Kevlar and Spider silk mesh weigh far less then lithium/ion batteries.

I think they should make shields weigh more (slow you down) and armor lighter.

With Shield regen at a base 20HP/sec and no downside like the speed reduction armor has, they really should do something to make armor competitive.
Raising the Armor Repairer from 2/3/5 HP/sec to 3/5/10 HP/sec is not unreasonable.
That's still Way below Shield Regen, and Armor still has the downside of speed reduction, so increasing the repair rate is justified.

I thought Enhanced and complex do 3 and 5?

A buff is in the works guys.

Anyway:
Most of your ideas strive to make armor another type of shields.
I don't want that, I want both to be unique, with their own trade offs and advantages.

With Shield regen at a base 20HP/sec (some suits more, some suits less) and no downside like the speed reduction armor has, CCP really should do something to make armor competitive.
Raising the Armor Repairer from 2/3/5 HP/sec to 3/5/10 HP/sec is not unreasonable.
That's still Way below Shield Regen, and it takes a Repairer module in addition to the Armor itself, and Armor has the downside of speed reduction, so increasing the repair rate is justified.

wtf would actually go past basic if they did 4 and complex only did 6

Along that line of thought, CCP needs to add a downside to Shields.
Perhaps an increased detection on the minimap due to the increased power output of shield modules.
(stacking with more modules = more detection)

That downside can't really compare to being slow.

That downside can't really compare to being slow.
Sure, you know where they are, but you can't hit them because they are too fast.
I suggest increasing their hitbox.
So while armor makes you slower and easier to hit, shields make you easier to hit but without slowing you down.

This will also give people a reason to stop stacking HP modules.

Yes, the delay is totally not a downside and the most popular weapons having a bonus to shield damage is not a downside either

But seriously only an idiot picks one or the other, hybrid tanking ftw

Since we're all throwing around opinions, I'll throw mine in:

CCP should give resist modules to suits. A small percentage or something per module, but suits ought to be able to resist some damage. As for balance, I was thinking armour has some built-in damage resist, but shields don't. In exchange, shields regenerate and armour naturally doesn't [unless you're Minmatar, apparently].

Basically, make armour harder to get through than shields. That'll make it more balanced, as shields continually regenerate while you need modules to repair armour, and make it that armour naturally takes less damage while shields need modules for the same thing.


Then give Sentinel suits an added damage resist and Heavies will actually be tanks again!

The idea is that armor tanks have more HP, just compare shield extenders to plates.

You're calling the Shield Regen delay a downside? Yes, I suppose it is ... But for Armor to even get ANY kind of regen you have to Skill into another module spending SP, Equip another module using CPU and PG and another slot on your suit, and STILL the best Repair you can get is 5HP/sec (per module) with Proto Level Repairer. It could Definitely use an increase