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Bar Be wrote:

Something happened this evening. And I think I know what. Lots of people have just spent their ground out bonus SP on some shiny new vehicle skills.

So that tank that I had a slim chance of popping with my meagre SP just got even more powerful. The only skill the driver needs is to remember to drive off when I get them to below quarter health.

I know its all been said before, and I've tried a few tactics that some of you have kindly suggested, but I'm just bored of dancing around tanks, almost killing one, seeing it drive off, probably dying in the process, making my way back to a supply depo, change out of my AV fit, probably dying on the way to a black dancing uber-logi, respawn in my assault suit, come across another tank, probably die, confine myself to part of the map where there aren't any tanks, probably die to a shiny invincible floating drop ship. At least it takes skill to fly one of those things.

I know non of you care, but I hoped CCP does. I guess not.

From now on, if I see a single tank stomping infantry for us or the enemy I'll quit the battle. Probably won't be playing much then...

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Bar Be Circle of Huskarl Minmatar Republic 13	Posted - 2014.01.29 23:25:00 - [1] - Quote Something happened this evening. And I think I know what. Lots of people have just spent their ground out bonus SP on some shiny new vehicle skills. So that tank that I had a slim chance of popping with my meagre SP just got even more powerful. The only skill the driver needs is to remember to drive off when I get them to below quarter health. I know its all been said before, and I've tried a few tactics that some of you have kindly suggested, but I'm just bored of dancing around tanks, almost killing one, seeing it drive off, probably dying in the process, making my way back to a supply depo, change out of my AV fit, probably dying on the way to a black dancing uber-logi, respawn in my assault suit, come across another tank, probably die, confine myself to part of the map where there aren't any tanks, probably die to a shiny invincible floating drop ship. At least it takes skill to fly one of those things. I know non of you care, but I hoped CCP does. I guess not. From now on, if I see a single tank stomping infantry for us or the enemy I'll quit the battle. Probably won't be playing much then...
Darken-Soul BIG BAD W0LVES 203	Posted - 2014.01.29 23:28:00 - [2] - Quote Yes leave every battle. or try tanking. its so easy a cave man could do it. I am the real Darken
Joel II X Dah Gods O Bacon 753	Posted - 2014.01.29 23:32:00 - [3] - Quote Darken-Soul wrote: Yes leave every battle. or try tanking. its so easy a cave man could do it. It's true! I am a terrible, terrible tanker and even I managed to do well in it (but I had two other mates inside because God help me if I'm alone)
Monkey MAC Lost Millennium 1729	Posted - 2014.01.29 23:36:00 - [4] - Quote 1) I have recorded 2 times when AV has successfully blown up my rail tank. Gûá Got stuck in a Gap, got tagged teamed by 2 forge guns and a tank, while I was unhardened. Gûá AFK'd to make tea's, came back to see my tank finally pop to a forge 2) Just imagine how pssed all those people will be when AV becomes viable again, it'll be hilarious, the forums will be a flood with tears and cries for respecs. Tanks 514* I told you, I bloody well told you. Monkey Mac - Forum Warrior of the Trees Lvl.1
Heavenly Daughter the Aurum Grinder and Company 311	Posted - 2014.01.29 23:38:00 - [5] - Quote Bar Be wrote: Something happened this evening. And I think I know what. Lots of people have just spent their ground out bonus SP on some shiny new vehicle skills. So that tank that I had a slim chance of popping with my meagre SP just got even more powerful. The only skill the driver needs is to remember to drive off when I get them to below quarter health. I know its all been said before, and I've tried a few tactics that some of you have kindly suggested, but I'm just bored of dancing around tanks, almost killing one, seeing it drive off, probably dying in the process, making my way back to a supply depo, change out of my AV fit, probably dying on the way to a black dancing uber-logi, respawn in my assault suit, come across another tank, probably die, confine myself to part of the map where there aren't any tanks, probably die to a shiny invincible floating drop ship. At least it takes skill to fly one of those things. I know non of you care, but I hoped CCP does. I guess not. From now on, if I see a single tank stomping infantry for us or the enemy I'll quit the battle. Probably won't be playing much then... Some tankers are good, but I've taken out multiple tanks before now and whenI'm with my Corp members we run an anti-tank setup if they approach. 3 of the team can carry swarms and we all target simultaneously, BYE BYE tanker. lol..... The Organ Grinder & Co. EVE Heavenly Daughter-Merc Records
Magewarlord Contract Hunters 37	Posted - 2014.01.29 23:39:00 - [6] - Quote Agreed. Nowadays there's so many damn tanks that if you want an enjoyable experience then you either have to run tank yourself or spec into a forge gun and spend every match running full AV. I don't like the forge but if I don't run it, then you're very likely to wind up on a team getting slaughtered by tanks. Once in a while is cool but this whole game to me has consisted lately of avoiding or chasing tanks and that's it. A tank here and there makes the game fun, but this massive tank spamming situation is getting a little carried away. It'd be nice to just run/sneak around and shoot some people once in a while.
Anarchide Greedy Bastards 1782	Posted - 2014.01.29 23:39:00 - [7] - Quote It means only one thing... TANK HUNTING SEASON'S JUST OPENED! Form squads and muster your can opener tools. Greedy Bastards' Hate Lord
Knight Soiaire Fatal Absolution Covert Intervention 4812	Posted - 2014.01.29 23:42:00 - [8] - Quote I was once taken down in under 2 seconds by 3-4 Syncronized Forge Shots, I have soloed Nyain San HAVs with my ADV Forge, no proficiency, and have destroyed a lot of Proto fitted HAVs with a Sica and Damage Mods. Tanks are okay, stop giving out because you cant figure out how to counter them, the balancing problems come from lack of content, we desperately need EWAR. Fatal Absolution Operation - LVL 5 Fatal Absolution Pro. - LVL 5 FOTM Abuser, outta mah way Nyain San!
DUST Fiend OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention 10439	Posted - 2014.01.29 23:46:00 - [9] - Quote The game has lost a lot of its appeal lately, it's just silly more than anything these days. Videos / Fiction Closed Beta Vet; Incubus Pilot
mollerz Minja Scouts 2146	Posted - 2014.01.29 23:48:00 - [10] - Quote You can't even run reliably in this game. You gotta hustle if you wanna make a dolla

