The problem is that the one killing me WEREN'T Prototype. Some were, and I'd say the Forge guns a re somewhat OP in my opinion. At least as it is an EM pulse, it should lose effectiveness over distance. It isn't, a forge gun can hide half way across the map, and pick out tanks with impunity. That is NOT how it should be. Cost benefit. a 100k proto geared forge gunner can kill multiple marauders, is ... off balanced. Tanks should never be able to be taken down by anything short of a team effort.

I just tested it, and spent a few hundred thousand SP on weaponry and forge gun skills, camped on the tower and started picking off all enemy installations with ease, and then a few tanks. That is just too much.

And please note that I mentioned a sudden change between Thursday and Friday.

Yes, I had a bad day, and screwed up a little, but I lost tanks left and right, where I usually can at lesat defend myself and break even n cost and earnings. Not so yesterday.

I doubt everyone suddenly got proto gear across the board and I suddenly became a noob driver over night, that is why I'm asking about what changed.

You are consistently missing the point. Deliberately perhaps?


Tanks are not indestructible, nor should they be. But they ARE tanks. And a SINGLE guy should NOT be able to kill it short of a ****** driver remains in place with a ****** fit.

NOT even a proto Forge gun.

Taking down a tank should be a team effort. These are hideously expensive, and require a LOT of SP to get to the top bracket of. Any noob with a forge gun should not be able to kill them easily.

8 million SP minimum

I've not spent a million SP on a forge gun setup, and I'm already doing MORE damage per shot than my 11M SP, 262k ISK Marauder

Edit: Before I forget. There are no Prototype idems in a marauder. And a Marauder is not a prototype idem either. It required MAV level 3 only. There will probably be tanks for "Advanced" and "Prototype" as well later, and I'm not even daring to consider the cost of those.

And I hope they are changing their minds on that. A marauder is NOT worth 1.2M ISK. Not even close, unless they nerf swarm launchers and all other AV weapons a great deal, or boost the Marauders.

IF a marauder should be worth 1.2M ISK, they need to be able to go toe to toe with a combined 16 man enemy assault, alone, and have a 50% chance of winning.

I have no idea what infantry gear and tanks cost in the real world. But I doubt an infantry guy with an AK47 can threaten an A1 Abrams. Even if he were to carry a backpack of explosives.