The Terran Alliance's Armor

TheRedx · 2004-01-21, 03:01 AM

Since Planetside has come out I have been trying to do something which very few have taken the time to do, if any and that is field a coordinated and effective armor force.

I have finally accomplished my goal and am now enjoying the fruits of my labor.
Each one of my tankers can flat out take on any armor force out there of equal or greater numbers. (Really trying not to to sound cocky, just proud)

We run 12 prowlers 3 skyguards per a platoon, which is 4 tanks main gunners only and 1 skyguard per a squad with each person on teamspeak which is provided by the terran alliance.

We are a non-outfit based armor force which is ready to take on any zerg anytime anywhere.

Here i will give you our tank manual, just email me. Take it try to impliment it really doubt you can, I challenge you to try. At least I will have something to fight instead of a bunch of newbies rolling solo in tanks.

Anyway here are some pics of us in action, more soon to come. Hope you enjoy.
http://www.milesdog.com/m2s/gallery

Tanker pics are of course under the section titled Patton's Third armor the god of all tankers.

Aurorapro · 2004-01-21, 07:46 AM

Shouldn't you post this in the recruitment forums? If you are not recruiting then what are you doing? Showing off? lol sorry not being arguementative.

Nice pics btw i will not like to meet you in battle

TheRedx · 2004-01-21, 12:02 PM

nah not really recruiting, just showing what could be done with this game if you take the time.

Otherick · 2004-01-21, 01:48 PM

off with u foul recruiting demon, blah

TheRedx · 2004-01-21, 03:18 PM

More Pics added today, Will hopefully get a lot more from the upcoming raid this saturday.

If you would like a tank manual which contains basic tank formations and tactics send me an email at [email protected] or look for me ingame on markov. Name TheRedx.

Neon Apocalypse · 2004-01-21, 03:42 PM

i have a tactical suggestion, when the armor is on the move you travel single file, why not travel double file, that way you have twice the killing power, so if you have enemys on both sides you know which side will attack the attackers on their side, it would be much more organized and you would have each tank arriving at its destination with less time in between, the only problem is you would be a bigger target for enemy air, but you would have more killing power

GreyFlcn · 2004-01-21, 03:52 PM

Oooh, wonder how well that would work with NC and VS Armor forces.

TheRedx · 2004-01-21, 04:38 PM

please try it i need a challenge.

Also to answer neon's question there are such formations, sadly I dont have a good pic of us moving in a company wedge except from one. Just drop me a line and ill send you a tank manual, I have diagrams that show both platoon and company formations.

UncleDynamite · 2004-01-21, 05:25 PM

Originally Posted by GreyFlcn

Oooh, wonder how well that would work with NC and VS Armor forces.

I occasionally see the NC field Vanguard convoys, and they are especially dangerous. But Vanguards do just fine soloing, which is why I think most NC split up and try to rack up the kills without having to worry about the other Vanguards stealing them.

Never seen a VS convoy, though, but I would imagine that such a group would be very powerful. They'd have enough speed to really blitz through a war zone.

Neon Apocalypse · 2004-01-21, 06:32 PM

VS armor doesnt do much, we dont really use it against enemy armor, because we will most likely lose, if we do use it vs enemy armor its to slow down that enemy armor. killing a prowler or vanguard is very hard to do in a mag. we mostly use them for mowing down infantry and max units, and when we use them we dont use formations, we just scatter and kill. the devs really nerfed our tanks, we take out enemy tanks with infantry and air units, and scramble for cover when the enemy armor comes in, its pretty easy hiding from enemy armor, i havent been killed by armor in a while.

TheN00b · 2004-01-21, 06:48 PM

Ya, I'd say that TR tanker groups are the most powerful. Like UD said, Van's have a tendency split up, most likely because they can , and the Mags have been uber-nerfed, atleast for Anti-Armor purposes. The way I see it, Mags are much more powerful when used as mass infantry suppression: A mixed force of Mags and Reavers would be powerful indeed.

Neon Apocalypse · 2004-01-21, 06:49 PM

threshers are gr8 for mowing down infantry too, but their armor sucks and they tend to get destroyed by enemy armor quickly

im really pissed how the devs nerfed everything we have, our mags arent even tanks anymore, the lancer was our primary AT weapon and it sucks now, the beamer is a glorified laser pointer, the lasher is meh, and thats pretty much it, we are the underdogs, and the only way we win is using tactics, luck, and skill, i love being vanu, but we have nothing to be proud of but ourselves, our weapons and vehicles arent anything special, VS quasars are the only things that im proud of

TheRedx · 2004-01-21, 06:59 PM

Those Vans are pretty nasty when they work in pairs, but what I tend to see them do is charge the enemy then swerve to the right and left and fall back.

We try to use the prowler to its full potential which is infantry surpression/confusion by stripping all the 12mm and loading it with all main. I just tell them to hold down the darn trigger button and shoot anything that moves.

Then we move as one so that the enemy has a hard time picking a target because he is constantly getting shelled.

TheN00b · 2004-01-21, 07:11 PM

Red, stripping out the 12m would be crazy. IMHO, the 12mm is absolutely necessary for both AI sniping and AA. And without AA suppression, you might as well kiss your ass goodbye.

TheRedx · 2004-01-21, 08:02 PM

heh thats what the skyguard is for, I run 4 tanks mains only and 1 skyguard per a squad. That skyguard is worth all those tank chains.