DUST Search - My Awesome Rant of Tanking Awesomeness

GET ATMESON wrote:

General Grodd wrote:

Ahem veteran tanker here... and Well it's just nonsense my tank can be soloed by Proto swarms. I have a natural 33% damage resistance with a particular fitting of my shield tank. Don't forget explosives do another -20% damage to shields. So at -53% damage I really should not be soloed. Swarms can of course cut corners, turn invisible blah blah blah it's just nonsense. "We'll AV is anti vehicle so I should insta-kill vehicles right" says the dumb kid. hmm but tanks are anti infantry so where do we stand now? Well considering the monetary and sp values are far higher for tank, shouldn't it be far harder for infantry to kill tanks than for tanks to kill infantry? It's obvious really...

Personally I could care less about hording kills, I want to actually help my team and earn isk. K/d R is at 4.40, and nobody really cares. But everybody cares about tanks helping them battle, providing scanning, cover, ammo, fire support, etc. I hate redline sniping. It's boring, not really helpful, and cheap. Most teammates would agree on the not helpful part. Enough ranting! That's my two cents, anyways.

Shield tanker with a brain. A rare player. Props for shield tanking. FG's against shield eat you away. How do you fair against an armor tanker?

If players want a tanker to do those roles they should CRY on the fourms and find a player who is willing to scan, cover, etc. Tanks have roles just depends on if everyone will get the tanker another 2mill-5mill tank if it gets popped.


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General Grodd Ahrendee Mercenaries EoN. 305	Posted - 2013.10.02 02:48:00 - [1] - Quote Ahem veteran tanker here... and Well it's just nonsense my tank can be soloed by Proto swarms. I have a natural 33% damage resistance with a particular fitting of my shield tank. Don't forget explosives do another -20% damage to shields. So at -53% damage I really should not be soloed. Swarms can of course cut corners, turn invisible blah blah blah it's just nonsense. "We'll AV is anti vehicle so I should insta-kill vehicles right" says the dumb kid. hmm but tanks are anti infantry so where do we stand now? Well considering the monetary and sp values are far higher for tank, shouldn't it be far harder for infantry to kill tanks than for tanks to kill infantry? It's obvious really... Personally I could care less about hording kills, I want to actually help my team and earn isk. K/d R is at 4.40, and nobody really cares. But everybody cares about tanks helping them battle, providing scanning, cover, ammo, fire support, etc. I hate redline sniping. It's boring, not really helpful, and cheap. Most teammates would agree on the not helpful part. Enough ranting! That's my two cents, anyways.
General Grodd Ahrendee Mercenaries EoN. 305	Posted - 2013.10.02 03:17:00 - [2] - Quote GET ATMESON wrote: General Grodd wrote: Ahem veteran tanker here... and Well it's just nonsense my tank can be soloed by Proto swarms. I have a natural 33% damage resistance with a particular fitting of my shield tank. Don't forget explosives do another -20% damage to shields. So at -53% damage I really should not be soloed. Swarms can of course cut corners, turn invisible blah blah blah it's just nonsense. "We'll AV is anti vehicle so I should insta-kill vehicles right" says the dumb kid. hmm but tanks are anti infantry so where do we stand now? Well considering the monetary and sp values are far higher for tank, shouldn't it be far harder for infantry to kill tanks than for tanks to kill infantry? It's obvious really... Personally I could care less about hording kills, I want to actually help my team and earn isk. K/d R is at 4.40, and nobody really cares. But everybody cares about tanks helping them battle, providing scanning, cover, ammo, fire support, etc. I hate redline sniping. It's boring, not really helpful, and cheap. Most teammates would agree on the not helpful part. Enough ranting! That's my two cents, anyways. Shield tanker with a brain. A rare player. Props for shield tanking. FG's against shield eat you away. How do you fair against an armor tanker? If players want a tanker to do those roles they should CRY on the fourms and find a player who is willing to scan, cover, etc. Tanks have roles just depends on if everyone will get the tanker another 2mill-5mill tank if it gets popped. I normally have a hard time with them, unless 1. I use double shield hardeners (they leave me quite vulnerable when cooling down so its a risky fitting) or 2. I use missile turrets, they tear up armor tanks like a boss Lol
General Grodd Ahrendee Mercenaries EoN. 305	Posted - 2013.10.02 03:20:00 - [3] - Quote Aeon Amadi wrote: They're not that bad. Swarms are annoying and while I disagree that they do too much damage for requiring less skill than, say a Plasma Cannon, I don't think that it's so much of an issue against Tanks. Dropships, yes, but Tanks no. There was a point when Tanks were nigh invincible and facing one was hard enough but six would cause players to drop out of the game (because there really was no hope). Then they were paper thin and would get killed by a few dedicated players with assault rifles. But right now they're in a pretty good place minus some errant mishaps like shield tanks being inherently weak - which is what your problem is. It's not that Swarms are OP, it's that shield tanks are UP. You will probably never see a Shield Tank in PC and if you do there is a certain reason behind it. I do suppose you're right there, but I guess I should have mentioned its the Proto swarms. Standard swarms aren't really a problem while advanced are annoying.