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Old 2012-06-14, 08:33 AM   [Ignore Me] #1
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Devastator, Warbringer, and Trident


A little backstory: Devastator is the heaviest tank from Verant's Tanarus tank FPS game. It was a tier above the Vanguard, the medium tank. Warbringer is a metal band and apparently some WoW nomenclature. Trident is the overpowered hover tank from Infantry Online's Mechanized map (SOE). Should be no copyright or trademark issues with any of these names.

NC - Devastator

The Devastator is the NC penultimate land vehicle, it costs ten times as much as any other unit. It is armed with a main turret that is essentially two Vanguard turrets welded together doubling the Vanguard's damage per shot. There are 4 secondary gun turrets, one oriented toward each facing of the vehicle and with 180 degrees total horizontal arc and 60 degrees total vertical arc. The Devastator is amphibious, but very slow on water. It can also carry 4 passengers, but no MAXes. So an entire squad (6 crew + 4 pass) could fit in one.

TR - Warbringer

The Warbringer is the zenith of TR ground battle philosophy and also costs ten fold what any other vehicle does. The main turret battery is a six barrel gatling autocannon (Prowler barrels) with double the Prowler's fire rate. Like the Devastator, the Warbringer has 4 secondary turrets and room for the rest of the squad. The Warbringer is also amphibious.

VS - Trident

The Trident, like the rest of VS technology, takes a completely different approach to the heavy tank concept. It hovers and is thus the master of amphibious assault. Armed with a single Mega Laser turret that emits a continuous beam of photonic energy and 4 secondary phase turrets (energy weapons that do bonus damage to energy shields) as well as matching the ability to carry a full squad, the Trident is easily a peer for the category.

Precise stats can't really be worked out until we have a baseline to work with, but roughly five times the survivability, 75% the speed, 25% the acceleration, and 10x the cost of their smaller tank counterparts.
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