Borne Velvalor
Endless Hatred
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Posted - 2013.12.15 23:57:00 -
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Yes, armor tanks are beginner friendly while shield tanks can be better once you get more SP due to better CPU and PG. You can make good low-level Missile and Railgun sets with a CPU mod on a Madrugar and have comparable performance other than the reps. At higher levels it becomes hard to fit anything other than Blasters, which shield tanks have little problem fitting. I only usually use Madrugars when there are no more enemy HAVs on the field or we out number them. I find my Madrugars end up being CPU capped on many fits. For instance, to run double hardeners and a repper with a ADV amped Blaster, all my modules need to be Basic ATM. My Gunny can fit 2 Enhanced Shield Hardeners, some decent armor tank in the lows to escape and fit the same amped Blaster no sweat.
Regen under hardeners needs nerfing (not total removal, though) due to how much more effective they are when each point of HP stops so much damage after hardeners. A double hardened shield tank regens the equivalent of 1000 HP of damage a second after resistances. Madrugar CPU needs a buff. HAVs need to cost 120k/200k and modules need to cost 20% more.
Many suits I've worn, many burdens I've borne, for the oaths I've sworn.
Panda.
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Borne Velvalor
Endless Hatred
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Posted - 2013.12.16 00:15:00 -
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True Adamance wrote:You never need to retreat with a Sica, not to mention you can turn on a dime and don't have to be moving forwards or backwards to turn the tank.
Sica should be the clear choice as Armour tanks are now garbage.
If a Sica has 2 Basic Hardeners and 0 SP into core skills, they'll have 48 seconds cycled hardened, 76 seconds cooldown after second Hardener is finished. If you only pop them when needed, you might only need to wait a minute. It depends how heavy AV is. What do you do? I know for a fact you're a better tanker than me and have been doing this a lot longer. My Gunny usually needs to retreat for about 20 seconds after both hardeners have been expended, with cooloff between the hardeners if I can get it, but I don't use Complex or have maxed cooldown/duration.
Many suits I've worn, many burdens I've borne, for the oaths I've sworn.
Panda.
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