Would it be Ok if it cost 1 Billion ISK and be omnipotent?

Would that make a balanced game?

So that all those with tons of isk could just go into any game and kill anything else at will? And never have to worry about dying or having to make sacrifices to win?

That would be a FANTASTIC way to grow Dust. Lets just let the OP stuff stay because it costs so much, and not reduce the cost and make the game balanced and playable.

Don't you dare characterize me as a redline tanker I would shoot you down before that happens.

because expensive things are usually for show, and if you are using a shiny tank that cost an amount that you are gonna cry over after someone makes it go boom my shiny rockets/plasma balls/kinetic slugs, that are made to take you out should do what their descriptions say they do

for example "powered by a Gemini microprocessor the forge gun utilizes a stored electric charge to fire kinetic slugs at speeds in excess of 7,000 m/s enough to penetrate even augmented armor systems"

the point being if you are a good tanker you can deal with all these threats and not have to be babied about so you can survive a match

don't use the price as an excuse if you can't afford to use it don't use it

if it takes a forge gun enough time to recharge that you can easily use to take cover from then I need to be able to take you out quick before you take cover, swarms take time to lock on, time you can use to evade and even if you get locked on you can take cover and not even take damage

if you are dumb enough to be caught out in the open without support then you should get what you deserve

in a real world war do you see tanks going in alone with one guy driving and expect them to live?

This.

Plus becoming an AVer makes you an easy target for both infantry AND tanks. Yes, you can hit tanks but tanks can hit back and harder.

In a game of 16 vs 16, there can only be so many AVers before your team because dysfunctional. Think about it. Four solo tankers vs four-six AVers. The tankers have more firepower and are actively use their firepower to either destroy or hinder you. The AVers are a response, usually, or a defense in waiting. But regardless if the AVers are giving the tankers a hard time, and they're probably not if there's four fricking tankers on the field at once, the enemy team with the four tankers are most likely progressing much better off than your team, unless of course they really suck at corp battles.

I'm not saying that AVers should feel a need to team up to effectively handle a tank but I'm saying is that a solo AVer shouldn't feel completely useless. The AVer should at LEAST be capable, with the right skills and weapons, of hindering the enemy's tank progress in a 1v1.

A lot of tankers from day one feel like 1v1 should always favor the tanker because it costs much more. But they fail to realize that tanks can become OP much more easily by going off of this idea.