Laurent Cazaderon
What The French
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Posted - 2013.07.05 12:32:00 -
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Colonel Killar wrote:look I want a Shield v Armor theread of my own
Just to state I tank everything Shields,Armor,Shield Regen
Armor
Pros
Mediocre HP boost Basic can take 2 AR rounds Complex can take 4 AR rounds (balence)
Repper tools (Balanced)
Cons
Slow (broke)
Low rep speed (balanced)
Broken Stuff
Ferroscale plates have little Health(semi-broke)
Reactive plates have little health/reps (semi-broke)
Shield/Regen Tanking
Pros
Fast Regen(Balanced)
Modules aren't broke (Balanced)
No drawbacks (semi-broke)
Can move at full speed (Balanced)
Cons
delay to recharge (balanced)
Less total EHP with the exception of the one broken suit (Balanced)
Personal Fixes
PG/CPU can remain unaltered
Ferroscale Plates 25-50-75 HP
Complex Plates 30HP 1HP/S reps no speed penalty- 45 HP 2HP/S 2% speed penalty- 65 HP 3HP/S 4%speed penalty
Armor plates 70 HP 2% speed penalty -90 HP 3% speed penalty - 130HP 4% speed penalty
Scan/Hitbox penalty?
Constructive Critisism please
Like i said in many other posts, i think the key to balance armor vs shield is to add a penalty to shield. There has been many suggestion on various topics on what it could be (radar signature, bigger hitbox, etc..-¦
But the real key would be to tie a bonus to reduce those penalty depending on the suits :
- Say Amarr and Caldari suit get a -5% to shield and armor penalty per level
- Gallente -10 % to armor penalty
- Minmatar -10% to shield etc..
The purpose being to make dual tanking less interesting as at the moment it mostly favors shield user with the ferroscale and the reactive plate added to the main shield defense that is penalty free.
With such a system, you could in fact raise penalties to in fact have them lower that what they are now while skilling up.
Another possible way to look at armor penalty would be to lower base walk movement of the armor oriented suit and NOT have the penalty applying to this specific stat (so sprint only). That way, you can actually compensate for the penalty (which you cant now due to the fact there aint no module to buff back base speed)
To sum this up, you should have two clear profile :
Shield : makes you glow, medium buffer to HP, high regen rate
Armor : makes you slow, high buffer to hp, slow repair rate |