Do you remember the days when tanks weren't nerfed?

[Ocelot]

Tanks get slapped around far too easily

 

 

 

That looks REALLY wrong.

[Red Lynx 23]

Tanks can be used for greifing but it's not that effective like it was before. The tank icon makes it worse. I'll bet that the jet bullets are gonna be nerfed.

 

I'd prefer jets themselves being nerfed, and could be taken out with one heavy sniper round.

[Nutduster]

I remember the tank in its original form. And I don't miss it at all. It was the biggest problem in the game, even bigger than the jet now (at least you have to go up to the base to steal a jet). Anyone who wants it de-nerfed probably used to grief with it.

 

One of my first GTA online experiences was two jackasses in tanks circling the block and spawn killing me for twenty minutes. Yeah, the good ol'days!

[SaltyGTAFMember]

 

Tanks can be used for greifing but it's not that effective like it was before. The tank icon makes it worse. I'll bet that the jet bullets are gonna be nerfed.

 

I'd prefer jets themselves being nerfed, and could be taken out with one heavy sniper round.

 

They need needing asap, the person who thought to nerf the tank and not the jet as well should be fired. The tank kept jets in place, they even buffed th jets more on current gen console. it should only take 3 shots to destroy one since it takes like 4 stickies to destory a tank. Rockstar logic at its finest

[StangOne50]

Ah yes the good old days. Nothing like a good tank battle.

The tank nerf took some of the excitement away from the game. Tank wars are a joke now with tanks only taking 2-3 shots.

Un-nerf the tank!!!!!

[Chrunchip]

The good thing about it was that it would help bring the other players together against the 'common enemy'!

 

Before we were all trying to kill each other and all of sudden there was this threat that we needed to work together to eliminate

 

yeapoooh that was the best part of it

 

Anyone who wants it de-nerfed probably used to grief with it.

 

One of my first GTA online experiences was two jackasses in tanks circling the block and spawn killing me for twenty minutes. Yeah, the good ol'days!

 

1. nope... never drove tanks myself - but i would love to have them back for another random-group squad fighting the "Titans"

2. been killing for twenty minutes? never thought of passive mode....?

Edited February 17, 2015 by Chrunchip

[manicmechanic71]

I think I've used mine once, what an utter waste of money.

Does anyone know any missions that work well with tanks? Maybe I could get SOME use out of it!

[Misanthrope Z]

the good old days

 

where the only thing to look forward to on GTAO was a bunch of boring nerds, douchebags and little kids in tanks. forcing the game to be about nothing more than traveling at a dull 10 MPH and hitting L1 (or whatever that button would be called on Xbox)

 

i'm glad tanks have f*cked off, with them in their past state, GTAO was literally just a competition to see who could hit L1 first. :\

[fiebru787]

I remember went 3 tanks grief me because i was in PM and i cant reach any building.....

 

Still use my tank to play chop chop.

Edited February 17, 2015 by fiebru787

[Turkey Shenanigans]

Do you remember the money glitch days(the adder duplicate glitch) when everyone had a tank, supercars, miniguns, rpgs, tons of ammo, etc. when everyone had a big war at ls customs and everything was fun?

Edited February 17, 2015 by TurkeyShenanigans

[ninjaontour]

We used to Cargobob two Rhinos up onto the hangars at LS International, set bounties on each other, then waste everyone as they poured down to have a look. Hilarious.

[Nutduster]

Do you remember the money glitch days(the adder duplicate glitch) when everyone had a tank, supercars, miniguns, rpgs, tons of ammo, etc. when everyone had a big war at ls customs and everything was fun?

 

Your idea of fun is literally the polar opposite of mine. Or to be more precise... a little bit of that goes a long way for me. I don't mind a crazy war for an hour, but then I want to also have quieter lobbies and be able to do missions with people, who actually have some incentive (i.e. money) to do them. People throwing explosives around like water and constant tank warfare is not interesting in the long term.

Edited February 17, 2015 by Nutduster

[Jehannum]

Before patch 1.14 delivered an armor nerf to the tank, the tank was near-invincible. Do you remember those days?

 

Did you like it back then? Or was it a time you'd rather forget?

 

Note: I'm not asking for anything to be nerfed or buffed here. I'm just asking if people remember the days of the unnerfed tank. Nothing more than that.

 

Yes, I liked it. You could snipe the bastards. That was fun.

[Non Fiction]

Yeah I remember it... And it sucked lol. Tank scrubs showing up to spoil the fun every 5 minutes.

 

In freeroam battles, everyone had a good time running around, shooting at several other players, trying to come out on top. Everyman for himself. But THEN there was always that chump who went like 1-17, and got mad at everyone else for being better than him. So they would go run away to grab a tank and RUIN THE WHOLE FIGHT for everyone.

 

Tank scrubs felt so brave in their rhinos, only to suddenly get so shy and go into passive mode after having been blown to bits, acting as if they never meant any harm and never wanted to fight in the first place -.- lol

This. Perfectly stated. Tank scrubs were worst then god mode cheaters because they would send you messages after killing you like they actually did something special...who can't get in a tank and spam the fire button like they were playing ATARI...then the ones who had the tank as a personal vehicle were even worse

[Plum Tomato]

^Who can't get an assault rifle out and auto lock on/spray bullets like they were playing ATARI...like they actually did something special. There's no 'skill' in either, it is a game. You aren't better than anyone for not using a tank.

