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SGT NOVA STAR Ahrendee Mercenaries 153	Posted - 2014.01.02 18:35:00 - [61] - Quote Omareth Nasadra wrote: SGT NOVA STAR wrote: Redline rail sniping outside of pc isn't tanking. so redline rail sniping in PC is what a real tanker do if you get orders to defend home point from the redline then you follow your orders. "nova you run blaster by home point" "clay you run blaster in city" "ninja you cover the field with rail" THAT sort of thing. if your redline sniping just because your scared in skirmish, THATS wrong. VAYU! I CHOOSE YOU!
Atiim Living Like Larry Schwag 2953	Posted - 2014.01.02 18:36:00 - [62] - Quote Spkr4theDead wrote: Now you're trying to sound like you have my level of intelligence. Well, guess what... you don't, and you never will. Shoots Self Most hated person since Lueko and Checkmate
KenKaniff69 Fatal Absolution 1748	Posted - 2014.01.02 18:39:00 - [63] - Quote Spkr4theDead wrote: Omareth Nasadra wrote: SGT NOVA STAR wrote: Redline rail sniping outside of pc isn't tanking. so redline rail sniping in PC is what a real tanker do He's RND, he doesn't know what he's talking about. Lol. Spkr4 needs to STFU about this RND conspiracy. So about those vehicle locks...
Atiim Living Like Larry Schwag 2953	Posted - 2014.01.02 18:39:00 - [64] - Quote Spkr4theDead wrote: You make me want to jump into an active volcano. I may be missing something, but I'm pretty sure that I didn't call for a tank nerf before Uprising 1.7. I may be missing something, but I'm pretty sure that I didn't call for a tank nerf before Uprising 1.7. I may be missing something, but I'm pretty sure that I didn't call for a tank nerf before Uprising 1.7.I may be missing something, but I'm pretty sure that I didn't call for a tank nerf before Uprising 1.7. LOL Despite what you want to belive Spkr4TheDead, I have not EVER (besides my joking and trolling) asked for tanks to be nerfed before Uprising 1.6. Nor have ever I stated that I want them to be removed. To put it in layman's terms; "Links or it didn't happen." Most hated person since Lueko and Checkmate
Atiim Living Like Larry Schwag 2953	Posted - 2014.01.02 18:41:00 - [65] - Quote Spkr4theDead wrote: He's RND, he doesn't know what he's talking about. Being in a cerian corporation doesn't automatically mean that you have no idea what your talking about. What if I started saying "He's in Red Star, he has no idea what he's talking about with AV". Sounds idiotic doesn't it? Most hated person since Lueko and Checkmate
Atiim Living Like Larry Schwag 2953	Posted - 2014.01.02 18:43:00 - [66] - Quote Spkr4theDead wrote: You call yourself a tanker, you should know what it takes. (lol) It's about time you showed up Spkr4TheDead. Apparently, what I think makes a tanker doesn't make a tanker. So, then what makes a tanker? Most hated person since Lueko and Checkmate
Jason Pearson 3735	Posted - 2014.01.02 18:46:00 - [67] - Quote A real tanker is someone who invests nearty all his SP into making his vehicle better, someone who knows about his fits and remembers what modules do what. They understand what kind of gameplan their enemy is going with and can tell what fit he is running. A real tanker spends the majority of their time in their vehicle and has done for months. I guess a real tanker is an experienced player who has spent a long time in vehicles and is known amongst other tankers, Your word doesn't mean **** until you've squadded up with others who vouch for you. We're like an exclusive club ;) King of the Forums // Vehicle Specialist for Hire. Zaria for Miss Universe 2014
Leonid Tybalt Dark Knightz Corp. 83	Posted - 2014.01.02 18:49:00 - [68] - Quote Well... The fact that roughly a third of my roughly 18.000.000 skillpoints are Invested in vehicle upgrades, vehicle command and large turrets and the fact that I started to spend them before 1.7 in tanking skills makes me a tanker I guess.