Darken-Soul BIG BAD W0LVES 204	Posted - 2014.01.29 23:49:00 - [11] - Quote Knight Soiaire wrote: I was once taken down in under 2 seconds by 3-4 Syncronized Forge Shots, I have soloed Nyain San HAVs with my ADV Forge, no proficiency, and have destroyed a lot of Proto fitted HAVs with a Sica and Damage Mods. Tanks are okay, stop giving out because you cant figure out how to counter them, the balancing problems come from lack of content, we desperately need EWAR. or Gwar I am the real Darken
CYRAX SERVIUS Death Firm. Canis Eliminatus Operatives 657	Posted - 2014.01.29 23:50:00 - [12] - Quote Darken-Soul wrote: Yes leave every battle. or try tanking. its so easy a cave man could do it. LOFNGL!!!! CEO Whiskey squad leader Invictus Maneo~"I Remain Unvanquished"~
Azura Sakura Altyr Initiative 581	Posted - 2014.01.29 23:50:00 - [13] - Quote Monkey MAC wrote: 1) I have recorded 2 times when AV has successfully blown up my rail tank. Gûá Got stuck in a Gap, got tagged teamed by 2 forge guns and a tank, while I was unhardened. Gûá AFK'd to make tea's, came back to see my tank finally pop to a forge 2) Just imagine how p*ssed all those people will be when AV becomes viable again, it'll be hilarious, the forums will be a flood with tears and cries for respecs. You were using a rail tank. Should be reasonable for AV to kill you a lot easier than a blaster tank since blasters are anti-infantry
Alena Ventrallis The Neutral Zone 543	Posted - 2014.01.29 23:52:00 - [14] - Quote As a dropship pilot, I have invested into proto rails and a gunnlogi, specifically to hunt down tanks. I will ignore infantry, and kill only vehicles.
Scheneighnay McBob Learning Coalition College 3828	Posted - 2014.01.30 00:03:00 - [15] - Quote I like using all vehicles, so let me put it from the point of view of someone who casually drives tanks- hardeners have officially ruined the game as far as vehicles are concerned. Unless you're super confident the enemy has no rails, you HAVE to fit hardeners in order to make a viable fitting for any vehicle. They need a serious nerf, along with 80gj railgun alpha damage. On top of that, afterburners and fuel injectors need longer cooldowns. Not so much with fuel injectors, but it seems to me that the afterburners on my dropship have cooled down by the time I've just about returned to my normal speed. I am your scan error.
Joseph Ridgeson WarRavens League of Infamy 397	Posted - 2014.01.30 00:13:00 - [16] - Quote Azura Sakura wrote: Monkey MAC wrote: 1) I have recorded 2 times when AV has successfully blown up my rail tank. Gûá Got stuck in a Gap, got tagged teamed by 2 forge guns and a tank, while I was unhardened. Gûá AFK'd to make tea's, came back to see my tank finally pop to a forge 2) Just imagine how pssed all those people will be when AV becomes viable again, it'll be hilarious, the forums will be a flood with tears and cries for respecs. You were using a rail tank. Should be reasonable for AV to kill you a lot easier than a blaster tank since blasters are anti-infantry Hard to say actually. Rail Gun Tanks generally don't sit and brawl with Infantry like Blaster Tanks do. Sitting there and brawling gives the enemy the opportunity to all swap over to them nice Forge Guns and start shooting you to oblivion. Since Rail Guns are generally not as good at killing Infantry, they are likely to do what I like to call teabag and just sit