Thank you so much for this. You're right, the protections and evasions are a bit lackluster.
To hopefully mitigate this, I've added the socket features somewhat akin to Diablo, which enables for customized playstyle.
This used to be a bonus preattached to the items, but can now be looted and inserted to available sockets.
I've also fixed the shield regen issue.
Stay tuned for the next update.