So give me a 5mil tank then

According to you cheap = useless and throwaway and can be easil;y replaced

So expenisve = usefull and durable and will kick everyones teeth in because its expensive

Indeed we did, but considering we had an AV player on the squad, a commando with Proto Swarms, should we have done?

Which is exactly why expensive tanks are unbalanced, if you make them expensive and powerful it becomes a game of who has the best.

As it stands the Isk level allows for someone to die in a tank approximately twice a pub match for a miltia fit.
Now if three people a side get through 2 tanks and 1 survives that will meam tanks become a constant threat. This is more fun than 2min scrap at the beginning followed by either ultimate pwnege from a single tank player, or no more tanks for the rest of the match.

Ultra Strong tanks like you want are only fun for the driver.

Hmm seems a somewhat common occurrence these days MAC but I would suggest a slight modification to your tactics.

It might sound daft but the best way to counter a tank is overwhelming force IMHO.

So get whoever in your squad who has drop uplinks to try and get one in an elevated or covered position that has at least 2 exits and then get whoever has FG fittings to suicide and spawn in with them but be sure to keep you best assault players in their gear to keep infantry off the Heavy AV. Just hammer the tank, Assault forges and double complex damage mods is the fit I use as Swarms even proto are really only effective against LAVs and Dropships they just don't have the damage or fire rate anymore. You will likely lose a lot of ISK but if you're stuck in an objective it's the best way to deal with them just get stuck in, the Suicide LAV tactic only works if you have time to call in and prep it and the same goes for Proxy mines as they need to be dropped as entering an objective.

Your Commando fighter does have his head screwed on by taking Proto swarms but remember it's only for suppression and he'll need Nano hives to keep up his ammo so that stops him from taking RE/Proxy mines. Since he is already used to being flexible and skilled in the heavy suit he may a good candidate for being a Forge gunner but remember to keep Uplinks nearby as FG users are very exposed to small arms fire due to low speed, big hitbox, big scan profile and no primary infantry weapon.

Also don't listen to Takahiro, he's one of the biggest tanker Trolls I know of and I have it on good authority that he used to play as EnglishSnake the Butthurt vet who quit after the New Eden Missile tank crisis (Oh noes I can't go 50-0 anymore wahh wahh CCP broke my toy!)and only came back now that Tanks are flexing a bit too much muscle again.

Chin up MAC the Tank nerf is coming in 1.8!!!

Your OP didn't mention that you had AV support on the objective. It also sounded like the tank had rolled in on his own.

If infantry rolls in with armor support you better hope your AV is enough to drive off the tank and your infantry can defeat their infantry. Otherwise, the opposing team was smart and moved in with superior capabilities and you deserve to lose the point.

I guess I'm now confused at what your point is.

What do you do?

Hold 'em off from taking the flag while one of your squad sneaks off in the hills, drops in a double damage mod railgun, and wastes the outgunned blaster tank.