Maybe I'm hallucinating but the past week I began to realize the fact that my armor was going down just as fast as my shields vs. certain weaponry.

Now I know there are a lot of threads already regarding [Insert weapon here] vs. damage mods but going up against weapons like the laser rifle and AR, I feel as though my armor should be giving me more protection.

For a fact, I know that the AR does 90% damage to armor and 110% to shields while the laser rifle does 120% to shields and 80% to armor. I know there are other weapons that do more damage to shields than armor but my main point is this:

Up the usefulness of armor.

Laser rifles should NEVER be doing insane amount of damage to armor regardless of ramp-up damage modifier.

Oh, and modules need to be looked at again.

1 MLT (or is it basic as well?) shield extender provides ....22? 33? shields? while the complex gives 66 shields.

Armor on the other hand,
a basic armor plate gives 65 HP with a 3% movement penalty while a complex armor module gives 130 HP at 10% movement penalty.

Now look at this: 1 complex shield module is 2x (or 3x?) more effective than its basic counterpart.
2 basic armor plates gives 130HP at 6% speed penalty while 1 complex gives only 115HP and 10% movement penalty.

On top of module inbalance, shields can regen themselves at a fairly decent rate while armor can not.



As a final note, I am fully aware of the perks of both using shields and armor but still, armor needs a bit more lovin'.

Oh and I appreciate anyone who took the time to look at this thoroughly and provided feedback.

Maybe I'm hallucinating but the past week I began to realize the fact that my armor was going down just as fast as my shields vs. certain weaponry.

Now I know there are a lot of threads already regarding [Insert weapon here] vs. damage mods but going up against weapons like the laser rifle and AR, I feel as though my armor should be giving me more protection.

For a fact, I know that the AR does 90% damage to armor and 110% to shields while the laser rifle does 120% to shields and 80% to armor. I know there are other weapons that do more damage to shields than armor but my main point is this:

Up the usefulness of armor.

Laser rifles should NEVER be doing insane amount of damage to armor regardless of ramp-up damage modifier.

Oh, and modules need to be looked at again.

1 MLT (or is it basic as well?) shield extender provides ....22? 33? shields? while the complex gives 66 shields.

Armor on the other hand,
a basic armor plate gives 65 HP with a 3% movement penalty while a complex armor module gives 130 HP at 10% movement penalty.

Now look at this: 1 complex shield module is 2x (or 3x?) more effective than its basic counterpart.
2 basic armor plates gives 130HP at 6% speed penalty while 1 complex gives only 115HP and 10% movement penalty.

On top of module inbalance, shields can regen themselves at a fairly decent rate while armor can not.



As a final note, I am fully aware of the perks of both using shields and armor but still, armor needs a bit more lovin'.

Oh and I appreciate anyone who took the time to look at this thoroughly and provided feedback.

I just thought that putting armour in the game was a way for CCP to appeal masochist.

And damage mods dude. Go logibro B-series, 3 damage mods, 2 armor plates and armor repairer or 3 armor repairers and a triage nanohive. I thought LR did more damage on shields and less on armor that the numbers you mentioned. 120% shields is too low for insta pulverization of shields.