Here is how money goes for tanks:

1 standard tank with meta 3 (or 5 for maddies) modules and a proto turret runs about 1,400,000 ISK. This level of gear is necessary, as any less tank or damage, and survivability plummets exponentially, but that's another topic entirely. (about 600k ISK more than last build)

An average payout per match is usually around 250,000 ISK, unless the other team calls in mad vehicles.

That means I need to make a tank last 6 matches or I go negative. Now, there are a couple ways of reducing cost: AURUM tanks/turrets (1,200,000 ISK reduction) or to redline snipe the entire game.

Assuming that people do not want tanking to be a p2w experience, then tankers are confined to redline sniping if they want to make a tank last 6 rounds because no matter how good a tanker is, one of those six matches is going to end with getting spammed with AV the second you get on the frontline.

My current proposal is not a nerf or buff to the tanks, but a price reduction. Sure, I'd love to have God Mode, but I just don't see it happening. Reducing the cost of vehicle hulls, modules, and turrets by 50% would help tankers and dropship pilots out, immensely, without making them any more powerful. Cheaper tanks means more opportunity to kill them because tankers will be more inclined to get into AV range, as losing one isn't a big deal.