DUST Search - the "Can't Lose" squad strategy

Magewarlord wrote:

I hope people don't actually follow this because it will put the final nail in the Dust coffin, as it will cause the leftover players to give up and move on.

I noticed in a match tonight that a squad of 4-6 can very likely win every single battle with little casualties. All you need is 3 or 4 proto tanks with all but one of them using blasters. They should have dual hardeners, scanners, and fuel injectors. The other couple guys can use whatever proto suits they want (preferably a Gal Logi to prevent sneaky reds and hiders). The extra tank should be (and was in this case) a missile tank in case enemy wants to call tank themselves.

I was on a team where we were up against this. Many of us used AV and held the tanks off of the Dom point for a couple minutes. Due to all the friendly AV, the enemy (as they surely would) moved in to take us out seeing we were suited to fight off the hardened-tanks. The tanks were indestructible even with much AV, due to the fact that when we whittled one down it would hit it's booster and fall back while the next tank took it's place with full hardeners, meaning we couldn't chase to finish them. It was a 'rinse and repeat' situation as we would almost kill a tank, then the next, and by then the first tank was recharged and ready to attack.

It takes much AV to take out even 3 double hardened tanks (let alone more), meaning the other 12-13 infantry made quick work of us. It was only a matter of a couple minutes before we were pushed back and chased down for the rest of the match, unable to even switch back to anti-infantry as the tanks would chase and slaughter us. I believe there was a Gal Logi too so there was no hiding and no fighting after a minute.

I was on a good team that seemed to have at least 2 squads and the blues seemed to know what they were doing at first. But there wasn't much that could be done. I thought it over after the match and realized I couldn't think of a counter for this situation, other than matching the opponent exactly and trying to outplay them that way. It's a sad situation...

Any thoughts?

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KEROSIINI-TERO The Rainbow Effect 2	Posted - 2015.07.02 07:31:00 - [1] - Quote Magewarlord wrote: I hope people don't actually follow this because it will put the final nail in the Dust coffin, as it will cause the leftover players to give up and move on. I noticed in a match tonight that a squad of 4-6 can very likely win every single battle with little casualties. All you need is 3 or 4 proto tanks with all but one of them using blasters. They should have dual hardeners, scanners, and fuel injectors. The other couple guys can use whatever proto suits they want (preferably a Gal Logi to prevent sneaky reds and hiders). The extra tank should be (and was in this case) a missile tank in case enemy wants to call tank themselves. I was on a team where we were up against this. Many of us used AV and held the tanks off of the Dom point for a couple minutes. Due to all the friendly AV, the enemy (as they surely would) moved in to take us out seeing we were suited to fight off the hardened-tanks. The tanks were indestructible even with much AV, due to the fact that when we whittled one down it would hit it's booster and fall back while the next tank took it's place with full hardeners, meaning we couldn't chase to finish them. It was a 'rinse and repeat' situation as we would almost kill a tank, then the next, and by then the first tank was recharged and ready to attack. It takes much AV to take out even 3 double hardened tanks (let alone more), meaning the other 12-13 infantry made quick work of us. It was only a matter of a couple minutes before we were pushed back and chased down for the rest of the match, unable to even switch back to anti-infantry as the tanks would chase and slaughter us. I believe there was a Gal Logi too so there was no hiding and no fighting after a minute. I was on a good team that seemed to have at least 2 squads and the blues seemed to know what they were doing at first. But there wasn't much that could be done. I thought it over after the match and realized I couldn't think of a counter for this situation, other than matching the opponent exactly and trying to outplay them that way. It's a sad situation... Any thoughts? Don't you think that tactic has limitations and weaknesses? KERO-TRADER is my official Eve character for Dust trading.