[Tank Concept] Heavy Machinist [WIP and Art]

[Duelle]

Cool art and cool idea, that's kinda remembers me of Vanguard tank class from Swtor. A heavy gunner tank is really cool concept

That's the first thing that came to mind when I saw the artwork. The idea has a lot of potential.

i agree. the last thing i want is for this tank to do an insane amount of damage, nor do i want this particular damage to be consistent at any range. if possible, the class should either have accuracy drop or damage drop depending on the attack range.

This makes sense. Other games with ranged tanks (SWTOR comes to mind) enjoy the benefit of most mobs using ranged weapons like blasters, so Vanguards and Powertechs had a notable advantage in the earlier builds of the game since they didn't need to get right in the mob's face like a melee tank could.

as for the limitation of the job's abilities, ive already mentioned that a number of the job's abilities should not apply while the tank is moving.

You might want to consider a type of ammo or stance that makes it easier to apply debuffs. A sort of ammo that acts as a stationary stance would work. Something else to consider is a mode/stance where you combine your main and secondary weapons into a BFG, incurring a movement penalty in exchange for the utility you want to give your suggested class (you'd have to hit Sprint in order to move at normal speed).