Tanking: Difference between revisions

|'''Energized armor layering membranes''' are passive modules that increase ship's armor by a percentage amount. These are rarely used as a plate and resist module are usually better than this module.

|'''Layered platings''' are passive modules that increase ship's armor by a percentage amount. These are less effective than the energized membrane variant but are much easier to fit. These are rarely used as a plate and resist module are both better than this module.

|'''Armor hardeners''' are active modules that boost one of the four armor resistances: EM, Thermal, Kinetic or Explosive.<br>Compared to membranes, they use capacitor (not much though) and slightly more CPU, but offer a large boost in effectiveness.

It is good to note that only T2 energized adaptive nano membrane is generally worth using. Both meta 4 and T2 adaptive nano platings have better stats and lower requirements than any of the meta adaptive energized membranes.

|'''Reactive armor hardener''' is a active module that increases armor resists. it gives in total 60% resist bonus split across all four damage types. When you first activate the module the resists are evenly split to 15% per damage type. As you receive armor damage the RAH will adjust its resist at the end of cycle by increasing the resist against two highest received damage types and reducing the resist against rest of the damage types. The resists shift by 6% per cycle. This module is not stacking penalized with other modules except for Damage Control.

|'''Armor repairers''' are modules that consume moderate amount of capacitor and use that to repair the ship's armor.<br>  

|'''Ancillary armor repairers''' are similar to normal armor repairers. These modules can be loaded with nanite repair paste to provide an active tanking without depleting your capacitor. When activated, they consume a set amount of Nanites (1 for small, 4 for medium, 8 for large) instead of capacitor, then provide armor rep at the end of the cycle. If nanites are not loaded, it will consume a lot of capacitors to provide below-average rep. The repairer reloads in 1 minute (60 seconds). Ancillary Armor Repairers are almost exclusively used in PvP to provide a capacitor-free method of active tanking. Usage in PvE is not recommended due to the high cost of Nanite pastes.

|'''Remote armor repair systems''' consume capacitor to remotely repair armor on single target. The repair again happens at the end of the cycle. This can make it hard to repair targets if they die before the repair lands. Long optimal range, short falloff range. As a result the effectiveness drops rapidly if the target is beyond optimal range.

|'''Ancillary remote armor repair systems''' are the remote counterpart of local ancillary armor repairers. These can be loaded with nanite repair paste for capacitor-free repairs but repair less once the repair paste runs out.

* Trimark armor pump increases the raw HP by a percentage, at the cost of reduced maximum speed. They are popular in PvP fits and thus are generally expensive due to the high demand.

* Anti-damage type rigs increase damage resist to single damage type, at the cost of reduced maximum speed.

*Nanobot accelerator speeds up armor repair module cycle times at the cost of armor repairers' power grid use. In theory this is more effective for active armor tanks than the Auxiliary Nano Pump, but note that shorter cycle time also results in higher capacitor use.

** There is a less expensive Medium-and Low-grade Slave set. Full low-grade set provides an aggregate bonus of 33.83% to armor hit points. These are a relative bargain at only 750 million ISK or so.

** You can mix & match HG, MG, and LG Slave implants, for a final armor HP bonus partway in between.

|'''Exile''' medical booster greatly increases the ship's active armor repair amount, however they carry a chance to reduce your Armor hitpoints, Repair amount, or capacitor capacity.