so a 2-man tank can be effective with 1?!

[Kyonye]

Originally posted by OmnipotentKiwi


YAY!

yup

[Shark]

http://www.planetside-universe.com/m...php?img_id=168


that's not a ram...makes no sense for the lightest armored tank to have to ram another tank...that's all gun brotha

-shark

[Sputty]

HEh, makes no sense for the "lightest"(All empire specific tanks are the same. Heavy tnaks) to have the biggest gun. That's ram. SJ said.

[Mopo]

Heh our TR tanks will blow up that Mag before it's ram even gets close.

[OmnipotentKiwi]

Big gun, ram, statement still stands:


YAY!

[Shark]

I was unaware that statement was ever made by SJ...perhaps you could point out where I might find it. My understanding was that the Vanu tank was more lightly armored than the other two faction tanks, but somewhat faster and more maneuverable, also with the ability to strafe (side to side movement). I seem to recall (somewhere on the official forums I beleive) that Rogue13 has confirmed it to be a gun and that the driver controls it...I'll try to find the link. Afterll, if that's a ram, and all the tanks are the same, then can we assume that the TR and NC tanks also have "rams"?

-shark

[Kyonye]

it is a ram. look closely (not that close) and you will see that it doesn't have a hole where any sort of weapon can come out of. its flat on the end of it. its ram all the way.

[Kyonye]

if you think about it, you could actually place 2 infantry just below the cannon. when the mag starts moving, the gun will hold them in position and it is raised on the side so they will have to be lifted up and off. does make for easy killing. mag is a big target. one hit form a cannon of any sort and your gone.

[Shark]

if that thing is a ram then that tank is useless, unless the other gun is dual purpose anti armor, anti infantry...i could find nothing on the official forums stating that it's a gun or a ram, but most over there seem to believe it's a gun

-shark

[Sputty]

From what SJ has told us in the dev shoutcast lasers can easily be switched from AP to AI.

[Arshune]

It can't be a ram because they specifically stated that kamikaze tactics would be ineffective for the most part. Why would they put something to facilitate kamikaze-style tactics if they specifically stated they wanted to discourage that kind of thing? Besides which, not too many rams have big holes in the middle. Go look at the concept art and look at all the screenshots of the mag rider you can find, it should be pretty apparent that it's a gun, or at the very least, a useless protrusion that happens to LOOK like a gun.

[Sputty]

Who said anyhting about it being Kamikaze? The point of the ram is taht you can hit people and knock them around, damaging them with your superior speed while being untouched. I think the magrider si the perfect tank for that. It's fast so it can ram well.

[Arshune]

Look at the model, it looks like it's on a vertical turret. Why would a ram be able to pivot up and down?

[OmnipotentKiwi]

If it can pivot up and down, I would imagine buggies would be somewhat lower to the ground then a HOVER tank.

Also, rams aren't kamikazi, they are hit and run.