there in surrounded by 'water.' AV is really interesting at this point. Swarms are pretty lame. Because they do decent damage over multiple missiles, it is actually possible for a Swarm Launcher to be unable to stop a shield from regenerating. I have witnessed this with my Madrugar against an enemy with a Swarm Launcher, probably Militia. Missiles hit one by one and my shield has already regenerated 70% of the damage before the next salvo is launched. That is a problem. AV grenades are pretty scary when it is several people throwing them at the same time. Say everyone respawns in an area with AV grenades, the damage can be very startling and can easily push a Tank away. Solo, they are generally not that dangerous. Considering they don't take up as essential of a slot as a Swarm or Forge Gun, I think they are more or less right. * Forge Guns have been very devastating. The Assault Forge Gun hits like a truck quite quickly and is something that will either force me to leave a location or it will kill me. Ran into a Prototype Breach Forge gun a couple of times last night. That thing was particularly dangerous and did kill me as I was attempting to escape. * Proximity and Remote Explosives are, along with Forge Gunners on a good elevated position, the scariest thing I see on the field that isn't another vehicle. Good use of these will kill a tank no problem but require a lot of planning or massive guts as you run up to the tank to put satchels on them. Strategy and planning instantly killed me? I say good job. * I really have not seen the Plasma Cannon more than three or four times but maybe the fact it is so rare can attest to something.
Horizen Kenpachi Holdfast Syndicate Amarr Empire 144	Posted - 2014.01.30 01:01:00 - [17] - Quote Alena Ventrallis wrote: As a dropship pilot, I have invested into proto rails and a gunnlogi, specifically to hunt down tanks. I will ignore infantry, and kill only vehicles. Mlt tank two damage mods plate and repper 3 tanks in 1clip recall and enjoy Hit me with your nerf bat.
Monkey MAC Lost Millennium 1733	Posted - 2014.01.30 01:20:00 - [18] - Quote Azura Sakura wrote: Monkey MAC wrote: 1) I have recorded 2 times when AV has successfully blown up my rail tank. Gûá Got stuck in a Gap, got tagged teamed by 2 forge guns and a tank, while I was unhardened. Gûá AFK'd to make tea's, came back to see my tank finally pop to a forge 2) Just imagine how pssed all those people will be when AV becomes viable again, it'll be hilarious, the forums will be a flood with tears and cries for respecs. You were using a rail tank. Should be reasonable for AV to kill you a lot easier than a blaster tank since blasters are anti-infantry SHOULD Tanks 514* I told you, I bloody well told you. Monkey Mac - Forum Warrior of the Trees Lvl.1
Raven Kurotakai Knights Of Ender Public Disorder. 15	Posted - 2014.01.30 01:37:00 - [19] - Quote I would be fine if they would just make it impossible for tanks to get near the speed of an LAV...that is just ridiculous.
Scheneighnay McBob Learning Coalition College 3835	Posted - 2014.01.30 02:08:00 - [20] - Quote Raven Kurotakai wrote: I would be fine if they would just make it impossible for tanks to get near the speed of an LAV...that is just ridiculous. We've proven that a dropship can lift an HAV. Shouldn't be too hard for a pair of LAVs to carry one around at high speed. I am your scan error.

