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Bright Steel
Horizons' Edge
1052
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Posted - 2015.03.13 20:45:00 -
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So I'm thinking about spacing into tanks now that I've hit 34 million and am pretty comfortable with my suites and weapons.
Any advice for skills needed and order to get. Is there a thread you know about you can direct me too?
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Bright Steel
Horizons' Edge
1052
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Posted - 2015.03.14 03:35:00 -
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Anyone?
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True Adamance
Praetoriani Classiarii Templares
Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
17653
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Posted - 2015.03.14 03:55:00 -
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Specifically which blend of tanks are you interested in?
Raphael: I'm warning you. Do not leave me here. I will find you.
Castiel: Maybe one day. Today you're my little bitch
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TIGER SHARK1501
Savage Bullet
General Tso's Alliance
175
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Posted - 2015.03.14 03:58:00 -
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Its an isk and SP sink but if you really are looking to do so figure out if you like armor vs shields and spec into skills that aide your choice. Pick a large turret and spec into that. You have 3 choices and no single turret will work for each situation. The more you go into optimization allows you to have an easier time choosing your fittings. |
Albyat Tyre
Glitched Connection
76
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Posted - 2015.03.14 04:08:00 -
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Agreed. Imo, the missle tank is awesome, followed by the blaster, then the rail. In a tank, there is somuch you have to be aware of,while focusing on your target. While hunting another tank, fordge guns and av's are after you. Then the scouts are running up to place remotes on your tank. You may be more powerful but youare also the big target. Whichever you choose to use, be very aware ofwhat is going on around you. Oh yeah, one more thing, be careful about extragunners in the tank. Some blueberries don't know when to get out. I usually don't equipt the extra guns. Had this happen more than once. Could not recall my tank because blueberry would not exit my tank. Good luck onyounew adventure. 
To live as one shall live, I prefer killing red dots.
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Lupus Wolf
Minmatar Republic
155
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Posted - 2015.03.14 04:16:00 -
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Kill all the turret installations first, they can be the death of you when you need a quick escape.
Shield extenders or armor plates are a must.
Get ready to die. A lot.
Or you could be a coward and jump out at the last second. (I personally think they should add an enter/exit timer).
Redundant Usernames FTW Neigh!
Incubi RULE! Pythons suck.
30% Logi, 30% Tanker, 40% Pilot
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Terry Webber
Molon Labe.
General Tso's Alliance
599
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Posted - 2015.03.14 04:24:00 -
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Lupus Wolf wrote:Kill all the turret installations first, they can be the death of you when you need a quick escape.
Shield extenders or armor plates are a must.
Get ready to die. A lot.
Or you could be a coward and jump out at the last second. (I personally think they should add an enter/exit timer). Rattati has thought about adding the enter/exit timer. I don't know where he mentioned it though. |
Big Daigo
Caldari State
36
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Posted - 2015.03.14 04:31:00 -
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This is the most important tanking advice you can get. A captain, ALWAYS goes down with his ship. Tanking is not for abandoners.
Even castles made of sand fall into the sea eventually.
For the State.
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Reign Omega
T.H.I.R.D R.O.C.K
RISE of LEGION
1305
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Posted - 2015.03.14 04:34:00 -
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Pick a style and stick with it, run the mlt tanks until you decide you prefer shield or armor. The turret isnt so important early on you can usually do fine with a basic large, but the fitting optimization is so crucial for higher end fits. I havent tried the new hulls but I plan on respeccing my Vehicle alt completely out of infantry again when I play next. The module skills are also pretty key, the extra time and cooldown will keep you in the fight longer.
Installations may be the single most dangerous thing if you're getting into a hot fight, don't ever rely on blues to keep them friendly, you will just get shot in the back.
Plan on saying "huh?" Quite often.
And never...never...open your map in any sort of solid structure.
Mark a$$ tricks, and bags of dicks....
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Reign Omega
T.H.I.R.D R.O.C.K
RISE of LEGION
1305
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Posted - 2015.03.14 04:35:00 -
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Big Daigo wrote:This is the most important tanking advice you can get. A captain, ALWAYS goes down with his ship. Tanking is not for abandoners.
Hear hear! Ride that blazing hunk right into the abyss!
Mark a$$ tricks, and bags of dicks....
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Proto Annihilator
16 Vandals
746
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Posted - 2015.03.14 06:09:00 -
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Big Daigo wrote:This is the most important tanking advice you can get. A captain, ALWAYS goes down with his ship. Tanking is not for abandoners.
I love lighting the clone up the second he hops out. He gets back in and dies with his tank like a proper tanker.
You look like a blueberry
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True Adamance
Praetoriani Classiarii Templares
Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
17655
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Posted - 2015.03.14 09:00:00 -
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So the above is a tangled mess of non specifics but again I'll ask the OP specifically what kind of tanks are you looking at picking up. From there we can talk about skill allotments, builds, your personal style, etc.
Once you have that down we can then talk about tactics on the battlefield and how to make you better than your average tankman.
Raphael: I'm warning you. Do not leave me here. I will find you.
Castiel: Maybe one day. Today you're my little bitch
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Derpty Derp
Dead Man's Game
904
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Posted - 2015.03.14 09:47:00 -
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Big Daigo wrote:This is the most important tanking advice you can get. A captain, ALWAYS goes down with his ship. Tanking is not for abandoners.
Sometimes he goes down before his ship... Earlier today a heavy jumped out because he was getting sick of my LAV shooting at him... Unfortunately he got out right where I was shooting and took a headshot. |
Ceadda Sai
bloodyreddots
81
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Posted - 2015.03.14 09:56:00 -
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Lupus Wolf wrote:Kill all the turret installations first, they can be the death of you when you need a quick escape.
