True Adamance wrote:
I get you on some level but I mean I can also walk into pub matches on foot which is not my usual style and score high kill games and not loose suits, Tanks are just big, and have the big guns, and its easy to blame them for a loss, you forget it doesn't matter how many tanks the enemy has in skirmish or dom if they don't have the infantry they wont capture the points....
Sometimes it just a matter of manning up and holding down the point to win the match.
Frankly speaking after my stints in Amarr FW I would rather win games and go ISK negative than loose them and remain ISK positive no matter how well I do in match.
I get out and hack. In fact, I hack far more points than most infantry. In a close match, I often have 4-6 hacks. I get out, hack, place uplinks, etcetera. Once you clear out the enemy, the goal is to prevent them from getting through the gates. If 1.8 brings an infantry respec I'm speccing right into Minmatar Logistics for the hacking speed bonus and using it with Code Breakers.
One match against Molon we were being completely dominated because no one was hacking. I drove around the back, placed uplinks, hacked a point, flipped the points C -> D -> C as they defended their frontline until it took. We held it and, although we lost, we were damn close to winning for most of the match. 20/3, 3000 WP. That means I got 2000 WP from hacks, spawns and installation/tank destruction, of which there were few.
If I have tank superiority, I will almost assuredly win. It's a very rare match where our team is the only one with tanks/many more tanks and we lose. I won 12 matches in a row stomping with Nyain San in Skirmish and Ambush. Tank spam is extremely difficult to beat once it reached high levels; moreso than any other role combination. Tanks are a role, just like any other. Can I deploy 6 Scouts that kill tanks, infantry at any range, regenerate in seconds and are immune to 95% of infantry weaponry? No, that'd be unfair, because whoever had more Scouts would win. It's not even about tactics; it's about choosing to simply squad with tankers instead of infantry. "Skirmish, Tankers Only" will fill with pilots and then you'll win 80% of matches with little communication until you meet another tank squad, even in militia tanks.
Can you lose with tank superiority? Yes, you can. Usually it's simply because the enemy is vastly superior or the map is one of the few which favors infantry. I cannot remember the last time I've squadded with several good tankers (not Sicas) and lost a match and that's what I've been doing for most of the week while grinding ISK.