DUST Search - Wierd Night of Tanking

Spkr4theDead wrote:

True Adamance wrote:

I just had two of my best rounds of Dust 514 Tanking I think I ever have or am ever likely to in future. So for the last few days I have been running solo to see if that will help being a better tanker, working on using the vehicle scanners to pick up small peripheral targets and focusing more on AV and naders on my flanks.

So far I think it has worked. Tonight my rounds went from a more standard 20+/0 to 30+/0 and now in the last hour....

44/0 Manus Peak (No pics unfortunately)

and

52/1 Line Harvest (Pics but unsure how to upload them)

And the 52/1 game was incredibly entertaining, plenty of AV, and a lot of infantry milling about in exposed positions where I was able to exploit the terrain to duck in and out of cover to negate AV fire.....however in both games I was brought down to within 300-500 armour and narrowly escaped or had my reppers come back online.

And weirdly enough despite those kill counts.....we lost both games.

Just wanted some shameless self promotion since its a new high for me in tanking, and well what self professed inhabitant of New Eden doesn't want his co....ego stroked from time to time....

Must've been MLT AV. I can't find anywhere near that many targets because my games are usually either being stomped, or stomping the enemy, and when it's close, I'm wrapped up with infantry.

"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 Amarr Templars Amarr Empire 4442	Posted - 2013.11.30 09:39:00 - [1] - Quote I just had two of my best rounds of Dust 514 Tanking I think I ever have or am ever likely to in future. So for the last few days I have been running solo to see if that will help being a better tanker, working on using the vehicle scanners to pick up small peripheral targets and focusing more on AV and naders on my flanks. So far I think it has worked. Tonight my rounds went from a more standard 20+/0 to 30+/0 and now in the last hour.... 44/0 Manus Peak (No pics unfortunately) and 52/1 Line Harvest (Pics but unsure how to upload them) And the 52/1 game was incredibly entertaining, plenty of AV, and a lot of infantry milling about in exposed positions where I was able to exploit the terrain to duck in and out of cover to negate AV fire.....however in both games I was brought down to within 300-500 armour and narrowly escaped or had my reppers come back online. And weirdly enough despite those kill counts.....we lost both games. Just wanted some shameless self promotion since its a new high for me in tanking, and well what self professed inhabitant of New Eden doesn't want his co....ego stroked from time to time.... "All things were created by the Divine, and so the glory of our faith is inherent to us all"
True Adamance Amarr Templars Amarr Empire 4443	Posted - 2013.11.30 09:54:00 - [2] - Quote noob cavman wrote: Went 40/0 in my detroit soma fit once proudest day for me untill I went 40/3 in my scout fit Yeah I love the Soma is my fav tank. Mine was running a single Soma and taking down 3 Falchions, all the while I was flying FW OB , one kill I attribute to the Soma was a simultaneous attack from a laser frigate OB and Soma rush. That and this recent 52/1 are my proudest moments. "All things were created by the Divine, and so the glory of our faith is inherent to us all"
True Adamance Amarr Templars Amarr Empire 4443	Posted - 2013.11.30 09:58:00 - [3] - Quote straya fox wrote: What do think about 1.7 better or worse for tanks? I am very unsure. Varying reports from everyone. I am glad the explosive AV weapons are being tones down, especially the swarm lock range. Very good to be able to rush and opponent who is actually on the map, or reasonably nearby as opposed to one who is invisible and in the red line. Missile from SL still keep their ranges so its not like I will be able to just out run everything. I am unsure about tank frames and modules now though. Maddys and Soma with 4K armour off the bat? Bit Iffy.....wondering if tanks are becoming less tanky and more stand and deliver for 30 sec they run the hell away. "All things were created by the Divine, and so the glory of our faith is inherent to us all"
True Adamance Amarr Templars Amarr Empire 4443	Posted - 2013.11.30 10:07:00 - [4] - Quote straya fox wrote: Yeah i was trying to makes sense of the tank notes but as i have no experience tanking was hard to work out. edit - haha but i'm on the infantry side of the fence as you know, 1 to many large blasters to the face has made me jaded. I have fought on both sides of this great balancing war. All I can say is Tanks don't need the nerfs people have imposed upon them, but consequently I dislike the Large Blaster, even though I use it, simply because I believe it defeats the purpose of tanks...which is to carry bunker busting ordinance or high explosive weaponry. "All things were created by the Divine, and so the glory of our faith is inherent to us all"
True Adamance Amarr Templars Amarr Empire 4445	Posted - 2013.11.30 10:32:00 - [5] - Quote Spkr4theDead wrote: True Adamance wrote: I just had two of my best rounds of Dust 514 Tanking I think I ever have or am ever likely to in future. So for the last few days I have been running solo to see if that will help being a better tanker, working on using the vehicle scanners to pick up small peripheral targets and focusing more on AV and naders on my flanks. So far I think it has worked. Tonight my rounds went from a more standard 20+/0 to 30+/0 and now in the last hour.... 44/0 Manus Peak (No pics unfortunately) and 52/1 Line Harvest (Pics but unsure how to upload them) And the 52/1 game was incredibly entertaining, plenty of AV, and a lot of infantry milling about in exposed positions where I was able to exploit the terrain to duck in and out of cover to negate AV fire.....however in both games I was brought down to within 300-500 armour and narrowly escaped or had my reppers come back online. And weirdly enough despite those kill counts.....we lost both games. Just wanted some shameless self promotion since its a new high for me in tanking, and well what self professed inhabitant of New Eden doesn't want his co....ego stroked from time to time.... Must've been MLT AV. I can't find anywhere near that many targets because my games are usually either being stomped, or stomping the enemy, and when it's close, I'm wrapped up with infantry. I have no doubt they were using MLT forges since the forge rounds came at a regular rate and didn't do much damage, but I was being hit hard be Swarmers and AV naders but I was killing may as they tried to form up into their little squads. Definitely not the most co-ordinated or potent AV defence I have seen but certainly not the worst. "All things were created by the Divine, and so the glory of our faith is inherent to us all"
True Adamance Amarr Templars Amarr Empire 4447	Posted - 2013.11.30 10:47:00 - [6] - Quote Keri Starlight wrote: I was in the 52/1 match with my brother's super cheap character. The game was horribly one-sided to infantry, we were choked to C and D without any chance to flank the enemy. It was terrible. Glad to know it was entertaining for you, at least. Your Madrugar was the only thing preventing the enemy team to redline us. I have no idea how you survived, so GG Adamance. I wish I was there with Keri instead of a Militia Scout, we would have won I tried my best. I was sortieing out every couple on minutes to flank that line they had at C which they never managed to shore up. But late game after we started getting pushed back to D from A they pulled so serious AV to get that low Armour high DPS tank I was testing, at which point I was thinking. "Alright lads, you thought that was bad.....try this tank." "All things were created by the Divine, and so the glory of our faith is inherent to us all"