General Grodd
Ahrendee Mercenaries
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Posted - 2013.04.08 15:12:00 -
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I tank in every match. At least, I try to lol. Why? Because
1. It's fun. Lol.
2. I'm best at it, I've the most practice and SP in tanks.
3. All-ámy sp is in it, with the exception of HMGs(at level 3); there isn't much else I can do if I can't use my tank.
4. It's my role.
Look, well-fitted gunnlogi costs roughly 700-900k Isk. Now if you're using prototype turrents that's about 1.2 million Isk. Yet tanks can be destroyed/lost very quickly. Either a proto forge gunner or two AV'naders can take you extremely quickly. Especially if they have nanohives. An RDV can fall on it and destroy it instantly. It can take quite a few matches to get that money back, especially considering a full time tanker does not have the dropsuits nor the weapons or equipment to fights players with advanced+ gear. So, either certain AV weapons need to nerfed to some extent, or tanks buffed, or both, or tankers should earn more money, or all of the above. Oh and Isk-wise, this game isn't about just getting Isk to cover your gear, it's also about gaining isk for new weapons, gear, and upcoming items not yet released. As a tanker it's very hard to get positive Isk. Lets compare to a well fitted assault proto suit. A standard well fitted tank is obviously more expensive, powerful, and buffer than a proto suit. The suit costs about 200k Isk. The tank 800k. You may think that a proto suit is easier to kill than the tank. Which is mostly true. Except one with high level forge guns can kill the tank nearly as fast as one with high level assault rifles can kill the assault player, plus armor tanks will take more damage from swarms. Proto guy loses 200k Isk. Tanker loses 800k Isk. And then they both use militia suits for the rest of the game. The assault player is better as infantry, so he earns more Isk. The tanker himself is at a 4x greater Isk loss, and will also now not gain as many kills as the assault player because he is not so great at playing infantry. As for proto tanks, just don't even go there lol. The tanker must now go through more matches to recover his Isk, and is not as good at it as the assault player. Also, the Assault player can use advanced and standard gear too, which is even cheaper, and as a result he can use those suits and weapons to gain his Isk even more effectively. We need something to be done about this, maybe that's were high, low, and null sec come into play. Maybe this mega update will solve this issue. Who knows. Because I don't.
General Grodd, out |