| Stealth Tanks - are they good? [message #-971606] |
Fri, 03 May 2002 10:27  |
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Are they any good? I hear they work good against infantry and light armored vechails, as well as a sneak attack right behind a vechial, but how well are they up against buildings, are they even worth building? sry about spelling errors =P (ACK, if you even correct 1 thing i will kill you  )
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| Stealth Tanks - are they good? [message #-971605] |
Fri, 03 May 2002 11:51  |
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They are good for hit and runs on building. Sneak up to a building, pound it until someone comes after you, and then run. Repair and repeat. Try it and find out.
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| Stealth Tanks - are they good? [message #-971602] |
Fri, 03 May 2002 14:33 |
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stealth tank are aewsome against alot of things. But they are a bit pricy($900) for 400 health/armour, its armour is weak so use it for hit and run tactics or support
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| Stealth Tanks - are they good? [message #-971601] |
Fri, 03 May 2002 15:01 |
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they are great if you are out in the field area and the other team is lanching an assult then once they pass you you can go run over all the hotwires and engies reapiring the tanks and then the siege fails becuase all the other engies that come get run over too 
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| Stealth Tanks - are they good? [message #-971598] |
Sat, 04 May 2002 00:05 |
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quote:
Originally posted by Woggy:
belive it or not, i still have trouble spelling vhecile, wait, I SPELLED IT RIGHT, wow
No you didn't
But back to the subject, they are good really only on maps with no base defenses, since you can easily drive in their base without people seeing you, set a nuke beacon, and park on it to defend it.
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| Stealth Tanks - are they good? [message #-971597] |
Sat, 04 May 2002 00:12 |
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I also find they are great againt tank assaults. When I see a couple mammys and a couple med tanks in a field, I'll always try to get a stealth tank. You can get into good position without being seen and if u get close in behind a mammy it'll tear it apart in no time. Victor
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| Stealth Tanks - are they good? [message #-971594] |
Sat, 04 May 2002 02:03 |
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They work wonder in pairs of 2 (unless the other team happens to be in 2 Mams or Meds  ). Also, another vehicle (Artillery or Light Tank) could distract the target while the Stealth heads behind it for the kill. If you're gonna attack the base (like in City), make sure you either hit it and run or continually hit it if no one's gonna retaliate if you want your stealth back in one piece (orcas can literally tear it apart)
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| Stealth Tanks - are they good? [message #-971593] |
Sat, 04 May 2002 02:25 |
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They aren't worth it, against non-noobs that have camera locked to turret you will never get anywhere as a stealth. Then they are almost worthless, plus people go after you like your some kinda new flavor of slurpee, one time I was a stealth and on city me and a flame tank went after a base, they ended up chasing me all the way back to nod base to kill me while completely ignoring the flame tank that I went with that drove right by them and started attacking a building, completely ignored it and chased me across the map. Yes, people will freak out about killing a stealth that much, because its an easy target. No matter what the newbies say, you cannot RUN after you have decloaked, tanks will keep shooting around and so will infantry, you will not escape vs half decent players.
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| Stealth Tanks - are they good? [message #-971590] |
Sat, 04 May 2002 03:08 |
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camera locked to turret only matters so much. A stealth tank can still easily circle a mammoth to death once they get close. The trick is to use locked camera to shoot from side while you circle. It doesn't matter if the mammoth has locked cammera because the tank turrets are slow. The stealth tank can simply outrun it, and its hard to hit that close anyways.
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| Stealth Tanks - are they good? [message #-971589] |
Mon, 06 May 2002 02:45 |
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Mammoth vs. Stealth = I WIN... I've tested this theory... I've obliterated a Mammoth in a Stealth then made pancakes from the driver. But on the other side, I've made short work of a Stealth with a Mammoth and made a nice pile of crap on the ground with the driver. The Mammoth turrets do turn rather nicely. For me at least... and YES holding V is like having Lock Camera to Turret... which I prefer the latter more. Especially when playing with my Helo
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| Stealth Tanks - are they good? [message #-971588] |
Mon, 06 May 2002 03:32 |
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However, on ACK's new meadow map, ST can rule the field, en masse. By this I mean that the field is SO huge, that four of them can sneak up behind any incoming assult and kick serious @ss. I found the best defense not to be mammy's which are too slow and ***bersome, but a group of APC's. You can spray your surrounding area with Machine Gun fire to locate stealthed units, and then two apc's per ST can wipe them out very quickly.
APC's....not just for rushing anymore.
Stealth Tanks....they're what's for dinner.
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| Stealth Tanks - are they good? [message #-971587] |
Mon, 06 May 2002 06:49 |
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Stealth tanks suck bigtime, if they had 400 health instead of 200, would be better. I only use them when i notice that the other teams full of newbies running around the field with a finger up their ass, then i just sneak up on them and run them over
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| Stealth Tanks - are they good? [message #-971585] |
Mon, 06 May 2002 07:25 |
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A stealth tank can drive to the powerplant 5 times in a row without dying. It is very resistant to the type of damage AGT does It seems. The stealth tanks armor is low, but the type of armor it has takes little damage to most types of projectiles. And to correct myself.. Stealth tnak kills orca/apache in 3 hits, not 5. 8 orcas will kill a building after 2-3 shots from each one. Their weapon is very powerful.. it's worth the low armor. They are semi-homing too, and they are fast. A stealth tank rush kills buildings much faster than a flame tank rush also. But stealth tanks are very underrated... so they aren't used much. It's the only tank I use now. After doing some experiments I find it to be extremely good, and it's my new favorite. I've never lost a game leading a stealth tank rush.. it's very powerful, and unexpected. And in a stealth tank rush they can't see you coming so they can't prepare.. But with flame tanks they have people tell there team that you're coming and they are ready.
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| Stealth Tanks - are they good? [message #-971584] |
Mon, 06 May 2002 07:35 |
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corrections, its because the stealth is fast that it can avoid agt missiles, not its armor, it has the same armor as all the other heavy tanks. Stealth kills buildings just as fast as flame tanks, exact same. I and others have tested it. Third, the flame tank is overated, and so is the stealth. The light tank is underrated. Flame tanks aren't all that good, they are only really good against buildings and mammoth tanks, stealths just plain suck against good players that know how to drive and use camera view unlike the newbies. Lights have 200 less armor but cost 200 less then mediums, yet they have much more speed, and barely less firepower so they are the best tank in skilled hands.
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| Stealth Tanks - are they good? [message #-971583] |
Mon, 06 May 2002 07:42 |
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I really hope that within the coming months newbies will finally realise that the stealth tank is crap and that the flame tank is only for very functional cooperative teams only. In all other scenarios, stick to the aircraft, light tanks, apcs, and arty for fighting. Flame tanks for seiging bases (in multiple numbers) only. Stealth really has no purpose, it is poor at fighting, its poor against infantry because the upper class weapons and c4 can do you in real quick, and its no better against buildings then cheaper and double as armored flame tanks. Get the picture yet? And don't give me the moronic "u can use em to run over stupid newbie $#@!ers so they ruel!!!!!" bullcrap. Dunno how many times ive dodged a stealth trying to crush me and killed it with a crappy character, it just doesn't work people.
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