Damon Romani
Villore Sec Ops
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.08.28 04:12:00 -
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Icy Tiger wrote:Knuckle Crush wrote:Noc Tempre wrote:Step 1: Don't use a Sica. I'd never have thought of that! What a great idea! You're soooo amazing! Prick... Nice. you just insulted the best armor tanker, maybe even the best tank driver in the game. Considering he's one of the 20 people with the high end tanks, I wouldn't have said that. Noc kinda deserved that insult. :P
Noc's first response pretty much boiled down to: "Don't do what you're doing right now"
Knuckle:
The general tanking concepts in this game are pretty similar to the ones in other games. For a solo tank, you have health points (armor EHP), damage resists and self-heals (local-reps). The same ideas apply here:
- You want the best local-reps you can manage.
- You want enough EHP to keep you alive until your local-reps kick in.
Damage resists help both goals, so get lots of that. Due to the way unusual way this game handles resist stacking, you'll usually want at least 2 but no more than 3 resistance modules (depending on free slots).
From here, Noc's second post really covers the specifics on how to balance out your tanking goals:
Noc Tempre wrote:If you want a militia soma fit - rail, mt-1x2, dcu, armor resits, 2 reps, plate. Figuring out what size plate and reps combo works best for you is a personal choice. Start with 120 and two smalls.
The EVE-acronyms loosely translated come out to:
rail - railguns for the driver
mt-1x2 - missiles for your gunners
dcu - fit a damage control unit
2 reps - fit 2 repair modules
plate - fit 1 plate
armor resists - fill your remaining slots with these, hopefully 2-3 if you have the slots
As Noc mentions, the reps and plates come in a variety of sizes and have varying CPU/PG requirements. Figuring out whether to get a better plate or to get better reps is up to personal preference.
Personally, I prefer to go heavier on EHP and go weaker on reps. It lets me take a bigger beating during a single fight, but it means I have to sit out longer inbetween fights as my reps wont heal me to full in a single cycle. This also leaves me vulnerable for longer while I'm hiding behind a hill licking my wounds, which means I need to be sure my team is nearby to stop that enemy tank or forge gunner from simply following me. |