Yeah, so, had an interesting experience today. I solo'd a tank.

Now you might say, "DB, you're a Heavy. Us tank drivers already pray to whatever gods we believe in that every one of you Forge Gunners develops testicular cancer. That's no surprise."

However, I was using nothing but Flux Grenades and my trusty HMG. I had no idea I could kill a tank with an HMG. I never tried before. Granted, it could have been a gimp tank, but...seriously.

ON TOPIC:

I always though vehicles should reliably die to AV, but that they should be cheap enough to field every game if you wanted. That way vehicles are more like a class (like Assault or Logi or Heavy) and a valid playstyle, without being frustratingly powerful.

I honestly believe it should be no more expensive to field a HAV than it is to field a proto Assault, given that AV remains effective.

Why? At the end of a match, a great tanker and a great assault player will rack up 30:1, but the assault player loses far less than the tanker does. You new players all believe that tanks are easy to use and part of me wants to join dust uni just to give ya'll free tanks just to show you how hard they are to use.