DUST Search - Why Shouldn't Tanks Be Soloed?

R F Gyro wrote:

Takron Nistrom wrote:

Logi Bro wrote:

*sigh*

This is obvious bait, yet I know other people will not recognize it as so, and this thread will blow up into a full-blown troll thread.

For what it's worth, tanks should be solo'd because only one person is needed to drive it. If one person by himself can take two or three infantry out of the fight, then that is on OP role. Just throw out four tanks and you've got half the enemy team running AV and unable to properly defend themselves against full-AI enemies, while the tanker team is only short a few people.
Saying that using a tank is the best counter is only admitting how ridiculous your role is, this game is meant to have choices, and no one choice is meant to be obviously superior to any other. Each should have its own benefits and downfalls.

TL;DR: Because balance.

It would be, if you had to spawn into the game with AV and keep it the whole round, BUT since a person can just: die, pick an av suit, pop the tank, swap back, go about their business; it makes being able to solo tanks VERY op. They have no chance in that senario. I dont even pilot tanks and I can see that. So no, no tank solo. Plus to your comment about tank v tank being rediculous, that just shows how rediculous you are. AV should be to support a tank and tip the favor, or if you dont have tanks avail, large numbers to do it yourselves.

TL; DR You are obviously a tank hater so stop QQing and comment on stuff you know.

You haven't actually made any argument at all there.

Any one player in the game can generally solo kill any other player. Why should it be different with tanks?

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Takron Nistrom Tinfoil Hatz 171	Posted - 2014.01.11 14:31:00 - [1] - Quote Logi Bro wrote: sigh This is obvious bait, yet I know other people will not recognize it as so, and this thread will blow up into a full-blown troll thread. For what it's worth, tanks should be solo'd because only one person is needed to drive it. If one person by himself can take two or three infantry out of the fight, then that is on OP role. Just throw out four tanks and you've got half the enemy team running AV and unable to properly defend themselves against full-AI enemies, while the tanker team is only short a few people. Saying that using a tank is the best counter is only admitting how ridiculous your role is, this game is meant to have choices, and no one choice is meant to be obviously superior to any other. Each should have its own benefits and downfalls. TL;DR: Because balance. It would be, if you had to spawn into the game with AV and keep it the whole round, BUT since a person can just: die, pick an av suit, pop the tank, swap back, go about their business; it makes being able to solo tanks VERY op. They have no chance in that senario. I dont even pilot tanks and I can see that. So no, no tank solo. Plus to your comment about tank v tank being rediculous, that just shows how rediculous you are. AV should be to support a tank and tip the favor, or if you dont have tanks avail, large numbers to do it yourselves. TL; DR You are obviously a tank hater so stop QQing and comment on stuff you know. GÇ£Pulvis et umbra sumus. (We are but dust and shadow.)GÇ¥ GÇò Horace, The Odes of Horace
Takron Nistrom Tinfoil Hatz 171	Posted - 2014.01.11 14:47:00 - [2] - Quote R F Gyro wrote: Takron Nistrom wrote: Logi Bro wrote: sigh This is obvious bait, yet I know other people will not recognize it as so, and this thread will blow up into a full-blown troll thread. For what it's worth, tanks should be solo'd because only one person is needed to drive it. If one person by himself can take two or three infantry out of the fight, then that is on OP role. Just throw out four tanks and you've got half the enemy team running AV and unable to properly defend themselves against full-AI enemies, while the tanker team is only short a few people. Saying that using a tank is the best counter is only admitting how ridiculous your role is, this game is meant to have choices, and no one choice is meant to be obviously superior to any other. Each should have its own benefits and downfalls. TL;DR: Because balance. It would be, if you had to spawn into the game with AV and keep it the whole round, BUT since a person can just: die, pick an av suit, pop the tank, swap back, go about their business; it makes being able to solo tanks VERY op. They have no chance in that senario. I dont even pilot tanks and I can see that. So no, no tank solo. Plus to your comment about tank v tank being rediculous, that just shows how rediculous you are. AV should be to support a tank and tip the favor, or if you dont have tanks avail, large numbers to do it yourselves. TL; DR You are obviously a tank hater so stop QQing and comment on stuff you know. You haven't actually made any argument at all there. Any one player in the game can generally solo kill any other player. Why should it be different with tanks? So by your reasoning, tanks should be as easy to kill as a dropsuit. That is the worst thing I have ever heard and you should feel bad. That sounds like an arguement to just get rid of vehicles. If they are just as easy, why have them. Plus then we need to nerf the heavies according to your statement. GÇ£Pulvis et umbra sumus. (We are but dust and shadow.)GÇ¥ GÇò Horace, The Odes of Horace
Takron Nistrom Tinfoil Hatz 218	Posted - 2014.02.21 16:32:00 - [3] - Quote I agree. If they are price comprable to a drop suit and only operated by one merc, then yes, one av should be able to kill standard tanks. Make advanced tanks pilot by 2 mercs and needs to be killed by 2 av and proto tanks operated by 3 or more mercs and killed by 3 or more av. I find that to be a fair trade. U wanna run cheap tanks, yer gonna be killed faster. GÇ£Pulvis et umbra sumus. (We are but dust and shadow.)GÇ¥ GÇò Horace, The Odes of Horace