I mean, with piloting like that, I get the impression that he'd have lost the fight even if his opponent had been three naked dudes hiding behind some rocks.
We were in a fairly narrow valley, at night with additional air support on station, I could see where the bullets were headed and was able to simply drive out of the way before they could hit us, lining up return fire was slightly more difficult but once the gunner was able to compensate for the speed of the round we scored 3-5 good hits and, as you saw, destroyed the C2
Day one backers: When I joined the Corps, we didn't have any fancy-shmancy tanks. We had sticks! Two sticks, and a rock for the whole platoon - and we had to share the rock! Buck up, boy, you're one very lucky Marine!
Modern tank rounds, more specifically APFSDS rounds, don't bounce. They either go through, get stuck or they shatter. I have no idea what kind of ammo is common amongst anti-tank weapons, but I imagine it's not much different from what we have today.
I don't think it will take that long. The biggest hold ups to the game have been the core tech and engine which they have been custom building to do things never done before in gaming. Once server meshing is in they "should" be able to drop stuff into the game faster and easier and will actually be able to get AI working. But until server meshing icash and OCS are all singing in harmony stuff is going to get held up.
@@beane6426 yeah, and none of the other videos even tried to sit on the right seat. I was just very curious what seat it was everytime I watched the other videos until morphologis sat there
@@-HRSH- Tell me about it. I suspected what the seat might be for but for whatever reason, everyone else who’s done a “first look” has ignored just about all the features of the Tumbril except the main gun. Morph is the only one who’s covered most all the stuff the tank has.
The new Challenger Mk3 British main battle tank can do 60mph. Tech moves pretty quick, though this upgrade was a long time coming. Speaking of tech, today our pilots have HUDs that allow them to visually track targets through the hull of their planes. Would be nice to see Star Citizen implement this for our helmet HUDs too.
Armour is going to change everything about combat, which I'm definitely excited about it. Even so, I can see the Nova being a very popular and fun vehicle.
Pretty cool design, with a DEADLY flaw in armor design and shape known as a 'Shot Trap'. Pretty much the lower frontal armor on the turret wants to bounce shots right at the hull or turret ring, this is all the bad and none of the good. The frontal hull armor's rather impressive slope also seems to want to bounce shots right into the truly gigantic 'shot-trap' . Having lower frontal turret armor slope in like that is a deadly design flaw that pretty much all modern tank designers abandoned early/mid WW2.
And here is the major flaw in what your saying, 2022 we have reactive armor on tanks this game is based in the year 2950 what type of armor do you think it happens and your assuming the all of the modern weaknesses of modern tanks are represented on a tank 900+ years later
@@crislobarker3214 I'm kinda late here but I do want to point out that a "shot trap" is not a matter of materials it is a problem of geometry also no matter the time and the advancement of materials or armor you will always see similar if not more advancement in weapons made specifically to destroy/penetrate said armor
Sure it has some issues to be resolved but overall, the Nova is a blast to play with, I just love it. It also has countermeasures as well which look great when fired.
Would be cool for the cannon on the tank to be fully physicalized too and hit the environment around it if the operator is not paying attention and for the audio team to give it some sound effects for these cannon collisions with the environment.
Christ that thing is bloody enormous. I'd at least half the size, I appreciate that they have a separate gunner and commander but the way it's laid out is way too spacious, the gunner has no reason to be in an entirely separate room and by putting the seats in a V formation with the driver in the front, you could get rid of a ton of wasted space and give the tank a much smaller profile. The only reason I can think of for having the gunner in a separate room is so that a penetration to the main fighting compartment isn't a full crew kill but that massive bridge area with the driver and TC looking at the hull instead of the engineering section implies that they don't actually care all that much abut maximizing individual survivability
Let get this in perspective. The Tumbril tank is like you took a M1 Abrams or Challenger and double its size. It is literally twice is wide, twice as long, and twice a high. This thing is BIGGER than the WWII German MAUS super tank. So in short, you can hit it from orbit because not really a tank but rather a moving pill box.
1800 meters. Let's bring that into perspective. You can see another person at that distance. They'll look like a little blurry speck but you can see them.
