ok so?

I feel like tanks would be balanced if they removed the large blaster from the game. They could still kill infantry with the missiles and even rails but they would be less efficient at it.

HAH!

The av weapons aren't too far from one another.

Kaalakiota Forge Gun: 1440, 3 sec ROF, 5 sec reload time.
Wiyrkomi Breach Forge Gun: 2100, 4.5 sec ROF, 5 sec reload time.
Ishukone Assault Forge Gun: 1500, 2.25 sec ROF, 5 sec reload time.
Wiyrkomi Swarm Launcher: 1320, 2-3 sec ROF, 4.5 sec reload.


I'll talk to the tanker about shooting some vids with the forge guns.

The issue with making large blasters ineffective against infantry is that this removes the purpose of a tank.
Removal of AI functionality of large blasters only works if a tanker can run a tank without a main turret and instead get a small turret.
Otherwise tanks will be pointless for anyone who runs solo, except for counter tanking.

Remember: Tanks are not infantry. They do not fullfill any function aside from killing.

And I strongly disagree with you. Why are all of you so hell-bent on destroying tanks? Is it not enough if you managed to make it activate its modules and retreat?

That's how it should be. A dedicated AV vs a dedicated tank won't be able to kill the tank, but it will be a huge hindrance to the tank and limit its abilities. Though two or more dedicated AV and the dedicated tank should be in trouble.

Give us a way to

(a) grab onto a tank and drop a bomb inside of it to kill the gunner. (perhaps add some kind skill to grenades that increases the probability that the nade will make it inside? also perhaps add some sort of button combination for this task so that it is not as easy as L2, tanker down.)

(b) grab onto and enter the tank and somehow fight the gunner (maybe some random sequence of buttons determines who wins).

(c) shoot gunners/pilots out of tanks.

Note that all of these should apply to dropships as well. LAVs already allow us to shoot and kill gunners.

Also, I don't understand how the empty seats in Dropships, LAVs, and Tanks are restricted from enemy access? If a tank drives into the midst of 10 enemies without any backup, someone should be able to get into the tank - - this makes sense.

I encourage you to witness a competitive PC match. Tanks get checked very quickly by other tanks. Then dedicated purposed AV hit, and hit hard. A forge or proto swarm on a tower can work wonders in area of denial.

I may get stoned for this but in a great PC match tanks are balanced. But this is with the highest of SP players and very highly skilled and strategic tankers/vehicle users. I know public matches are different.

As the author of both a Swarm Launcher guide and a Tanking guide, I have looked at the problem from both sides.

I still think that the Swarm Launcher needs a slight damage buff. I have been advocating a 12% buff to range and damage, resulting in 250 damage per missile and a range of 200m. The trick is not to buff them too much. We donGÇÖt want a Proto Swarm Launcher to solo a tank unless the tank is stuck, or the driver is extremely inattentive. But you also want a team of 3 Swarm Launchers to be a threat to any tank, even the triple rep Maddy.

In Tank vs Tank the TTK is too short because when the Hardeners were nerfed, the Damage Mods were not. Vehicle Damage Mods need a corresponding nerf. In a Rail tank a 5 shot fight is fun and dynamic. A two shot fight is not fun, and is extremely frustrating to the victim because they have no time to react. One or two shotting should be left to Missile tanks which have to reload between volleys as a balance for their gank potential.

Forge Guns are fine. As a tanker I really noticed the difference when the Forge Gun bugs were fixed, so Tankers have to consider them to be a serious threat now.

A single player can solo a tank with Remote Explosives combined with AV Grenades, but this is balanced because they have to get very close to do it. (Balanced by range.)

Jehad Jeeps make some tankers rage and other tankers laugh, but the driver of the LAV has to sacrifice a clone to do it, and the LAV can be destroyed or avoided by the tank, so I think it is balanced.

Please print this out and tape it to the water cooler in the lunch room. Sticking it to the wall just above the urinal would be acceptable as well.

Oh and hopefully you read this one DEV, you realize you're trying to solve a problem with the best tank in the game at the moment. If you buff AV or make swarms shoot faster or add another shot to the swarm you can't only think about what it would do to this tank you got to think about how it would almost make every other tank useless and just one easy kill. This is the best tank in the game at the moment until hit with REs or PEs. Like I said and I seen many others say this tank is completely fair seeing that 3 REs or 3 PEs could blow this thing sky high. Another thing to think about this tank is only a problem when its coming from DNS seeing that they have unlimited ISK at the moment once it gets blown up another will follow, then another, then another. That's the other true issue with tanking at the moment, I got a fully proto tanking alt but I've basically have been force in retirement with my tanker because these guys can pull out nonstop proto tanks when tankers outside of DNS can only pull out about 2-3 then are forced in the frontline which is just ridiculous honestly

You can't get mad if someone is smart enough to know when to retreat and save them selves some isk. That's like saying someone ran into a room where he knew a enemy was, but when he got there it was a heavy with an HMG and he decided to retreat.

Besides dropships are more vulnerable to av than tanks are, when I ads I retreat when I hit half shields, the only time I really die to av is when I'm hovering low surrounded by structures and get hit by a swarm or forge and smack into a wall or something.

All of these tactics involve the use of human intelligence.

You are asking these peasants for too much.