1.Take proto swarms.
2.Equip 3 complex damage mods.
3.???
4.PROFIT!

In other words:
Just had a game where the entire enemy team was in tanks.
I brought out proto swarms, and laughed as the cheap tanks got one shotted, and the expensive ones had to run off after 1-2 shots.

So... how is it tanks514 if one person can destroy and pin down 5 tanks?

It's tank514 when the entire team is in tanks.
I'm not saying tanks or OP.

It's tank514 when the entire team is in tanks.
I'm not saying tanks or OP.

Take into consideration that we don't have proto tanks yet, but we have proto AV.

Lol no one are serious tankers anymore there mostly miltia. When proto tanks come out in 2 and a half years there will be a very select few who has them. No one wants to spec tanks because they are useless and will stay useless as CCP continues to release infaintry stuff instead of fixing the tank promblem. This is no were near tanks514, tanks used to be good in chromosome and before then. not anymore. You should be happy your getting free isk blowing up miltia tanks

I think it's time to give up trying to talk to tankers currently. They reflexively go ultra defensive. I know I'm overgeneralising.

Still, it seems as if I have a question I can't get any tanker to answer.

I want tanks to be prevalent more than anyone, for the infantry and tanks of Dust to have a deeply intertwined dynamic. Current game modes can't provide that. The issues with HAVs will come into clearer focus when there are modes that can. Until then I may let it drop.

These threads of yours, I like most of them. They run the gamut of topics but very broadly, often provide the place for posts that don't really belong in more focused threads. Not sure if that's the intention. Either way, thanks.

Another useless thread

Not entirely true, if we can prove that AV is op which it is then ccp might balance things the right way (5 years later).

I think it's time to give up trying to talk to tankers currently. They reflexively go ultra defensive. I know I'm overgeneralising.

Still, it seems as if I have a question I can't get any tanker to answer.

I want tanks to be prevalent more than anyone, for the infantry and tanks of Dust to have a deeply intertwined dynamic. Current game modes can't provide that. The issues with HAVs will come into clearer focus when there are modes that can. Until then I may let it drop.

These threads of yours, I like most of them. They run the gamut of topics but very broadly, often provide the place for posts that don't really belong in more focused threads. Not sure if that's the intention. Either way, thanks.

I don't think you'll have been there for it, but there was a time in closed beta when tanks were extremely cheap. You could get a good tank fit for 200K isk (compared to 700K being entry level for good tanks nowadays), and naturally, people just spammed the hell out of HAVs. It made life living hell for infantry that hadn't gotten at least to ADV AV level.

So, instead of having massive tank spam fests, we're in a situation where tanks massively drain your wallet for losing even single tanks. Because of the amount of risk that's associated with tanking, us tankers feel the need to sort of turtle up whenever people suggest that tanks are fine right now. Or worse, that they need to be nerfed.

1.Take proto swarms.
2.Equip 3 complex damage mods.
3.???
4.PROFIT!

In other words:
Just had a game where the entire enemy team was in tanks.
I brought out proto swarms, and laughed as the cheap tanks got one shotted, and the expensive ones had to run off after 1-2 shots.