since the update i have only seen one tank and it was abusing the repair tool to get points. due to this there is nothing that can kill instalations and dropships. most AV lack the skill and inteligence required to kill those things so they dominate the battle feild. tanks were generally gigantic targets right in the middle of a battle feild so it took no skill to hit them. dropships are faster and smaller and installations do moderatly more damage than a tank would so killing these things reqire a slight amount of skill, which again, AVs tend to lack.

since the update i have only seen one tank and it was abusing the repair tool to get points. due to this there is nothing that can kill instalations and dropships. most AV lack the skill and inteligence required to kill those things so they dominate the battle feild. tanks were generally gigantic targets right in the middle of a battle feild so it took no skill to hit them. dropships are faster and smaller and installations do moderatly more damage than a tank would so killing these things reqire a slight amount of skill, which again, AVs tend to lack.

It's the SP cap. Tanks take a lot of SP to get into. Next week you'll see more. Right now, tank drivers don't have enough SP to get a particularly good tank.

Although, even then, with the orbital strike situation there's no guarantee it'll change a whole lot, as orbital strikes are fairly damaging to tanks.

I take out turret installations in 3 hits on forge (100 WP a pop so worth it), cant take out barracks any more though got a massive Armor boost.

Pfft.. Endangered? Hardly. I just came from a match filled to the gills with Zion TCD guys and two of them on the enemy team each had one, and they both were top on their team. They also each called in a second one too. So I have to call B.S. on your whole tanks are endangered. If anything people are still trying to spec into them properly and above that they use them sparingly. Which is what they should be -- a sparingly used vehicle in which not only is a force, but is to be feared. Spamming them does not equate that. They're fine at the moment though.

so your saying no one at all got any OBs or AV weapons and also that none of the tanks fired at each other?

What?.. You make no sense. They were both on the same team together using tanks together. Yes, my team got a couple of OB (Oribital Strikes) as did their own team. A couple were used to destroy vehicles including one tank I believe. I was busy trying to win, and could not care really. Also yes, my team had AV (Anti-vehicle) weaponry. Hinting to how they were able to keep them from overrunning us.

So I fail to see you rationalization.

in your previous post you said each team had 2 tanks and also your team quite oviously sucked(or you are lieing) because it only takes one OB to kill a tank but yet three were used and only one got the kill.

So we went from Tanks 514 last build, to Tanks being extinct this build.

what did they change to make it so?

As people have already said before you made your post, they change to SP gains, specifically the cap, and the power/frequency of orbital strikes have made tanks less viable at this point.

You do not know how to read do you? I stated they were both on the same team. Would you like me to draw you a picture? You know what; why I am talking to you? You mean nothing. Am I lying? Seriously? Why woudl I lie? Pathetic..

In short two Zion TCD members on the same team each had a tank, and called in more then one tank throughout the whole of the match. Both teams obtained several OB's and a couple detsroyed vehicles on both sides. It was a good match, blah, blah..

Happy? Is that simple enough for you to understand? Conversation over. Have a horrible day.

I've been back to Dust514 since Friday night and i've already bought at least a handful of tanks. Sure, i know the Sicas and Somas aren't exactly super tanks but i've had some good enough runs (others not that much). I've also seen a few rolling around but as people stated already, it's early since the latest update and the reduced SP and ISK plays a role in the decrease.

Also, maybe i was lucky but i've only had one Orbital Strike take out a tank of mine and it was actually because i made the mistake of staying longer than i should've in one spot.

tanks can't avoid them because they're too slow(maby if you were already moving i guess but other wise im pretty sure they can't)

since the update i have only seen one tank and it was abusing the repair tool to get points. due to this there is nothing that can kill instalations and dropships. most AV lack the skill and inteligence required to kill those things so they dominate the battle feild. tanks were generally gigantic targets right in the middle of a battle feild so it took no skill to hit them. dropships are faster and smaller and installations do moderatly more damage than a tank would so killing these things reqire a slight amount of skill, which again, AVs tend to lack.

the less vehicles the better imo.