They are completely worthless for the massive amount of PG/CPU they use up, I personally have two basic plates stacked on my suit, the penalty isn't bad enough to hurt my game.

Most snipers sit in me spot and barely move. Normal plates should be better.

Ferroscale plates are intended more for scouts that need to be fast but want a little bit more health.

It looks like the Ferroscale Armors provide moderate armor bonuses with no movement penalty. I use proto logi for sniping works with Enhanced Std. Armors, so the movement penalty doesn't bother me since I stay out of range. When I get hit by another snipers, I survive 80% of the time because of the armors. So when I get hit, it helps me to determine where the shots come from before taking the enemy snipers down. I like that the Ferroscale Armors are more lighter, which give no movement penalties, making it seem ideal for snipers. But I don't know if it's worth it for me. I thought maybe it is much more fitting for Minmatars. Do any of you guys use it?

Proto Logi with x5 Ferroscale Armors would have decent armor bonuses with no movement penalty vs x5 Std. Armors with high HP and movement penalty....hmm. I guess the Ferroscales would work better if the Logi use close-range weapons like AR or Submachine guns, but probably not for sniping.

I think perhaps the Ferroscales would be beneficial for the Minmatar that usually have fast speed, but can be provided with a little more extra HP and for the Amarr players that usually gripe about the movement penalty.

It looks like the Ferroscale Armors provide moderate armor bonuses with no movement penalty. I use proto logi for sniping works with Enhanced Std. Armors, so the movement penalty doesn't bother me since I stay out of range. When I get hit by another snipers, I survive 80% of the time because of the armors. So when I get hit, it helps me to determine where the shots come from before taking the enemy snipers down. I like that the Ferroscale Armors are more lighter, which give no movement penalties, making it seem ideal for snipers. But I don't know if it's worth it for me. I thought maybe it is much more fitting for Minmatars. Do any of you guys use it?

"I use proto logi for sniping" --- Hey Devs, here's your base problem with Dust right now.

Armor tankers only care about their HP. Speed is a side effect.
The ferroscale is supposed to create stronger scouts. The reactive plate is simply a nod to the dual tanking assaults who fit basic reppers and a plate in their low slots.
I wondered why they are buffing shield tankers. Maybe more anti shield weapons coming soon?

Armor tankers only care about their HP. Speed is a side effect.
The ferroscale is supposed to create stronger scouts. The reactive plate is simply a nod to the dual tanking assaults who fit basic reppers and a plate in their low slots.
I wondered why they are buffing shield tankers. Maybe more anti shield weapons coming soon?

Be thankful that the Logi was provided with only one weapon slot. Besides, sniping is not the only thing I do. I'm a support as well, providing nests like nanohives and drop uplinks for whenever my squadmates need them. I don't see anything wrong with Logi being snipers. There's heavy snipers, assault snipers, scout snipers, etc.

I use it...

For my proto shield tank Minmatar logi.

4 complex shield extenders, 2-3 shield regulators, and 1-2 complex ferroscale plates. It adds just that little extra bit that has saved me on more than one occasion whenever someone -does- hit me with a flux grenade, (or I hit myself with one) and I'm turned into a bare armor tank. Then when my regulators kick in in like 3 seconds, my shields are almost instantly maxed, and my armor slowly regens with its base 5 hp/sec. But whenever I've found myself winning engagements with less than 60 armor, I thank my ferroscale plates for their extra support that kept me alive.

Nope 5/8 of the next weapons to come out are anti armor

They aren't too good by themselves, but I think they would be good as an additional plate to put on besides regular plates, if you want to keep your speed up.

And if anyone is wondering about reactive plates, I currently use them on my (soon to be) minmatar logi alt. Since I already have built in armor repair, reactive plates help my tank a little, and help my repair rate a little.

Issue is mr child spawn the only thing armour tanking has going for it is having a high EHP, we cannot make fast armour regen characters....