True, I have ever since about 1.4 appreciated that there are some tankers who go above and beyond, I know you are one of the few, but after dealing with Spkr, sTaki and their little band of tryhards for well over a year now, you cannot demy a large majprity of the tanking community are just after eaay kills. I whooly understand not all of them are like that and have had the privilege of working with 1 or 2, but those of you who really play with your team are few and far between.

Masad, of course the Missile Tank is mostly AV, but once again it was stipulated, no stacking, so your kind of loadingnthe question don't you think? Also I would like to ask why you think it's unacceptable for an AV logi to die 8+ times fighting tanks, as it stands AV is a suicide run, with 500 HP/s just mere suppression doesn't work, because you rep back in less than 15 seconds. Once again your forcing us to have to outright kill you just to get a minutes breathing room.

If you are redline suiciding yourself in a tank, you really are just stupid, I will talk to you about sacrifice as much as damned well want, as for my fits, no unlike you suggest I do not stack EHP, most of my Triage Logi is speed and scanning and hacking, using just 3 modules that effect my tank (1 of them negatively), no doubt about though infamtry modules are just as screwed, in most cases EHP modules provide more benifits and that needs changing, we need to encourage more variety in infamtry fits.

Sorry, allow me to clarify:

Anything less than Proto Swarms, with full stacked Damage Mods, the extra damage bonus from a Minmando Suit, and the assistance of two or three other Dedicated AV, all working together against an inexperienced, unskilled driver in anything less than an Advanced HAV, is little more than a nuisance, and simply not worth the SP or ISK investment.

To use Swarms in their current state, a player has not choice to go fully Modded and optimized Proto (just to have a chance at maybe, possibly taking on a lesser tier HAV, but only under absolutely ideal circumstances), or they might as well not bother speccing into them at all.

Wyrkomi Swarms, plus Damage Mods, plus the Proto Suit costs 150k+ each (anything less is ineffective and basically pointless).

Probably about half as much as a tanker's suit + tank but, then again, that tanker's basically got an extra life. Think of it as the necessary expense to wear what is essentially two suits. One (the tank) that has an insane amount of hitpoints and firepower compared to my AV suit, that you can jump out of just before it is destroyed and continue playing, and the other (your Dropsuit), that you can continue to be effective in once your tank is gone.

If I take even a fraction of the damage that your HAV does, I'm dead and respawning. You can take a ton of damage and hop out, still at full health and ready to continue fighting, at which point you should have zero difficulty finishing me off, since I'm standing there with a weapon that doesn't work against Infantry.

HAV pilots also have a ton more survivability compared to their AV counterparts. They have a ton of hitpoints, tons of firepower that can be effective against Infantry AND other vehicles, and are immune to one-hit killers like Snipers or SG Scouts, while the AV is vulnerable to everything on the field while their attention is on the HAV.

AV tend to die much more than the HAV pilot so, if I had to guess, I'd say that our overall per-match expenses are close to, if not more than, that of the HAV, while our end-of-match payout is significantly less.

When was the last time you saw an AV go 10-1, or 15-2, or 20-0 in a match?

When was the last time you saw a tanker top the scoreboard?