So choosing a different play style is hiding? That's news to me.

Of course their opinions should be dismissed. They're not tanking now, and they weren't tanking before 1.7, and they sure as hell wouldn't've tanked while AV was ridiculously OP.

They don't moonlight as a tanker, but I do moonlight as infantry. I know how infantry works. They don't know how tanks work. They don't know what it's like to lose 1.8mil ISK in a single death. They especially don't know what it's like to be a tanker in a PC match going against 3 tanks, 3 forge guns, and a guy with swarms, sometimes all at once. That equates to a dead tank in an instant. They sure had no problem destroying me.

"Tanks can't do more damage than an AR, or move faster than a scout can sprint, or have more HP than a heavy, that's just not fair."

It's a tank. It's supposed to be better than those. They're also SP-intensive, and require concentration, teamwork, knowledge of the battlefield, the vehicle's strengths and weaknesses, and your own strengths and weaknesses. I'd rather choose the thing that's harder to use.

But there's going to be the people saying "I can use a tank just as effectively."

Well no, you can't. You don't have the many months of experience that a lot of us do. You don't have the passive skills to make it better. You don't have access to the same modules and turrets that we do. That silly little Sica with MLT mods will go down real quick to my railgun.

Hiding in the redline? I can keep you in check. I don't feel like I'm beating cheated when I can't destroy it, which is how AV feels.

Of course their opinions should be dismissed. They're not tanking now, and they weren't tanking before 1.7, and they sure as hell wouldn't've tanked while AV was ridiculously OP.

They don't moonlight as a tanker, but I do moonlight as infantry. I know how infantry works. They don't know how tanks work. They don't know what it's like to lose 1.8mil ISK in a single death. They especially don't know what it's like to be a tanker in a PC match going against 3 tanks, 3 forge guns, and a guy with swarms, sometimes all at once. That equates to a dead tank in an instant. They sure had no problem destroying me.

"Tanks can't do more damage than an AR, or move faster than a scout can sprint, or have more HP than a heavy, that's just not fair."

It's a tank. It's supposed to be better than those. They're also SP-intensive, and require concentration, teamwork, knowledge of the battlefield, the vehicle's strengths and weaknesses, and your own strengths and weaknesses. I'd rather choose the thing that's harder to use.

But there's going to be the people saying "I can use a tank just as effectively."

Well no, you can't. You don't have the many months of experience that a lot of us do. You don't have the passive skills to make it better. You don't have access to the same modules and turrets that we do. That silly little Sica with MLT mods will go down real quick to my railgun.

Hiding in the redline? I can keep you in check. I don't feel like I'm beating cheated when I can't destroy it, which is how AV feels.

The nerf of AV/vehicle prices was CCPs way to make up for players losing +1mill HAVs.
The buff was for the same reason.
CCP is done making up,so before prices skyrocket you may want to stock up.
Balance is coming whether you want it or not.

In my honest opinion tanks shouldn't be able to be able to be dropped by just 1 person running AV, (Maybe remote explosives if they planned the trap well) If the tanker is stupid, sure they deserve to die. But people complaining tanks are OP when in fact they are a bit more balanced than what they were before. Seems ehhh,

Previously we had useless tanks which were only really good at killing tanks, and getting locked out of the match by one guy in swarms keeping him behind cover. To the actual meaty tanks which require a team effort to take down.. I prefer tanks being a bit overpowered as guess what the ISK to RISK ratio is pretty good with a tank, risking millions for better results. For instance One Rifter can't kill a Deimos (1 million isk vs. 200 million unless the Deimos pilot is stupid or afk)

I do agree however that militia variants could use a downgrade but standard should be fine. Also they could do with some lower speed but in all fairness they should put out far more DPS than anything else on the field. That is what they are there for, fit railguns for anti tank and anti installation or a blaster for anti infantry.

But nobody should think that infantry should be the best at everything tanks are 2 trick ponies really meaty and great dps. With the downside of what should be slower and far more costly (my full proto suit costs at most 250K a fully fit tank costs 2 mil) ISK to RISK ratio is pretty good by those standards. And also by that if you were to just put isk into bodies it's 8 proto suits vs one tank.

1000 frigates can kill a Nyx though. It just takes coordination and a plan.

Yes but in EvE their is no Cap.
If it took 3men to bring down a tank and there was no cap it would be fine, you could just bring 4 times aa much infantry. But you can't, we are 16v16 where matches are regularly filled to the brim. In these situations bringing a tank is mathematics, if it requires 3 men to kill me that's 3 mem not participating in the capping of the points.

That's 3 less men to fight on top of the infantry I have now slaughtered for them as well.
This can shouldn't be relegated to maths.

25% of the players spending less on tanks than suits and controlling entire games makes sense?

Decide nerf, no. Get some type of input at all, yes.