DUST Search - Here's what's wrong with tanks.... feel free to add to the list of thing...

8213 wrote:

Tonight, one of my teammates took out two Caldari Enforcers with one swarm launcher. One volley into one, another into the next.

The Tankers were very stupid though. I don't know if they were messing around or what, but Enforcers are a little to expensive to be trolling around with. The big thing was, after the first Enforcer went up in flames, the second made a get away. I actually just shot rounds into with my SCR, Standing right in the open. Sure enough, the HAV stopped and the turret started to turn my way. But before he knew it, he was up in flames too.

The Tanker knew he had to get away, but he couldn't pass up an opportunity to get a kill with it, so he put his 2 million ISK HAV at risk for one kill. So, you have to blame the driver.

However, if I wanted to, I could have switched to my AV setup too, and we would have taken them both out without a hiccup. But, I just let my buddy do it, because when I see a Shield HAV, I don't even consider it a threat in the slightest.

"All things were created by the Divine, and so the glory of our faith is inherent to us all"


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True Adamance PIE Inc. Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris 4114	Posted - 2013.11.13 03:26:00 - [1] - Quote low genius wrote: they normally have bad drivers. No no they don't. I'm not amazing but I'm not bad either..... and one guy with a swarm launcher can push me back 400m no trouble, that's not how tanks should be with our poor rendering distances and lack of artillery turrets. If you want to auto lock tanks at 400m then we need to indirectly be able to engage you twats as well, and since our guns are that much bigger range should really again be our advantage.. I would prefer to see two kinds of locking weapons, since AVer seem to need some AI to do the aiming for them..... one for AIR units aka swarm launchers with max lock on range of 300-350m lesser damage to balance for Dropship EHP, and one a single round tracking warhead designed to hit ground units with a lock range of no more than 150m and higher Alpha damage. I have seen the best drivers in this game drop to singular players able to strafe through blaster fire....I have done this too and I can tell you it does not skill, while firing Swarm Launchers and throwing AV grenades point blanc..... If AV wants to take down tanks they either should have to have top of the line gear or co-ordination which they don't have to use in the slightest now. Worst thing about tanking is that I am actively talking to my squad asking me where they need me, where enemy HAV are, and half the time I am not able to even help because one guy exploiting a roof top is unassailable. "All things were created by the Divine, and so the glory of our faith is inherent to us all"
True Adamance PIE Inc. Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris 4115	Posted - 2013.11.13 04:30:00 - [2] - Quote 8213 wrote: Tonight, one of my teammates took out two Caldari Enforcers with one swarm launcher. One volley into one, another into the next. The Tankers were very stupid though. I don't know if they were messing around or what, but Enforcers are a little to expensive to be trolling around with. The big thing was, after the first Enforcer went up in flames, the second made a get away. I actually just shot rounds into with my SCR, Standing right in the open. Sure enough, the HAV stopped and the turret started to turn my way. But before he knew it, he was up in flames too. The Tanker knew he had to get away, but he couldn't pass up an opportunity to get a kill with it, so he put his 2 million ISK HAV at risk for one kill. So, you have to blame the driver. However, if I wanted to, I could have switched to my AV setup too, and we would have taken them both out without a hiccup. But, I just let my buddy do it, because when I see a Shield HAV, I don't even consider it a threat in the slightest. My claim to fame is taking out 3 Falchions in a single match with a Soma......and that was when I only had 1-2Million SP into tanks. "All things were created by the Divine, and so the glory of our faith is inherent to us all"