when i see a tanker with no one in i hop in the top gun and see if its a blaster

if it is i stay in shot all targets the tanker misses if i see a swarm i hop out and rush him

and if the tank is kinda just siting there i hope out and move away so he can recall the tank


it changes the game a **** ton when you view it from some one else's eyes

the guy was so nice he trusted me enough to hop out call a ob hop back in and give me the vehicle assist points

It's nice to hear from people that actually like to be gunners, while I don't mind myself being one, I suck at anything unless I'm in my HAV as that is where all of my skill points are at but I will jump out and die fighting to cover a fellow tankers retreat. But I make a decent one if I am squaded with other tankers. And hearing all of this I might have to consider actually putting decent small turrets on my HAV.

Dude at least put a good plaster on the top turret :P

atm you might not notice it

but later in the game when you get hard core squads they can be the most useful thing in the game
(but dont spec it over defense) defense comes first for a tanker
Unless your in a enforcer

I call in my tank and the craziest thing happened. A random blueberry jumped in a turret and was, wait for it, useful. He fired at my targets, got kills with the crappy turret I had on there and best of all, jumped out to rep my armor when I was in cover and my repper off line.

I have to say, if more players do this I might just start believing in humanity again. Needless to say I sent him an email of gratitude and love.

Pictures or it never happened.

Some of us played with HAV's in past builds and gunned for corp mates so we know what we're doing.

Most of the time I can be more effective outside the tank, especially when the small turrets are crap, but I still hop in on occasion for a change of pace.

I love to ride turrets and produce Ks.
Just give me a Blaster on the rear turret.
Put a Railgun on the front and I'll target available installations.
WPs for everybody.
(I usually only do this when I'm in a Sniper fit and not seeing much action. Which does work well for eliminating those pesky AVers)

Today, I stole the random LAV I was gunning in... then drove it to a supply depot to get the armor repaired. I brought it back, but couldn't find the driver. The LAV survived the entire battle.

Where have all of these gunners been? I need to start running in a different crowd I guess.

Shoot me an invite if you do upgrade your turrets, it's not every day a gunner gets to use non-militia turrets.

i use a good tank as a mobile bunker, i get some kills with turrets but i usually jump out and after i kill someone jump right back in so i can recharge my shield, i've just had some stupid tankers in the past emo rage when their tank blows up after they make a tactical error they've tried to scream at the gunner for not saving the tank so some gunners get put off by that not saying anyone here does that but yea it sux when they do.

I call in my tank and the craziest thing happened. A random blueberry jumped in a turret and was, wait for it, useful. He fired at my targets, got kills with the crappy turret I had on there and best of all, jumped out to rep my armor when I was in cover and my repper off line.

I have to say, if more players do this I might just start believing in humanity again. Needless to say I sent him an email of gratitude and love.

That is an awesome player, and if he's still in his starter NPC Corp, you need to recruit him.

yea i been trying support tankers with my new LLAV fit with a scanner and a shield transport, i lost my old gunner i guess he stopped playing.. i'm the same will discuss fittings and tactics but recently got tired of mic because of a lot of drama, i miss my old tactical friends like kerosini and was driven crazy by some noobs who wouldnt play as a team, trying to get them to do so was in vain and all of them were trying to use the mic for some open night at a bad comedy show instead of intelligent discussion or tactics

they drove my corp into the ground but it was my fault for letting it happen. live and learn. what chan do u use i can shield rep your tank with a LLAV + proto scanner

Smart gunners will take the top turret and watch the sides and rear (as defined by the main turret) so it doesn't get snuck up on, and will hold their fire until there is a real target rather than spam fire and alert the enemy as to their position.

I find it's often best to jump out and use my MD and flux grenades against SL's even if it opens me up to infantry fire, especailly if the turrets are all missile.

I figure that's a good trade for all the vehicle assist points the driver hands out.

and if the tank is kinda just siting there i hope out and move away so he can recall the tank