SGT NOVA STAR Ahrendee Mercenaries 155	Posted - 2014.01.02 18:52:00 - [69] - Quote I think what it comes down to is impressing the vet tankers, for instance: If i run into a tank THATs NOT MILITIA or BASIC torrets, and he puts up a good face-to-face fight, i go "ok, not bad, hhmmmm" and if i keep seeing him around killing other GOOD FITTED tanks and putting up good fights, i tell him GG and nice job, then he's a tanker in my book. but he's only a tanker, NOT a good tanker, THATS earned in PC. VAYU! I CHOOSE YOU!
SGT NOVA STAR Ahrendee Mercenaries 155	Posted - 2014.01.02 18:58:00 - [70] - Quote Jason Pearson wrote: A real tanker is someone who invests nearty all his SP into making his vehicle better, someone who knows about his fits and remembers what modules do what. They understand what kind of gameplan their enemy is going with and can tell what fit he is running. A real tanker spends the majority of their time in their vehicle and has done for months. I guess a real tanker is an experienced player who has spent a long time in vehicles and is known amongst other tankers, Your word doesn't mean **** until you've squadded up with others who vouch for you. We're like an exclusive club ;) yeah i think this explains the "vets don't wanna help new tankers get better" post. because its like a close family, and a CLOSED family lol. we had to deal with so much nerfs and changes together and we pulled through. you think were gonna let someone in the VIP table just because they bought us drinks? VAYU! I CHOOSE YOU!

Atiim Living Like Larry Schwag 2954	Posted - 2014.01.02 19:05:00 - [71] - Quote Jason Pearson wrote: A real tanker is someone who invests nearty all his SP into making his vehicle better, someone who knows about his fits and remembers what modules do what. They understand what kind of gameplan their enemy is going with and can tell what fit he is running. Well, I didn't invest a majority of my SP into tanks. Only about 7-8mil. Jason Pearson wrote: A real tanker spends the majority of their time in their vehicle and has done for months. I guess a real tanker is an experienced player who has spent a long time in vehicles and is known amongst other tankers, Your word doesn't mean **** until you've squadded up with others who vouch for you. We're like an exclusive club ;) Well, only a few people on the forums have ever seen my tank, and only 1 person has seen my best tank fit. (Well, semi-best. STD Missiles don't really cut it in PC) AV used to be an exclusive club. Now it barely exists lol. Most hated person since Lueko and Checkmate
Jason Pearson 3738	Posted - 2014.01.02 19:26:00 - [72] - Quote Atiim wrote: Jason Pearson wrote: A real tanker is someone who invests nearty all his SP into making his vehicle better, someone who knows about his fits and remembers what modules do what. They understand what kind of gameplan their enemy is going with and can tell what fit he is running. Well, I didn't invest a majority of my SP into tanks. Only about 7-8mil. Jason Pearson wrote: A real tanker spends the majority of their time in their vehicle and has done for months. I guess a real tanker is an experienced player who has spent a long time in vehicles and is known amongst other tankers, Your word doesn't mean **** until you've squadded up with others who vouch for you. We're like an exclusive club ;) Well, only a few people on the forums have ever seen my tank, and only 1 person has seen my best tank fit. (Well, semi-best. STD Missiles don't really cut it in PC) AV used to be an exclusive club. Now it barely exists lol. Before 1.7 everyone and their dogs had AV, you know this, it wasn't an exclusive cliub, you just had Lai Dais. Tanking was harder, sure you'd have easy games but the rough games were stupidly rough, you watched for everything and if you lost a tank and got 200k that match, you'd be down 1.5mil. And if you want to be a tanker Atiim, you've got to squad up with Tankers, talk to them rather than just trying to put them down for trying to defend their playstyle on the forums :) King of the Forums // Vehicle Specialist for Hire. Zaria for Miss Universe 2014
