KalOfTheRathi
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Posted - 2014.03.19 03:47:00 -
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Nah, tanks are fine.
The maps could use some balance but then any map in any game could have the same said about it.
Cheap tanks mean more Mercs will try them earlier. Tanks suck SP and ISK. Big time when one is first learning. Those with AUR can buy decent enough tank fits (unlike before when a tank pack was mostly junk) to see if they want all that SP to go down the tank rabbit hole. And AUR will enable many to try out ADV and PRO turrets then it will boost the gains of SP that will be necessary.
Remember that LP is an effective counter to AUR functionality. Granted it is a definite grind but that is always the trade off between spending RW$ (Real World Cash) and mere effort in a F2P game.
While I dearly loved the older tanks and the new ones are boring to those that grew up on the others more tankers mean more are putting the effort and, hopefully, AUR into Dust.
If you have a full Team of tankers you will lose any encounter. You have to have troops on the ground until CCP/Shanghai decides to allow a Tank to have a module that will hack an objective from 50m. Through buildings and whatever else. That is a stupid idea and while they might match that level it is the only way to get full tank squad to win any match. My tanker alt never gets out to the tank. Death is nearly immediate and I would rather lose a 250KK tank to being stupid than gifting it to a Red.
You QQ was well said. Wrong IMHO, but well said.
My disagreement meant I could not 'like' your post. So accept this reply in its place.
And so it goes.
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KalOfTheRathi
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Posted - 2014.03.20 11:33:00 -
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Sequal Rise wrote:I agree with you in some points, being a true tanker requires lots of SP (and also ISK), but it's the same for every other role in the game. I currently have 16M SP because I took a break for months and my assault class is not over yet! Problem with tank right now is that you dont need to put any SP in them to rock and to be invincible. So imagine for someone who only granted 2 or 3M sp!
You're also right when you say that a full team of tanker wont win the game if there ain't no infantry on the ground to capture everything. But why would they even care about winning? They do lots of kill, never die, ruin your game. And when the game is over, ok they lost. BUT they won everything! Their K/D ratio is intact, they didn't loose ISK, did a "good game". And what about us that are fighting on the ground? We had a horrible time being farmed by newbies, we lost lots of suits and the payback is nothing! So who's tjhe real looser here? Sir, you are not adapting and prevailing. You are QQ about losing. Merc up!
Now to the real reply. ;-)
If you run ADV gear then make tank traps with proxy mines. If your squad has a decent scout then remote explode them. Snipe them when they call in a tank. Fly drop ships and harass them. Have the pilot give over watch and let the squad KNOW when the tank has run out of hardeners. Attack then, from multiple angles, get the driver confused. A confused tanker is a dead tanker.
Worst case, build a Soma Rail Gun tank. Less than 100K (cheaper then some of my suits) and pop them. I found that when you start popping New Berries in Sica and Soma tanks suddenly they lose interest in dropping them bits of tin. Yes the latest trend is to put double damage mods on a Sica rail and pop STD tanks from a distance. Once they start losing their AUR tanks and low grade tanks they will have to step up to proper tanks. Which means they will be burning SP like you. Almost every good tanker would be happy to give advice on how to equip your Soma to pop New Berries.
Learn to counter, practice with your squad and dominate the battlefield once more. Add a tanker to your squad. Support your ADV Assault Forge Gunner. Use mics!
The biggest problem I have on the battlefield is Red Line Rail Gun Sniper tanks and ... a squad that really knows how to use AV as a squad. Not just two Mercs that merely happen to be trying to kill the same tank.
BTW, my SP total is ~33M SP but only some of it is in tanks. My alt tanker girl has 14M with all but 1.3M of it in tanks. They are nearly equal in what they can do in a tank.
Sorry for the delay, the system didn't let me know I had an actual reply. KR
And so it goes.
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