True Adamance wrote:Eko Sol wrote:Because it takes a specialized AV situation to beat a Triple rep maddy I will have to concur that this is a bit absurd.
Since I run RE's as part of my AV. It only takes two RE's on the weak spot and you can destroy a triple rep maddy. I typically throw an AV nade for preventive maintenance. Actually, ironically, only one RE on the weak spot with one anywhere else and you can take it out in a single detonation ALTHOUGH I have had the occasional issue of the maddy having like 40 HP left and repping back SO I always throw an AV nade as a precaution.
I will argue that there should be a 350 hp/s cap for rep on any vehicle. I have seen double complex rep middy's with a hardener get taken down by two forgers before.
I strongly suggest that everyone make some kind of basic scout with RE's to deal with this. It takes practice on timing throwing it while they move and other elements as well but it is completely doable with a basic Suit. I do it often enough to know it works. I think the gal is best suited but I use the Min Scout which requires that I have no additional armor because the slots are filled with dampeners.
It is REALLY EASY to get one RE on the weak spot. no matter how good the tanker you can always get one on there.
Double reps and a hardener can and do get taken down. I pilot them a lot and Lorhak often says
" A hardener...True you really are a scrub aren't you?"
I do, and he is.
If OP wasn't using the worst FG, was in a good position, and had actual competent support it would have been a breeze.
This is not to say that the reppers are not excessive, they are. But not by a lot.
I have reasonable luck, even against multiple AVers, (although you can't tell their tier with forges, but I know there are often PRO swarms) even with a dual rep Soma with MLT mods. It was actually that success that goaded me to skilling into armour, so that I could add it to my Gunnlogi. Any AV weapon deals 200 DPS. That I could consistently survive (I would run stupid profits of 2-3x the cost of my full-MLT tank) says nothing about DPS, but everything about relative player skill.
OP's argument is just as anecdotal as everyone else's. If his video was as indepth as, say, Ghazbaran's video of him soloing tanks in Ambush, what with its dozen or so sets of footage, it might be some kind of valid. As it is, OP's video shows only that his FG tactics are poor, his fitting was subpar, and his support was worthless.
For what it's worth, I've recently gone toe-to-toe with groups of three AVers in my Gunnlogi; there might have been three of them but they didn't co-ordinate, they didn't plan and they executed exceedingly poorly. OP has a video showing his monstrous accuracy against infantry with a forge, so clearly he's competent enough, but most AVers aren't, and that is indisputable.