Running with a squad mate as a gunner, close support infantry or Logi LAV driver does wonders to address these problems.
Dust is not a game for lone wolfing regardless of what you've specc'ed into (yep even good snipers aren't truly lone wolfing it).

Cheers,
Cross

PS ~ Flux are anti shields more than anything else the type isn't really specific to vehicle or infantry. Both swarms and AV nades are anti-armor while the forge is a hybrid. In short most weapons that can really play AV will do extra damage to armor, the flux is one of the things that evens the playing field.

last time i checked shield boosters work while underfire unless it was changed this build(was a shield tanker last build), already said armor tankers a slower once they use anything more than a single 60mm plate, i know from experience armor tankers cant outheal mutliple sources of AV unless of course that AV is railguns/forges with bad aim and they certainly cant outheal AV grenades, and by design shield tanks were made to fight at a distance with rails/missiles while armor tanks were up close and personal with blasters which means they needed to be fast and more durable

sadly atm tanks in general are underwhelming both shield and armor... almost every player in a match carries some form of av usually AV grenades simply because of all the LAV's and IMO the most common form of AV, the grenades is also the strongest simply because they work behind cover and when in range out DPS all other forms of AV short of a damage stacked proto breach forge(which i have yet to even see 1 of in this build)

This is stupid, nothing wrong with Flux Nades vs tanks. They don't lock on, they aren't homing, and Shield tanks can outrun consecutive Flux Nades. Or maybe you just want to just sit there and eat them while you casually kill whoever is throwing them.

look at what hes using (caldari missile tank with active hardeners) many ppl still think missiles are far too inaccurate and will often stop to fire so if someone sneaks up on his tank and starts spamming flux grenades chances are he wont start moving till hes been damaged by the first and probably will get hit by the 2nd with how cheap genades are im sure many players carry atleast advanced so the damage from the grenades is probably in the 2k range each, in a situation like that considering how all tankers are hurting for the pg they need for extenders/plates these things definately seem as bad as AV grenades to shield tankers

but i do agree that they arent really as bad as AV grenades are to armor tankers i just dont really see the need to throw around the word "stupid"

if u have 3 15% passives after the stacking penalty its only 32% damage resistance(i tried 3 15% on my armor tank and thats what i got instead i went with 2 for 26% since i needed the 3rd slot for a PG expansion anyways, o and i use passives on my tank because im a KB/M player so the module wheel is useless if i have more than 2 active modules)

pretty solid hp my madrugar with a proto blaster only got up to 5900 after the hp buff since i dont have the pg for a 180mm plate without downgrading to a standard grade large missile...

that was changed due to racial traits minmatar will probably fill the fast shield tank roll while amarr will fill the slow heavily tanked roll

Have you tried throwing AV or Flux Nades at dropships? They are less than effective. Dedicated AVs still have a purpose; Assault FG is the best AV weapon in the game capable of taking down any vehicle the fastest, and is also useful against infantry. Swarms allow you to hit any vehicle from a distance with Lock-on and they can't hit you back, and with Contact Nades you aren't even that vulnerable to 1 vs 1 encounters.

Fused Nades(or Thunkers) will be the go-to grenade starting now against infantry, and if you're not using them, you're going to be at a noticeable disadvantage against infantry that do use them. You're sacrificing that to for the ability to make tankers retreat if you're alone. You always take a risk when using Flux Nades; as anti-Infantry they are inferior to contact Nades, and as an AV weapon, Armor tankers laugh at them.