@@ekstat1c yeah 1800 meters is far-ish for a ww2 tank. Some big boi ww2 tanks engaged targets at 3000 meters away. But 3000+ meters is far from the most common type of engagement, I will bet by far most tank vs tank kills in ww2 were within 1800 meters. within a 1000 probably. ofcourse in most environments a tank that is 3000 meters away is obscured from your vision. And small early ww2 tanks couldnt even reach 1800 meters effectively.
Silly question, is the main hull short enough to fit into a Valkyrie without the turret? Hoping they'll drop something to us like the SC version of the Namir, which is basically a turretless Merkava retasked as an APC
i can imagine a far future version of this game where player founded factions wage large scale invasions of player founded colonies and the battles are like the ones we wished MAG or warhawk would be like back in the day
I bought mine back when it was only a size 4 gun for the original concept. When the "Tonk" was first announced I had to get one (military background in the armoured world) and depending on how the Polaris shapes out I might end up switching to the A2 Starlifter. The times I had the most fun in video games was when I would take people with no experience manning armoured vehicles and turned them into slaughter machines (like in Arma).
In spite of their armour, tanks are quite vulnerable due to their small size (i.e. cw a cutter, destroyer or battleship). Hit a real tank with an armour-piercing round in the right spot and its instakill (the 88mm, designed to take down aircraft, was particularly good at dispatching tanks). Pop a sticky bomb (a satchel charge dipped in axle grease) on the ventral plate and pop goes the weasel! Drop a hand-grenade in the tracks, and the tank is immobilised. With a some tanks, one Molotov cocktail on the rear deck over the engine intakes is all it takes. That's why tanks need infantry support when not on penetration manoeuvres.
Just to point some things out, it has 24 S2 missiles not S3, you can drive the tonk while inside the remote turret, and lastly it does a physical window.
Thankyou for using the word 'Tank' and not 'Tonk'. You have class, sir! Looking forward to seeing more ground-based incursions come to Star Citizen - once they get factional gameplay and controlling outposts in the game, I'm very excited about the potential for lots of combat opportunities around the capture and control of high-value ground facilities.
M1A2 Abrams SEP V3 operator here! The tank is actually capable of 61 mph with the uninstallation of the governor. Which is a mechanical part that limits the engines max speed! With it installed, the Abrams on a daily is capable of 47 - 49 mph. Fastest I've gone on a flat road was 48 mph! (:
Excellent review of this. Despite the lack of armor would still be fun to get say 12 of these with 3 people per tank on a single server and split into 2 teams of 6 with one side in one paint job and the other side in another paint job to tell teams apart and have a world of tanks duel.
the Nova Tonk is a really great addition to Star Citizen and SQ42, it packs a punch and if fun to use. they just need to fix the issues with it's armor and shielding and it will fit nicely in the combined arms gameplay that the games are trying to go for. and just 2 other nice-to-haves would be more torque for the engines to go over much rougher/steeper terrain and the Tonk leaving tracks in the sand/grass/soil as it goes over them with maybe destructible trees for that increased immersion and fidelity.
At the very beginning it sounded like you were going to do a advertisement for the Nova Tank lol. Enjoyed this very much keep up the good work. Would like to see more test/mock battles between the nova and the other combat ground vehicles.
The main turret range and top speed both seem a decent bit too low. My father in law operated on m1 tanks. He's told me they are considerably faster than what the "spreadsheets" that are given to the public say. Seeing how we are way further in the future here you expect weapons and vehicle capabilities to at least meet modern ability, and really they should exceed them. They need to bump that speed to at least 60 to 70mph. Add a ton of torque. And bump the range on the main cannon to like 4 to 5k. While there at it boost the hp till armor is in the game proper. Cool vehicle either way, but needs some tweaking to feel right.
move the cannon to the centre of the turret, the commander's turret to the right of the main turret (since its ammunition would interfere with the cannons autoloader), lower the top of the hull (no need for walking space in a tank). then I will consider this tank acceptable.
@@RavenWolffe77 it won't though, after the armor system is in place you still have a massive weak spot exspesaily in the rear. Like he said in the video, armor system and Modules can be damaged like war thunder. Idk if you played war thunder before, but you learn very quickly that you don't need a big gun to take out another tank only a well placed shot...which this tank has alot of.
