I'm honestly baffled that nerfing strafe speeds is something that's on the table. Effective strafing is the only way a low HP suit can outplay brick-tanked Sentinels. Last I checked this was an FPS not a turn-based RPG. You seriously want to make the game more slow paced and ultimately easier for HMGs and laser-accurate Breach ARs?

I just don't know anymore. I've stuck with this game a long time. Nerfing movement speed is just something that makes me entirely lose faith.

If you regulate the shields, the regeneration gap becomes even more pronounced.

Well tanks have them, you cant put a tank in full reverse without slowing down first.

One parameter that we can look at is making shields passive but slightly faster than armor repair, and making armor repair slightly slower but higher in bigger cycles, for example an armor rep would do 8 hp in 3 seconds while a shield rep would do 3 hp in one.

Then, like in EVE, we could have modules that lower the intervals for armor, we then move rechargers, death to regulators, to the low slot which would also end up increasing overall shield hp and now everybody is happy!

You might also like this instead of nerfing hp stacking, https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=2514287#post2514287 it is a lot more work to implement than just a raw hp stacking nerf but the end result of this would make the game so much fun!

Shield and armor are completely different types of tanks. Shield tanks aren't supposed to be able to tank through immense amount of damage, they're supposed to be able to run in, do damage, and run out without exhausting their shields. If we do allow shields to be this similar to armor, then it makes the whole point of the system between armor and shields completely pointless.

Shield regen is already greater than armor reps, if passive shield regen is implemented shield suits would completely overshadow armor suits because of their ability to run effective dual regen tank. Yes, maybe shields do need a tad more resistance to armor based weapons, but completely overhauling the system, so that people who don't understand how to fit shield and run suits can prosper is not the way to go.

Agreed, each type of tank depends on your playstyle

Why? The current system is fine, it's just that people don't understand how to run and fit shield suits.

It's not that it's hard to understand, it's just unnecessary to overhaul the whole system when small adjustments in the system like shield hardeners, or a ceiling on regen delay, can be made to fix the small inconsistencies. I have used shields in the current system, they work fine for the conservative play style they're meant to play.

-If you fit a regulator or 2 on a shield tank suit, the delay is faster than the time it takes for a remote explosive to be active. (less than 5 seconds)

-Regeneration is high enough on a properly shield tanked suit that 1 second of avoiding fire will bring a great amount of Hp back anyway, so "poking at shields" isn't much of an issue either.

-Buffer is supposed to be smaller because shield tankers are supposed to play conservatively, not to mention buffer is easily added onto shield suits because of their ability to use both tanks in a relatively effective manner.(and anti-shield weaponry is less abundant than anti-armor)

You could be right that shield tanks do need some sort of buff, but on paper it seems perfectly balanced, or that shield suits need a change because of their ability to use both tanks effectively.

Poorly written reply that was too complex to address because of bad formatting which would cause pyramid quoting(not to mention it was an unpleasant read).

A ceiling on regen delay would prevent the complete stopping of regen on shields as opposed to the current system. It doesn't matter if the delay system is "uninspired," it works. It also makes the tanking system more diverse than having both tanks regen in exactly the same manner.

Armor repair is greatly inferior to shield regen in terms of base amounts

This coupled with the fact that armor based weapons are more abundant than shield based weapons.

It is inferred that smart shield tankers have the advantage over smart armor tankers. The delay becomes moot to a proper shield tank because the delay is shorter than it takes for a remote explosive to be armed. (a ceiling on delay damage would make it so that the shield tank would get the complete 532 hp even when taking damage so in retrospect it is a bad idea.)

That is to say, if there is a buff to shields, then a nerf to armor on shield suits is in order because it would cause even greater imbalance.