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TheAmazing FlyingPig
Crux Special Tasks Group
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.05.23 21:49:00 -
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With the opt-in respec coming in the near future, I'm going to be taking the handful of SP I spent outside of HAV's and move them back into HAV and become mega pro ultra super-duper HAV man.
That said, I currently roll shield tanks. Before the May 14th respec I was an armor pilot. I'm trying to decide which I like more, and I'm looking for, surprisingly enough, your opinion? Which do you like better and why?
For me, I'm leaning towards shields (pending plebian word garbage) for their sustainability. What I mean by this is that I like to stay near the other teammates (not redline railsniping, actually out there), and I like to put myself between us and them, effectively tanking their small arms fire while providing our guys cover. The faster shield regeneration lets me take small arms fire with near impunity, and locus / AV grenades, along with swarm launchers, don't seem to be that effective against shields, while the explosion damage would normally plow through armor.
On the flipside, when I rolled armor tanks, 1v1'ing other tanks was much easier. Activate a couple of hardeners and go to town on the other guy. Alternating hardeners let me keep a high resistance when helping infantry move while taking fire, but the armor damage I took would not rep back unless I used a rep cycle, putting it on cooldown.
The proletariat may now litter the thread with their wordvomit.
TL;DR - What HAV do you like and why?
Inb4LLAV. Fun as hell to drive and makes plenty of road pizza. |
TheAmazing FlyingPig
Crux Special Tasks Group
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.05.23 21:53:00 -
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Xender17 wrote:Shield. I like speed that its suppose to have.
Speed was a deciding factor for me with the May 14th respec. The way it is now, armor has more base speed, but takes a big hit with armor plates. |
TheAmazing FlyingPig
Crux Special Tasks Group
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.05.23 21:54:00 -
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Doc Noah wrote:From my experience, I always have trouble taking out shield tankers with my AV gear. Will spec into Flux grenades and let you know if that changes things.
Funny how you're gonna get advice from someone who enjoys destroying tanks :D
No worries meng. If I die to someone specced into AV, I tip my hat and move on. |
TheAmazing FlyingPig
Crux Special Tasks Group
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.05.23 22:12:00 -
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Keep 'em coming guys, good points all around so far. Starting to lean towards armor now. Always had an affinity for it in Eve.
Also hoping some new players see this thread and decide to try out tanks. Great fun, they be. |
TheAmazing FlyingPig
Crux Special Tasks Group
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.05.24 20:54:00 -
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Any other tankers out there with opinions? This is a good thread so far, plenty of pros and cons for both sides.
I'm hoping this thread gets more tankers onto the field by showing them both sides of tanking without having to test them out. |
TheAmazing FlyingPig
Crux Special Tasks Group
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.05.27 04:02:00 -
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The respecs are being handed out during the next downtime. I believe I'm going to stick with shields, however if anyone else has anything to add for the other would-be tankers out there, speak now.
This, so far, is a great thread for those looking to see the pros and cons of armor / shield tanking HAV's, and I'd hate anyone legitimately interested in the tanking profession to miss out on the info here. |
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