DUST Search - Do "tankers" realise this?

THEAMAZING POTHEAD wrote:

If a single av specialist can't kill a single tanker....
Then why would the av specialist ever exist.
The tanker is superior in every way, having better av than the av'er while having the best anti infantry in the game as well compared to the pathetic anti infantry of the av'er.

You could say that cost would be a good reason to use an av fit over a tank.
This is untrue for 2 reasons- 1. Obviously a proto av weapon, the only ones worth a single damn, are more expensive than tanks...
2. And more importantly since 1. Is likely to change, cost does not matter for us. Even if everyone had 10 mil isk we still wouldn't care about cost if we wanted to kill something. We'd just use the best option avaiable like always.

THIS. Is the reason av is completely broken.
Because every AVer is sitting in a tank.
Because you can't be selfish and say"well it should take 3 people to take me out! Because I spent 500k isk on this!"
Because when you do that, there's no reason those 3 people won't do the exact same thing you're doing.
If you can't deal with the fact that there is role SPECIFICALLY MADE to beat ONLY your role, and think it should take 3 or more of these guys WHOSE ONLY ROLE is to kill YOU, then perhaps you shouldn't be playing online games.
You're probably better off playing a single player game, where entire campaigns of enemies can't kill you.

Now then, since av is broken, back to sitting in my tank. Exploiting the idiocy of the forums influence on CCP 1 unlucky merc in front of a blaster at a time.


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Guilbert 515 United Pwnage Service RISE of LEGION 30	Posted - 2014.04.14 22:30:00 - [1] - Quote THEAMAZING POTHEAD wrote: If a single av specialist can't kill a single tanker.... Then why would the av specialist ever exist. The tanker is superior in every way, having better av than the av'er while having the best anti infantry in the game as well compared to the pathetic anti infantry of the av'er. You could say that cost would be a good reason to use an av fit over a tank. This is untrue for 2 reasons- 1. Obviously a proto av weapon, the only ones worth a single damn, are more expensive than tanks... 2. And more importantly since 1. Is likely to change, cost does not matter for us. Even if everyone had 10 mil isk we still wouldn't care about cost if we wanted to kill something. We'd just use the best option avaiable like always. THIS. Is the reason av is completely broken. Because every AVer is sitting in a tank. Because you can't be selfish and say"well it should take 3 people to take me out! Because I spent 500k isk on this!" Because when you do that, there's no reason those 3 people won't do the exact same thing you're doing. If you can't deal with the fact that there is role SPECIFICALLY MADE to beat ONLY your role, and think it should take 3 or more of these guys WHOSE ONLY ROLE is to kill YOU, then perhaps you shouldn't be playing online games. You're probably better off playing a single player game, where entire campaigns of enemies can't kill you. Now then, since av is broken, back to sitting in my tank. Exploiting the idiocy of the forums influence on CCP 1 unlucky merc in front of a blaster at a time. Talking about roles to play Since introduction of the new Commando suits, AVing tanks has become much more exciting and challenging. I enjoy the way it is right now. In pubs you might fail to av, if you run without a mixed squad and you rely on the blue to have proper fittings. But in squad tanks are not a big of a disaster as in 1.7. In PC AVing has also become much more entertaining. If you consider tanks a treat make sure to spec into commando and carry a swarm along your prime. Even if im the only AV around my commando does manage to make sure the tank retreats. That is when i run in proto gear. The only valuable critic i read out of your post is that tanks dont cost a thing. Which is quiet true. For the damage and treat the tank does at the moment in skilled hands its way to cheap. The other point is that militia tanks are not much easier to kill than an advance model. Also basic and advance AV are pretty useless since you cant even make a basic LAV shiver. Nonetheless I wouldnt consider tanks OP anymore, but a proper threat. Id rather have CCP look into making the basic AV and advance a bit more useful and look into the cost of tanks. "Please fix drop uplink spam"