What is the difference i know armour doesnt repair without a module but shields repair without one i just want to know why would you ever go armour heavy if shields regen so fast What is the weaknesses of shields and armour and what are the stregenths of them

A link to the facts would be fine as well.
Thanks in advance

Shields are weak against flux grenades and laser rifles.Armour on the other hand is pretty much equally weak against everything and more when it comes to grenades.

So until everyone carries flux nades and LRs people will be using shields since they're great for solo play.

Armour must have some advantage?

Armour must have some advantage?

Higher base hp. Modules give more hp then extenders. They also slow you down.

And if you have a rep, you regen armour even when taking damage. shields only regen when they're not receiving damage

The best armor repairer gives you 5 hp per second. So not like it would help you if you both stood shooting at each other. It does help you though by not losing some armor each time you kill someone and then slowly waiting to die. At-least with the repairer you can get your armor back.

But shields will regen like super quick if not taking damage

But shields will regen like super quick if not taking damage

Shields are weak against flux grenades and laser rifles.Armour on the other hand is pretty much equally weak against every weapon and even more when it comes to grenades.

So until everyone carries flux nades and LRs people will be using shields since they're great for solo play.

Wow, thank you for providing a new player with misinformation, because you clearly do not understand the game. Great job helping the community!

Here are the facts:

Shields
-Recharge by themselves.
-More resistant to explosive weapons.
-Less HP the Armour mods.
-Less resistant to energy weapons.
-High Mod slots
-High CPU requirement
-Have two types of recharge rates

Armour
-Need a mod to restore HP.
-More resistant to energy weapons.
-Less resistant to explosive weapons.
-Movement penalty.
-Can be repaired by external player
-Can Armour tank and DPS at the same time
-Low slot mods
-More PG requirements
Thank you, for wasting my time because you could not bother keep a neutral stand point.

Wow, thank you for providing a new player with misinformation, because you clearly do not understand the game. Great job helping the community!

Here are the facts:

Shields
-Recharge by themselves.
-More resistant to explosive weapons.
-Less HP the Armour mods.
-Less resistant to energy weapons.
-High Mod slots
-High CPU requirement
-Have two types of recharge rates

Armour
-Need a mod to restore HP.
-More resistant to energy weapons.
-Less resistant to explosive weapons.
-Movement penalty.
-Can be repaired by external player
-Can Armour tank and DPS at the same time
-Low slot mods
-More PG requirements
Thank you, for wasting my time because you could not bother keep a neutral stand point.

right now Shields are the way to go (dropsuits)
Armour is at a huge disadvantage because CCP has not yet released a lot of weapons that are great against shield, besides flux.
and I don't notice the difference between laser rifle against shield/armour. To me it looks like it melts through both just the same.
I prefer armour though simply because I'm Gallente (Lore reasons)

Now for vehicles it's a different story with resisters and all that.

Armor plating has higher EHP. Also, using a low slot is a big advantage when you want to use infantry damage mods.