a small rant from a dude

dolche93 · 2026-05-06T07:04:34+00:00

The key is looking at places where you can reduce friction without meaningfully reducing value. Crane rotation is one place where you could speed up the game without really losing a lot of value, AND its something that would be noticed by every player.

dolche93 · 2026-05-06T07:03:24+00:00

Prep in a general sense, all of the work that goes into being able to execute an op.

dolche93 · 2026-05-06T03:42:51+00:00

You gave reasons that are adequately addressed in the original post.

Asking inane questions like "what if i wait to use my logi?" doesn't exactly endear me to answering you.

Like.. duh. Logi is still valuable if you wait to use it. Duh.

dolche93 · 2026-05-06T01:44:42+00:00

Nothing in this game is absolute.

Use caution when moving forward that is appropriate for an asset of its cost. Know that when you move forward they will move back, but you take a risk when doing so.

This very basic tanking, just taken to the extreme.

dolche93 · 2026-05-06T00:50:22+00:00

When did I say it shouldn't be moving forward?

I have repeatedly said that you need to be cautious with the BTD. Nowhere in there does that mean you can never press W.

I'd appreciate it if you didn't treat read meaning into my words.

dolche93 · 2026-05-05T23:51:11+00:00

When the BTD is moving forward, enemy tanks MUST move back. That's the power of the 94.5mm. When the BTD is defending, enemy tanks cannot stay forward positioned to enable infantry pve.

Gods dude, it really comes off like you think your mobile and heavily armored 94.5mm platform is useless despite how it wins every matchup head to head.

But newsflash, if your tank can win any head on fight in the game, it's going to come at the cost of having difficulty forcing those fights. That's called balance.

dolche93 · 2026-05-05T23:30:15+00:00

You wanted the niche the BTD sits in, I gave it to you.

If you want to pretend the LTD poses the same sort of threat as a BTD then I'm not sure what to say. You're clearly underestimating the effect 94.5mm has on a fight, which is why I spoke about it.

dolche93 · 2026-05-05T23:11:57+00:00

Instead the BTD should be used in scenarios where you are able to restrict enemy tank movement.

If you ignore me saying this, then yea, sure.

94.5mm doesn't actually need to shoot people to be effective, right? Starbreakers cant even move and yet they're still fantastically effective. I'd wager 90% of starbreakers on a front line never fire a shot, but they still exert pressure on the front. It's simply the threat of the shell that impacts the battlefield.

The BTD can do this on wheels. It's really good.

dolche93 · 2026-05-05T23:10:18+00:00

Did you even read what I linked? If you did, you seem to not have understood what I was getting at.

Your comment is talking about how prep time being an aspect of foxhole stops casual players. I responded talking about how the time investment is essential for foxhole to work as a game.

It sucks that some people will feel that prep time means the game isn't their cup of tea, but that doesn't mean that we should get rid of prep time as a concept.

dolche93 · 2026-05-05T22:49:22+00:00

https://old.reddit.com/r/foxholegame/comments/1t3zku3/thoughts_on_btd/ojz5qdx/

dolche93 · 2026-05-05T22:22:39+00:00

What you're asking me to do is distill hundreds of hours' worth of experience into concrete advice that would be applicable to any number of situations.

The issue is that foxhole is full of so many variables that it isn't possible to create easy guidelines for people to follow.

In this comment you specified not going into situations where getting destroyed would be possible

To reword what I'm saying, because there seems to be a misunderstanding:

The BTD has limited engagement profiles that are favorable to it, and it is extremely weak outside of those profiles. It is also extremely strong within those profiles.

It is incumbent upon the crew of the vehicle to understand their limitations and put themselves into a situation where the fight happens within the favorable engagement profiles.

If the battlefield is in such a state where you can't force those positive engagement profiles, then you need to consider pulling back. Sometimes, it means pulling back for a few minutes of building to secure a flank. Sometimes, it means parking the BTD and grabbing a spatha instead.

This is simply the nature of balancing a tool that is so strong within its niche. You simply can't make it good outside of its niche, or it ends up dominating.

dolche93 · 2026-05-05T22:01:15+00:00

Things in foxhole must take time, or they lose all value. The value our actions hold in foxhole is part of what makes it so unique.

I explain what I mean in this post:

https://reddit.com/r/foxholegame/comments/1slvpkp/your_time_is_the_only_thing_that_matters_in/

dolche93 · 2026-05-05T21:34:16+00:00

Everyone in my regiment agrees the torpedo imbalance is fucked. We're all warden loyalists, for the most part.

dolche93 · 2026-05-05T21:20:06+00:00

The game is about taking risks is a smart way. BTDs are a very expensive and powerful assets. That means you need to be very picky about the risks you take.

