2008-04-15, 04:39:56
you got a point there, and saving for a better tank a long time is a less powerful strategy since the base HP increasement has been lowered in 8.42. but there are aspects which you havnt mentioned.
-saving for a better tank means saving for better damage as well. your skills will be more powerful.
-getting a light tank, then a shredder, then the goblin tank (your example) means that you lose 1900 gold just for selling vehicles so far. if you continue that way, going for demon tank and then for infernal for example, you lost a bunch of money. saving straight for better tanks means that you change your tank less often, and therefore lose less money for selling it.
-having more HP instead of better weapons means that you heal faster at you CP's (since a part of the healing is percentage). someone, who saved straight for the demon tank (with demo or antigrav for example) is nearly impossible to kill at his CP at that stage, even if you did well till then and have a medium tank with good weapons. note that i dont really advise you to save straight for the demon tank, thats a really extreme and hard tactic to play if you face good oponnents.
-having more HP is also nice against exploders. they will have enough money to kill you anyway most often, but if you have more HP instead of better weapons (at the same tank overall value) means that the exploder needs more explosives, and therefore has a higher bounty (which is very important).
just some arguments for saving, and saving for better tanks is still the most important (macro) thing in BT. but there was a nice balance change for that in 8.42. it was the right way
-saving for a better tank means saving for better damage as well. your skills will be more powerful.
-getting a light tank, then a shredder, then the goblin tank (your example) means that you lose 1900 gold just for selling vehicles so far. if you continue that way, going for demon tank and then for infernal for example, you lost a bunch of money. saving straight for better tanks means that you change your tank less often, and therefore lose less money for selling it.
-having more HP instead of better weapons means that you heal faster at you CP's (since a part of the healing is percentage). someone, who saved straight for the demon tank (with demo or antigrav for example) is nearly impossible to kill at his CP at that stage, even if you did well till then and have a medium tank with good weapons. note that i dont really advise you to save straight for the demon tank, thats a really extreme and hard tactic to play if you face good oponnents.
-having more HP is also nice against exploders. they will have enough money to kill you anyway most often, but if you have more HP instead of better weapons (at the same tank overall value) means that the exploder needs more explosives, and therefore has a higher bounty (which is very important).
just some arguments for saving, and saving for better tanks is still the most important (macro) thing in BT. but there was a nice balance change for that in 8.42. it was the right way