So I used to be of the mind set that AV was supposed to be the thing that balances infantry against Armour..... Its not.

Being an Aver myself and new to tanks..... well there just isn't any point. I shouldn't even bother using tanks until I have 4+ million SP laid aside for it as Tanks literally are metal coffins.

Aren't fast enough

Aren't durable enough

Aren't accessible enough of new players to being using.... (Yup Im looking at you poor matchmaking)

I mean who would hire a merc clearly outclassed by his opponents for anything? No employer would, that would be a waste of money. They would hire mercs of the same skill level to narrow acceptable risk margins.... but nope not in Dust.....

It literally just hurts to drive tanks, the only times I can actually get away with it are if the opposition are completely incompetent or simply haven't brought any AV to the field....

Oh I knew it was easy to bust tanks.... what I didn't know until yesterday was how hard it was to use tanks.

You cant just watch our for other tanks... those are the least of your worries.

Order of Danger while tanking

Infantry>Turrets> other tankers.

I mean Im well aware that If I see another tank on the field unless im behind that tank with a repper I'm going to loose. And I know that if I get infront of an unmanned turret I am dead..... the danger for me is that I cannot be aware of what sorts of AV infantry carry.

More often than not Im getting critically hit and destroyed without even knowing where Im being shot from.

lolol. I cant tell if your being sarcastic or not but your absolutely right x)

Yeah I have been hit..... not really fun.

I all honesty as an AVer first and tanker second I would love to see Av nades removed from the game and replaced by C4 like armour breaching charges.

To me, even though we are in a futuristic setting, I just don't see how they pack in enough fire power into that tiny grenade to pierce 180mm plating.

I think one thing that tankers never say is that they are week against AV personnel and not just 1v1 - against coordinated squads of AV - they never talk about non-AV infantry vs tanks.

What about the rest of infantry? When I run into a tank it's instant death for me if I am seen. I can't return fire or do anything at all against a tank. Any infantry w/o AV is dead meat to a tank. Is that fair?