CYRAX SERVIUS Death Firm. Canis Eliminatus Operatives 423	Posted - 2014.01.02 21:09:00 - [73] - Quote Tebu Gan wrote: Let me remind you all. This is a video game. What makes a tanker, ** if I care. I started this game in May driving tanks, have been ever since. Yeah I'm a tanker. I'm also a logi, a dropship pilot, an assault ect. The fanboys will call you a noob and a scrub. It's a sense of entitlement. Since you put your SP into something, that is supposed to make you what you are. But for some reason you have to be PRO at it. People lack confidence / have ego issues, and need to feel special by calling themselves tankers. And putting down the others because they are not REAL tankers. It makes them feel good about themselves. Da cares, it's a ***** video game. Go become something actually important to the world, like a doctor or something. That's a title that hold actual meaning! Tanker has no significant meaning beyond the illusion people create about it. Given the current state of tanks, it takes zero skill to be a GOOD tanker anyways. All you need is a sica with dual damage mods, and all tanks cry. Until sica pilot with two damage mods that doesn't know the map and where to look get's popped by a sica with no damage mods, better yet a soma with basic blaster cannon. CEO Invictus Maneo~ "I remain unvanquished"
Tebu Gan Dem Durrty Boyz Renegade Alliance 358	Posted - 2014.01.02 22:01:00 - [74] - Quote SGT NOVA STAR wrote: Jason Pearson wrote: A real tanker is someone who invests nearty all his SP into making his vehicle better, someone who knows about his fits and remembers what modules do what. They understand what kind of gameplan their enemy is going with and can tell what fit he is running. A real tanker spends the majority of their time in their vehicle and has done for months. I guess a real tanker is an experienced player who has spent a long time in vehicles and is known amongst other tankers, Your word doesn't mean **** until you've squadded up with others who vouch for you. We're like an exclusive club ;) yeah i think this explains the "vets don't wanna help new tankers get better" post. because its like a close family, and a CLOSED family lol. we had to deal with so much nerfs and changes together and we pulled through. you think were gonna let someone in the VIP table just because they bought us drinks? Huh? You know there are a LOT of good tankers out there. Club psh. I got my own joint and aint none of ya'll invited. Eat my missiles fools! Nuff Said
Goric Rumis Dead Six Initiative Lokun Listamenn 266	Posted - 2014.01.03 00:51:00 - [75] - Quote knight of 6 wrote: put plainly you often fail to represent tankers interests... consistently. you're "not a tanker" to the masses because to many it seems like you're out to get us. As far as I can tell, this is what it means: that you represent the interests of tankers, at the exclusion of all else. It's a mentality: If you're not with us, you're against us. I've seen some people come into these threads with a few million SP who were warmly accepted as tankers simply because they toed the line. What's more interesting to me is the question: What makes an AVer? The reason this is an interesting question is because AVers are a faction created by tankers, largely a straw-man faction of people who want to do nothing except destroy tanks 24/7. The number of people who actually hold this mentality probably numbers in the single digits. Most people who want AV balance are infantry who are just trying to adapt to the fact that vehicles are ruining their day. Unlike tankers, very few have any interest in occupying that as a primary role--and if they did, they'd be interested in getting more vehicles onto the field for them to kill. There is no unified "AV" faction, there's just infantry. So keep in mind, tankers, that when you insult AV players, you are insulting literally the entire player base who chooses to play infantry. If you really want your role to be viable, you would be better off courting them than antagonizing them. Tell them how tank changes will make their game better, not just yours. Because honestly, most of the time it just sounds like all you want is to play tanks and you don't care what that means for everybody else.
Scheneighnay McBob Bojo's School of the Trades 3378	Posted - 2014.01.03 01:06:00 - [76] - Quote A tanker is someone who puts thought an effort into using an HAV in a way that isn't pathetic. I use militia HAVs, but only because they're undeniably better than standard in the long run. I can lose about 3 per battle and still make a profit, yet I usually lose 1 (if any) because I'm not a dumbass. And no, I don't use hardeners or redline snipe. Soma with a mCRU, BPO large blaster, mlt small blasters, nitrous, BPO a heavy rep, a BPO light rep, and who knows wtf is in the 3rd low slot (is there a 3rd low slot?) maybe a BPO plate? We used to have a time machine
THUNDERGROOVE ZionTCD Public Disorder. 447	Posted - 2014.01.03 01:10:00 - [77] - Quote > 75% of your SP is invested in tanks and their related skills For example, on this character I have 0 SP in vehicles at all, therefore I'm not a tanker. My 10 mill SP alt that has all but ~350K in vehicles is a tanker, even though he mostly uses dropships because loljihadjeeps but I still have to deal with lolrails I would argue is. ZionTCD Director & Ammar Loyalist Amarr Sentinel \| Amarr Logi \| *Losematar* Scout What is a signature?
