They could temporarily add ADV/PRO versions of Vehicles I guess.

Boosting Swarms to high levels temporarily might make sense in context of having possibly super tanks around just to see how hard they are to take down (how many players, swarms, etc.) and check the dynamics of vehicle combat tank-on-tank and the like.

There aren't many other practical AV options, and so it's swarms for starters. They said they'd be balancing AV and vehicles at the same time, so Forges, Grenades, and Swarms will be looked at during this time I imagine. Plasma Cannons will continue to suck.

ammo depletion makes perfect sense

i agree with it

Here is my deal and I want to just make sure I put it out here, even if it is a repeat.

ONLY AV Weapons doing damage to tanks. If you have to allow infantry weapons to damage tanks, my suggestion would be creating an infantry v infantry / infantry v armor / armor v armor damage system. Using these tables you could create and balance quickly and effectively. But seeing a laser rifle cut a shield tank down or a noob tube (aka Mass Driver) take out an armor tank is ridiculous.

I am even ok with your current crap level hit detection for our main turrets.

Ammo I think is going to make the job a little more complicated, but I am always up for a challenge.

In the end I will say that tanking requires capitol and money. ItGÇÖs like making really expensive awesome toys that only a few people can afford, but it turns out its nothing special. When I get into a tank I should feel that my millions of ISK and SP makes me a force on the battlefield. It should take the same amount of commitment to kill a tank, but right now it just takes a little SP and even less money. My turret cost 500k-1 Million and cost 1 Million SP to level into (THAT IS JUST MY MAIN TURRET!), and for infantry just 150,000 ISK and about 1 Million SP you have yourself something that can totally decimate it.

As the system currently stands, there is no endgame. This is what kills games, and if you want reference look at most every MMO/RPG that fails. ItGÇÖs due to lack of content for higher levels and poor game mechanics frustrating players. The endgame for tanks is nothing special EXCEPT how much you spend to be a tanker.

I am pissed because I care but you serious need to evaluate the role of tanks.

PS this same logic can be applied to my brothers in the air DS Pilots.

Show me video of tanks being destroyed by the M2 and Molotov cocktails. Then I could consider your reply a serious one.

Yes, I was being entirely serious. I remember destroying a LAV with a shotgun a long time ago.

World War II =/= 20,000 - 50,000 years into the future. Better comparison would be today's tanks.

Try again

You still think comparing WWII videos to the science in the EVE/Dust universe is valid?

There aren't any hatches to throw a Molotov in on the tanks in Dust. There are however, hatches on today's tanks because, well, we're human and don't have teleportation yet.

So no, a hypothetical Molotov can't destroy a Dust tank. Nor should an AR do anything at all to a Dust tank.

Was that tank American, or was it some rusted 50 year old POS?

Also, can't throw grenades down the barrel of Dust tanks.

Why are you still trying?