I wish they would of leaned more towards the Leapard looks, especially some of the more modern Leapards look pretty damn futuristic with their turrets and could of been used easily with SC.
Thoug i like the Nova in general, its design leaves a lot to be desired, specially since CR and CIG want "as realistic as possible" the main turret has a large wedge between it and the main body with a downwards angle to the main body tank, perfect for railgun shots a the neck, and from a more ballistic, "real world" that wedge would kill that tank every time by guiding projectiles and explosions back down into the main tank bod or directly into the neck
Great video, but @Morphologis when you said that you thought that the window in the tank was a monitor I was expecting an EMP test to see how the Tonk is affected, like how EMPs shut down the Talon screen. I really thought that testing this theory of the Tonk would be worth doing and including in the video. Just a little of a missed opportunity, but honestly I love your videos, keep up the great work and don't get complacent!
Came here to say this. Using the remote turret you can drive, aim 360 degrees and fire the main cannon all at once. Reminds me of the old Battlefield days. I’m kinda glad that’s an option, so the tank is at least partially viable with reduced crew, but much more powerful with a full compliment.
Great vid as always. Still can't help wondering why I should be excited about getting a tank in a spaceship game, but I could say that about alot of things. Personally I'd rather get some additional support ground vehicles or even a "daily driver".
I have completely ignored any other coverage of both the Nova and the Hercules because I don’t feel like any other come close to the quality you provide, now patiently waiting for the video on the Hercules!
i literally couldnt find this video anywere, i knew it was up because of phone notifications but i searched for ''nova tank'', then ''the nova tank'', then ''the nova tank!'', then ''the nova tank! morphologis'' and only bored gamer came up
I think its important for ground combat that the tank doesn't just "die" immediately. It should bog down before it straight up explodes and I think the presence of weak points could greatly help balance without making them too easy to kill. obviously the armor is a bigger issue at the moment because a tank like that should be resistant to pretty much all types of fire in all but a few places but I do hope we get some great battle scenarios with these in the future
That is a cool looking tank, props to the designers for not just going to boring route of making a futuristic Abrams/Leopard/Leclerc design because tank design is basically solved so it would be boring to have future tanks looking just like our modern day tanks imo
Amazing video! Although you said the driver has to stop driving the tank while operating the turret, this is incorrect. There is a button to the bottom left of the drivers seat that lets you operate the main turret while still being able to dive.
I'm impressed with how the Nova looks traversing terrain, I guess I was assuming the first iteration would handle terrain as jankily as the gravlev vehicles.
When I see that size 5 on the Nova, I think that this would be a great improved weapon for the Hercules. Open the bay doors and unleash. Like that scene in Star Wars Episode III.
I hope we get some kind of small tacked ifv's in the future. Like a futuristic Bradley with auto cannons and missiles. Not able to compete with a tank 1v1, but able to be fitted into more ships, and with the capability to take down heavy armour if used right. It needs some improvements, but I'm glad they're adding weaknesses top this thing like turret rotation. It's tempting in sci fi to make the ultimate tank. The issue there is it means tank battles will always be dull, with all tanks feeling the same. Even if they add more from other makes, they'll either also have to be good at everything or they'll just not get used. This way they can add different tanks that excel in other areas to add some variety.
I cannot wait for rovers as large and good looking as the Tonk. I hope large vehicles to explore hostile worlds from the surface will be a thing ! Also, I with the pilot controlable turret limited to your field of view would also be on the ROC-DS, would make it such a better vehicle…
In terms of functionality this tank is a mess. It's way too big a target, its nearly twice the size of an abrams any way you measure it. It's armor is sloped into the turret meaning deflected shots would hit and penetrate the underside of the turret. The turret is not only asymmetrical in its armor but is also sloped to deflect shells back into the hull. The tracks would be a pain in the ass to repair and replace is it doesn't look they are accessible. The gun is also extremely exposed, it doesnt even have a cover on the top. In terms of "Cool scifi tank" it works, but functionality wise its a mess.
Thanks for the video! I bought the Nova during it's concept sale because I love tanks. LOL Wasn't sure if it was in this patch for sure or not. Have to go check my tank out. LOL
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"More tank, More better" - Morphologis 2021
Put that on a T-shirt
sht up and take my money!
