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Harkon Vysarii Dead Six Initiative 2	Posted - 2013.02.28 04:37:00 - [1] - Quote So yeah its not a tough decison to make when you are on the recieving end of a tank attack like I have been so many times before. indeed it is goddamn annoying to be powerless until some of your AV buddies come and run that sucker off. BUT..... and there is a big but right here guys. Tanks are great! Yup Tank Support, Tank Driving, Tank Gunning, Anti Tanking etc all of which give you a really great feeling on the inside. be it when you waste that tank that was suppressing your clones back at C, or rolling up in one and ending a 5 min deadlock between teams, or just laying waste to other tanks who were too exposed for their own good. Now Im not justifying or condemning those who drop tanks in an Ambush match....seeing as I did it myself not five minutes ago.... but I'll tell ya one thing. There never was an OP tank. Yup I just cant see what the complaints are all about. I know Tanks are extremely potent when it comes to mowing down infantry or taking down those pesky, sneaky LAV's, and at high teirs have thousands of shields and a very hard to kill but..... Thats how its supposed to be. I just hopped into LAV driving today after a successful skirmish where I was able to call on a corpmate to provide tank support for me and figured it would be good to see how I can better help my corp through armoured back up. So what I found today is that tanks, especially Militia ones are super flimsy. Yup they go down to concentrated AV fire, fortunately for me my gunners saw off those pesky AV troopers and the other team never really caught on to the fact that I was a prime newberry target to destroy. Also If you get desperate crashing LAV's into a tank is a surefire way to take it down if you dont mind the hit to KDR. Turret turning speed is super slow....too slow. So a successful Demolitons Fella can get right up in there if a tank is holding its ground somewhere. Up close its supper hard to hit enemies even with gunners. So Unless I have you zeroed you have the opportunity to get away before I can hit you. Fortunately I survived the match with Tank intact. There were some close shaves and if the team had spent more time targeting me that avoiding me I would have been down for the count. Now playing as a Tanker I think I understand them better. In fielding a +400,000 ISK vehicle Tank Drivers have to use all they can get to best a foe and are under a lot of pressure not to **** up and ruin 3 battles worth of out fitting. Also dont hate this post. Im not pro Tank, Im not Anti Tank (if you'll pardon the joke) but I dont get this tank hate. Ill be carrying more AV grenades in future so untill next time have fun punching holes in the side of my expensive hobby.
Honda Element OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention 12	Posted - 2013.02.28 04:38:00 - [2] - Quote I love my tank. I've collected over 80 madrugar hulls.
James Thraxton The Exemplars 83	Posted - 2013.02.28 04:40:00 - [3] - Quote tanks should burn in hell, and i like sending them there. . .+1
XxWarlordxX97 Internal Error. Negative-Feedback 151	Posted - 2013.02.28 04:42:00 - [4] - Quote James Thraxton wrote: tanks should burn in hell, and i like sending them there. . .+1 okay moving on
Y0UR NAME HERE Imperfects Negative-Feedback 455	Posted - 2013.02.28 04:50:00 - [5] - Quote The only thing I've got, Is now try your tank in skirmish, let me know if you finish a match intact. +1 for giving the tank a try!
Harkon Vysarii Dead Six Initiative 3	Posted - 2013.02.28 04:51:00 - [6] - Quote Yeah they are a lot of fun....and now I know how to drive em I know how to blow them up as well.
Y0UR NAME HERE Imperfects Negative-Feedback 455	Posted - 2013.02.28 04:54:00 - [7] - Quote Harkon Vysarii wrote: Yeah they are a lot of fun....and now I know how to drive em I know how to blow them up as well. But most people don't. So tanks must be OP. So has it been with their several nerfs and Av buffs. Now if you have advanced or proto AV you will be a tank killing god if you have tactics. Just do your AV in skirmish. I guarantee you lots of vehicle kills with minimal loss.
Harkon Vysarii Dead Six Initiative 4	Posted - 2013.02.28 04:59:00 - [8] - Quote Just one Forge Gunner had me running for the secured Red Line everytime he hit me.... I dont know how I every feared tanks in the first place....
Y0UR NAME HERE Imperfects Negative-Feedback 455	Posted - 2013.02.28 05:04:00 - [9] - Quote Harkon Vysarii wrote: Just one Forge Gunner had me running for the secured Red Line everytime he hit me.... I dont know how I every feared tanks in the first place.... Was prob militia lol. Assault proto forge, in a militia tank you can't run, takes like a second to charge. That one does very nasty things to my madrugar.
Sev Alcatraz Tritan-Industries Legacy Rising 185	Posted - 2013.02.28 05:28:00 - [10] - Quote 90% of the time my gunlogi is killed is because I have just mopped up the enemy infantry and I'm at 3/4 shield from blowing up there madrugers and low and behold they drop 2 orbitals right smack on top of my hidy hole 916456 isk in less them 5 minutes of av fire

