The problem with your argument is that you're comparing red-line sniper tanks (which are impossible to shoot) to Howitzers and artillery, which isn't what they are. They are tanks, suited with turrets that are designed to take out enemies at long range, but not to cheat by sitting behind their red line where absolutely NO ONE can reach them, and use their overly powered range to their advantage. If you want to sit behind the redline then fine, but the least that needs to be done is a reduction to the railgun range, because when i am being shot 1,500 meters in the air and 2000 meters across the map, there is something severely wrong here. Howitzers don't attack helicopters either, so seriously, get rid of your idea that "this is war" and they are "howitzers", because this is Dust 514, and the devs have proven they have a long way to go before they address all of the issues surrounding un-balanced and un-fair gameplay. The reason people have no room to QQ about bringing back redline shooting is because it's a feature that is easily considered abuse of the game. No one can reach those tanks, and the only reason they sit back there is because they know that their range is extremely over powered for the damage they are able to do at such a long range, it's an abusive tactic and there's no doubt in my mind that that kind of behavior is just taking advantage of a mis-coding in CCP's script.