I would like to add that for the roles of armor and shields that armor should not be forced to be slow, in a way. I believe shields should excel in active battle by having high shield repairs and the ability to use armor repair modules. But armor should get the ability to have similar, not better, performance in battle. Making shields and armor follow a strict gameplay type is limiting to the player using the build. I for example like speedy builds, obviously I will never be as effective as a Minmatar in speed but I should have the chance to be as capable in battle as a Caldari suit with similar repair rates and speed. In most games I go for speedy builds, most MMOs I play an assasin or archer, and most FPS I play as a SMG rusher speed has been hardwired into my gaming style for years and Dust 514 punishes me because the suit I picked, in Dust 514 at least doesn't follow this, keep in mind I was following EVE when picking my suit because I thought Gallente suits where the second fastest. Of course they should not be entirely equal, they should individually excel and fail in some aspects, in this case a Caldari suit should excel in active shield repping but not armor, while a Gallente excels in active armor repping but not shields while having equal speed and EHP.

This thread is basically a solo playing style issue .. why would you need to stick to a nano hive ? Where is your logi repper ? Why are you on your own ? Why do you need to rely on armor rep mods when a repper does the job better ? Can armour be taken out entirely by lasers and flux grenades like shields ? Dont your shields have to be taken out b4 you get through to armour ? You could add shield mods if you sacrificed damage mods but no you go solely for armor plates and complain shields are better .. why not try balancing your defence and sacrifice some damage to increase your shields to make it harder to get through to your armour ? Every suit has shields and armor if you spec solely armour then you have to accept the pitfalls just as shield users do (losing 500 shield with 1 flux or having a laser user totally wipe your shield is alot worse than a movement penalty or not being able to have full plate mods if you want higher rep rate on armour) I have both and love both but i also know that both have pitfalls and bonuses, a good squad can sort those pitfalls out, there are bigger gameplay issues that need dealing with before we get to anything like this (matchmaking has to be a number 1 priority if this game is to attract and keep new and old players)

Oh typo it's suppose to be complex repair not plate.

You need to cap out with boosters during this event. And take this time to start a new toon and cap it out with boosters too so you can try the alternative play style. As for Amarr, well eventually you'll get less heat build up. Until then I would get up to scrambler rifle 4 and use the assault scrambler rifle. buy a couple aurum ones to check it out. it's awesome, and it optimal range was just increased from 30 to 45. Use it to get shields down then flaylock for armor if you're in range. Forget about your KDR for now. Just learn. Join a corp that has guys that you can squad up with and learn from. You're slow yes so stay with others if you can and use cover. if a scout comes at you take his shields down with 2-3 SR shots and then flaylock his face off.

Yes, of course that's an issue.
It's no magic bullet and it's not the only fix - It's just something to think about when fitting.

It's actually nearly 7k now.

I'm back.
Still no dev response though.

is CCP going to fix this or not? thats all i want to know. and if o, when? an ETA is nessesary.