The issue is really Light AV being too potent. Even a Scout can do it.

The role of Light AV should be to deter vehicles, not outright destroy them (unless used en-masse).

I focused heavily into being an AV heavy. I greatly enjoy hunting down armor and making it go pop. Unprepared or poorly fit tanks go up in a fireball very quickly.

Better driven, and better fit tanks require real effort, but even the toughest tank can be dropped in short order by two AV guys. No amount of hardeners can protect from the amount of damage that two proto forges can put out in 8 seconds.

Tanks need some love.

However, and this might be a big deal, it might not, but it looks like forge guns are getting softer. No sharpshooter, no damage skill, and the proto suit can only run a single, not a triple damage mod setup.

So even though it looks rough for tankers, and it probably is to a certain degree, we should be waiting to see how the balance pass has worked for the forge guns before crying too much.

If CCP had done as promised an released the item list maybe we would find out that AV nades have been nerfed to hell and back.

One can hope. I just want tanks that are worth killing. I like being forced to bring out a fit with a proto forge and proto AV nades because the guy is just that hard to kill.

Ah yes, AV nades, this is another thing to address - the seek range is ridiculous, even on the ones that are supposed to have less seek range (is that the packed ones?). Drastically reduce the seek range, so you can't just lob an AV nade in the general direction and watch as it flies 90 degrees round to pull into the vehicle. Tone it down so that the AV nade has to pretty much exactly hit the vehicle and then it sticks. Hell, make them sticky grenades even!

However they do need to actually stick. Otherwise they'd bounce off and do no damage whatsoever and become completely pointless.

As a disclaimer: I don't want to see tanks nerfed, they are as balanced as I've ever seen them.
However the complainers about AV still need to HTFU.

I wouldn't say I'm dedicated AV, but at swarm proficiency 2, and maxed REs, I'd say I'm qualified to comment:
You say you can solo even the best tank, I can too. But I doubt what you mean by "solo" really means solo. Any tank, on any ambush map has retreat options, and the high hp tanks can resist proto AV long enough to perform that retreat. To follow them, you will very likely have to expose yourself to enemy infantry, and I think it is that infantry response that really determines wether you can solo a tank or not.

Everbody, no matter how skilled, has encountered those matches where they just aren't going to be able to make the difference. It is those matches, where tankers are overconfident in their abilities, that they complain about everybody pulling out militia AV, or being chased around the map by someone in proto gear. When AV is on the receiving end of those stomps, even a squad of skilled & dedicated proto AV isn't going to cost anyone their tank. It becomes simply unrealistic to hold the , minimum, two, complimentary positions required to take down a half-intelligent tanker.

Sake Monster, you pronounce Sake wrong and it makes me sad cause I often drink sake at traditional Nihonshu places where they only serve stuff you need to special order.

But a big +1 for the thread.