Scheneighnay McBob Bojo's School of the Trades 3379	Posted - 2014.01.03 01:17:00 - [78] - Quote THUNDERGROOVE wrote: > 75% of your SP is invested in tanks and their related skills For example, on this character I have 0 SP in vehicles at all, therefore I'm not a tanker. My 10 mill SP alt that has all but ~350K in vehicles is a tanker, even though he mostly uses dropships because loljihadjeeps but I still have to deal with lolrails I would argue is. 75% of my SP CAN'T be invested in HAV skills at this point. I made sure I'm capable of literally every playstyle. Not prototype gear in every playstyle, but everything nonetheless. We used to have a time machine
Atiim Living Like Larry Schwag 2967	Posted - 2014.01.03 01:18:00 - [79] - Quote Jason Pearson wrote: Before 1.7 everyone and their dogs had AV, you know this, it wasn't an exclusive cliub, you just had Lai Dais. Tanking was harder, sure you'd have easy games but the rough games were stupidly rough, you watched for everything and if you lost a tank and got 200k that match, you'd be down 1.5mil. And if you want to be a tanker Atiim, you've got to squad up with Tankers, talk to them rather than just trying to put them down for trying to defend their playstyle on the forums :) Dedicated AV was an exclusive club. And, no I do not count people with Lai Dais as AV. Why? Because some of those Lai Dai users are also the Core Locus spammers. I am no longer a "real tanker". I thought I'd use the SP from tanks and LLAVs to touch up on my infantry skills. Plus, it gives me a fresh start from where I was before, kinda like replaying a game that you finished. I'll take you up on that offer SoonGäó Also, I wouldn't put down tankers if they would stop putting down AV :P Most hated person since Lueko and Checkmate
Atiim Living Like Larry Schwag 2968	Posted - 2014.01.03 01:20:00 - [80] - Quote THUNDERGROOVE wrote: > 75% of your SP is invested in tanks and their related skills For example, on this character I have 0 SP in vehicles at all, therefore I'm not a tanker. My 10 mill SP alt that has all but ~350K in vehicles is a tanker, even though he mostly uses dropships because loljihadjeeps but I still have to deal with lolrails I would argue is. 75% SP That's a bit much, don't you think? How about 50-65% Most hated person since Lueko and Checkmate

THUNDERGROOVE ZionTCD Public Disorder. 448	Posted - 2014.01.03 01:37:00 - [81] - Quote Atiim wrote: THUNDERGROOVE wrote: > 75% of your SP is invested in tanks and their related skills For example, on this character I have 0 SP in vehicles at all, therefore I'm not a tanker. My 10 mill SP alt that has all but ~350K in vehicles is a tanker, even though he mostly uses dropships because loljihadjeeps but I still have to deal with lolrails I would argue is. 75% SP That's a bit much, don't you think? How about 50-65% Nope, if at least using a vehicle isn't your primary role you're not a tanker. There are exceptions like if you feel your vehicle skills are "maxed out" and you branch off, but that's a lot of SP. ZionTCD Director & Ammar Loyalist Amarr Sentinel \| Amarr Logi \| *Losematar* Scout What is a signature?
Ninjanomyx Imperfects Negative-Feedback 514	Posted - 2014.01.03 08:48:00 - [82] - Quote Omareth Nasadra wrote: Ninjanomyx wrote: 4. You were Tanking since Uprising 1.0 & made a Profit. weren't you the tanker that couldn't made a profit anymore and cried for donation, i must confuse you with the tanker that almost rage quit when he found out what 1,7 tank gonna be like... yep your a real tanker PS : your a real good tanker btw, much respect for ya skills, just couldn't resist to troll your forum BS I has my fun
Atiim Living Like Larry Schwag 3012	Posted - 2014.01.04 01:48:00 - [83] - Quote THUNDERGROOVE wrote: Nope, if at least using a vehicle isn't your primary role you're not a tanker. There are exceptions like if you feel your vehicle skills are "maxed out" and you branch off, but that's a lot of SP. I was branching around the 70% mark, but then I maxed just about everything I needed. I never really spent too much on my Core Skills. Most hated person since Lueko and Checkmate AV is easy huh? Talk is cheap.
