I'm going to try and remain neutral on this. For the record, I have proto swarms and have both a Gunni and Maddy build (though my skills are all at basic or less.) The simple question that needs to be asked is, "What reason is there to choose a shield/Gunni tank over an armor/Maddy one?" The Gunni seems to have more acceleration and better handling in my experience, and is able to equip damage mods much more effectively. But do shield tanks have to be glass cannons? Hit-and-run specialists? Honestly, it doesn't seem fair that the shield tanks need to run for cover in order to heal themselves whereas an armor tank can soak up damage while still repping away; is the benefit of a damage mod that significant? What happens if damage mods are nerfed in the future? If you subtract the damage mod from the equation, are better off having Gunni with a rail gun, or a Maddy?

In my opinion, I think a fair solution would be to have passive reps for shields...but only if combined with a reduction to the regular regeneration values.
Hypothetical example with made-up numbers:
Say that a Gunni has a recharge rate of 200hp/s and a delay of 2 seconds. What if that was reduced to 100 or so, and in return you were able to equip passive reps that could give between 50 and 100 healing per second, per module? (The shield reppers would obviously be weaker than the armor versions, due to the recharge bonus.) We could then see similar cost/benefit analysis as with the Maddy--is a hardener more valuable than increased repair rate? Are more base HP more valuable? Am I willing sacrifice rep rate for increased damage? Such a change could make running a blaster/shield tank combo much more practical and add more variety to the game.

Thoughts?

Thoughts?

I'm going to try and remain neutral on this. For the record, I have proto swarms and have both a Gunni and Maddy build (though my skills are all at basic or less.) The simple question that needs to be asked is, "What reason is there to choose a shield/Gunni tank over an armor/Maddy one?" The Gunni seems to have more acceleration and better handling in my experience, and is able to equip damage mods much more effectively. But do shield tanks have to be glass cannons? Hit-and-run specialists? Honestly, it doesn't seem fair that the shield tanks need to run for cover in order to heal themselves whereas an armor tank can soak up damage while still repping away; is the benefit of a damage mod that significant? What happens if damage mods are nerfed in the future? If you subtract the damage mod from the equation, are better off having Gunni with a rail gun, or a Maddy?

In my opinion, I think a fair solution would be to have passive reps for shields...but only if combined with a reduction to the regular regeneration values.
Hypothetical example with made-up numbers:
Say that a Gunni has a recharge rate of 200hp/s and a delay of 2 seconds. What if that was reduced to 100 or so, and in return you were able to equip passive reps that could give between 50 and 100 healing per second, per module? (The shield reppers would obviously be weaker than the armor versions, due to the recharge bonus.) We could then see similar cost/benefit analysis as with the Maddy--is a hardener more valuable than increased repair rate? Are more base HP more valuable? Am I willing sacrifice rep rate for increased damage? Such a change could make running a blaster/shield tank combo much more practical and add more variety to the game.

Thoughts?

dont you have a module to insta restore your shield thare ya go argument is invalid have a nice day