I simply believe that the speed penalty of armor plates negates their extra HP benefit. If I get caught out of cover with shields I can usually jump and either use evasive tactics to dodge attacks and fight or jump to cover. In an armor centered suit I usually find that I become severely slow and an easier to track target.


It's true that point for point armor centered suits tend to have more HP. Though in real applications, shield tankers tend to have an advantage. I don't even run plates on my heavy anymore, cardiac regulators are far more valuable.

They also take an eternity to refill, which means that if you barely survived one fight, you will not survive the next.

I do not mean shields are too good at what they do. No, I mean to say that the belief that Shields are underpowered is unfounded, at least at complex level. I do believe that basic modules should be 33 instead of 22 and advanced should be 44 instead of 33.

Why is this wrong?

I use a basic reactive plate because it has no speed penalty and gives both armor in addition to armor repair.