Every role has a suit, where is the Tanker suit?

Tanks are a piece of equipment, one that takes a single player and multiplies their combat efficacy/survival many times over. I could agree with you if people spawning into matches in tanks was a possibility, it isn't.

You spawn into a match in a dropsuit and summon your tank, you donot spawn into the match in a tank.

IMHO, this would be a good buff and would help to quell some of the AVvHAV QQ since it would cause balance, multiple people needed to destroy the HAV and multiple people needed to effectively utilize the HAV.

So a solo playstyle should be encouraged in a squad based game that rewards teamplay?

Ok, so what if it was made so that the controls for both were in the hands of the "Main Operator", though they were only allowed to do one or the other at any given time.

Do you want to move? Yes? Well, then you can't shoot.

Do you want to shoot? Yes? Well, then you can't move.

Main Operator can do both, though can only do one at a time, not both at the same time.

How?

If you're moving, you can continue to move out of the LOS of the firing tank.

If you're firing, you can shoot at the moving HAV and hope you can kill him before he can swap and kill you.

I don't understand how you feel that it relegates combat to "first see, first kill" though I do agree with you that Large Turrets should be totally incapable of AP fire (except for really obvious cases like "He was standing on my HAV right in front of my Turret").

How?

If you're moving, you can continue to move out of the LOS of the firing tank.

If you're firing, you can shoot at the moving HAV and hope you can kill him before he can swap and kill you.

I don't understand how you feel that it relegates combat to "first see, first kill" though I do agree with you that Large Turrets should be totally incapable of AP fire (except for really obvious cases like "He was standing on my HAV right in front of my Turret").

Ok, so poor choice in words on my part, but I do think it should be exceedingly easier to get AP kills with Small Turrets (than it is to get them with Large Turrets).

EDIT: True summed it up nicely.

This has been suggested 1000 times. CCP has already said that they do not intend to implement this.

Any of the crew can train the fitting skills and then call in the tank. Fitting skills and operations skills would be independent, so a driver would have driving skills, the gunner would have skills to increase DPS.

Whoever calls it in pays for it; the rest of the crew can donate ISK if necessary.

No, you don't have to have a crew all the time. Drive a MAV solo if you want, just don't expect it to have several thousand HP and a large turret.

Yes, HAVs would get stronger if they require a crew (preferably of 3) to operate. But most AV players wouldn't object because balance would be maintained. 3 v 3 is fair.


Probably best that I ignore this

Here you go again, decrying something because the mechanics for it aren't in game yet, though when it suits, you don't hesitate to bring up the Pilot suit (which, surprise, surprise, the mechanics for it aren't in game yet)

If it were implemented tanks would die off literally because they surve no purpose anymore and their practical use would no longer exist.

Dropsuits should also have this done, one person controls movement, one person controls aiming and the other person controls firing, if you want tanks to require 2 people to drive, then dropsuits should require 3 people to use as well.

Blue Tag Link or GTFO?

Changing HAV control scheme to a LAV-like control scheme - Thread
It's always been an intriguing idea, one that's been floating around for a while. However, we don't have any plans to do this in the short term.

It isn't a terrible idea.

It doesn't solve anything 100% but it does have an effect on the problem by presenting a risk if overused, which is good enough without actually doing anything too severe regarding anything relating to stats or vehicle caps.

How does it effect tank spam?Takes another boot off the main force,require two players in order to operate a HAV,spam too many tanks on the field at once and you run too little infantry power on the ground who actually do all the work,kinda in the same way spamming tanks effects players on the opposing team by them having switching single if not mutiple players to AV weapons to have to deal with you and just you.

Tank spam is blown out of proportion yes but it very much real and does happen often because there nothing stomping someone over the range of a match from calling in tank after tank,death after death with little consequence when they have the ISK.

Gyro, it is the only argument they can come up with, at least that doesn't include faeries and magical HAV bunnies.