Sjem'Tolk
Mercenaries On Duty
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Posted - 2013.08.31 20:01:00 -
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As a scout, I hate tankers, but I would like to request a little more equitability for tankers because I feel sorry for them.
Right now, to go into Enforcer HAV's cost you a great abundance of SP (3,731,04 total to level out to Level 5) and each costs 1,227,600 ISK just for the base HAV without any equipment/modules. This doesn't include all the rest of the leveling SP that you need to get to use these behemoths (or at least what are supposed to be a behemoth.)
To use the highest/most powerful Swam Launcher, the cost of that is minuscule - a measly 47,220 ISK and to level up to use it you only need to spend 652,940 SP to level up enough to use this weapon.
It only of shooting twice to totally destroy an Enforcer tank; thought I know it can sometimes use more - depending on the map.
So why should anyone bother to go for leveling up this much to use something that takes so much time and funds to use. just to be so easily destroyed by someone that doesn't need to take even a quarter of the time or funds?
I feel sorry for anyone that has spent time and funds to get to use these tanks.
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Sjem'Tolk
Mercenaries On Duty
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Posted - 2013.09.02 00:39:00 -
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J Lav wrote:Honestly, after running numbers on the shield and armour durability for vehicles, it's easy enough to get a adv swarm launcher to take out a basic fit in 2 shots, and a solid fit to 5-6 shots. This means that with 2 people with AV grenades, or 2 people with swarms, ANY vehicle in the game can be dropped in one encounter. The reason is that you can have 2 volleys in the air before the first one hits. The driver has ~2.5 seconds to activate any modules not already running.
In this light, I feel sorry for vehicle specialists who have to spend so much ISK, and be so easily killed by some coordination. The trouble is their ability to respond to a confrontation, or lack thereof.
That's a shame that CCP programmers have allowed things to be so uneven in many places, especially with vehicles.
And here everyone was yelling (crying) about taxi kills. While I agree, to some extent, but the unbalancing has gone into many other areas too; but the tanks seem the most to me. This is why I'm not going with any tank leveling - at least at this time, that is until things seem more balanced. |