Dovallis Martan JenusKoll
Osmon Surveillance
Caldari State
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Posted - 2014.12.28 06:01:00 -
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As of now? Tanks are a joke. No I mean seriously. You field one, I will laugh at you.
i've seen a commando running around with Proto Swarms and a Proto Combat rifle just blasting everything that came into his area. Turbo button + swarms, somehow made him immune to all vehicles, and players on the map.
Such a build should not be possible, but it is, because people cried that infantry wasn't strong enough. I don't mean light crying. i mean "hardcore, up all night, making up new hallucinations to use as pinata" examples.
Just look up this thread?
Tanks not taking damage from small weapons fire? Is that even a complaint?
Infantry can hide in buildings, making them immune to ALL tank fire. You can even walk around the map, with minimal planning to avoid all tank encounters. HELL, they even added BABYSITTER RADAR mode for those idiots who complained even though tanks are Noisy as all get-out, and change the entirety of the ambient lighting as they move around. You can even TRACK a tank from the map overhead without fail.
If you could do any of those things to regular dropsuits, just one alone would make the suit stick out, but tanks have Three different systems against them right at the get-go... no wait... with radar that's Four.
My comparison chart
Lighting changes indicate tank locations, large sound radius indicates tank location, Map overhead reveals tank location, Radar now shows tanks at a distance.
Vs suits only show or sound at close range.
-- 3 Tier benefit for suits
Tanks have higher mobility. Suits can enter buildings. Suits can also hide.
--benefit for suits
Tanks have higher HP, (yet most AV has large bonus against armor)
-benefit for Tanks? (shield mayhaps, but not armor tanks)
Tanks can innately damage and kill infantry. Infantry requires specialized weapons.
- benefit tanks.
AV weapons deal as much damage as Vehicle weapons.
-- no benefit
Vehicle weapons can fire faster than AV weapons.
- benefit for tanks.
Vehicle weapons are far less accurate than AV weapons. (Vehicles have spread OR reticule wobble when used)
- Benefit for suits.
Tanks have to shoot from pre-ordained positions.
Suits can use any region on the map they desire, they can also plan the route of their target due to forced roadways.
-- 2 tier benefit for suits.
AV can always track vehicles if they pay attention.
Vehicles cannot track AV. AV can ambush at any time from any direction.
-- 2 tier benefit for suits
AV can evade tank fire at any time by attacking from above the angle a tank's turret can tilt. They can also hide behind walls to negate incoming fire, and change firing positions on the fly, so their target has to keep guessing.
Tanks can only dodge AV if they are forge guns. Swarms will follow corners. There is no guesswork of where a tank will be.
-- 4 tier advantage for suits.
Totals
--Tank 3 points
--Suits 13 points
With all those advantages built right into the game, it makes me laugh that people complain about tanks, when they have nearly no ground to stand on whatsoever.
http://youtu.be/dtXupQg77SU
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