to keep it straight and to the point,
similar to eve, shields should be balanced and just as strong as shields.

i suggest making shields half the amount of armor so that way shields wont be too good or really bad.

it would probably be like...
armor
85/110/130
shields
42/55/66

this way shield tankers wont be so weak and armor tankers will need more to kill shield tanker and vise versa.
this will also hopefully prevent shield tankers from there shields being one shotted

It's difficult to really directly rate armor/shield balance in Dust to armor/shield balance in EVE, mostly because

1. Shields passive recharge in Dust is WAY higher than it is in EVE. You wont see a ship going from low shields to full shields in a couple seconds using just their passive recharge.
2. Active Armor Tanking really isn't viable in Dust. Sure you have repair modules but they're typically more for maintainence and less of a means to mitigate damage.


As for shields I think one of the glaring issues for me is the difference between STD, ADV, and PRO shield extenders

STD-->ADV
22HP-->33HP
50% Increase

ADV-->PRO
33HP-->66HP
100% Increase

I find it very strange that you get an increasing marginal return as you move up the tiers. If anything I would expect diminishing returns or at the very least a linear relationship. For starters I'd like to see the Advanced shield extenders be pushed from 33HP to 44HP so the progression is as follows.

STD-->ADV
22HP-->44HP
100% Increase

ADV-->PRO
44HP-->66HP
50% Increase


Once you establish that rate of return, then you can go in and start adjusting base values accordingly.

Time people realized that shields =/= armor and that's the point. They represent different play styles. Shields are about hit and run tactics. They recharge fast for this reason. Shields are also about ranged engagements. So, if you're trying to brawl with an armor guy at close ranges, you're going to lose. Armor is about building a huge buffer and surviving over the course of a fight. Armor repairs incredibly slowly (probably too slowly currently with the armor repair unit numbers 2/3/5). Armor has the option of a logi friend to keep your armor repaired.

It boils down to smart play. If you rush an armor user in your caldari suit, then you'll likely have some problems. You should be using a longer-range weapon (like a RR or CR) and hitting from a distance. Chipping their armor down over time. You duck behind cover to regen your shields, and by doing this repeatedly, you'll beat him, because his armor doesn't regenerate nearly as fast as your shields do.

also take into account that shields have always been the same but armor has been adjusted to be more tankable and survivable so shields do need some reworking in hp values only a little

I gave up on shields tired of having 500+ shields destroyed within a second and I'm left wounded with like 100 armour. So I am that gal scout you hate.