DUST Search - The Tank Problem - Ongoing Feedback 2

Tebu Gan wrote:

I think a lot of the problems lay with milita tanks, soma's and sica's.

In every single match, you almost always see a tank. Most every tank kill I make is a milita HAV. Most every loss of my tank is to a milita tank. These things are highly effective, and taking away one slot does not reduce combat efficiency significantly.

It bothers me really, when a milia tank blows me up. It seems crazy to me that one would have such high resistances when compared to the supposedly bigger brother. Given, the mods don't last as long, and have huge cooldowns, but thats irrelevant when you have something as cheap as a milita tank. Oh you lost it, oh well, let's call in another one. It will cost you less than a proto suit, and can be twice as effective.

I put all my tank SP back into tanks. I wanted to be effective at tanking. But clearly it hardly matters. Milita tanks require no SP into vehicles, are cheap, and still remain effective. Before I laughed when someone pulled out a milita HAV. I gots SP into tanks, that soma isn't going to cut it. Well now they do.

Like I said, they are CHEAP and require no skills to use. They are fast, and still push out the same resistance, just for a shorter window of time.

To put in infantry's perspective, it's like a fresh char, going into their first game with something between a ADV and PRO weapon/suit, when they don't have the skills necessary to use your version of the weapon. In this instance, the suit is immune to small arms fire. WIth a hardener up, it's immune to anything but a rail gun!

And it requires no skills to use.

I called in several tanks for squadmates, tanking noobs, and the bastards lived. They came back near the end and had me recall the tanks! Before 1.7 this was unheard of. It took a bit of skill to make a tank last a whole match. But they have put tanks into easy mode!

Everyone complained that swarmers were stupid, and too easy to use. That is now how I feel about tanks!

A LOT of AV are complaining about tanks. And I can totally understand why.

Every match has several tanks
Most all of these tanks are milita

AV are complaining about being unable to kill milita tanks (as I see it).

I really wonder, why does a milita HAV have to nearly be on par with a STD tank with PRO mods and Weapon?

Tanks 514 was cool and all, but the nostalgia is wearing off. Tanking seems brainlessly easy now. I'm actually bored again lol.


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Our Deepest Regret The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 362	Posted - 2013.12.13 23:50:00 - [1] - Quote Tebu Gan wrote: I think a lot of the problems lay with milita tanks, soma's and sica's. In every single match, you almost always see a tank. Most every tank kill I make is a milita HAV. Most every loss of my tank is to a milita tank. These things are highly effective, and taking away one slot does not reduce combat efficiency significantly. It bothers me really, when a milia tank blows me up. It seems crazy to me that one would have such high resistances when compared to the supposedly bigger brother. Given, the mods don't last as long, and have huge cooldowns, but thats irrelevant when you have something as cheap as a milita tank. Oh you lost it, oh well, let's call in another one. It will cost you less than a proto suit, and can be twice as effective. I put all my tank SP back into tanks. I wanted to be effective at tanking. But clearly it hardly matters. Milita tanks require no SP into vehicles, are cheap, and still remain effective. Before I laughed when someone pulled out a milita HAV. I gots SP into tanks, that soma isn't going to cut it. Well now they do. Like I said, they are CHEAP and require no skills to use. They are fast, and still push out the same resistance, just for a shorter window of time. To put in infantry's perspective, it's like a fresh char, going into their first game with something between a ADV and PRO weapon/suit, when they don't have the skills necessary to use your version of the weapon. In this instance, the suit is immune to small arms fire. WIth a hardener up, it's immune to anything but a rail gun! And it requires no skills to use. I called in several tanks for squadmates, tanking noobs, and the bastards lived. They came back near the end and had me recall the tanks! Before 1.7 this was unheard of. It took a bit of skill to make a tank last a whole match. But they have put tanks into easy mode! Everyone complained that swarmers were stupid, and too easy to use. That is now how I feel about tanks! A LOT of AV are complaining about tanks. And I can totally understand why. Every match has several tanks Most all of these tanks are milita AV are complaining about being unable to kill milita tanks (as I see it). I really wonder, why does a milita HAV have to nearly be on par with a STD tank with PRO mods and Weapon? Tanks 514 was cool and all, but the nostalgia is wearing off. Tanking seems brainlessly easy now. I'm actually bored again lol. My god, this-this, ten thousand times, THIS! Militia HAVS provide all the benefits of tanking with none of the work. I have absolutely zero points skilled into infantry, because I put them all into my tank. When I play as infantry, I do so knowing that I am meat. I get kills through dumb luck. It's not the same for strong infantry players buying milita HAVS. It doesn't seem fair that folks who haven't made that sacrifice can destroy me. Militia HAVS, and are almost certainly the chief source of grief.