Fair enough, but 5 proto assault deaths is equivalent to 1 decent tank death, in terms of isk, but tankers such as yourself surely do not lose much per match for your 30-40 kills.

I understand that you'r one of the better tankers void, but within those 5-10 matches where you lose only 1 tank you rack up a huge amount of kills without loss. What I'm trying to say in response to the many 'turrets and hulls cost to much threads' ,is mabe you guys are paying for that KDR.

so while alot of mercs go negative isk or break even you are in fact in your 5-10 matches probably making isk or at the very least getting great KDR. and you say tanks need buffs

Would it make tankers happy if there'd be a paper thin but cheap tank which doesn't cost more than a dropsuit but isn't any more effective either?

Void weve veen throug several nerfs as tankers and still we held out and carried on holding the flag. Yes our tanks need a buff and with tankers like you anf I arroun who are happy to help the new tankers then tanking in dust will never die out . It will just remain as difficult and possibly vecome more elietist than it is just now. (That is not a good thin) but on the other hand if they make it too easy then tanks will be spammed lime the llavs were and a nerf would shortly follow. Its a good thing tanking isnt easy but its a bad tging if its too hard.

Forgive me man, i did not mean to imply that tankers are paying large sums of ISK purely for KDR as opposed to paying for a game style that they enjoy. I am just trying to point out that tanks are destructive and dominating on the battlefield and ( in my opinion) are worth the high cost involved in running one. There needs to be some drawback to running these beasts and i think the high ISK cost is doing a pretty good job of it.

Maybe they cost a lot because CCP doesnt want them being spammed in every single match? Its not much different than going from a STD suit to a PROTO dropsuit, price skyrockets so they're less sustainable but gain high efficiency. Going from proto suit to STD tank with proto mods is basically a massive upgrade. I highly doubt CCP intended tankers to literally live out their whole life inside a tank. A properly fit tank in a proper environment is devastating on ground infantry, add in infantry support and that AV guy wont last very long out in the open. Add in a second tank and you can cover each other's weak points/blind spots and trade who takes blows.

If they're gonna decrease the price of tanks, they should lower it's overall effectiveness to match that.
If they increase it's tankability, then they should lower it's overall speed to match that.