Ancile still worth it?

Which nerf? Ancile was strengthened in the last update.

Yes, it's worth it, but it's not a must have.

im against tanking so ye your input was ok but cant agree on the mindset, do you feel like the anciles are holding up against maxed tridents etc and how it affects your playstyle (apart from the tanking), would you rather have a heavy weapon or keep the ancile for a lancelot?

I'm against tanking aswell. I just enjoy that the Anciles lowered my stats enough to place me in silver league. Overpowered bots like TT Furies are very rare in my matches. I can even mess around with Punishers again and enjoy some experimenting with unusual combos.

The two lvl 9 Anciles on my lvl 7 Natasha have 140K and the two lvl 9 ECUs add another 206K. That's already a total of 463K while not even near to being maxxed. It's been a trident-eating tank so far. I worry more about plasma weapons as they can hurt me the most when I take Natasha out.

I've played with one. My general takeaway was that in squadding where you can coordinate, it may have a very strong role, but in general random PUGs, like [apotheosis] I'd rather have the DPS

Higher survival = more damage

No point lumbering towards a point to get taken out by a db bot when you finally get there, or am I mistaken?

I run three Ancile robots, a Taran Ancilot and a Zeus Carnage as part of my regular hangar and a Fujin as change of pace sometimes. I also tried an Ancile Magnum Leo and an Ancile Trident Fury just for fun.

Tridents are everywhere, and in close range you can expect a lot of Aphids. Ancile shields still regenerate pretty easily, and that's the point about "DPS than HP" - it's potentially many more HP than the net Ancile value. I had many cases where I fully regenerated the shield of my Ancilot after having it depleted. Of course you have to pick your battles, an Ancile will not enable you to jump in the middle of reds and survive, and red Thunders are always bad news. So you have to seek 1-on-1 matchups, which can be trying if the reds just stay away from you, or come in groups.

As for builds, the robots with a built in Ancile have become more valuable, no doubt about that. Still not a big fan of Fujin, but it might actually be viable now (especially with 3 Tarans or 3 Hydras). Still very vulnerable to Plasma, as is the Carnage, but Fujin is slower.
For the Ancilot, I experimented with a Thunder setup, but the Lance isn't very nimble even when sprinting so it is often hard to get close. With the Ancile the Lance can sit back at 330m and the Tarans provide a ton of DPS, wich is especially efficient on maps like Yama or Shenzen. Ancilot has the special benefit of enjoying "total protection", so the Ancile is almost a no brainer.

I wouldn't slap an Ancile on every robot with a heavy hardpoint though, it's critical that the Ancile protected robot still has enough punch. Magnum Ancile Leo was kinda OK (but clearly inferior to the Taran Lance), Ancile Fury wasn't. Ancile Fury is just a horribly slow Carnage, and Ancile Natasha has roughly the same firepower and durability stats.

Ancile works well with careful play. Use your Ancile robot as brickfighter and it will last only marginally longer. But pick your battles, use cover, you can suddenly survive countless Trident hits, letting your Ancile regenerate. 

I used to run and Ancileot but found that most of the reds I face are using energy/plasma weapons,  when I first started using my Ancile at level 22ish.  There were a lot more guns and missiles back at that level, now that it has turned into a plasma fest I do not see a use in giving up my Thunder for the shield.