Like most people, I am frustrated with how the Tanks in this game seem to totally dominate.

Now...Before anyone starts, I'm not complaining - My view is that anyone who spends a million ISK on a tank, deserves for it to be a formidable fighting machine.

However, I still get frustrated when a tank is whooping mine and everyone elses asses.

My frustrations get the better of me, I pull out my swarm launcher and proceed to lose about 10 clones in the vain attempt at blowing it up.
I've yet to manage it!
What I would like to know, is how many points do I get for a tank kill?
Is it worth my perserverence in trying to kill a tank?

And if you only get 40 WP (like a LAV)......I wouldn't know whether to laugh or cry!!

I usually see 150+50 for everyone caught inside

Basic LAV +40
Advanced LAV +50 (I think)
Prototype LAV +60 (I think)

Basic DS
Advanced DS
Proto DS
I only seem to get +75 no matter if i am the only shooting it and it doesn't explode it just falls gently from the sky on fire, allowing the passengers to eject.

Basic Tank +50
Advanced Tank +100
Proto Tank +150

I think I have noticed that you only get additional +50's for the kill shot on the vehicles extra passengers... meaning someone helping you does not get +25 for the assist on the tanks passengers. Much like Hacking something, it can only really be done by 3 players, anymore than that and you don't get the points. Player 1 gets 100%, Player 2 gets 50%, and Player 3 gets 25%

Letter (or Null cannon) +100 , +50 for the next guy to help, +25 for the third ...the 4th gets nothing usually
Resupply point +50 , +25, +12
This same process is repeated for the AV.

Example: You are in a squad of 4, Say everyone has AV,
1. the forge gunner shots the stuffing out of the tank,
2. A swarm launcher user shoots off a round and magically gets them all to hit,
3 & 4. at this point the 2 guys in either scout or assault suits run down the tank as it runs to hide and repair, but is caught up by the last 2 players in the squad and their prototype AV grenades and blown up in a few grenades.
RESULT : The Forge Gunner that started it all gets no points for the destruction. Now add in players from other squads and taking on a vehicle becomes less points worthy.

You DO NOT get WP anymore for doing damage to it, part of the CCP attempt to stop boosters and reduce the frequency of Precision Strikes.

However, CCP didn't think it all the way thru because Infantry on the ground -Unlike riding in a vehicle which allows everyone to get WP, so if you have 6 people in a dropship (pilot and 5 passengers) for each kill getting WP that they did nothing for but ride around in a dropship, boosting is still very much alive, everyone receives +35 in the vehicle.

Now, you can increase that to +250 if you have a Squad Leader set an ATTACK order on it, much like how the enemy team can also boost their points by setting the order to the vehicle.

Who cares about the war poimts . Show me the money! At this point there is no huge payoff for killing a tank, perceived or not ccp.

Ccp has made the comment that if you join late in a match you only get partial points, which means if you soloed a tank and a drop ship and a few lavs in a few minutes at the end of a match you only get 68,,000 isk for your efforts true story.

Not sure how my perception of low isk payout works?