... then I would say that forge gunners should require 2 people to operate them, one player to carry ammunition and the other to use the weapon (not fair you say? you skilled into that weapon and deserve to use it on your own you say? too f***ing bad, if he need others to operate a single weapon then so do you) ...

THe AV should be auto-win against vehicles, because that's what they were designed to do. If I lay a down proto-AV mines in one spot, they are useless for any other purpose other than AV, and those mines instantly let the vehicle user know where they are, they should auto-win against tanks and LLAV when they roll over them, not just chip on their shields. Same goes for swarms and AV nades that are working as intended right now, because they are useless for an other purpose.

Well signature radius could be a tool as well into the combat endurance and engagement time. Ie activating afterburners or sensors makes you easier to hit/lock by others. Increasing your signature radius to gain an advantage carries the risk of greatly lowering your window as a pilot. This is how it works in the real world most often.

During Gulf War 1, there was only 1 incident of a old world russian tank mission killing an abrams. The only reason why this tank got the lucky hit was it was offline at the time and was not generating any sensory noise whatsoever during a night attack. The gunnery crew loaded the gun, eyeballed the target and fired, striking the abrams to the side forcing the crew to abandon the vehicle. The abrams and crew was later recovered and repaired to full service, the offending tank and mostly every other tank in the division it belonged to got just simply annihilated. This is the only ground to ground vehicle incident and example I can remember. Sub to surface, sub to sub, Air to air and air to ground has far many more examples I could use.

this isn't real life, or earth.

I say, divide tanks between high attack and high defense models. Give unlimited ammo and higher speed to the damage models, and let the slower defensive models have better armor, resistances, and health. Why should I, a defensive oriented player, have to suffer because other players were overpowered in the past? People who want to play a protective role in this game deserve better options.

My point is that the HAVs should have the strongest combat endurance and widest window capabilities, with proper infantry escort the hostile AVs would have a very hard time forcing that window wider. A nearby logi could de-arm the web mines, assault players killing AV armed players. That the only things tanks would be really vulnerable to is getting caught alone or during its cool off period while it recharges and restocks.

My point is that the HAVs should have the strongest combat endurance and widest window capabilities, with proper infantry escort the hostile AVs would have a very hard time forcing that window wider. A nearby logi could de-arm the web mines, assault players killing AV armed players. That the only things tanks would be really vulnerable to is getting caught alone or during its cool off period while it recharges and restocks.