Is the Pindad any good?

[Aldeveron]

I'm wondering of the Pindad is worth struggling to attain (via Legacy Battle path). Every time I see one, in PvE, it seems to achieve very disappointing scores.

[Valrynn the Dragoness]

Not particularly, if you ask me.

The vehicle feels similar to the MTLB-S8, but worse.

The main downside of the Pindad is the rockets have absolutely terrible velocity. Hitting anything on the move is an utter pain. While the rockets can deal good damage to most tanks in the game, especially fragile ones, just getting into effective firing range puts you at great risk, especially if you don't own a commander like Ophelia who can give you that life-saving shield, or a commander that can boost your health. More often than not you will need to fire a full salvo at an MBT to kill it or damage it heavily and even then some MBTs are resistant to HE rockets because they have lots of spaced armor. Your priority targets will typically be things at close range, tanks you can sneak up behind, tanks that have been immobilized or are moving slowly (in which case, fire away!) or squishy tanks.

You can scout fairly effectively in the Pindad, but you won't be able to hit anything if you are sitting back and spotting.

All in all it's more of something you take out once in a while for a spin, or for tier 8 specops or normal difficulty. It's very hard to get good results with the Pindad if you are not being very selective with your maps (close range maps are better) and you don't have things to extend your survivability (Ophelia, experimental rebuild kits from battalion contracts, etc)

[Aldeveron]

Great reply; thank you, Time is A Place...

[captkool33]

It will never make my fav list.Really hard to excel in matches with it.

[Aldeveron]

Yes, I just acquired the vehicle, and it does strike me as a bit of a sheep in wolf's clothing, looking much more desirable than it really is. I guess that's why they selected it, as an enticement to progress through the Battle Path. Call me a cynic. ;-/

The slow reload seems one of the main drawbacks. Is there any way to increase that, - other than by commander skills?

[Valrynn the Dragoness]

Your general rule of thumb is that unless the tank has a loader, the only way you can boost the reload speed is by commander skills and retrofits.

IF the tank has a loader you can put an energy drink in one of your consumable slots for a reload boost

[Aldeveron]

Originally posted by Time Is A Place:

IF the tank has a loader you can put an energy drink in one of your consumable slots for a reload boost

That's something I hadn't thought of. Thanks...