Originally Posted by Timealude
holy jesus......looks like we got our multi crew tank
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I hope so!
Originally Posted by HereticusXZ
It will be as strong as any MBT, but probably won't be crazy powerful considering it's NS, any Empire can have one and usually NS stuff is well rounded versatile and not specific for any situation.... Prowlers will still Anchor and chip away at a presumably much larger and easier target at long range, Vanguards will still roll up into melee, pop there shields and destroy it's engine block, and the Magrider will chip it away at mid-range and be stupidly hard to hit as they strafe.
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If it's a multi-crew Tank then we probably won't see a stupid mass zerg of them like we do with Faction Specific MBT's and Lightnings. Presuming it's going to be the fabled Multi-Crew Tank myself and other tankers want (and we don't know if it is or not, so this is me guessing) It will be a 3 man Tank then that's 3 maybe 4 NS-MBT's for every 12 man squad, 6 if you ditch a tertiary gunner for more tanks versus the 12 players - 12 MBT's you can pull today.
What I really want to know though is will this NS-MBT have a unique ability like all other MBT's do or will this awesome tank just have a uniquely effective main cannon?
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Originally Posted by ChipMHazard
Sadly I think it's just going to be a 3+ crew tank, and that's it. I doubt they are going to be doing anything special with it.
Ideally I would have preferred to see the current MBTs become 3+, but we already knew there wasn't much of a chance of that happening.
My main concern with this is that if this tank is just as easy to field then it might make the current MBTs less viable, or at least make them compete even more with the Lightning.
I'm wondering what kind of limitation this MBT is going to have and [obviously] just how powerful it's going to be. In other words, is it going to be a better version of the current MBTs?
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I'm wondering how fast it will be...
I mean, there is at least one guy driving, and if he's not getting a gun it at least needs to have some gettyup to it.
...Which also leaves me wondering what the second Gunner is going to get...
Originally Posted by moosepoop
so its a 6 man tank.
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Seriously... what are all these guys going to be DOING?!?!
Originally Posted by Chewy
I REALLY don't think that it's going to be a 5-6 man tank. Bassy sunderers are a bitch to fight against when you have 4+ guns shooting at you. 5 guns on a single vehicle? Overkill even on something this big. That many weapons would be just near impossible to get close enough to do any real damage. Put a repair bus or 2 next to it and nothing could even think of fighting that convoy.
Hatches and vehicle doors never mattered so far. Why should they now? Im still leaning to a 2 man super tank, harasser style. One driver and one gunner. I just wonder how it will be spawned.
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Might just represent passenger space...
Originally Posted by Chewy
TRay confirmed on twitter that this is going to be the biggest land vehicle in the game. But how big is it? The only size reference we have is the ladders on the front tracks. Assume that the ladders are as wide or just wider than a man and you have something fucking HUGE. At least 13-15 players long if Im assuming right and no less than 2 times taller than a player. Maybe 8ish players wide.
That thing wouldn't fit on most bridges and could hardly go through vehicle shields.
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That might be the balancing factor if it's a LAND BATTLESHIP full of guns; Yes it's got a lot of Dakka, but you're going to have to take it along the scenic route.
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