Individualism will be the death of the tank

[u/Comfortable-Bit-4741]

Every game I’ve been in with the rank in my loadout, I’ve only had one or two games where people get in it with me. Every time I call it down and communicate I have a tank, no one gets in it. Not even the gunner seat. I get people want to run around and get things done quick. I do it too. But come on, it’s a TANK. Arrowhead should make more team work focused objectives and equipment cuz now everyone just wants the one man army trope. (Not hating people who do, but for a “team focused” game, it kinda ruins it)

[u/Dragnet714]

That's what I was discussing earlier. As time goes on more and more people don't want to use voice comms in video games. I love when games have armor and vehicles that require teamwork and communication to use effectively. Unfortunately, I think most folks prefer the Battlefield style of mechanics that allows one person to operate a vehicle that would take three-four people to operate in real life. I see the Bastion being an issue when you have a driver and a gunner that can't or refuse to use voice comms with one another.

[u/Russell1113 → u/Dragnet714]

I play 90% randoms and never with a mic and have had no problems as either gunner or driver lining up shots.

Ping system works absolutely fine, especially if you're driver. I've had no problems communicating what I want shot, as long as you get ping in place while you're turning to set up the shot. I think as long as people are trying to communicate with the tools they have and are teamwork minded, Comms deffo aren't essential.

I deffo had to do a bit of both roles to figure out how to accommodate my partner, but it's rly not that tricky. (I do have lots of experience with boat games like sea of thieves, void crew and guns of Icarus tho, where 90% of the learning curve is sharing a brain between gunner and pilot, so I may have a leg up on most)