, people will armor tank and camp on them. As long as repair tools exist in this game, people will armor tank with a logi or two behind them. Changing the speed penalties will not change these truths.

They should return to the old speed penalty. The regular plates are made for straight armor tanking ability, not for speed. If you want armor without speed penalties, that's what ferroscale plates are for. And even though you don't get as much health with a ferroscale plate, you still get more than the proto shield equivalent.

Would restoring the old movement penalty for armour plates make you stop using them?

I'm sure this has been brought up before, but why not make triage hives repair shields instead of armor?

Shields self repair :| do shields really need help in the repair department? That's seriously the best thing about them...

So ccp gives us a break with with mobility and you want that removed?

how do you even notice?

Let's put it this way. If you are a super smart player, and you run with a super smart squad, which one is better?

Armor suit:

You set up repping hives and keep a logi or two on you at all times, you can hold any point in the game unless you are insta-gibbed by something. Neigh invulnerability.

Shield suit:

You.... play smart and try to keep people watching your back at all times.... and if you are stuck trying to hold a point..... hope your escape route is clear.

Thus shield tanking < armor tanking.

Armor tanking is and always will be the best for DEFENSE. Why? Because it's slow as crap and is better for a sitting in a secured area. If armor tankers are making an offensive strike they're either light armor tanking or slowly pushing through. Shield tanking is for more about offense. Caldari can break you down from a distance while the Minmatar can do guerrilla tactics the best(if you include the slave driver's Uplink they're the damn best) with the highest mobility and damage.