Only the most tanker homer guys and lovers of 'I win' buttons can defend the current state of tank dominance. CCP u guys are apparently looking at the metrics and are aware of the problems. What vehicle issues are you looking to resolve in 1.8?

the vehicle issues as I see them are:

a) Tanks dont cost nearly enough compared to their raw power. A tank should be 3x the cost of a proto suit if its going to be anywhere near as powerful as they are now.

From a realistic standpoint, I must agree with you here, vehicles should cost more because they should require more raw materials to produce than a dropsuit.

b) They are too fast. Faster than infantry is no problem but right now they're sportscar fast.

c) You can't cripple them. Vehicles with less than half of its total health should be moving at 1/4 of normal speed.

A crippling feature would be a nice, but I would say half speed, not a quarter.

d) The enter/exit animation is a glitch. lets do away with teleporting in and out of vehicles and add actual animations that people cant take advantage of in a gunfight or to abandon a tank about to explode. Especially mr pop-out-in-an-instant Heavy in his LAV.

Probably too much for CCP to handle.

e) The modules repair way too fast. going from crippled to full health in a split second? No Way. The increase should be gradual.

f) Too many AV weapons are crap. The plasma cannon has a silly firing arc and doesn't do nearly enough damage for a weapon that reloads after every shot. Prox mines dont do enough damage (they should start @ 2000 per) and every vehicle has a mine detector. Shouldnt that be a module? REs should stick to tanks.

g) You can recall them in an instant. No vehicle should be recalled if its damaged and they should have to wait on the RDV just like when theyre dropped off. No teleporting. Recalling cant be an exploit to get your tank out of harm's way when things go badly.

I know this is way to much for CCP to handle. Have you had an RDV yoyo a vehicle, or take over a minute to drop off a vehicle? I have, I can only imagine what horrible/hilarious things would happen if RDVs had to pick up vehicles.

h) AV was tuned badly. Swarms were taken down too much and AV grenades were too. Forges are the direct counter to vehicles and the hits should be devastating to them. Reduce grenade spam by making people equip grenades and then throw them with R1.