Is for CCP to remove that 10% bonus to shields they added a while back. Armor tanking has surpassed shield tanking, it's time to even things out a bit.

And where's my shield boosting nanohives at?

Gtfo. I'm tired of players who want the best eHP and go into suits designed for mobility, speed, and ranged attacks, claiming that armor is the better tanking solution is silly. We both sacrifice something on the field. Armor tankers are slow and easy targets who can barely strafe. Shield tankers have less eHP than armor tankers, can be K.O.'d easier, and have to wait on a time frame for their shield repair to start. Armor tankers can rep their armor slowly but actively, stack damage mods, and stack armor plates to gain a high eHP. Shield tankers can outrun, strafe quickly, and recover way more quickly, with no module, once their cooldown hits.

Gtfo. I'm tired of players who want the best eHP and go into suits designed for mobility, speed, and ranged attacks, claiming that armor is the better tanking solution is silly. We both sacrifice something on the field. Armor tankers are slow and easy targets who can barely strafe. Shield tankers have less eHP than armor tankers, can be K.O.'d easier, and have to wait on a time frame for their shield repair to start. Armor tankers can rep their armor slowly but actively, stack damage mods, and stack armor plates to gain a high eHP. Shield tankers can outrun, strafe quickly, and recover way more quickly, with no module, once their cooldown hits.

What 10% bonus to shields? There's no bonus to shields on weapons that shouldn't have them. Explanation below:

Hybrid - Plasma: +10% Shield / -10% Armor
-Assault Rifles (Plasma Rifles)
-Plasma Cannons
-Shotguns
-Any type of Blaster
-etc.
The Gallente make the most Plasma weaponry, and are very fond of Blasters.

Hybrid - Railgun: -10% Shield / +10% Armor
-Rail Rifles
-Railguns
-Sniper Rifles
-Magsec SMG
-Bolt Pistol
-etc.
The Caldari make the most Rail weaponry.

Projectile: -10% Shield / +10% Armor
-Submachine Gun
-Heavy Machine Gun
-Combat Rifle
-etc.
The Minmatar make the most Projectile weaponry.

Explosive: -20% Shield / +20% Armor (As you can see, it's pretty extreme in both areas)
-Mass Driver
-Any kind of Missile Turret
-Flaylock Pistol
-Locus Grenades AND AV Grenades
-etc.
The Minmatar and Caldari both make the most Explosive weaponry. Caldari prefer Missiles, Minmatar prefer dumbfire.

Laser: +20% Shield / -20% Armor
-Laser Rifle
-Scrambler Rifle
-Scrambler Pistol
-etc.
The Amarr make the most lasers. There are two different kinds of lasers: Pulse and Beam. Beam are usually long range and less DPS (This is the Laser Rifle), while Pulse is shorter range and higher DPS (Scrambler Series). Pulse Lasers have decent headshot bonuses, making the Headshot bonus for the Scrambler Pistol 450% more damage, enough to 4-shot most (if not all) prototype Heavy suits.

And then there's Thermal and Kinetic damage types. I dunno where these are, but Thermal is the same as Plasma, and Kinetic is the same as Rail. They COULD be the same thing (Meaning I could have put Kinetic instead of Rail, above), but I forgot because in EVE, most weapons/ammunition have either one or the other.