[Puke]

except in some mods, shield regenerators are a total joke. pre-regeneration helped alot for OA, but i believe that it has been patched out.

here are the advantages that i see for each option:

advantages to org. armor: effective against mines, effective for ramming (ramming sats can be ALOT easier than shooting them down), self repairing, can potentially allow you to build ships in half the time, doubling both your hitpoints AND firepower, invulnerable to shield killing weapons, less effected by TDB.

advantages to shields: twice as many hit points, protects against engine killers, protects against boarding parties, protects against shard cannons, no need for repairs if shields are not breached