Don't Nerf Magriders Buff Prowler and Vanguard

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First off I DO NOT drive a Magrider I drive a Prowler.

Magriders according to Devs are working as designed and their straffing agility is not going to get nerfed.

They did mention nerfing their front armor or at least the front armor defensive upgrade, and this should not be done here's why.

Yes it is easier for a magrider to keep his front armor where he is aiming but as has been pointed out already the lack of a turret also means that they need to turn around completely to face someone attacking their rear so its a completely balanced trade off IMHO.

This also is balanced because people who choose to get front armor as their defensive option lose out on other abilities like stealth, side armor, top armor, ect. so I believe this is balanced as well.

The Devs also talked about buffing the Vanguards shells velocity and I think this is a great step towards making landing shots at distance against magriders a lot easier and everything else for that matter. PLEASE give this buff to the prowler as well.

A lot of people consider the prowler the worst MBT of the three when it comes to MBT vs MBT because you have to land 2 shots to do the same damage however having the 2 shots also makes the prowler the best at killing Infantry.

There was also a proposed buff to prowler's HEAT and AP damage. I don't think this is necessary and instead offer this as an alternative instead and a solution to the recoil between the two shots making hitting ranged targets easier.

Allow the prowler to fire BOTH cannons at the same time.

This could be done simply by allowing a weapon fire switch that by default is the b button that switches you between full auto, burst, single shot with guns now makes the prowler able to be single shot to kill more infantry or a double shot to hit tanks easier with both shots.

A more complex way to accomplish this would be to make the right and left cannons seperate in the same way that max arms are seperate so right cannon is right click and left cannon is left click.

This would be more natural use of the cannon and would even possibly allow the mixing of cannons which could be interesting. Arm yourself with one AP and one HE cannon would be pretty sweet.

The only problem with the second option is where do you put the optics button which I would gladly move to my thumb button or even a keyboard button for that kind of gameplay.

There is also the problem of the change in the certs and changing the cannon options for buying but if this is a problem then just leave them as paired AP, HEAT, or HE only cannons but please keep the seperately opperating cannons.

Right now most people consider the prowler's unique lock down ability to be the worst of the 3 but if you give us this unique trait I think it would make it an even more badass tank that would have the flexibilty to take on infantry and tanks as well in an interesting way.