The gallente and amarr need to have extremely slow shield regen speeds. Shield based suits have low armor repair rates unless they equip modules, it should be no different for armor based suits and shields.

Core locus grenades have to naw through shields to get to the armor, which reduces it's effectiveness. Flux grenades tear a shield suit to pieces. The scrambler rifle, laser rifle and shotgun are very high alpha damage weapons and can obliderate shields in portions of a second. The closest thing to doing that on the armor side is the combat rifle, which doesn't even come close. Shield suits will always have less eHP. Minmitar suits (except for logi and assault) do not have enough PG/CPU to be effective in shield tanking.

That's just the way it is. And only people that have done both, extensively, will understand that armor will always be better because of repping through damage and a higher eHP pool.


EDIT: OP was complaining that armor suits are better than shield suits. Don't back down, QQ with me brother!