Lazy Scumbag Intara Direct Action Caldari State 133	Posted - 2014.01.30 02:13:00 - [21] - Quote Has a blaster tank on fire last night and I got shot down. I could see on the map it was headed past our CRU, so I spawned there to finish it off only to find the tank was already at full health and just looking for more infantry to kill. (spawn time was 5 seconds) This is why people are angry.
Bar Be Circle of Huskarl Minmatar Republic 17	Posted - 2014.01.31 21:21:00 - [22] - Quote Oh yeah! Just had a run of games where the tanks kept themselves to themselves whilst us ants fought out the real fight around the objectives. Mostly close. Won some, lost some. Back in the game!
Logi Stician The Vanguardians INTERGALACTIC WARPIGS 181	Posted - 2014.01.31 21:25:00 - [23] - Quote Quick fix for tanks. Make it so we can crack them open like a can of Vienna Sausages, drag out the occupants and blast them to smithereens. This way they can keep all the stuff they have, with the potential of making the playing field a bit more even in terms of tanks parked carelessly around a bunch of blue dots racking up 30-50 kills. It could be like a 3 second "hack", giving the tank pilot time to get a move on or face the consequences. Your thoughts? "...and I'm the seventh out of seven sons, my pappy was a pistol, I'm a son of a gun. "
Suanar Daranaus Seykal Expeditionary Group Minmatar Republic 149	Posted - 2014.01.31 21:27:00 - [24] - Quote Monkey MAC wrote: 1) I have recorded 2 times when AV has successfully blown up my rail tank. Gûá Got stuck in a Gap, got tagged teamed by 2 forge guns and a tank, while I was unhardened. Gûá AFK'd to make tea's, came back to see my tank finally pop to a forge 2) Just imagine how p*ssed all those people will be when AV becomes viable again, it'll be hilarious, the forums will be a flood with tears and cries for respecs. I await that day with great expectations.
Dheez STRONG-ARMED BANDITS Public Disorder. 60	Posted - 2014.01.31 21:32:00 - [25] - Quote If you see a redberry calling in an HAV and you're in striking distanceGÇª Kill him, hack the errant HAV & have some fun with it. Who know's you might get lucky and nab one with all the trimmings and it's your's for the next 15 - 25 min.
Onesimus Tarsus 1035	Posted - 2014.01.31 21:32:00 - [26] - Quote Don't quit the match. Quit for the day. Free, on-demand Respecs. Because it doesn't matter and no one should care. Matchmaking by KDR proximity. :)
Soldier Sorajord Subsonic Synthesis RISE of LEGION 49	Posted - 2014.01.31 21:43:00 - [27] - Quote Joel II X wrote: Darken-Soul wrote: Yes leave every battle. or try tanking. its so easy a cave man could do it. It's true! I am a terrible, terrible tanker and even I managed to do well in it (but I had two other mates inside because God help me if I'm alone) Since I've done this myself, and I get tired of Madrugars with Ion Cannons, Here's some basic builds y'all can use. ANTI TANK Vehicle: SICA (Runs around 100k, but its more effective than anything else for AV) Large Turret MLT Railgun (comes with the tank) High Slots MLT Shield Hardener MLT Railgun Damage Modifier Low Slots MLT Heavy Armor Repairer MLT Armor Hardener ANTI INFANTRY SOMA (Runs you about 70k, Best for Taking Down Infantry) Large Turret MLT 80GJ Blaster (Comes with the tank) High Slots Blaster Damage Mod (If you wanna kill shield tanks) / MLT Fuel Injector No other module Low Slots MLT Heavy Armor Repairer (comes with the tank) MLT Armor Hardener You're welcome :) Sora's the name. Gallente is my game. Yup! Gallente Specialist Here :) *Subsonic.*


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