Pent'noir Algintal Core Gallente Federation 64	Posted - 2013.02.28 12:39:00 - [11] - Quote tank or ds, I love you guys, even when killing me over and over. You ppl brighten my match when I see you because it was just another dumb grinding match until you came with your big isk toy. In a couple of months, I may just have to turn my voice comms back on because most of you will be skilled enough to consider a solo av guy just an annoying fly.
Rasatsu Much Crying Old Experts 444	Posted - 2013.02.28 12:41:00 - [12] - Quote I top off my tank's tear tank every match, with all the tank tears flowing on the tank tear threads.
Takahiro Kashuken Intara Direct Action Caldari State 116	Posted - 2013.02.28 12:54:00 - [13] - Quote I had 11+ tank fits for shield and armor complete with spider tanking I deleated them all except one because im sick of OB getting dropped on me because i dont let them get close enough with milita AV to destroy me I may make a stupidly cheap tank just to **** ppl off but the days for running 700k fits for me is over, hell even OB kill the Sagaris dead easy But OP you will find this out soon enough so have fun with your milita tanks while its fun
xXCleopatra FlippantXx LABRADOR LAV's 0	Posted - 2013.02.28 13:18:00 - [14] - Quote just dont drive into the silly zone where u will get jacked. dont be a coward tho, stretch it to the limits of usefulness. id say there is no nessesary way you should die in a militia soma with ,armor hardener, repper, plate, energized plate, and a shield booster. just keep it sane, keep it fun and keep her moving. and for gods sake dont use the militia main blaster, as the normal one has 20 moar damage. "killing spree" is what its called

ChribbaX Otherworld Enterprises Dust Control Otherworld Empire Productions 136	Posted - 2013.02.28 13:21:00 - [15] - Quote Not to brag or anything, but I'm pretty awesome at anti-tanking - I run head on to anyone, even the guy with that weird looking knife - and BOOM! - my tank is gone and my legs can't carry me any more. /c

Vermaak Doe SVER True Blood Unclaimed. 405	Posted - 2013.02.28 13:25:00 - [16] - Quote If a Ob kills your Sagaris, you fail internet space mercs
Takahiro Kashuken Intara Direct Action Caldari State 116	Posted - 2013.02.28 13:52:00 - [17] - Quote Vermaak Doe wrote: If a Ob kills your Sagaris, you fail internet space mercs I did it to a WTF guy yday and a hellstorm guy aswell before Anything around 6.5k it seems to kill with ease
dabest2evadoit7 Cyberdyne Systems and Technology The Revenant Order 39	Posted - 2013.02.28 14:08:00 - [18] - Quote Takahiro Kashuken wrote: I had 11+ tank fits for shield and armor complete with spider tanking I deleated them all except one because im sick of OB getting dropped on me because i dont let them get close enough with milita AV to destroy me I may make a stupidly cheap tank just to ** ppl off but the days for running 700k fits for me is over, hell even OB kill the Sagaris dead easy But OP you will find this out soon enough so have fun with your milita tanks while its fun Not to brag but I dodged two OSs in one match. It got to the point where they had to call in another tank to get me. I admit I ** up on that battle. Me having a rail gun and him a blaster, I should of kept my distance, but dodging two OSs made me feel indestructible. Lol. Won't be doing that again. In my opinion tanks are worth the money. You just take the risk of losing it in a pub match cause you are not sure if you have the support needed from your infantry.
Takahiro Kashuken Intara Direct Action Caldari State 117	Posted - 2013.02.28 14:20:00 - [19] - Quote dabest2evadoit7 wrote: Takahiro Kashuken wrote: I had 11+ tank fits for shield and armor complete with spider tanking I deleated them all except one because im sick of OB getting dropped on me because i dont let them get close enough with milita AV to destroy me I may make a stupidly cheap tank just to ** ppl off but the days for running 700k fits for me is over, hell even OB kill the Sagaris dead easy But OP you will find this out soon enough so have fun with your milita tanks while its fun Not to brag but I dodged two OSs in one match. It got to the point where they had to call in another tank to get me. I admit I ** up on that battle. Me having a rail gun and him a blaster, I should of kept my distance, but dodging two OSs made me feel indestructible. Lol. Won't be doing that again. In my opinion tanks are worth the money. You just take the risk of losing it in a pub match cause you are not sure if you have the support needed from your infantry. An OB doesnt matter if you have infantry support or not The only way i tend to avoid an OB is by going sonic speed around the map and keep moving but stop once and they hit it right your screwed 90% of the time Only way an OB wont destroy a tank is with a maxed out armor Madrugar/Suyra, maybe you may get lucky if you happen to have your hardners and reps running at the time it hits but ther is no warning so if you are running cold you cannot activate mods quick enough and move because an OB hits instantly Ive survived in a gunlogi/madrugar before but its been close


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