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Shijima Kuraimaru wrote:

Stefan Stahl wrote:

Knarf Black wrote:

It's a long, painful road to travel, but if you train the hell out of SMG & sidearm skills, you will still be formidable against infantry while carrying around a Forge or Swarm.

Also, Militia Swarms are practically useless with the reduced clip size; just pay the 12k SP for Standard if you want to use them. Then head for the hills and set up a nest for yourself with nanohives and a drop uplink. To be blunt, most tank drivers are risk averse to the point of cowardice and will often retreat from otherwise futile long range attacks. Just don't expect to get a big payday for scaring them off.

I found the same solution to the problem and it works well. However, neither the AV role you described nor the HAV role you described are fun for any of the participants. So in summary this sounds like very bad game design on CCP's part.

Actually I rather enjoy making a tank run for cover from my Type 1 heavy suit and 9k330 FG. Of course I have two +5% heavy damage mods, a 3hp/sec rep, packed AV, and an SMG to go with it, but I can still get them to run if I have a good firing position.

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Acturus Galaxy Condotta Rouvenor Gallente Federation 0	Posted - 2013.03.03 00:36:00 - [1] - Quote Shijima Kuraimaru wrote: Stefan Stahl wrote: Knarf Black wrote: It's a long, painful road to travel, but if you train the hell out of SMG & sidearm skills, you will still be formidable against infantry while carrying around a Forge or Swarm. Also, Militia Swarms are practically useless with the reduced clip size; just pay the 12k SP for Standard if you want to use them. Then head for the hills and set up a nest for yourself with nanohives and a drop uplink. To be blunt, most tank drivers are risk averse to the point of cowardice and will often retreat from otherwise futile long range attacks. Just don't expect to get a big payday for scaring them off. I found the same solution to the problem and it works well. However, neither the AV role you described nor the HAV role you described are fun for any of the participants. So in summary this sounds like very bad game design on CCP's part. Actually I rather enjoy making a tank run for cover from my Type 1 heavy suit and 9k330 FG. Of course I have two +5% heavy damage mods, a 3hp/sec rep, packed AV, and an SMG to go with it, but I can still get them to run if I have a good firing position. I agree, I very enjoy my specialized forge gunner as well. The tanks cannot escape in ambush maps and I have chased tanks back into hiding on the skirmish maps. I do not mind them going back in safety on the redline as I have succeeded and kept it away from the battlefield. I once chased a tank across the redline in a suicide attempt to kill it, I did not get to destroy the tank before I died but the tank fled way back and did not come back the rest of the skirmish It is not always a success, a skilled tanker is a powerful opponent, and in some maps there are lots of hiding places for the tanks which makes it difficult to hunt and stay alive. If you are focused on your kill/death ratio, this is not recommended, I do personally not care about the kill/death ratio. My goal is to make sure we win the encounter. Use the supply depots to change into AV suits if HAVS and LAVS are roaming the map and change back when it is safer for infantry.