Are they worth the sp and isk?? or are they just a tin can full of SHlT in the end of the day even with the sagaris or suyura?

i like mine and will keep it after the respec. I love them. :D. and they are worth it.

aare you armour tank or shield

shield. i have a sagaris. with a rail and sometimes blaster. mostly rail.

why do you use rail for sniping??

why do you use rail for sniping??

Do like all legendary tankers do...jump in Ambush and follow your infantry around.

............... ambush tank grave yard!!

Then you're doing it wrong

Are they worth the sp and isk?? or are they just a tin can full of SHlT in the end of the day even with the sagaris or suyura?

Do like all legendary tankers do...jump in Ambush and follow your infantry around.

Do you want to drive a tank? if you do. go for it, tanks are sturdy dependable platforms. if you think "i see tankers have insane KDs and get tons of kills, i want one." stick with infantry

reasons not to tank:
1.) i don't want to ever die again
2.) unfamiliar with the skill system
3.) don't know/don't care the difference between shields and armor
4.) you think a shield tank with a armor rep is a good idea
5.) you think the tank makes the pilot
6.) the fitting process confuses you
7.) just slap on more armor plates right?
8.) HA stupid swarms don't scare me i'm in a tank!
9.) small railgun turrets are a great idea!
10.) meh, i'll give my gunners MLT turrets they don't mind
11.) MLT gear is good and cheap
12.) i still want to be effective as infantry if i drive a tank

if you have thought ANY of these things tank driving may NOT be the career for you!

Knight of 6 ~ Madrugar / Surya pilot

tanks are scary and im scared when im in one... i keep running away cuz i think im risking a lot...

You can get 400,000-700,000 isk payouts if your infantry is doing their job and killing AV guys while u kill everything else.

If not, youll lose more than you make. Also, only bring out good tanks in Corp matches. In pub, anything more than 800,000 is too risky.

a cautious tank driver can be an asset without the required infantry support.

though i can still be effective soloing, i've found that the trick to tanking with minimal/no infantry support is not to anger the other team (yes, i know it sounds strange). basically there will always be 1 or 2 dedicated AV dudes whom will go after my tank no matter what i do as "Re Warping Shooter" so wonderfully demonstrates, thank you Shooter, you may take your seat. these AV guys can be easily dealt with as they're solo. when you start pestering the redberrys (camping a CRU, killing too many in rapid succession, ect.) they all start coming in with MLT av start fits. what was a typical, expected, blas+¬ AV one man wolf pack quickly escalates to 4 or 5 man av squad intent on popping me, they overload my rep and hardeners and i pop.

Yea.

Taking out that one expensive HAV and the driver chases you down the rest of the match trying to waste your fit.

any skirmish map that is open rail tank rules and there is jack any blaster tank can do about it, for example on manus peak i don't even bother spawning a blaster tank anymore.

generally tanks aren't worth it unless you are really good as proto and advanced AV gear becomes more and more common tanks will become less common, even the best infantry support in the world won't stop 2 or 3 proto swarmers/forge gunners up in the hills killing your tank in 1 volley.

all tank drivers have their bad days.

This will probably get extended into most maps with how it's working out. Railgun tanks suppress just as well as blaster tanks, but have the ability to kill infantry with splash damage countering some AV corner hugging tactics. They will kill forge gunners at range. They will OHKO proto suits without damage mods, something that blaster turrets have a hard time doing at mid ranges.

The trick is to rotate the tank to boost your turret rotation. Blaster tanks do have their place in the current metagame, but IMHO it's only because most tankers haven't been converted to full time railgunners yet.

Have you used a railgun?

It aint easy trying to hit the AV guys who pop out for a second to launch AV at you 400m away on that hill, you need a sniper and even then it will take 2 shots

Its easier to find cover and rep instead and balls to em

Then you're doing it wrong.

Why do you think you hardly see a decent tanker in Skirmish? Too many installations, and supply depots...can't have people swapping out to AV stuff now can we

maybe for u. but i love using tanks like those in pub matches. 1 i get used to it for corp battles. and 2 i rarely lose them. :D. IMO.

i'm talking about 2 million isk plus tanks.

Lol.

Two Heavies (WARRIORS) complaining about tanks, no surprise there.

Each game I've been in with you ICE I won with my tank (On your team, unfortunately), I also got more WP than you.

Duh, you're in a tank, of course you won, of course you get more WP.

Tanks are fine, AV is the problem, it's a joke.

But yeah well done on getting more than 1 guy with a gun while in your tank. Congrats.....lol.

generally tanks aren't worth it unless you are really good as proto and advanced AV gear becomes more and more common tanks will become less common, even the best infantry support in the world won't stop 2 or 3 proto swarmers/forge gunners up in the hills killing your tank in 1 volley.

Duh, you're in a tank, of course you won, of course you get more WP.

Tanks are fine, AV is the problem, it's a joke.

But yeah well done on getting more than 1 guy with a gun while in your tank. Congrats.....lol.

Buy an aurum gunlogi and an aurum ion cannon, slap as many shield mods as you can oon it, and see how long you last. if you can last more than 10 seconds against a single dedicated AV merc, you're right. If you die, you go back in your AR hole. The difference between the great tankers and those who would be, is that the greats will run at the first sign of AV anything and let their infantry deal with it, whereas scrub tanks think theure indestructible and 5 seconds later, theyve been hit by 4 swarms, an AV nade, and a proto forge bc a tankers kills are directly proportional to how many AV players are tryna kill him.

Buy an aurum gunlogi and an aurum ion cannon, slap as many shield mods as you can oon it, and see how long you last. if you can last more than 10 seconds against a single dedicated AV merc, you're right. If you die, you go back in your AR hole. The difference between the great tankers and those who would be, is that the greats will run at the first sign of AV anything and let their infantry deal with it, whereas scrub tanks think theure indestructible and 5 seconds later, theyve been hit by 4 swarms, an AV nade, and a proto forge bc a tankers kills are directly proportional to how many AV players are tryna kill him.

I think it's worth mentioning that, without any AUR expenditure at all, I can build a 270,000 ISK Sica that can go up against up to 3 Swarm Launchers (Militia or Standard) and gun the AV guys down before they kill me.

If I have gunners, I can sometimes survive long enough to clear 2 Forge Gunners.

Small turrets can reach the top of the hill 300m away?

Never works for me