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Old 2011-09-27, 01:06 PM   [Ignore Me] #67
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Re: Poll on driver gunning


Another argument to throw into the ring for the whole 1-seat vs 2-seat MBTs:

Maybe their design goal isn't to balance two gunnerless tanks against a single tank with a gunner?

Planetside is all about Combined Arms. And an MBT with no gunner will have Significantly Reduce Options when some A2G or AV troops (with effective cover) show up.

So even if 2 1-seat MBTs really can clean the clock of a single MBT with a gunner, maybe that's OK.

1: SOE can design the secondary AV weapons to make it even or better than 2 1-seat MBTs (in general or in specific conditions).
2: SOE may choose not to for Perfectly Valid Reasons.

Tanks zipping around on their own are going to take a lot of hits to the sides from infantry AV (either dedicated AV class, or something like an under-slung rocklet launcher on an assault rifle) with no way to respond. Exposed troops might be easy meat, but a little prep time and some cover could turn the tables.

Tanks zipping around on their own are going to get Et Up by Reavers (and possibly liberators, though bombing a moving tank can be tough).

So if gunner-less MBTs become common, Reavers could become common for all those easy, high-value kills. It's potentially a self-balancing "ecosystem". Ditto for AV troops, particularly if its possible to one-shot kill a tank in the rear. Hide, let'em drive by, murder.

So either way, I'm not all that worried.
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