It would make vehicle pilots feel.....like specialists. Like SP investment mattered. Good points all around.

you dream big. CCP wont introduce new meaningfull skills. All i can hope for is a buff to blaster to create the demand for rail, and have rail rof back to where it was.

With the games lifespan expected to end after DESTINY, i doubt they would spend much energy in creating skills. Keep your expectations realistic.

OMG no, why don't you get it. Rails are fine and sure dispersion needs a little tweaking but not removed. Sorry that blasters work better at infantry suppression than straight up killing.

Until CCP gives a definitive statement about what the purpose of large blaster turrets are, I feel like I can't assert that LBT's need less dispersion (whether through a skill or some other way). I spoke with a couple other tanks and they agreed with your sentiment that a scout can outstrafe blasters. But like I said, if blasters are supposed to be ineffective against infantry, then thats significant. However I do believe blasters need to be anti infantry effective. I think personally tanks need to have a purpose beyond destroying the the extremely effective anti infantry ADS and killing enemy tanks/lav's.

I for one would not be opposed to tanks getting a major buff to DPS in exchange for them losing out on their ability to traverse the battlefield quickly.

I for one do not know why rails need splash damage, at all. I have been VERY frustrated at times hacking a point only to be hit 4 times by spalsh damage that only required the ral to hit the point lazily. Min/maxing they don't do enough DPS IMO. And the range nerf was 2 strong, I hear tanks seriously concerned about the viability of rail tanking as opposed to forging, mobility being the only advantage. I personally view rails to be snipers of sorts.

I've spoken with tank pilots they would prefer tanks required more skill required of them in order to obtain a greater advantage over easier to use fits. Specifically I spoke with a few that preferred when tankers were required to be responsible for a lot of diverse modules as opposed to hitting all the damage mods or hardeners and then recalling when they ran out.

I still go 30+ with a neutron blaster madrugar and kill several gunnlogi and other madrugar in the process. These less skilled tankers just want an instakill OP weapon. Well guess what, the time of being a 1 man death machine is over. Learn 2 gunners. With my madrugar with missiles and 2 particle accelerators we get over 10,000 wp between us and kill around 60 ppl per match.