Fine I'll quantify that with no one worth a damn in a tank has every actually been Nova Knifed to death.

There is a mechanic I could tolerate for how Nova Knives do damage to HAV and that is if they fired their blade like a Ballistic Knife. A KEP with a thermally ignited plasma blade fired using a compressed gravity mechanism theoretically could punch through tank armour and drag in super heated air to damage internal systems.

Isn't the Nova Knife already a knife with an ignited plasma edge?

well I'm not mad or anything at the person, that being said, the lore on nova knifes is ret ard ed and really out side of the scope of reality, I'm not sure at this point what the effectiveness is on this weapon vrs vehicles but I'll make some suite and find out, guess i know where my next mil sp are going!

It makes perfect sense from a lore perspective as the knives are sheathed in plasma, making it a sort of bladed Plasma Cannon.

As for where your next 1m SP is going, my guess is nowhere or down the drain because if you think you'll be able to use NKs to hit vehicles with any regularity, you're delusional.

It makes perfect sense from a lore perspective as the knives are sheathed in plasma, making it a sort of bladed Plasma Cannon.

As for where your next 1m SP is going, my guess is nowhere or down the drain because if you think you'll be able to use NKs to hit vehicles with any regularity, you're delusional.

That's debatable really considering how the Plasma Cannon Operates.

Perhaps, but if CCP stated it themselves we have no choice but to accept it as "cannon", and therefore correct.

Then it shouldn't have a infinite ammo amount on it, it should have a finite amount of charges!

They are blades wreathed in plasma. It's very common in scifi for energy swords to easily cut through armour, or just about anything.

See WH40k (most similar), Star Wars, Evangelion, StarCraft etc.

To some extent I agree and I think I can blame the previous dev leadership on that. An animation as you pointed out would have helped but that's too late now. Let's just hope #PortDust514 gives us a chance to address that.

And for the record, I have recently killed tanks with nova knives. But as I said earlier, those were because the drivers were likely incompetent. So far, skilled drivers escape me easily (with and without killing me in the process).

Wait, the state of Pilots is in such poor state that such idiots are rampant?

Yes. I **** you not it's a too common to be just newbies but common idiot that inhabits this game are fitting ******* Shield Hardeners to armour tanks.

Hell the day before that I drove circles around a Soma and Gv.0 ina Cv.0 with less and 1000 Shield before my hardeners kicked in a still destroyed both HAV.

Wait, the state of Pilots is in such poor state that such idiots are rampant?

Oh, let's not get started on fictional physics in a video game here. Have you looked at Eve Online? An entire station can be right between you and your target and the station won't be able to block a single shot. Planets don't orbit at all and thus are fixed onto the same location every day. Spaceships move like submarines do underwater in the vacuum of space. And don't get me started on bumping. And that's just on Dust 514. Wait until we start talking about Halo.

It's not so much about physics as it is trying to get people of understand modern tank technologies as well as how weapons penetrate tank armour or how they fail to penetrate the armour.

I feel it's entirely reasonable to assume that the armour thickness of a cloned soldiers tank is sufficient to render short bladed weapons like Nova Knives completely ineffective plasma edged, blade or no, where are a fast moving dense plasma projectile discharging thermal energy across the surface of whatever it impacts with certainly would have the capacity to deal damage to armoured vehicles in the same way a HESH round might.

Then it shouldn't have a infinite ammo amount on it, it should have a finite amount of charges!

Close combat gives people the opportunity to attack tank's weak points. So I wouldn't expect a nova knife to be effective against the main armour hull, but if you're standing on a tank surely you could do serious damage with an energy blade if you stab the right place.

It doesn't feel thematically wrong to me. Not to mention the fact it's very difficult to actually kill a tank with knives.

So you feel that a knife can somehow with the power of a person should somewhat rival a small turret?

Again, it's an energy blade. It doesn't seem wrong that it can damage a tank. It's a common concept. Both the power of energy blades, and the effectiveness of infantry CQC on tanks.

You know what's even worst... lele...
Last hotfix... You were suppose to be able to fist tanks to deal with melee...
Hehe...

Ok here we go.

Just today I got done playing a match in Domination on the following map:

http://web.ccpgamescdn.com/newssystem/media/64656/1/LineHarvest_domination.jpg

My team came from the South while the enemy came from the North. At first, the enemy captured the objective but we managed to push them out and hack it for ourselves. But after the objective flips, blaster-fitted Gallente HAV with armor modules comes in from the enemy side becomes a nascence. It was sticking to an area located within Grids D9, E9, and F9. Because of this tank, we lost control of the objective.

So I decided to pull out my AV dropsuit which is an Scout Ak.0 with Wyrkomi Swarms, Flaylock pistol, and advanced AV grenades. Using the cloak, I flanked to get behind the tank and surprised it with 3 swarm salvos. As it took damage, the driver backed out from Grid F9 and headed North into its redline as it drove backwards. I kept up the pressure with AV grenades and flaylocks and forced it deeper into its redline. I nearly killed it with another 3 salvos of the swarms, but I got killed by the redline before I got a chance.

So I decided it was time to bring out my knife suit which I call the "Tank Killer". This is basically a Scout Mk.0 with Nothi's Nova Knives stacked with damage mods, kin kats, and a cloak. Nothing more. No extra weapon. No extra equipment.

I flanked the HAV once again and aimed straight for the rear section of the tank where the 240% damage bonus would be applied if I managed to hit it. The shields went down in the first hit and then I started digging into its armor. But the armor mods kicked in. Even if I was able to apply some damage, I wasn't able to apply it fast enough. The HAV driver backed out which caused the collision mechanic to push me to the side and out of the rear. I was chasing it, once again and with greater speed, but the HAV was just too fast. I was forced to cloak up and flee as it was firing its blaster at me. I tried again as the tank came back from its redline again and just kept attacking it. No surprise, it backed out into its redline but this time it manages to kill me as it retreated.

At this point I realized that the HAV was just not going to be easy to kill. In fact, my success rate throughout the match was ZERO PERCENT when using the "Tank Killer" fit. My Scout Ak.0 with Wyrkomi Swarm Launchers gave me better results than the "Tank Killer" Scout Mk.0.

Remember that I was using NOTHI'S Nova Knives. The most powerful sidearm in the game on a dropsuit that boosts its power while using it on a section of the HAV where it is most vulnerable and even then I was failing to kill the HAV.

Every.

Single.

Time.

The HAV driver was smart. He kept moving at the first sign of trouble and he had good enough aim with his blaster to kill me several times in my Scout Mk.0.

Perhaps I should have stuck with the Scout Ak.0 and its swarms.

Hey next time you try to drop 3 remote of the F/45 Remote Explosive before you start to knife and see what happens, pop them once he starts to run!

Hey next time you try to drop 3 remote of the F/45 Remote Explosive before you start to knife and see what happens, pop them once he starts to run!

Doesn't that prove my point that knives are not much to worry about for tank drivers?