I heard from a lot of people that ammunition in vehicles would lead to, "more meaningful tank vs tank combat." And now it all boils down to who has the most SP.

Did you max out the skill that increases active module duration by 5% per level? Even though that redtank over there is better at this game than you, and has fitted his tank exactly the same as you, he has only gotten that skill to 3, so his active module will last less time, and you will be able to kill him once his mods run out, and yours are still going. If you both survive the encounter and run away from one another, did you max the skill that reduces active module cooldown by 5%? If so, that redtank only got that skill to 3 as well, so now you can chase after him with all your mods up before his have cooled off. Do both of you run out of ammo in your blaster clips? No problem, you maxed the skill that lets you reload 25% faster, and that redtank didn't have enough SP to even start that skill yet.

I know what many of you are thinking: "But infantry have skills that are very similar, and maxing those out only give you a slight advantage, not an instant Iwin button."

Here lies the problem: TTK. With infantry, TTK is low and reloading faster means nothing if the guy you got into a firefight with is dead before you even empty half your clip. In tanks, where it is nearly impossible to kill a Gunnlogi that has a hardener active in a single blaster magazine, TTK is very high. Now, reloading suddenly becomes VERY important. When your combat is focused around the fact that you must be using active modules, skills that increase that duration literally make your character straight-up more powerful than a character that doesn't have that skill. Not slightly better, but significantly greater in power. What we had before was unbalanced, but this is just a completely different realm from any sort of idea of "balance." The guy with the bigger stick is the one that walks away, the other guy dies. Doesn't matter how l33t your fps skills are, your modules will not last as long as his modules, so now you're screwed.

/rant

Best skills? I'm pretty sure I highlighted in my example that the guy with less SP had the better skills, and the same exact gear, so the guy with more SP wins, even though the other guy has more skill.

Oh, yeah, you are one of those vet tankers, so obviously you don't like the idea of giving newer players a fighting chance.

It is a bit unfortunate that currently Vehicle versus Vehicle combat is so heavily skewed SP wise. Dropsuit VS Dropsuit you still have a very viable chance even in the crap starting suits, and a deadly ADV level suit is still not a bajillion SP away.

I'm still waiting for a few more weeks before casting a firm opinion though on things.

I took a Maddy with two STD reps and one STD hardener and stood stock-still shooting at two forge gunners and a swarm launcher while they launched everything they could at me. Never even got below 2k armor. Do you call that skill?

And, last time I checked this wasn't a discussion about AV vs HAVs, it's HAVs vs HAVs, but since you didn't grasp that concept, I can assume that you read my title and came here to rage without a clue what you were talking about. Maybe you are the one that should, "come off it."