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Arkena Wyrnspire Turalyon 514 Turalyon Alliance 6466	Posted - 2013.12.19 21:11:00 - [1] - Quote So, with the rising popularity of tanks I have begun to spec into them to counter the rising menace. However, I am new to this playstyle and have come here for guidance. I would like to fulfill an anti-tank role - I have been using a railgun for this purpose. Here is my fit: Sica Militia Railgun Damage Amplifier Militia Railgun Damage Amplifier Basic Armour Hardener Basic Armour Repairer At the moment I'm either sniping or trying to get around the back of tanks. The two damage amps work amazingly well for this - but I would like to upgrade to a Federation Madrugar soon. I have a ready supply of them from the LP store - unfortunately I cannot remove the turrets. I can fit basic mods of all kinds bar the damage amplifiers - How should I go about fitting the Madrugar, and how should I play it? Level 6 Forum Warrior Lenin of the glorious armoured revolution Gallente FW - 'Turalyon'
True Adamance Scions of Athra 5077	Posted - 2013.12.19 22:13:00 - [2] - Quote Arkena Wyrnspire wrote: So, with the rising popularity of tanks I have begun to spec into them to counter the rising menace. However, I am new to this playstyle and have come here for guidance. I would like to fulfill an anti-tank role - I have been using a railgun for this purpose. Here is my fit: Sica Militia Railgun Damage Amplifier Militia Railgun Damage Amplifier Basic Armour Hardener Basic Armour Repairer At the moment I'm either sniping or trying to get around the back of tanks. The two damage amps work amazingly well for this - but I would like to upgrade to a Federation Madrugar soon. I have a ready supply of them from the LP store - unfortunately I cannot remove the turrets. I can fit basic mods of all kinds bar the damage amplifiers - How should I go about fitting the Madrugar, and how should I play it? That is rather close to my Soma fit which I use more aggressively than the standard redline Tank Buster I see in game. The Duals Damage Amplifiers are a good choice for engaging multiple tanks over time, or one in a position where the engagement is going to be drawn out. My Maddy Fit which I tend to run either fits Railgun Damage Amplifier Railgun Damage Amplifier Enhanced Armour Hardener Enhances/Basic Armour Repper CPU Upgrade or Railgun Damage Amplifier Basic Scanner Enhanced Armour Repper Enhanced/ Basic Armour Repper Misc Slot for utility. Most enemy rail tanks will spend a great deal of time on the extreme flanks of the map, or close to their red line so you probably wont need the scanner to know where they are. As you have said the dual amplifiers works amazingly for increasing the potency of your alpha....and a good alpha strike will panic the hell out of any non experienced tanker every time, they'll reverse and pull back probably exposing themselves to a killing blow. I have some more stuff I'll add later but never underestimate the effectiveness of a scanner with the Rail gun. Counter intuitive but since rail duels are so decisive, you either kill in 3-4 hits or are outed due to over heat or enemy manoeuvres, knowing where your opponents are in areas with cover or areas that aren't visible to your team. Can't tell you how many times I have ambushed enemy MLT's on the move with this handy little tool, or escaped two tanks closing in on me. To a Texan like you, a hero is some type of weird sandwich, not some nut who takes on three Gunlogi. Reference = ISK
Flix Keptick Red Star. EoN. 1696	Posted - 2013.12.20 06:10:00 - [3] - Quote I don't even use damage amps..... But my tank is a hard nut to crack :D Unless you want to make it short and sweet, the damage of an advanced railgun is usually enough to take down most things in 3-5 hits (I use a shield tank btw, so damage mods would hinder my tanking abilities) Going to stay out of AV/V debates, better for my sanity. GÿåTank driverGÿå
Artificer Ghost Bojo's School of the Trades 737	Posted - 2013.12.20 22:03:00 - [4] - Quote Sica/Gunnlogi are the two more viable tanks, IMO. With the Shield Regen buff, and the fact that they turn faster, and the fact that Shield Boosters are now instant, AND the fact that hardeners bring your resistance up by 60%, it's just great. My fit is as follows: MLT Heavy Shield Booster MLT Shield Hardener MLT Light Armor Repairer MLT Blaster Ammo Capacity Unit MLT Heavy Railgun Just kidding, I have a blaster, not a railgun. That was a joke about how I had blaster ammo modules, and a railgun turret? Nevermind... ~Art, CEO and Director of Educations at Bojo's School of The Trades, Co-Founder of the Learning Coalition
True Adamance Scions of Athra 5147	Posted - 2013.12.21 06:14:00 - [5] - Quote I actually came up against Flix in a battle tonight and I can say that he had a huge advantage over me in the way he chose to engage. I was running my Utility Blaster Tank Adv Nitrous Std Scanner 2x Adv Hardeners 1x Adv Repper Vs What I think was a 2x Hardener Extended Rail Logi fit. What resulted was a situation where I had just destroyed one enemy Sica, when I was told Flix, who I didn't know was present at the time, was off outside of the compound. Now I have no trouble with the standard Gunlogi pilot but Flix not only stationed himself 200m off the exit point where I was going to appear from but was in open ground where he would have a significant advantage. SO I went storming out there expecting an unprepared tanker as opposed to a skilled vigilant one, and was shocked to find him in wait. Given the situation I tried what typically works against rail tanks, outmanoeuvring his turrets tracking speed. I get to his 9 o'clock and I think I have him when for the first time I think I came up against a double hardener activation. Realising this I did the only thing I could without risking being destroyed and that was bailed on the fight using that superior maddy speed. I think he disconnected that match because after that I nailed another 3 tanks and wasn't owned by rail fire. To a Texan like you, a hero is some type of weird sandwich, not some nut who takes on three Gunlogi. Reference = ISK
Patrick57 Fatal Absolution 2248	Posted - 2013.12.21 16:04:00 - [6] - Quote Soma Militia Scanner Militia Nitrous Booster (or whatever it's called)(I use an Enhanced one) Militia 80 GJ Blaster Militia Armor Hardener (I think I use a Basic one, but I can't be sure at the moment) Militia Armor Repairer (Again, I may use a better version but I can't check now) ^Find noob Railgun tankers, make a wide circle around them, come up behind and explode them. Works great at killing infantry too. Activate the Nitrous when you need a quick getaway (Whilst also keeping your Hardener on) or so that you can continuously move back and forth while the Railgun noob tries to aim at you but is too slow. I've found this to work, and only have problems when there's more than one Railgun tank, but then I just pick them off one at a time. When I'm depressed, I cut myself......A BIG SLICE OF CHOCOLATE CAKE! nú+


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