Eris Ernaga State Patriots 906	Posted - 2014.01.04 02:07:00 - [84] - Quote Get this full racial variants of tanks aren't out in a fully released game Hahahahahaha *Closed Beta Vet* State Patriots public - State Patriots - join for Caldari and Amarr factional warfare.
Michael-J-Fox Richards Da Short Buss Driving School 7	Posted - 2014.01.04 02:18:00 - [85] - Quote i'am a tanker. i just recently started using tanks cause they're boss. i talk big like i been in the tank game all my life. i give people advice on tanks i only learned second hand. i post cutesy tank related things in my sig because lets face it , im the first one to achieve it. oh yes, i'am a tanker.
SOGZ PANDA Pradox One Proficiency V. 27	Posted - 2014.01.04 02:32:00 - [86] - Quote I'd say 70-80% sp sunk into tanks and tank modules Fully skilling core skills and optimizations aswell as a savvy understanding of tank movements abilities and strengths That's ssummarising a very complex skill set Whatever Brianna Beach says about me.............It's not true
Alldin Kan Imperfects Negative-Feedback 879	Posted - 2014.01.04 03:26:00 - [87] - Quote The need to purge the weak, all these Militia tank scum should not roam freely while true warriors risk it all. NOW LEAVE MY SIGHT PEASANTS SPITS Uprising 1.7 - TANKDOMINATION!!1!!1! LOL Commando LOL Plasma Cannon
Charlotte O'Dell Fatal Absolution 1408	Posted - 2014.01.04 19:09:00 - [88] - Quote I have 15m SP in infantry. Equipment, callpgi, RR, and MD. All proto. I have about 10m in tanks. RG, shields, core skills. I would never call myself a logi or an assault. I would call myself q tanker. I am a tanker because I love tanks not the KDR buff I get or the hardeners I can use. I've been with them from day...14. Haha I know my vehicle. I'm good at what I do. I have the accuracy of a sniper, the mobility of a scout, and the weapons understanding of an amarr assault. Nothing is more complicated that close range rail tanking when done right and THAT is why I love tanks. Accounting for their vector, the vector of my vehicle, the vector of my round and the mental calculation s that happen to enable me to hit my mark. Even snipers don't have it that hard they get to hide. Scouts can dissapear into corners. I have to move my turret, minutes modules, move my tank, and keep 360-¦ awareness. NOTHING IS HARDER THAN A 6 V 6 tank battle when all involved are god mode tankers. Nothing even comes close. Especially when you're all running your most costly fits, the stakes are high. That is the best. Infantry do no understand that concept of Bushido, for tankers, if you will. We have a code of honor, I'd say. When we fight together, we understand that we cannot win the same way infantry do. We go out there with 1 or 2 names in mind. The infantry bullet has "to whom it may concern". Ours is often to someone we play with a lot...we're a small community and we all know eachother. Of you aren't part of us, then you're not a tanker. We know everyone worth knowing. We accept new talent as they come, and alienate those who make us look bad. Charlotte O'Dell is the highest level unicorn!
Horizen Kenpachi TACTICAL STRIKE ELITE 78	Posted - 2014.01.04 19:13:00 - [89] - Quote Cowards make great tankers in 1.7 befor i respected them now i hate them all roll on rebalancing coz the backlash when av works is gonna be grapeworthy Hit me with your nerf bat.
TunRa NEW OMENS 326	Posted - 2014.01.04 19:59:00 - [90] - Quote I have 15 million sp invested in vehicles on an alt, does that count? I guess I should also stay I started this game a year ago as a vehicle pilot. Thanks CCP Foxfour



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