Got about 7 million SP invested, and like all tankers with half a brain I switched from pure blaster tank to railgun.

Infantry support doesn't help much when everyone pack AV grenades they can easily throw in between shooting faces.

Yeah im not sure how else to take a .1% comment other than a compliment. Imperfects are good, I dont know your stats in particular, but I do assume you are probably better than me. Awesome for you.

I love the assumption of my skills by you guys though, classy, and im sure very well informed and based on tons of facts.

Look, I play tons of FPS, I play them pretty competitively. I know there is a balance between balancing things for top tier play, and everyone else. But all tankers arguments seem to ignore top tier squad support around them. Ive yet to have a tanker explain to me what his squad is doing when packed AV naders get in range?

Cause seems to me that takes pretty low level skills to let occur. It doesnt take rocket science to have some precise scanning around a tank, watching for red dots and then jumping on them with ARs that have kill times of half a second...

Why? Why should the tank be able to roll in by itself when everyone else requires team work?

Packed AV nades dont have great range, you need to get close. Standard have better range, but its still way lower than AR. So if you have 3 guys supporting the tank, in the area of the tank, with precise scanning able to pick up a red dot as it comes into AV nade range, that AV unit is dead instantly. Im not syaing the infantry goes in first, im saying they are near by for support, looking out for AV units.


Look, if you balance the tank for solo play then when good teams have squads supporting it they will be way OP. If a tank can do what you are suggesting, what happens when a tank DOES roll in with 3 squad mates clearing out any AV that pokes its head out?

Your bunny hop nade tactics may work 1 on1 against a bad tank (but even then a good armor tank takes way more than 3 nades, so they have to park their butt next to your nano for this to work.) But you are EASILY murdered by an AR user near by who is watching the tank. Good luck getting off more then 1 or 2 nades.

Really? So having people who shoot at any enemy approaching grenade range DOESN'T prevent people from getting into grenade range?

That's weird, because it usually works fine when I do it (as HAV or infantry)

If you can't see where you're driving your tank, send infantry ahead to clear the route first.

Obviously.

My Scout suit can see enemies through walls pretty well most of the time.

Tanks control the open areas, infantry control enclosed spaces.

Working as intended.

If you need your tank to pass through an enclosed space, send infantry through it first. Clear a path, then use it.

No, I'm waiting for Spkr4theDead, the person who started this QQ topic to discuss his SP investment, fitting, to get proper context as to why his tank got blamped so easily. If he had more than 1 mil invested, with core skills maxed, and wasn't going full blaster like a n00b thinking he can be a one man pub stomp, he probably woul've replied by now.
Since he hasn't, it's safe to assume that he's the latter: Didn't understand how the skill system works, threw in the prereuisites to get access to HAV and thought he could roll around in god mode. In which case, I'll respond with:

Working as intended.

Rails stay behind terrain and play pop-up sniper firing into open areas from secure positions.

Blasters fight on the front lines, controlling the open areas more directly.

BOTH are about controlling the open areas of the map, and BOTH are vulnerable in enclosed areas without infantry support.

You're doing it wrong.

So... non-open open areas?