Armor Vampire - too good?

I am not sure about Armor Vampire

a) is it too good? With it maxed you can take on most monsters, taking all their hits and still end up with maxed armor at the end (not titans). Perhaps we need slightly fewer levels?

b) The fact that only Engineers can get Armor Vampire means that Engineers are the best players to operate turrets and vehicles. This sort of goes against them being a support role, and pushes them on to the front line more. Perhaps we ought to make it so LWs can operate turrets and vehicles as efficiently as engineers?

c) However, anyone that can get normal vampire should not be able to get armor vampire - sitting in a turret or vehicle you do lose some health. If the player had health vampire as well, they would never have to get out of the vehicle.

So where does that leave us?

a) I think it's too good. Fewer levels of it, and less bonus for each level would be good.

b) Tell me more about what you're thinking on these lines. I would be against giving LW any bonus towards vehicles, but I agree that engineers should be more of a support role. I don't think that just because someone doesn't have armor vamp means they don't want to use vehicles. People will use them regardless.