I agree on this and the driver seat should also be low and have a small FOV. I mean it's a tank .. why does the driver have the same FOV as a LAV driver?

Nanobots, or very small flying robots. It'd be stupid to limit the situational awareness of your tankers wouldn't it?

Would the tank then be able to seat four or would it have to give up a turret?

bad idea
what ******* game do u know with tanks that doesnt have the tank driver using the main gun
dumb suggestion, not a good way to balance tanks

Dropships =/= tanks
Dropships = transport chopper from BF3

Would the tank then be able to seat four or would it have to give up a turret?

So a greater manpower commitment and a more attractive target in exchange for a feature that is (supposedly but not necessarily) a buff for organized teams and a nerf for unorganized ones? This would mean that a squad of four couldn't roll in four tanks anymore and could only really run two tanks (is this intended?). It would also mean that any random who jumped in your tank before your buddy could massively gimp your performance due to a lack of skills and no comms (which is true for dropships but I don't think they are being designed with the same priorities).

With reference to your comparison to dropships. I think that the job breakdown may have more to do with the difference between combat and troop transport roles.

I would be interested to know if tank drivers would consider having two people split these responsibilities would be a buff at all.
Communication delays versus multitasking may make this a nerf even for good teams.

From a practical standpoint I can't see this working without at least the ability to kick or rearrange passengers due to the fact that good communication won't stop people from jumping in your tank and stopping you from teaming up. While I'm intrigued by the idea of vehicles that require crews rather than pilots, so to speak, I'm also concerned that removing a role that many players find rewarding may be a little harsh.

Sounds like 4 seats for all 4 of a full squad.

So a greater manpower commitment and a more attractive target in exchange for a feature that is (supposedly but not necessarily) a buff for organized teams and a nerf for unorganized ones? This would mean that a squad of four couldn't roll in four tanks anymore and could only really run two tanks (is this intended?). It would also mean that any random who jumped in your tank before your buddy could massively gimp your performance due to a lack of skills and no comms (which is true for dropships but I don't think they are being designed with the same priorities).

With reference to your comparison to dropships. I think that the job breakdown may have more to do with the difference between combat and troop transport roles.

I would be interested to know if tank drivers would consider having two people split these responsibilities would be a buff at all.
Communication delays versus multitasking may make this a nerf even for good teams.

From a practical standpoint I can't see this working without at least the ability to kick or rearrange passengers due to the fact that good communication won't stop people from jumping in your tank and stopping you from teaming up. While I'm intrigued by the idea of vehicles that require crews rather than pilots, so to speak, I'm also concerned that removing a role that many players find rewarding may be a little harsh.

Sounds like 4 seats for all 4 of a full squad.

Many current tank abusers might be against this, but it's actually pretty reasonable suggestion that improves:
Team-work, somewhat balances vehicles and potentially offers new character builds like gunner, driver etc.

The obvious question:
why are tanks the only vehicles in the game that only need one person to both drive and operate the main turret.

- You need 2 players to get the most out from simple LAV.
- Drop-ship without gunners can only fly. Drop-ship without pilot, can't fly.

Why not just make Tanks work in similar fashion?
if you want to use the main turret you need to be the gunner, if you want to drive the tank you better be on the drivers position.
Since tanks seem to require loads of teamwork to take down, why do they require none to operate?

This would also solve few other problems as well.
- Unable to see where you are going due to slow turret / camera turning speed.
- Driver should be the only one that has the ability to see the tank from 3rd person perspective.
- Upcoming Smoke grenades and EMP grenades could severely hinder the gunners due to poor visibility / turret camera system failing.
- Boost the usefulness of many tank modules like the speed module (due to a driver and gunner being separate roles, you could drive the tank while gunners handle the shooting. )

bad idea
what ******* game do u know with tanks that doesnt have the tank driver using the main gun
dumb suggestion, not a good way to balance tanks

Dropships =/= tanks
Dropships = transport chopper from BF3

bad idea
what ******* game do u know with tanks that doesnt have the tank driver using the main gun

So u want to buff tanks by allowing the driver to just drive and the gunner of the main turret not worrying about where hes going.

Currently tanks are handicapped by the fact drivers need look whre there going but can only look at where there shootng so ost have to stand still to get a clean shot but now u want to make it so the can keep moving while someone else shoots your ass making tank harder to kill yet easyer for them to kill u

Ya great idea please ccp ingnore this idea

So its better that the driver can drive and gun the tank by himself, mowing down large numbers of enemy players without even needing to coordinate with his team? That's part of what you're missing here. Without separated positions, a tank is a one man win-cannon. The only way to stem the tide of people complaining about them is to do what they should have done in the first place: make the HAV a teamwork dependent vehicle just like the LAV.

No im saying if this is done u have made tanks harder to hit cause the driver dont need to sit still to look where hes shooting make the maingun seperate ive just allowed the tank to fire while moving without making a drive mistake and getting stuck. Im not saying something cant be done im saying this aint the way ur making tank warfare easyer in the long run just.harder today cause many havent figured out there not playing cod or bf3

So instead of worry about driving, not getting stuck on terrain, gunning and running reppers/boosters, I can worry about just driving and repping or just worry about gunning. All this is going to do is make tanks MORE powerful, because you have twice the amount of brainpower being used to operate the vehicle, and freeing the gunner from having to drive properly running boosters and reppers to keep the thing alive.