Thats because its a tank...you shouldnt be able to solo it with its active defenses up. I was doing exactly this earlier in my Gunnlogi with a single hardener and rather like the new aspects to the balance. Catch a tank when its weak with a group and it drops just as quick as they used to. Let me reiterate that it is a Tank.

My suggestion is running with 3-4 people running similar kits of advanced teir or better. As we have no alarms yet, get within close range using available cover and stealth. Coordinate your strike via voice communication of some kind be it in game or third party. When you strike, strike hard with no thought of ammo consumption. All of your squad hits multiple times and if done right will even drive the hardened tanks away. Its not about the damage you can put out, as the regen will cover one swarms hit delay before the next launch through regen and reaction. Multiple swarms are harder to deal with. Coordinated swarms are another thing entirely. honestly, toss out the av grenades, their worthless.

Edit- idk why im giving you strategy against something I run...Too much fairness involved for a game where we pay for things i guess. I actually want to help you guys. But driving tanks is now immensely more enjoyable. x.x

This is what happens when people play for the single person and not for the team. Since when has Eve ever been about a single player. Its about how your actions influence the lives or actions of a few if not many players at a time. Coordinate, kill the thing and get your match winnings or let the tank roam free and slaughter your team. Honestly, day one thoughts on both infantry and tank side...perfect balance. Will check findings on day two and compare.

did it survive because of speed or because you couldnt break its tank?

if speed: there was a typo with militia injector mods and instead of 10% speed increase its set at 100% so they shouldnt be able to run that fast.

If tank: was it glowing? Active resists make vehicles incredibly strong for a short duration. If you were trying to damage it with its hardeners on then you are doing AV wrong and you must change your tactics. Try shooting it when it doesnt have its hardener activated.....

You do know this is a video game right? Technically in real life 1 bullet will kill a person but you don't see everyone complaining about not being about to one shot every person they come across. Side note i solo'ed plenty of tanks today with explosives.

Any excuse will do I suppose its either off because he hasn't used it or its off because of cool down you just have to take that chance. Whats even more frustrating is that AVers should know how long the hardeners last but they continue to shoot while its active.

Ok so by that logic do tanks in real life have electronic shielding and armor that repairs itself?

It doesn't make sense either way in Rl tanks get blown up by all sorts of things. You cant expect anyone to play a video game where if you shoot a HAV once it will blow up. Who would be in favor of something so stupid?

I got one tank by myself today!!! Hurrah!! He probably lagged out or got high centered because I got all 6 swarms on him... in any case, I wanna go full proto AV at the moment.. lol. Honestly, if they were slow like they used to be it wouldnt be nearly as bad.

How many bazooka shells can an actual tank take? Like an M1 or Leopard 2?

Speaking of which, I would love a direct fire, unguided variant to the swarm launcher.

to all the dumb ppl who say tanks are 2 powerful.

think of the battlefield tanks and the best way to kill then.

c4 stuck to a fast vehicle.


and since remote explosives stick to stuff now.. heres a good solution for u av lovers..


first spawn a cheap lav down.

get a std logi suit that has at least 3 equipment slots

fit a mlt smg to the light weapon slot your gonna be dieing in it any ways so better to find the cheapest gun available.

now spawn a cheap unfitted lav down.

stick all those remote explosives on your fit to the front bumper.

now get in the lav. and crash it into a tank at full speed.
the destruction of the lav detonates the re. and the remote explosives blast kills the tank instantly. hardeners will not save the tank.

dont bother getting out you pretty much turned your self into a bomb on wheels.

fitting any speed modules on the lav to make it faster will possibly improve your new weapons effectiveness.

its pretty much guaranteed to work
ive tried it out myself multiple times yesterday. also inexpensive as well. might be around 30k isk.

the sacrifice to your pretty kd/rs are well worth it. its also extremely fun. and funny too..