DUST Search - Blaster Tank CQC Advice?

Alena Ventrallis wrote:

True Adamance wrote:

Alena Ventrallis wrote:

Avoid the main roads. People love using paved roads for some reason: use this to your advantage. Ambush them when they pass by.

Do not engage until you are well within your optimal. You need to get as much damage done before they know what's going on and they begin to react. Attack too far out and you give your opponent more option to react to you.

Fuel injector is your friend. Never leave home without it.

Gunners are even better friends. Get yourself some small rails, even standard, and you can win the vast majority of fights with other tankers. Me personally, I prefer small blasters to help engage infantry or jihad jeeps.

Oooooh let me draw a paint picture of gunners to go along with the ones above.

Gunners also can cover areas you aren't meaning it's harder for other tankers or AV to get the drop on you.

One more thing: USE THE OVERHEAD MAP. Down on the D-Pad. You can see enemy tanks moving around on it. Always, always, ALWAYS find time to check your overhead map.


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True Adamance Praetoriani Classiarii Templares Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris 17690	Posted - 2015.03.16 20:09:00 - [1] - Quote Lupus Wolf wrote: I haven't been in any good CQC tank fights since I started playing in late 1.6/early 1.7 (CQC railgun Sica, good times). I'm gonna try running the Maddy fit I made. Any advice for engaging other tanks up close and personal? I like ramming, but that's pretty much all I know. Focus on flanking and using avenues that are not commonly in use by other players. These avenues usually put you in positions where you can over look the main avenues that players use and most commonly the average tanker. http://imgur.com/KpFPIrt Using these you want to get the jump on your opponent and hammer them from that position using superior forward/backwards movement speed to get around behind their turrets. http://imgur.com/HMGXJqX Remember you can't take damage if their turret can't keep up with you. Raphael: I'm warning you. Do not leave me here. I will find you. Castiel: Maybe one day. Today you're my little bitch
True Adamance Praetoriani Classiarii Templares Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris 17690	Posted - 2015.03.16 20:15:00 - [2] - Quote Alena Ventrallis wrote: Avoid the main roads. People love using paved roads for some reason: use this to your advantage. Ambush them when they pass by. Do not engage until you are well within your optimal. You need to get as much damage done before they know what's going on and they begin to react. Attack too far out and you give your opponent more option to react to you. Fuel injector is your friend. Never leave home without it. Gunners are even better friends. Get yourself some small rails, even standard, and you can win the vast majority of fights with other tankers. Me personally, I prefer small blasters to help engage infantry or jihad jeeps. Oooooh let me draw a paint picture of gunners to go along with the ones above. Raphael: I'm warning you. Do not leave me here. I will find you. Castiel: Maybe one day. Today you're my little bitch
True Adamance Praetoriani Classiarii Templares Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris 17692	Posted - 2015.03.16 20:25:00 - [3] - Quote Alena Ventrallis wrote: True Adamance wrote: Alena Ventrallis wrote: Avoid the main roads. People love using paved roads for some reason: use this to your advantage. Ambush them when they pass by. Do not engage until you are well within your optimal. You need to get as much damage done before they know what's going on and they begin to react. Attack too far out and you give your opponent more option to react to you. Fuel injector is your friend. Never leave home without it. Gunners are even better friends. Get yourself some small rails, even standard, and you can win the vast majority of fights with other tankers. Me personally, I prefer small blasters to help engage infantry or jihad jeeps. Oooooh let me draw a paint picture of gunners to go along with the ones above. Gunners also can cover areas you aren't meaning it's harder for other tankers or AV to get the drop on you. One more thing: USE THE OVERHEAD MAP. Down on the D-Pad. You can see enemy tanks moving around on it. Always, always, ALWAYS find time to check your overhead map. Another paint picture coming up...but those last two are common sense not Blaster Specific tactics. Raphael: I'm warning you. Do not leave me here. I will find you. Castiel: Maybe one day. Today you're my little bitch
True Adamance Praetoriani Classiarii Templares Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris 17697	Posted - 2015.03.16 22:04:00 - [4] - Quote Stupid Blueberry wrote: You have to "orbit" them at close range. Blasters have way faster tracking than the other turrets, especially with pro. 5. Use this to your advantage. With the turn angle on Armour HAV this cannot be achieved. On a Shield HAV with its tighter turning arc and receptive static tracking it's more than doable. Raphael: I'm warning you. Do not leave me here. I will find you. Castiel: Maybe one day. Today you're my little bitch
True Adamance Praetoriani Classiarii Templares Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris 17697	Posted - 2015.03.16 22:10:00 - [5] - Quote Mex-0 wrote: GTFO of your tank and fight like a real man. Real men tank. Sissies **** around on foot not defending their own turrets, CRU, or Supply Depots whining miserably that because they neglected their toys and forgot to feed the dog they are sad that the responsible adults grounded them and took away their stuff. Raphael: I'm warning you. Do not leave me here. I will find you. Castiel: Maybe one day. Today you're my little bitch