DUST Search - What do you mean tanks are balanced?

Borne Velvalor wrote:

True Adamance wrote:

Ludvig Enraga wrote:

True Adamance wrote:

But I have always had good games in tanks. 20/2 isn't hard on foot either.
I was better back in 1.6 than I am now, except that I am taking down more HAV per game these days which I like.

The problem is that ANYONE can go 20/2 in a tank. I doubt CCP intended some ppl to play DUST in godmode.

Anyone can got 20/2 on foot does that make my rail rifle, scanner, Amarr Assault, Assault Scrambler Pistol, Enhanced Armour modules, etc OP?

I am living proof that any scrub on foot can do better than two tanks.....infact I proved that tonight against 8213 and the Big Bad Wolves who are pretty good players IMO ......and I am the worst infantryman this game has ever seen.

Now when I get into a tank.....I am always upwards of 15 kills for 0 deaths, I am a better tanker than most people, not the best mind you, but pretty good, it when the enemy steps up and brings out HAV and AV teams that I start to run into trouble.

I was grinding ISK on my 1.6m SP alt today. 100k SP into tanks. I used a Soma in an otherwise pretty equal Skirmish. I went 39/3 with 3000 WP, popped several enemy tanks and they had a full squad of AV that couldn't do jack all. I just went in circles, popping everything and everyone.

That was a pretty good game for me, I'll admit. Still, I feel they are very much OP at the moment. When was the last time I went 39/3 with 3000 WP in a militia suit? Not any time within recent memory. There's a real risk when I engage someone that I will get killed. In my tank with it's shiny instant death near unlimited range Blaster, there is no risk in a good tank, unless another STD tank tries to pop me. With militia tanks, I need to worry about Forge Guns and several Swarm Launchers at once hitting me at once. Other than that, as long as I do a few circles I'm golden. Don't even get me started on Ambush where I consistently get 20+ kills with no deaths in 50 clone matches unless the enemy stomps my tank with another tank.

EDIT: First death was to a Rail Gun installation, unmanned, that popped me right at the start. I killed it. 2nd was because the supply depot glitched and wouldn't give me ammo, got stuck on a concrete barrier as I was circling around it praying for it to unglitch. 3rd was on the ground at the end when I stopped tanking after that.


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Munin-Frey Fish Spotters Inc. 49	Posted - 2013.12.30 15:56:00 - [1] - Quote Borne Velvalor wrote: True Adamance wrote: Ludvig Enraga wrote: True Adamance wrote: But I have always had good games in tanks. 20/2 isn't hard on foot either. I was better back in 1.6 than I am now, except that I am taking down more HAV per game these days which I like. The problem is that ANYONE can go 20/2 in a tank. I doubt CCP intended some ppl to play DUST in godmode. Anyone can got 20/2 on foot does that make my rail rifle, scanner, Amarr Assault, Assault Scrambler Pistol, Enhanced Armour modules, etc OP? I am living proof that any scrub on foot can do better than two tanks.....infact I proved that tonight against 8213 and the Big Bad Wolves who are pretty good players IMO ......and I am the worst infantryman this game has ever seen. Now when I get into a tank.....I am always upwards of 15 kills for 0 deaths, I am a better tanker than most people, not the best mind you, but pretty good, it when the enemy steps up and brings out HAV and AV teams that I start to run into trouble. I was grinding ISK on my 1.6m SP alt today. 100k SP into tanks. I used a Soma in an otherwise pretty equal Skirmish. I went 39/3 with 3000 WP, popped several enemy tanks and they had a full squad of AV that couldn't do jack all. I just went in circles, popping everything and everyone. That was a pretty good game for me, I'll admit. Still, I feel they are very much OP at the moment. When was the last time I went 39/3 with 3000 WP in a militia suit? Not any time within recent memory. There's a real risk when I engage someone that I will get killed. In my tank with it's shiny instant death near unlimited range Blaster, there is no risk in a good tank, unless another STD tank tries to pop me. With militia tanks, I need to worry about Forge Guns and several Swarm Launchers at once hitting me at once. Other than that, as long as I do a few circles I'm golden. Don't even get me started on Ambush where I consistently get 20+ kills with no deaths in 50 clone matches unless the enemy stomps my tank with another tank. EDIT: First death was to a Rail Gun installation, unmanned, that popped me right at the start. I killed it. 2nd was because the supply depot glitched and wouldn't give me ammo, got stuck on a concrete barrier as I was circling around it praying for it to unglitch. 3rd was on the ground at the end when I stopped tanking after that. I did the same thing with pretty much the same result
Munin-Frey Fish Spotters Inc. 58	Posted - 2013.12.31 00:38:00 - [2] - Quote Walmart Door Greeter wrote: I'm at the point now when I see more than 4 red tanks around an objective I leave battle immediately. Just SO tired of it. Some say "oh just spawn a tank to fight them"... dude I play world of tanks and I'm ranked globally 400th, its a much better tank game with every part of angled armor, deflection and even internal components accurately modelled , if I want to tank I play WOT. This has become 'World of 514 Tanks' and it's absurd. This Also, I think that the way missile tanks work really speak to the problem. I don't have a problem with tanks if they don't sit around blasting infantry in impunity the whole match.... and missile turrets can't do that. At one point I stood exactly still and shot a missile tank twice with my plasma cannon and the missiles flew on either side of me. It was pretty cool really. Missile tanks are the worst infantry killing tanks in the game and they are completely fine and balanced right now. They can kill infantry in a pinch but there aren't groups of them camping infantry spawn points because even with the crappy AV there is some chance to kill them because they can't hit you well. The other tanks are OP vs infantry and it is ruining the game that one person can get into a cheap tank and go 20/0... The economy and balance is all wrong there. Why tankers can't see that is beyond me.