Why would you use it than?

Serious question: if it only makes Shields recharge slightly sooner, why use it over the WP factory that is also useful when the target is taking damage?

It is one of the problems of such a tool.

Here's the thing: rep tools are meant for heavy fighting, which is armor territory, not for shields.

Triage hives, however, don't make sense. Caldari logis get a bonus to them, but caldari don't need armor reps.
Instead, triage hives should lower recharge delay and boost recharge speed while you're inside them.

That fits with the caldari fighting style that is siege warfare.

The comment was ****-ish, sure, but as it is shields have 2 different modules for optimization (doing what the OP calls for in a seperate equipment) so really the only missing element is the discretion of the user ie. cover use and engagement selection.

The rest of this is replogis not understanding that repping is only a fraction of what you need to be doing in battle. Theres plenty of work to be done, get to it and quit crying for more WP hydrants. When that shield frame drops into armor you can leash and rep him.

[quote=se7ensaints][quote=Joseph Ridgeson]Why would you use it than?

Serious question: if it only makes Shields recharge slightly sooner, why use it over the WP factory that is also useful when the target is taking damage?

There are a lot of problems and it is a sticky thing to try to fix.

Armor players dont like change or god forbid competition from shield suits. Armor can just aswell utilise cover like shields and fight at long range cause nothing stops them from fitting a rail rifle. Its even worse cause armor can fight better at long range cause a proto amarr/gal. assault can fit tripple damage mods which makes them a better choice. They can aswell utilise armor repping hives to have a constant HP regen which outclasses any shield regen.
So armor can do the "shield suit" tactics more efficent like this:

-Ranged combat
armor suits can fit damage mods and a rail rifle making them instantly superior over the caldari assault

-Cover tactics
armor suits can utilise armor repping hives like the allotek hive which reps 40hp/s. Put down 2 and you have 80HP/s which outlcasses allmost every shield suit fit.

-Close range combat
not just that armor has more HP and more damage for close range fights they can aswell make use of precision enhancers where their 30m scan can pick everything up except scouts.

-WP farming advantage
some DOM maps cannot be won without armor heavys and logis and even if you manage to make a push you get instantly thrown off the point by a OB that one logi earned by himself (im looking at you 4000WP minlogis).

-higher HP and insane HP regen with a logi
how are bricktanked heavys that have a damage mod and a logi balanced vs a shield tanked heavy? The armor heavy has more HP, more damage and can be farmed by a logi for WP.

So now tell me where is the drawback of armor tanking apart from a movement penalty on plates? Cause i barely notice anything and even worse is that there is no weapon in the game (apart from massdrivers) that deals +20% damage vs armor. And we all know that massdrivers are useless vs sentinels due to their resistance vs splash damage.

in addition you also have to remember shield is the first line of defence against an attack armour is your last resort of defence if someone surprise attacks you with armour you quickly realise you've lost your shield but you have armour left to counter that person. with shield on the other hand you shield will dissipate your main defence gone and all you have is the little armour on your suit to keep you alive.