DUST Search - To the people who say tanks are stupid for blowing up supply depot

Lillica Deathdealer wrote:

But how often do you see blueberries actually snipe the AV guys in a match? How often do you see blueberries put up a good fight once multiple tanks show up on the battle field, if nobody on the team has proto AV that can solo them? No very often yeah? So it comes down to hoping your blueberries do something smart and risk 2.2 mil, or take out the depot that is ALREADY RED (with no clear push by your team to take it back) and have fewer threats to deal with. Not to mention a hostile tank can sit next to said supply depot and gain the advantage of armor reps. Tell me, which of these seems more appropriate in the situation I presented, which more often than not is the situation in games? Most vet tankers are much smarter than you give credit to, and the thought process is not "lol lets get 50 WP." Instead its "given the circumstances of the battle is it more beneficial to my team to take out this structure?" Consider this- If the enemy has to remain in the suit they spawn, wouldn't it actually help the team if they were locked into an AV role to bust up the tank? Wouldn't that mean the infantry could rush in and only have to face a group of guys with swarm launchers in hand?
The issue is that nobody thinks that far, as seen by your posts on the forums, and takes advantage of what the smart tankers are trying to do for you. I don't expect you take take what I said well because I'm not running around with an AR, so let the trolling begin.


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lrian Locust DUST University Ivy League 36	Posted - 2013.08.28 12:12:00 - [1] - Quote [quote=Lurchasaurus]watch your tone *****, im never in the red line. i dont blow up a supply depot until the match is almost over. /quote]OK, you don't, but there's other tanks that do. They start to destroy all turrets and supply points close to their own base. Even killing friendlies when they're hacking them. That's messed up, selfish and bad strategy.
lrian Locust DUST University Ivy League 36	Posted - 2013.08.28 12:19:00 - [2] - Quote Lurchasaurus wrote: because you never do. supply depots in matches when im not with a full squad of my own people are never blue Sure, we get it. You rock. You're the Chuck Norris of Dust. We all suck and are lucky to have you on our team.
lrian Locust DUST University Ivy League 36	Posted - 2013.08.28 12:37:00 - [3] - Quote I guess this topic isn't black and white. There's good tankers that blow up stuff when needed, for tactical reasons. That's fine, as they invested heavily in their skills and put ISK in their tank. And there's selfish/clueless tankers that demolish everything in sight at the start of the game. Blowing friendly hackers up in the process, just to get a few WP. I hate it when supply depots get wasted for no reason. It means that when I'm sniping at the enemy's redline, I have to sprint back all the way to the MCC base to get supplies. I usually hack a supply point behind the enemies redline instead, or commit suicide. Too bad for my ISK and K/D-ratio.
lrian Locust DUST University Ivy League 39	Posted - 2013.08.28 17:36:00 - [4] - Quote Lillica Deathdealer wrote: But how often do you see blueberries actually snipe the AV guys in a match? How often do you see blueberries put up a good fight once multiple tanks show up on the battle field, if nobody on the team has proto AV that can solo them? No very often yeah? So it comes down to hoping your blueberries do something smart and risk 2.2 mil, or take out the depot that is ALREADY RED (with no clear push by your team to take it back) and have fewer threats to deal with. Not to mention a hostile tank can sit next to said supply depot and gain the advantage of armor reps. Tell me, which of these seems more appropriate in the situation I presented, which more often than not is the situation in games? Most vet tankers are much smarter than you give credit to, and the thought process is not "lol lets get 50 WP." Instead its "given the circumstances of the battle is it more beneficial to my team to take out this structure?" Consider this- If the enemy has to remain in the suit they spawn, wouldn't it actually help the team if they were locked into an AV role to bust up the tank? Wouldn't that mean the infantry could rush in and only have to face a group of guys with swarm launchers in hand? The issue is that nobody thinks that far, as seen by your posts on the forums, and takes advantage of what the smart tankers are trying to do for you. I don't expect you take take what I said well because I'm not running around with an AR, so let the trolling begin. I agree with you, but not with the tanks that roll in at the start of the game and start destroying turrets near their own base - even while teammates are hacking the. I've died too many times by the turret of my teammate, for no strategic or tactical advantage at all. I think that most players will understand the need of blowing up supply depots and turrets, in many different situations. And I'm sure that when the need arises, they're happy to have a tank in their team. But there's no respect or love for the tankers that go haywire at the start of the game and blow up their own defence points and teammates.
lrian Locust DUST University Ivy League 41	Posted - 2013.08.29 00:22:00 - [5] - Quote daishi mk03 wrote: I destroy each and every neutral/red installation (including CRUs) immediately and I don't care about you infantry guys. Tankers will take care for you. Just do your stupid hacking, shooting stuff. Now that's a contradiction: if you shoot everything, there's nothing for us "infantry guys" to hack. So apparently tankers don't take care of us that well. That confirms my experience: tanks are never there where I need them to be. But that's OK - like I need them anyways.
lrian Locust DUST University Ivy League 41	Posted - 2013.08.29 01:00:00 - [6] - Quote Lurchasaurus wrote: lrian Locust wrote: Lurchasaurus wrote: because you never do. supply depots in matches when im not with a full squad of my own people are never blue Sure, we get it. You rock. You're the Chuck Norris of Dust. We all suck and are lucky to have you on our team. at least you understand Hahaha! Touch+¬!