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Same company different studios, one has near perfected the player feedback process, the other is still rolling on the floor after it fell over its first baby step.

You that bad that you need others to rep you constantly?

CCP Rejavik
CCP Shanghia

Same company different studios, one has near perfected the player feedback process, the other is still rolling on the floor after it fell over its first baby step.

You that bad that you need others to rep you constantly?

I am not a tanker so forgive my ignorance, but what is spider tanking?

CCP Rejavik
CCP Shanghia

Same company different studios, one has near perfected the player feedback process, the other is still rolling on the floor after it fell over its first baby step.

Jason ive done that

It does work in very situational roles, like for example if you got a chokepoint it works really well

Problem is tho is the maddy, its the super weak link depending how you fit it up

I got about 4-7 spider fits, some are good but require to be very aware for the entire game, ive had half the enemy team go AV to kill the target tank but if its adv or proto then it can just be too much depending how much of it ther is

It does work and ive tried it for a while, havnt lost many tanks as the target tank but as the spider you are generally weaker

If we did have a Logi tank, a proper yellow beast for this spider tanking then it would be great but yet again infantry would complain and would want it nerfed

CCP Rejavik
CCP Shanghia

Same company different studios, one has near perfected the player feedback process, the other is still rolling on the floor after it fell over its first baby step.

You that bad that you need others to rep you constantly?

I believe the key to spider tanking is being able to hold your own solo but being able to work together, take the Hybrid for example, it's fitted with a Neutron Scattered, Heavy Reps and a Heavy Transporter to rep others, two of these can work by themselves for a little bit but against AV must join together as one.

When coming up against AV, one takes the lead, then falls back so that the other Tank takes his place, I saw this with three shield tanks once, except they simply switch who was repping on the lead tank (Triangle Formation), one person would put heavy reps on the tank, then when they run out the next reps would go on, all the while the Gunnlogi was slaying, the other two would hide behind a wall xD
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Wow Chribba making a dig at someone else! This is unprecedented!

I'm just jealous I don't get repped like that, I sure could need it bc I'm terribad lol

CCP Rejavik
CCP Shanghia

Same company different studios, one has near perfected the player feedback process, the other is still rolling on the floor after it fell over its first baby step.

You that bad that you need others to rep you constantly?

Think i saw a bunch of you in four seperate tanks running around... think it was Seraphim...
Anyway it was pretty cool, it forced us to designate targets...

Big problem to this tactic is that once the chain is broken.. you all go down pretty fast

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CCP Shanghia

Same company different studios, one has near perfected the player feedback process, the other is still rolling on the floor after it fell over its first baby step.

From an AVer perspective:

I *love* this idea. I think it's a very deadly way for tanks to roll, and certainly won't be an easy one if multiple tanks are fitting/using reppers on each other. Great post.

My only real concern is that this will drastically beef up the tanks. Not from the HP perspective(that's a given), but more from a counter perspective. Right now, infantry does not have EWAR, which is one of the primary counters in EVE to spider tanking (Cap warfare, ECM). Therefore, an infrantry player has no way of canceling out the repair cycles once they've gone live. This means that a few tanks can sit there just focusing reps on the person getting damaged, negating *multiple* proto AV players (at least on paper). It's a very deadly tactic, and while I applaud it's conception, I just hope it does not 'go big' until CCP has introduced some EWAR modules to the infantry. The ability to cancel locks, or some other form of on-tank capacitor system (I really hope they do this - infinite capacitor on a tank seems silly) would be a great way to prevent this from getting over-used. A capacitor system especially would be very interesting to see, and I think would be a great start towards not only balancing great tactics like this (note I said BALANCING, not NERFING). Personally, the idea of a bricked out hybrid tank roaming around with 2 all out assault tanks, pushing reps on them is a crazy cool idea (Providing the functionality of a true "heavy" LLAV).

Carry on 'ol chap!

They're still vulnerable to alpha damage, and the gap between reps can prove fatal. It does take more AV to take them down (you're probably not going to solo them, for example) but it's no different, really to killing two protobears instead of one. Combined arms tends to be a good response; tankers frequently overextend to try to fight one of their own. Especially when they think they can mash it up easily.

CCP Rejavik
CCP Shanghia

Same company different studios, one has near perfected the player feedback process, the other is still rolling on the floor after it fell over its first baby step.

CCP Rejavik
CCP Shanghia

Same company different studios, one has near perfected the player feedback process, the other is still rolling on the floor after it fell over its first baby step.

That fit while it is a spider tank relys on another spider tank with shield mods

Essentailly in 2 tanks ther is no target tank, a 3rd armor shield tank is needed for the triangle i think

While the shield is good if armor is breached and you have no rep you will be generally toast to a point plus with the 120 plate you do lose 800-1500 or armor but you have gained 2k of shield which can and does help with most forms of AV

I may try a similar fit if i get time due to the 'war' but maybe have a omni tanked madrugar as the target tank with 2 spider tanks backing it up keeping that shield as high as possible to reduce the damage

Plus with it being a armor tank auto ppl will swarm it and even then if shield is gone and breached depending on your fit you have enough armor to tank some more damage while you run or wait for reps and tech it maybe stronger than then gunlogi since you have both types of tank and it doesnt matter what gets hit

On paper not too bad, i still say if you can get 3 tanks doing around the same thing then it should work really well

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I like this idea. It could destroy, and would require far more infantry to run in AV fits. Be nice if reppin gave you a bit of points though.

CCP Rejavik
CCP Shanghia

Same company different studios, one has near perfected the player feedback process, the other is still rolling on the floor after it fell over its first baby step.