So first off lets look at HAVs tactical use, we have the missile tank useless, the blaster tank which is only useful assuming your going against scrubs and then we have the long range glass cannon rail sniper, mine does over 5 k a shot and can shoot clear across Manus Peak.

Now HP capabilities vary depending on if your shield or armor but here general options range between 5 k and 9 k shield Gunnlogi - Sagaris possibly a few hardeners, shield hardeners last 10 sec while armor hardeners last 60 seconds, my swarm does 3200 dmg while my friends forge does 4k dmg, it takes 4 of my swarms to kill my shield tank 2 forges if they are good or a few grenades.

The reason people say tanks are OP:

1. They suck

2. They have literally zero AV when push comes to shove and i call a HAV on the field your looking at 800 k to 2.5 million isk that can be soloed and destroyed with 40 k tops

My sentinel that rips HAVs to pieces costs me between 20k - 180k isk, they nerfed the Sagaris' regen they nerfed armors resistances as well as overall hp total it, doesn't matter if you have 6000 armor if your being hit by grenades that do 1500-4 k dmg.

All vehicles are is a means through which dust 514 will drain eves economy, I have been playing this game for over a year I play with and against pro tankers everyday all of them say the same they are either redline rail sniping next build or leaving tanking all together, so that is why people are calling this game c.o.d 514 is because ccp has made one suit in uprising supreme over every other suit.

Then they destroyed what little HAV potential existed here what it ultimately comes down to at the moment a tank who wants to tank has the ability to achieve advanced HAVs that cannot survive prototype AV there is no prototype HAV there never has been and the only time the Sagaris or Surya ever even came close to prototype level CCP nerfed them.

So tell me would you be willing to specialise in something like that? its like forcing every one into type 1 or 2 suits and then tossing them against prototype HAVs, you call a HAV its not likely that you have foot force really so you are in your HAV which can only get as good as advanced gear and your facing prototype AV.

That has been dust 514 for the past year and now they are taking away the Sagaris and Surya the advanced HAVs, and replacing them with HAVs that are weaker than them so now you face prototype weapons meant to rip your HAV into little pieces, with militia tanks and standard, we don't even get advanced HAVs anymore why don't they go take away your prototype AV since they are taking away advanced HAVs and replacing them with militia and standard