Glass cannons in other 'traditional' MMO's have a healer to bail them out most of the time while the enormous health pool/heavy armored class draws primary attention/threat. As this is the case ... I DEMAND they let me use a Bergetigre Then I can TRUELY be a support tank that performs field repairs, Fuck your cannon's and Armor, I'll just Repair everything and use tactics of attrition, Which side will run out of shells :v.



Bup on a serious note, Yes, DPM is extremely reliant on it's 'reliability to damage' otherwise it's a steep drop in Actual damage done. which in turn leaves your tank in a reliable 'c-team' position because it can't perform whats asked of it. Correct me if I'm wrong but a huge issue for T30 drivers these days is that the Cannon is 'fussy' or more accurately, unreliable. Just like with the US arty, IF it decides to function, THEY know it, and accordingly back off/push the advance depending on numbers and strategy involved [Sacrifice a pawn to move a bishop, if you will] If anything it sounds like the only Semi-satisfying tank in the US tree seems to be the Patton, as it seems the T95 has slipped from grace with some silly weakspots slapped onto the front of her, The T92 Arty is rarely fielded from what I've seen [not what I know] in favor of other pieces that are simply more reliable, and Obviously the T30 isn't top of the favorites because it's playstyle as indicated by others, takes dirty tricks, and a focused mind and omnipresent awareness that others don't quite need, as THEY CAN afford to take a hit or two where the T30 Can't [I almost laughed to tears seeing an IS4 HIDING behind a T30, and appropriately got picked to 20% by arty before he started moving aggressively].



In standard MMO, DPM/DPS works, In Team Deathmatch style MMO devoid of 'healers' DPS/DPM isn't as sustainable, it's very situational, and depending on cannon reliability very positional. After all, a T34 with the 120 may be able to put out heavy shells more often, but if every shell bounces, it's hardly persuasive enough to make an E-75 or IS4 back down. and once that gap closes, T34 is generally at a disadvantage against the IS4, and the E-75 can reliably engage the T34 at any distance once sighted with little fear of retaliation.



I'm not saying DPM is -useless- I'm saying that if one is to measure it's worth it needs to, as Onyx put it, Fulfill at-least 3 criteria of reliability. Which to me, the US tanks barely meet 2 as it stands, in my eyes.

