Really? Thank you!

But in all reality you dont get to go 30-1 and whine because someone hit you with the most powerful weapon in the game in stead of using it to take an objective.

If there is nowhere to run because you have them surrounded then you will still get the kill. Right now they are the hand of God reaching anywhere on the map for a free "I WIN".

Feel free to continue to be biased about feedback purely because of who said it, though.

Right now orbitals are free and can easily destroy everything but high level armor tanks. This is due to the combination of their high damage, huge radius, long duration, and short warning.

Something needs to give, and I think a longer delay between use and landing would help. Because right now it's pointless to use anything above a sica, and that's counter-intuitive with the SP investment I have made.

Personally I think it should be:

Call-in

5 sec

Warning

5 sec

Hits

That way they would take a lot more skill or teamwork to be used effectively, instead of free kills.

Edit: it's in general because I want to get some preliminary opinions before posting a full suggestion in the feedback subforum.

" Boo who I hide in the games most OP armored vehicles all day in pubs and cry when one gets blown up"

Stop crying everyone has the ability to use them so if you dont get one thats you or your squads own fault. Honestly you shouldnt be losing that much isk in a pub match anyway.

Maybe you should get gud and dodge the strike.... Ive seen good tankers do it

How does the ability for everyone to use them act as a counter to one being called in on you?

How does the ability for everyone to use them act as a counter to one being called in on you?

If you lost a tank to one. Then guess what? it's your fault you decided to sit still, and let it hit you. You should have been moving, they aren't hard to dodge with a tank. You were caught with your pants down, and were given A swift kick in the balls from behind. You deserves the death. Now Get off these forums, and go complain to your corp mates that all share your girly little feelings.

'isk balance' ?

Fine, let me call one it at any time for 100k

With a proper cooldown this is still better than the current system.

It doesn't need a counter...
It is part of war you die sometimes and there isn't much u can do about it
That is why you don't use it if u cant afford to lose it

With a proper cooldown this is still better than the current system.

That ont matter when everyone is filthy rich.

"100k? pfft, that wont matter when I have 2.5 billion in my wallet."

Tanks are priced to require surviving at least 3 matches to break even. How is a killstreak that you will encounter at least 4 times over those three matches which has a 90% kill rate (I've never failed to kill with them, but apparently you can get lucky) balanced with that cost? The issue is not that OBs are strong. The issue is the cheap kill that smacks of CoD. But even Call of Duty does it better, since you can use perks, equipment, and/or cover to counter, hide, or avoid the killstreaks. Not so in DUST.

Ok then everyone with a few million isk should be able to call in a tank and have that instant win for 3 matches?

The OB consideration is just the thing you can do nothing about. You still have to deal with AV grenades, forges, installations, swarms, collision damage, flux grenades and other vehicles. Keeping a tank alive through 3 skirmishes in a row is a challenge of luck due to OBs. We aren't even touching on the skill of V vs AV.

here's an idea DONT USE UR EXPENSIVE TANK IN A PUB MATCH u could reserve it for Corp battles and use something else
like I said before don't use it it u cant afford to lose it

So we should be okay with effectively deleting even more content from the game?

So we should be okay with effectively deleting even more content from the game?

You are trolls of the highest order, there is a difference between being able to afford something and debating if the cost was justified.

If it effects you isk wise to the point where you make a forum post wanting to nerf giant bombs that are supposed to pwn everything then you obviously can not offord it therefore you should not run said item in a pub match where it willow most likely get destroyed. Such items should be saved for fights that matter like Corp battles or if you feel lucky. Not on a match to match basis

Maybe someday the brinkmanship will end and we can actually discuss the mechanic in question instead of petty mudslinging.

You can not have a free "I win" button with zero counters when assets are permalost. It is poor gameplay design. A nerf is not the only way to correct the imbalance of risk vs reward, but to deny it exists is petty, nieve, or both.