A) Please reference the date of the original post and try to remember how the tanks had not been tweaked yet

B) We already know those things are coming but so are a lot of other AV things ie. e-war

just reread OP..it takes load of teamwork to take a tank down...yet i took out a sagaris solo..

by this logic it should take 2 ppl to operate the forge gun then, since it can solo any vehicle in the game and demolishes infantry.
also the hmg should need 2 ppl since it will tear infantry apart.

might aswell add 2 person operation to swarms since they shred dropships so easy.

back to what Mavado has asked numerous times and is constantly avoided...fighters and mtacs....how long after they come out till everyone starts saying they need to have 2 ppl to operate?

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. )

If we get a 4man tank it has to be a tank not one of these glass tanks we currently have

So i would say a boost in HP by at least 25-50%

Slot layout, possibly more slots so a shield tank maybe 6high 4low

PG/CPU increase

Skill increase and make it a have HAV skill level 4

ISK price 5mil

If tank prices weren't colossal then I would agree with this idea. However, most skilled tanks drivers do not want to risk loosing their vehicles due to having terrible gunners. "But there's grouping" Care to give me a statistics of how many people in Dust group up? Got Mics? Good gunners? I find it lacking.


Also, consider this:

How many times were you in a tank and nobody near you thought of coming inside?

Base price of the hull is fine, considering new module costs. To make it easier, buff both them and AV weapons back up to E3 levels.

I still say a boost in mod slots and PG/CPU to make it really feared since it requires 4ppl to operate it to maximum effectivness