I am by no means a tanker, but I've seen countless tankers rushing into battle, on their own and with no support. Mind you, this is by no means a QQ or rant. Now I know the older tankers are very cautious about running into battle and are practically playing defense. They are still working alone and without support. Worried about AV and Broken Lai Dais but every time I hit the pubs, all I see is these new tankers just gunning for the kill like a bull charging a matador and older tankers not even playing anymore.

This is where I come in. I run a LLAV and before you go saying I'm a murder taxi, I don't hunt for kills while I'm piloting. I am purely Logi, in the sense that I rep and defend tanks. I have maxed out my transporters and remote reps and provide as much support to my tanker bros as possible. Play with me or find your own Vehicle support and see the dramatic difference in your fighting capabilities and how much faster you can get back into battle.

With my corp mates alone, we've had kill rates of 27+ with a single game going 48/0 and not losing a single tank. While I go 0/0-4/0 and MAYBE get 50K isk. I'm not complaining, I actually like my role. I would just like the WP's that SHOULD come with it.
So if you want to give this a try, message me in game or on here

I hear you man and that's what 1.5 is going to accomplish. An overhaul and more balancing, but in the meantime this is a good means of building communication, teamwork, and bringing the hurt to red berries that should be continued even after the patch.

The Logi LLAV fits I run aren't only for long range combat. All those stats I put up were actually from blasters. The trick was not getting ahead of yourself and letting the targets come to you. They see two juicy vehicles they want to lob grenades, swarms, and forge at, so they'll definitely be heading your way. I admit, there were times we were so overwhelmed by the opposition, all we could do was sit back in the redline, but even that served it's purpose. While, quite literally, three quarters of the enemy teams were AV, all of our infantry would come in and wipe them out. and so the cycle continued like that.

And if the tanker is worried about the ISK they MAY lose, with someone on your tail, switching to a less expensive turret and fitting more defensively never really hurts