Ur doin it rong

You're doing it wrong. Range, speed, precision, and damp are your friend.

The delay is the part that kills me. The only change I would need is, "if X % of total shield HP damage is taken, shields begin to repair according to their current design. For more than that, the time to repair is lowered by x. If a suit has shields for protection, I just feel the suit would want to divert power to the shield to ensure safety. The more damaged it gets, the more it tries to stabilize the shields. Repair modules work the same as do regulators. I would like to see something along the lines of this:

Up to 20% Damage - Repair as normal

every 10 % damage after that, time to repair is shortened by 2-3%, so it would be

30%- 3 % faster
40%- 6 % faster
50, 60, 70.. etc.
All the way up to 100% of shield damage taken, at which time it would begin repairing 24% faster. Regulators and Repairers would work the same way.

The actual repair rates for the suits can be tweaked as necessary to make this viable but even at current settings, it would make it a lot more viable. *ESPECIALLY (edit) my Cal Commando who needs to wait like 8 seconds before the shield even starts to recharge at base.

Don't get me wrong, I like the repair rate once it kicks in. The problem is you have to wait so long before it does it becomes almost a non-factor.. If I get shot with a single bullet, it takes 8 seconds to begin repairing. How often in this game do you get 8 full seconds without a stray round hitting you if you are anywhere near the thick of battle. In any multi enemy engagement, ducking and covering to repair is not an option because before the shields start repairing, one of those guys are going to be on you. You manage to kill that person, it doesn't matter because you likely caught at least one round. That is another 8 seconds. That gives someone else a chance to get up to you and continue the process.

That being said, maybe I would like if there was a minimum before the delay stsrts. Say, 65 HP. If less than 65 HP is taken, shields do not stop repairing nor have a delay in repairing. Yes, this is going directly in contrast to my previous post. Maybe have a minimum threshold to set off the delay (say 10% of total shields) and then the delay kicks in and the delay progression starts.

You seem to be asking for a shield suits that has no weaknesses. The game don't have that for armor or shield tankers.

against assaults with short range weapons, ewar can help you in CQC, regen and/or speed can help you at range (not straffing, I meant better control over having a constant engagement range)

against assaults with long range weapons, a few CPU mods and PG mods (with shield hp mods, or damage mods if you have good aim), std cloak at long range to help you observe those that speed across open ground, ambush them at long range from behind. Or use a adv or PRO scanner to observe assaults through cover, wait until they are in open ground, kill from long range with (speed and dmg mods) or (regen suit) or (brick tank) or (shield tank and speed) etc

many other playstyles (they are usually always guerilla warfare when using shield assaults)

Use caldari sentinels for being slow with (high tank and moderate regen) or (high regen and moderate hp) (if I remember correctly, it is a playstyle slightly similar to most caldari EVE ships) (camping at long range, slow at changing between camping spots), best use a long range light weapon. (or use dmg mods with a hmg and flank careless enemies who are preoccupied in a firefight)