Infantry support, and AV (AP when fitted with gunners).

The intended role of an item doesn't change based on which game-mode you're in.

Then perhaps, you should get a different FC.

Because anyone who wouldn't want to field something with:

• On-board Spawn Systems
• On-board Scan Systems
• Superior AV Capabilities
• Superior AP Capabilities

While also being able to defend 2 objectives at once (on certain sockets), and can pretty much kill any ADS who lingers for too long clearly has no idea of how to be a tactical player, or simply doesn't want to stray from the meta.


As for being CCP Rattati, you don't need to be a DEV to relay something as obvious as this. Though if you'd like, go ahead and wait for him to come so he can say something along the lines of:

That has to be the least intelligent Atiim post I have ever seen ever.

Really, I've had a few PC battles now, there's only a few maps where tanks aren't that useful, but they still perform well as anti-air and to intercept the stragglers once you've pushed them out of the main area.

Also the HMG spam makes all vehicles useful, as they're by far the best way to get rid of them or at least pop their logi trains.

One question about HAV/Dropships:

I can hear them (20-40m from me), but beyond wall/hill and... i didnt see them on my personal radar. Why?

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If you've fitted your tank to be for you and you alone, no.
But don't forget like Atiim said there are plenty of support modules that you can use to benifit your team.

Even if you just switch out that nitro for an MCRU you turn your tank into a mobile staging area.

Your IMMUNE to light weapons fire (AV excluded natrually) which makes you ideal for mobile cover.

1 scanner shows every piece of equipment, the majority of medium suits, all heavies and all other vehicles within a HUGE 100m radius, for a minute at a time (or there abouts).

Your large blaster while perhaps not designed for infantry is still incredibly effecient at it, while also having a large enough mag to supress your enemy and cause them to bunker down/channel into a killzone.

You can even in circumstances, where there isn't enough room in a DS or LAV be used as a make shift APC. Your speed allows for upto 2 people, with vehicle support from yourself to be rapidly deployed across the map.

The thing is and always will be, that whenever you see a tank in any game, you instantly assume it's role should be 'to make boom big' when in reality (both actual RL and in game) a tank is basically 'Close Infantry Ground Support'

Using your brain is trolling now is it? The dude just pointed out several ways of being 'useful' as a vehicle user... Seriously though, 2 small turrets with average gunners on a tank = carnage... Just a shame PC matches are all organized by ground troops that want 1 man vehicles unless it's a stacked bonus dropship.

What you need is alternate strategies, instead of just the usuall 'sit in the red line and wait for dropships to shoot down.' Seriously if you wanna be a 'nooby' tanker there's almost always 1 sitting in the redzone pointing into the closest objective.

Until the enemy destroys said uplinks, or CCP nerfs them.
Also Uplinks aren't bulletproof.


However you make a good point, why bother with anything but more tank? It's the reason PC is like it is, why you can't trust players with infinite customization. Because when it comes down to it eHP > Skill, eHP > tactics, eHP > ALL.