Heavy Tanks

Intruder · 2003-07-28, 04:46 AM

As we at PSU love to speculate and chat about new features..

Since our current tanks (mag,Prwl,van) are labled as "medium tanks" anyone have any speculation on common pool and race specific Heavy tanks.

nightcr4wler · 2003-07-28, 04:53 AM

I think they're going to be rolling meatshields, as we in EQ like to call them. Like how some people barricade entrances with sunderers, I think the heavy tank is just going to roll into a base, take a shit load of hammering and dish out damage as it veers out the back entrance.

I'm probably wrong but what can get much bigger than a vanguard or a sunderer? I'll be surprised when I see the first sketches of them though.

Intruder · 2003-07-28, 05:17 AM

I invision a TR tank that has multiple turrets, maybe 2 turrets like the current tank, 1 anti veh 1 anti personel, and a 3rd turret something similar to a skyguards turret. 6 ppl tank.
Kind of like a mobile weapons platform. - actually looking at all the current tanks, all I can invision for a "heavy tank" is something similar to a mobile weapons platform.

Streamline · 2003-07-28, 05:25 AM

I kinda imagine something as big as say a double wide sunderer capable of taking 2 or 3 times as much damage standing up to even Liberator bombs. Speed will suck and be hidiuosly slow but who cares. As long as you keep moving they can't OS you. 3 to 5 man crews equipt with counter measures, targeting and tragectory features. A deployed feature allowing you to use an external eq term. A self contained unit. This baby operates on NTU and must be recharged at a warpgate. Sanctuary purchases only because of the sheer size, power, and entertainment of seeing how far you can get one.

kidriot · 2003-07-28, 05:28 AM

nc heavy tank be something like

2 150mm cannons (gunner 1)
(alt fire is firing one at a time. main fire is both at same time)

4 35mm set on top of 150 turret (gunner 2)

goes max 45 kph

SandTrout · 2003-07-28, 07:23 AM

There will be no heavy tanks, if there are, they will be similar to the current tanks but with more armor and/or bigger guns. If I remember correctly the Prowler was (and may still be) classified as a heavy tank with it's 3-man crew.

Intruder · 2003-07-28, 07:33 AM

Originally posted by SandTrout
There will be no heavy tanks, if there are, they will be similar to the current tanks but with more armor and/or bigger guns. If I remember correctly the Prowler was (and may still be) classified as a heavy tank with it's 3-man crew.

Spoil all our fun

we gotta do somethin while at work, and inventing imaginary heavy tanks is this threads attempt.

So go burst someone elses bubble of reality :P

Revolver · 2003-07-28, 09:22 AM

Mwahaha! New vehicles for NC and VS! Not for TR, since according to trout they already have a heavy tank

Intruder · 2003-07-28, 09:26 AM

Originally posted by Revolver
Mwahaha! New vehicles for NC and VS! Not for TR, since according to trout they already have a heavy tank

Yeay finnaly TR get a med tank

Revolver · 2003-07-28, 09:57 AM

true true

//edit
A Mini-Prowler hehe

Intruder · 2003-07-28, 10:03 AM

Originally posted by Revolver
true true

//edit
A Mini-Prowler hehe

Prowlette ?

Revolver · 2003-07-28, 10:44 AM

Prowlito

Antres Midel · 2003-07-28, 11:00 AM

You guys have way too much time on your hands

-MIDEL

Lonehunter · 2003-07-28, 12:00 PM

Originally posted by kidriot
nc heavy tank be something like

2 150mm cannons (gunner 1)
(alt fire is firing one at a time. main fire is both at same time)

4 35mm set on top of 150 turret (gunner 2)

goes max 45 kph

The rate of fire for that would be too quick, if they made a heavy tank for each empire the NC would probably have something like 200mm cannon, I can picture 3 100mm cannons for the TR with maybe a gun turrett equivelent to a Cycler MAX, and for the VS, a giant hover craft with instead of armor, it has an energy ring flowing around it that absorbs damage and will wear down like armor and the flux cannons will be on each end of the tank, the pilot can swich between the two. Just my silly ideas

Queensidecastle · 2003-07-28, 12:47 PM

They could make a SUPER tank with like 5 man crews, NTU...etc but would have to restrict it to like 25-30 kph, Tech plants only and like a 20 minute timer.

One of my ideas for this would be a rear facing or top facing area that will allow a player to use thier certs in an attacking platform kind of fashon. For example an Engeneer could lay mines out the back as the tank moves, or a Heavy assault gets to man a fixed weapon that takes an AI MAX type of effectiveness, or an antivehicular guy using the platform weapon and takes on rocking AV abilities