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Im_Dooomed wrote:

I can armor whore all day. Good maps if you want practice at just infantry and other armor:

Jalalabad
Karkand (Duh)
Mashtuur
Sharqi (Ok there are choppers) BUT great practice for shooting em down
Songua

Ghost Town (My personal favorite) Choppers are easy to shot down with a tank shell
Warlord
Surge
Mass Destruction

ALWAYS be an engineer if you intend to armor whore. I hate to admit it, but I've teamkilled people with low ranks who were waiting for the tank as a sniper when our team was losing tickets. Doing this, usually helps even the score

Its easy to bind mouse buttons to your wrench. What I do, is after a fight I smoke screen, bail out, drop a mine, repair tank, and keep going. I've gone 50-4 on maps with this tactic. Also, being squad leader and requesting supply drops when you know your gonna enter into a risky situation helps. Change camera angles often and STAY moving. (My few deaths were usually the cause of a jihader on an ATV)

RDMC wrote:

Tanking is seriously easy. Full lock on tone, pop smoke, back up and if possible hide behind building. If you can hide behind a building, drive forward search for AT dude, spot shoot, back to cover. Repear untill he is either dead or has run out of AT missles. Also, when capping a flag, keep switchin camera views to make sure that you won't get blown up by some Special Ops guy.

As for fighting tank vs tank. Aim either for the tracks, or the weak spot. If you do NOT know the weak spot and you are facing a tank dead on, hit him on the tracks. Facing him on the rear, offcourse shoot one off on his tail. Most prefarbly, try outflanking tanks, and take much cover. For example, you see a tank head on. You fire off a quick one, make sure it atleast hits, tracks or not, hide behind building and do it again. You've had him twice now. Now we is either an persistant bastard and will wait for you to pop out again or he has fled allready for repairs. If neither is the case than he's being repaired. If he is repaired by a supply box then wait for him to come, his supply box won't be able to help him anymore and so it a fair fight, if he has an engineer, which is quiet rare these days then either be agressive, go in and hit him on the tracks or even the better, the weak spot. Or you can wait, hopefully get your own supply box and wait for him to come and get you.

Unless he's a really experienced/skilled tank driver you are most likely to take down 90% of the tanks this way. Sure works for me.

Cyrax-Sektor wrote:

Tanking's pretty easy IMO. It's like a second life for your character, if a TV or airplane doesn't get you. Nowadays, everyone wants to be Rambo, or sniper, so if you're encountering AT crews, it's a rare thing. I kept spawnkilling the same guys at Construction in Sharqi, and they kept spawning medic or spec-ops.

Now opposing tanks could be a problem if they gang up on you, but that's rare because everyone's off doing their own thing, trying to be Rambo again. When up against a tank, just aim for the vital parts. Handy little guide courtesy of Secrets of battlefield: http://www.secretsofbattlefield.com/tankvstank.html Also, try rolling around, still having the enemy in your sights. Sometimes, they'll miss, and believe me, one missed tank shell will save your skin. When they miss, they'll also freak out, panic and probably die.

If you're in a tank, depending on the map, you'll either want AT or Engy. Engy can repair your vehicle when you're relatively safe. But if you're being damaged a little too much, then being engy's useless. With AT, if that enemy tank took you down to critical and you can't squeeze out the last shot, pop smoke, bail, get as far away from your tank and blast the tank's weak points with your SRAW/Eryx/RPG-7. Another guide thanks to Secrets of battlefield: http://www.secretsofbattlefield.com/tankshits.html

Another maneuver you can try, fire at the enemy tank like you normally would, but roll forward and ram him. He'll take some damage, but you will too. So this is a bit of a last resort. But if you kill him before he can release another shell, all is well, and if you're engy, you can repair yourself. This method will also work on the lighter vehicles, like AA and APCs. Just two tank shells and a quick ram, they have no chance to escape! Also, it's just hilarious ramming things.

Another advantage you could get is moving forward, they might move back. And when they move back, they're not aware of their surroundings usually, so you could get off a shot, send them over that ravine/bridge/etc. and get a kill! Or you could have them pull back against a tree or structure, then their turret can't hit you!

Distance tank shots: At long range, guess what, most tanks won't see you because they're looking forward. Well you can see them on that cliff/bridge, so why not take a shot at? The tank's cannon doesn't travel at the speed of a bullet, so you have to aim ahead of the target. It's worth the quick guestimate, because you just reduced his armour, while you still have yours. If he's on that cliff/bridge above you, he can't hit you! So keep picking at them, and they just might die.

P.S. I'm not yammering on. My best vehicle K : D is in armour, so I know something about that dimension on the field.

Im_Dooomed wrote:

It's really better to just not question the things EA does, you'll fall into an endless pit of never producing answers that are logical or understandable.