DUST Search - Rise of the Tanks (again)

The dark cloud wrote:

Well because everybody is speccing again into Assault rifles you know whats going to happend again? Tank stomping. And Shield tanks have the upper hand now. Why you may ask? Well lets take a look shall we?
Shield tanks have alot of modules and now even more then ever to choose from. Be it speed mods or more resistance.
And because spider tanking with remote armor repairs has beeing toned down aswell shields are the better option. But i get later to that point lets begin:
-turret skills now give you a bonus on damage on either small or large turrets
-marauders (sagaris/surya) have a inbuild damage modifier which can be increased with the marauder skill
-Shields have a 30% natural resistance against AV grenades, Swarms and missiles means the most common AV weapons.
-there are now active shield hardeners which can give the tank additioal 30% resistance against any damage for 10 secs
-Remote shield boosters have a shorter cooldown compared to their armor variants
-more fitting options
-skills that increase CPU/PG for dropsuits also have the same effect on vehicles
-modules that allow vehicles to accelerate faster

In around 2 weeks we will have again people who will make topics about Tanks beeing overpowered cause nobody was smart enough to drop some skillpoints into AV. We have it allready with dropships cause no 1 wants to spec into forgeguns. And do you know why im speccing again into tanks? Cause im not the guy on the other side off the turret who is going to die. And to be aible to fight off other tanks. Seraphim initiative allready has 3 players who are having a focus on tanks. Thats Sir Meode, Ty "sweet cheeks" borg and me. The corps who where fighting us learned their lesson and so should you. If you dont have decent tank drivers in your corp then you are doomed. Simple due to the fact that the other corps doesnt have tank drivers or decent AV. And Tanks are allmost unstoppable when backed up by infantry. A swarmer on top of a hill can easy be picked off by one of our dedicated snipers.


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EnglishSnake Zumari Force Projection Caldari State 1012	Posted - 2012.10.16 11:51:00 - [1] - Quote The dark cloud wrote: Well because everybody is speccing again into Assault rifles you know whats going to happend again? Tank stomping. And Shield tanks have the upper hand now. Why you may ask? Well lets take a look shall we? Shield tanks have alot of modules and now even more then ever to choose from. Be it speed mods or more resistance. And because spider tanking with remote armor repairs has beeing toned down aswell shields are the better option. But i get later to that point lets begin: -turret skills now give you a bonus on damage on either small or large turrets -marauders (sagaris/surya) have a inbuild damage modifier which can be increased with the marauder skill -Shields have a 30% natural resistance against AV grenades, Swarms and missiles means the most common AV weapons. -there are now active shield hardeners which can give the tank additioal 30% resistance against any damage for 10 secs -Remote shield boosters have a shorter cooldown compared to their armor variants -more fitting options -skills that increase CPU/PG for dropsuits also have the same effect on vehicles -modules that allow vehicles to accelerate faster In around 2 weeks we will have again people who will make topics about Tanks beeing overpowered cause nobody was smart enough to drop some skillpoints into AV. We have it allready with dropships cause no 1 wants to spec into forgeguns. And do you know why im speccing again into tanks? Cause im not the guy on the other side off the turret who is going to die. And to be aible to fight off other tanks. Seraphim initiative allready has 3 players who are having a focus on tanks. Thats Sir Meode, Ty "sweet cheeks" borg and me. The corps who where fighting us learned their lesson and so should you. If you dont have decent tank drivers in your corp then you are doomed. Simple due to the fact that the other corps doesnt have tank drivers or decent AV. And Tanks are allmost unstoppable when backed up by infantry. A swarmer on top of a hill can easy be picked off by one of our dedicated snipers. Your wrong tbh Ive been using tanks since the start and i have been the only one to use a tank in any game i choose to, i have not seen anyone else use a tank at all I use a tank solo most of the time since half the ppl i know do not want to play DUST and the other half are already in clans and grouped up but groundpound Gunlogi is my main tank and i use the active shield hardners and they are okay at best, AV wise ppl are just spamming AV nades instead to act as mines which is a cheap exploit once the pin is pulled it should go off, also SL are beastly and have unlimited range same as the forge gun so AV is still good enough to blow a tank by themselves with milita gear Prop modes dont work at all, ive tested em and i have seen no difference, if you want to go faster use nanofibres You are also talking about a group using a tank in random games against randoms which isnt hard, if i use my tank against randoms it aint hard either With the AV buff in general they can wreck a tank in seconds and the resists are meh at best