Shield extenders or armor plates are a must.
Get ready to die. A lot.
Or you could be a coward and jump out at the last second. (I personally think they should add an enter/exit timer).
Can't agree more on killing installations first. I personally find CPU controlled ones more dangerous. As for jumping out of a tank before the big kaboom, reddies usually get greedy when I jump out, thinking they can kill me plus get my tank via hack, which gives my tank time to recoup few extra armor points to jump back into, and make off like a bandit. Also never hurts to bring emergency rep tool or an av fit in a tank.
Forge Gunners: Now this is a gun for going out and and making people miserable with.
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Dovallis Martan JenusKoll
Osmon Surveillance
Caldari State
1150
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Posted - 2015.03.14 10:36:00 -
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Shields and Large Missiles --- this is the "low effort" mode
I prefer Armor, however, so I don't go out that often.
Most AV have bonuses to Armor. Missiles can drop a large quantity of damage into a mid to far target.
Blasters are meant for close range. Rails, obviously long range.
Anyway, the new fitting optimizations seem to be needed to return tanks to their before-patch levels of health, so whichever one you choose, is what you'll need to focus on.
Then you can focus on your main weapon. They don't do well if your armor/shields aren't up to par.
After that... possibly the small turrets if you want people along for the ride.
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Remember the dream you had before the day you were born.
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Doc DDD
TeamPlayers
Negative-Feedback
395
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Posted - 2015.03.14 11:49:00 -
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At this moment in time, put all your points into armor, and armor related vehicle skills, and blasters.
Shields, rails, and missile sp is wasted at this point in time. |
Mejt0
Dead Man's Game
RUST415
1041
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Posted - 2015.03.14 12:21:00 -
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At the moment, armor tanks are very viable.
Shield tanks are weak after echo.
Madrugar can live through missile tanks, rail tanks, minmando swarms. Hardener + 305-450rep, it's just insane.
Caldari Hero
Loyal To The State
Mejt0 Sale List
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MINA Longstrike
Kirjuun Heiian
2370
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Posted - 2015.03.14 13:29:00 -
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Bright Steel wrote:So I'm thinking about spacing into tanks now that I've hit 34 million and am pretty comfortable with my suites and weapons.
Any advice for skills needed and order to get. Is there a thread you know about you can direct me too?
Be prepared to have to invest a *LOT* of skillpoints into it and be prepared for un-even engagements with people who see a basic vehicle and pull out proto av on it. Essentially it's like starting with a rookie char all over again, things aren't nice until you get about 10-15 sp into the role.
Finally found right thread.
Hnolai ki tuul, ti sei oni a tiu. Kirjuun Heiian.
I have a few alts.
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Takahiro Kashuken
Red Star.
4198
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Posted - 2015.03.14 13:39:00 -
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TBH just don't do it.
I sunk 61mil SP into all vehicles and armor is the only viable one, half the modules you will not use or won't be able to fit, you get little investment for the SP required compared to infantry and it will cost you alot more in ISK and vehicles have alot more problems in general which atm won't be fixed anytime soon and some for even years and yes i am referring to the railgun bugs that still exist.
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The above post is respectful, contains no ranting, contains no personal attacks, contains no trolling, contains no racism, contains no discrimination, contains no profanity, contains no spamming. This post is an opinion and is related to DUST514
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LudiKure ninda
Dead Man's Game
RUST415
244
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Posted - 2015.03.14 13:47:00 -
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Massive SP and ISK sink,.. be prepared 4 that.
Armor is way to go now.
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Mejt0
Dead Man's Game
RUST415
1051
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Posted - 2015.03.14 15:45:00 -
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Ps. You don't need fk ton of SP to be competetive using tanks.
You'll have good tank fits with less than 7-9m invested skill points [counting all turrets and both tanks ; shields/armor]
Caldari Hero
Loyal To The State
Mejt0 Sale List
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Bright Steel
Horizons' Edge
1054
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Posted - 2015.03.14 16:23:00 -
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True Adamance wrote:So the above is a tangled mess of non specifics but again I'll ask the OP specifically what kind of tanks are you looking at picking up. From there we can talk about skill allotments, builds, your personal style, etc.
Once you have that down we can then talk about tactics on the battlefield and how to make you better than your average tankman.
Want to focus on AV with some AI ability. I currently run minmatar suites and love speed which has me leaning towards shields. I also have the blood raiders LAV BPO so the shield based skills will help there too.
I want a solid cheap build to start with to get the hang of things. Currently have 2 million SP to start with and 40million ISK that gets routinly wasted or given away since I turn a good profit nowadays.
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Xocoyol Zaraoul
Superior Genetics
3606
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Posted - 2015.03.14 16:40:00 -
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Big Daigo wrote:This is the most important tanking advice you can get. A captain, ALWAYS goes down with his ship. Tanking is not for abandoners.
A load of bullcrap.
That tradition was started with the captain being the last to exit the ship, so he was not abandoning the crew that he was directly responsible for. Only crazed lunatics hunting sea monsters with an obsession "go down with the ship."
Most of the time my HAV doesn't even have a crew, and in the tradition of tanks, not ships, when the tank needs to be abandoned everybody gets the hell out as they are glorified rolling coffins with a turret on top.
Never give your enemy a free lunch
Later today when I get home, I'll go ahead and post my opinion of what the OP should do, if armor is in his interest, as well as my general tactics that saved me HAVs even when they were made of tinfoil and cost 2.3 million each.
"You see those red dots over there?
Go and shoot them until you see a +50 on the screen" - Arkena Wyrnspire
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