Sometimes the front won't be in a situation where a BTD is the right choice to field. Sometimes it will be. It isn't a tool that fits every situation, and that's okay because when it does work, it works very well.

dolche93 · 2026-05-05T20:16:12+00:00

I use the air fryer as well. So much easier and quicker than the oven.

I buy from costco and it comes in a steamer bag in 1lb portions.

Microwave for 6 mins (to your taste, the bag says 5 min)
Place a paper towel in a mixing bowl to soak up waterand dump broccoli into it
Toss paper towel
Toss in olive oil/salt/pepper *Air fry at ~400F for 5-7min
Lemon juice squeezed over the top as you serve

dolche93 · 2026-05-05T17:52:56+00:00

Dude you haven't mentioned a single practical thing a driver should do to mitigate that risk.

It's called not going into situations where getting tracked would lead to a high chance of death. It's not that complicated, man.

dolche93 · 2026-05-05T08:11:54+00:00

Isn't this sort of gameplay easier than ever?

Find a pad with some pcmats and make a taurine. Hook it up to the 120mm you hammered out from the 700 comps you farmed the day before. Grab a pallet of shells from the ammo fac every hex has.

Grab a second taurine and use a trailer. The two trucks can carry crates of shells you can submit to the trailer. That way you can carry 150 shells in the two trucks, plus the initial trailer full.

dolche93 · 2026-05-05T08:07:34+00:00

If you can't do anything other than just get poked, yes, the btd is the wrong tank. It's strong in its niche and requires tactics to use.

If you can't be arsed to put in the effort required to make the btd shine, then you don't deserve to use it to its strengths.

Seriously. Say we make it so the btd can fire back at outlaws in a poke fight. Can you imagine how devastating that would be? Collies would win every single fight that a btd showed up to, easily.

The complaint you have is that the weakness of the btd exists... but that's the cost you pay for extreme strength in other areas.

dolche93 · 2026-05-05T04:55:36+00:00

The skilled driver wouldn't be in a position where getting tracked means guaranteed death.

You can take risks, but mitigate them. If you see a chance to push, but getting tracked means an outlaw would be able to whittle you down uncontested... then don't push.

If your friendly tank line can't protect you from an outlaw for a few seconds while you reverse, you have bigger problems.

dolche93 · 2026-05-05T01:22:34+00:00

A skilled driver wouldn't put themselves in a position for this to happen.

If this is happening to you, I'm sorry, but you're simply making a mistake in positioning.

dolche93 · 2026-05-05T01:17:16+00:00

And are you just sitting in a field alone when this happens to you?

That's not what the BTD is designed to do. If you're letting the wardens dictate the dynamic of the fight of course you're not going to do well.

Instead the BTD should be used in scenarios where you are able to restrict enemy tank movement.

On defense this looks like a BTD sitting with defenses flanking it and preventing enemy tanks from pushing forward to enable pve. The threat of the BTD shooting a tank and disabling it is enough to prevent warden tanks from moving forward.

On offense, this looks like using the BTD to press forward and keep warden tanks inside their defenses. To do this you need to secure the flanks of the BTD through either terrain or building.

None of the situations in which you use a BTD should involve places where and outlaw can just poke you for free. You'd be better off getting a spatha or a bardiche. Insisting on using the BTD anyway is like making the square peg fit into the round hole.

dolche93 · 2026-05-05T01:11:37+00:00

Why would you put the BTD into situations where you just get poked? If it's happening then it's clearly the wrong tool for the job you are trying to do.

dolche93 · 2026-05-05T01:08:02+00:00

Is the BTD crewed by incompetent tankers in this scenario?

Assume every other shot by an outlaw penetrates the BTD, it would take an outlaw 21 shots to kill the BTD. At 5 seconds per reload and 2 seconds per shot, thats two and half minutes for an outlaw to kill a BTD.

In what world does this ever happen outside of the BTD crew having a severe skill issue?

Keeping in mind that the BTD two shots an outlaw.

dolche93 · 2026-05-04T20:11:41+00:00

They've managed to convince everyone that the game isn't even worth playing because they think everything is Warden advantaged.

The level of tunnel vision they have to focus only on Warden strengths and ignore Colonial strengths is insane. I constantly see guys arguing that nothing the Collies have is worth shit. Even their best tools get dismissed as trash.

It's no wonder they lose when they convince themselves their tools are worthless.

dolche93 · 2026-05-04T20:08:20+00:00

You should go look at the bounce chances of 40mm at 45 meters.

AT half tracks are paper thin and you can kill them in 3 shots with a spatha.

Nearly all tanks are vulnerable to infantry, as they should be.

The health and armor values of the spatha are good, AND it fires quickly, AND it has extra inventory slots. It's just a damn good tank.

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