[Nutduster]

^Who can't get an assault rifle out and auto lock on/spray bullets like they were playing ATARI...like they actually did something special. There's no 'skill' in either, it is a game. You aren't better than anyone for not using a tank.

 

Killing people on foot is absolutely harder than killing them in a tank. That's true even now, and it was true x10 before the nerf. It's not the locking on and shooting that is difficult; it's staying alive long enough to finish the job. Using cover properly. Picking the right weapon depending on range. Not getting stuck in a reload at the wrong time. Not losing your aim due to the combat roll and then getting headshot before you get it back. Not getting run over by a scared NPC while fighting. Not getting killed by the cops before you can kill the other player. etc. etc. A tank before the nerf made you immune to any such danger because literally none of it could kill you.

Edited February 17, 2015 by Nutduster

[LambentBunny]

Yeah that was also back when low ranks could buy them so much easy k/d fodder though

[Pedinhuh]

Yeah, I remember those, if there was a tank in the session I would do the following:
-Hide in my apartment scared sh*tless;
-work up enough courage;
-steal a NPC car;
-go off radar;
-slap sticky bombs to the front of the car;
-Kamikaze the tank while listening to that arab music in Worldwide FM.

[NomadRider]

I can't believe they finally nerfed the tank but left the Lazer so Overpowered! There used to be only 1 or 2 people per lobby that even had the skills to go against a twanker. Now even if the noobs die a few times they still can take down a tank eventually. I'll take on most Lazer pilots but once they realize you are a threat good luck getting close enough to hit them from the ground. A good pilot in a Lazer is hard to stop. Most are not good pilots but once they learn to dodge a threat it's too much hassle to chase them down.

[BatFerYou]

The Tank should never have been in the game. Nor access to the Lazer, except maybe in some missions or deathmatches.

 

An invincible vehicle with infinite ammo in a game that wants you to play to earn everything else? Brilliant logic R*.

[lll-H-I-M-lll]

i remember the days of sprawning a tank for my only online friend using the deathmatch glitch and terrorising everything and everyone while playing BARBIE GIRL down my headset!!!!!!!

[G4M6L3]

I remember taking them down on my streetbike, I mean I still do but it took probably my whole 25 stock of C4 back then. It was still fun.. now it's just too easy and only takes 5.

Edited February 17, 2015 by G4M6L3

[slowburn29]

Yep the whole lobby would sometime cooperate and take them out, and epic escapes on the akuma, riding off rooftops and swerving not to get hit by the turret fire

 

then the babies cried. I never see tanks anymore, just jets

[fakebasedjo]

I kinda hate that Rockstar nerfed the tanks. Now it feels like military vehicles are pretty much highly decorated civilian ones. It would be nice if there were some actual incentive to steal or buy military vehicles(better armor&speed).

[Nutduster]

I kinda hate that Rockstar nerfed the tanks. Now it feels like military vehicles are pretty much highly decorated civilian ones. It would be nice if there were some actual incentive to steal or buy military vehicles(better armor&speed).

 

Point me to the civvy vehicle in this game that can absorb 3 or 4 sticky bombs and keep moving, or has an infinite ammo rocket launcher attached to it.

 

The tank may be weak from a realism standpoint, but from a gameplay standpoint it's now balanced about correctly. It didn't used to be. Any game that mixes tanks with on-foot warfare (see also: Halo series) has to weaken the tanks significantly in some way, or it just turns into a slaughter.

[yoloswag420xd]

I bought my tank as a level 25 and used the billionaire days money to buy mine lol. But yeah i miss those days Of course R* listened to the squeakers and nerfed the tanks..

 

Oh well. Now that anyone can buy a homing launcher AKA RPG, tanks surely do need more armour again

[Furry_Monkey]

I saw one a couple of days ago, for the first time in ages. I went off radar and stood at the side of the road and he pretty much stopped in front of me. I fired my homing launcher at him and he started to scarper, so I gave chase with sticky bombs. In all my time playing I have never seen someone in a tank act so scared.

 

I think they're perfect the way the are. No longer will the tank be an extension to armour for griefers.

Edited February 17, 2015 by Furry_Monkey

[SaltyGTAFMember]

 

I kinda hate that Rockstar nerfed the tanks. Now it feels like military vehicles are pretty much highly decorated civilian ones. It would be nice if there were some actual incentive to steal or buy military vehicles(better armor&speed).

 

Point me to the civvy vehicle in this game that can absorb 3 or 4 sticky bombs and keep moving, or has an infinite ammo rocket launcher attached to it.

 

The tank may be weak from a realism standpoint, but from a gameplay standpoint it's now balanced about correctly. It didn't used to be. Any game that mixes tanks with on-foot warfare (see also: Halo series) has to weaken the tanks significantly in some way, or it just turns into a slaughter.

So now a jet dominates air and land so balanced.

Halo listened to the "MLG" players then halo 4 flop came and guess what 99% camp in corners with dmrs. A once famous map on halo reach turned into the most hated camp fest dmr map in the history of halo. Still play reach till this day because halo series went downhill due to the whiners, now it full of campers.

[MrcTOtheJ]

I remember.

 

T'was a diffrent time, t'was a simpiler time.

 

TBH I kinda like it better now because the Tank can still be useful if you know how to dodge RPGs, but it isn't completely OP. Stingers are kind of a pain for it though

[Zoots Remuvah]

Mind you, I have taken out a tank with 'nades back in the days when they weren't nerfed..

 

position is everything...