While I am not a new player, I am returning after a very long break. I lost all my implants a week back (no big deal) and was eyeballing the crystal implant set. I was curious as to the set bonus being specifically for “Shield Boost”, as I assume it specifically means active shield tanking.
I was hoping someone could verify this for me as I would hate to waste ISK buying the set only to have it not be useful as I am partial to passive tanking.
I currently run a Gila for Abyssal, Combat, and escalation sites, and a Rattlesnake for L4 missions. They are each setup for passive tanking.
Are there any implant sets out there for passive shields or am I barking up the wrong tree?
The so-called ‘shield slaves’ were mentioned at fanfest 2016, but aren’t here yet. To be honest, don’t hold your breath, they would require a massive balance pass.
Passive shield tanks usually come with a substantial signature penalty. You can offset that with Halo implants and they are relatively inexpensive as implant sets go. Won’t increase your tank but will make you harder to hit.
I can confirm on this. Used snakes + deadspace ABs on many ships, including Gilas, Tengus, Lokis, Worms, and Phantasms with snakes and deadspace ABs are just the bomb. Snakes were also a lot cheaper back then then crystals, don’t know if that is still the case. the extra speed tank is really nice.