"More tonk, more better" this is better.
Tonks = Stonks
MO POWAH BABEH
@@Anvarynn *LIGHTNING LIGHTNING*
Well, if armor mechanics isn't implemented yet, they could solve it by just dramatically increasing its HP, for now. Having a paper tank isn't fun.
As they should, because they do that for ships. Strange they didnt do that for the tank on day 1.
its a glass canon
Imagine they'll make armor work and forgot to decrease HP xd. Also this size 5 gun looks op
Maybe a sign of armor coming sooner than later? I hope so, and so does my connie
@@k1nk1ne Size 5 for a tank is very reasonable.
Just think that a ship such as the 600i has 2x S5 on it. So...
the weakness of The Nova makes it extra funny that your attacker didn't hurt one 😂
I mean, with piloting like that, I get the impression that he'd have lost the fight even if his opponent had been three naked dudes hiding behind some rocks.
We were in a fairly narrow valley, at night with additional air support on station, I could see where the bullets were headed and was able to simply drive out of the way before they could hit us, lining up return fire was slightly more difficult but once the gunner was able to compensate for the speed of the round we scored 3-5 good hits and, as you saw, destroyed the C2
I’ve driven an M1A1. Super excited for the Nova :)
Hmm I think the tanks lack of armor is a deliberate trolling attempt by Sean Tracey... freakin infantry!
@@toddm1a1 to be fair it has a S5 cannon. It doesn't need armour
Day one backers:
When I joined the Corps, we didn't have any fancy-shmancy tanks. We had sticks! Two sticks, and a rock for the whole platoon - and we had to share the rock! Buck up, boy, you're one very lucky Marine!
Here we have 66 tons of De-Vine intervention! If God is love then you can call me Cupid!
I love Halo refrences
These men are of culture
"He never gets me anything"
This was really cool!!
Matsimus is here!
Reject Avionic
Return to Tonke
I got some Planetside vibes when I saw that line of armor on a hill, preparing to pound the bunker. Loved it ngl
yass
yo planetside be lit when there is hella players fighting for one base
@@mirmoneybenton2007 It is not really fun spamming one choke point 30 vs 30 and waiting for either side to flank properly.
@@Igor369 plzzzzzzz I like that game don't make me hate it
i love how the front armor is sloped to direct deflected shells directly into the weakest part under the turret
Real world, yeah. PU no deflection physics at this time nor on the list of features. So not a deal. Maybe in future upgrades.
If a shot gets through the forcefield then you are already fucked.
@@DarthPoyner Still seems like a poor oversight considering they often take the design of their vehicles so seriously.
I can see an APFSD round go straight through this tank like stabbing a pen through paper.
Modern tank rounds, more specifically APFSDS rounds, don't bounce. They either go through, get stuck or they shatter. I have no idea what kind of ammo is common amongst anti-tank weapons, but I imagine it's not much different from what we have today.
This episode is sponsored by World of Ta... Wait what?
Lol
We can only wish we had WoT controls for these to allow viable solo piloting
Hot damn is this game cool, I just want to jump 20 years into the future to play a polished version of it.
Hahaha just 20? 🤣
Still won't be finished.
Try 50.....
When the BUILD the idea for the thought of the notion of the tech for the Beta!
LMFAO
I don't think it will take that long. The biggest hold ups to the game have been the core tech and engine which they have been custom building to do things never done before in gaming. Once server meshing is in they "should" be able to drop stuff into the game faster and easier and will actually be able to get AI working. But until server meshing icash and OCS are all singing in harmony stuff is going to get held up.
@@artismaarimus1257 You are right. More core tech, more gameplay, more systems. The game is going to be totally different in a couple years not 20.
It was great fun recording this with you on Sunday, and I enjoyed blowing it up with a railgun a few times.
Definitely, I look forward to more tonkkk battlesss
@@Morphologis what organization are you in star citizen and squadron 44? I would love to join the organization your in.
Out of more than 5 videos that I watched about this tank, only morphologis talked about the commander turret and missile launcher
So far, he’s the only who’s done an in depth look.
@@beane6426 yeah, and none of the other videos even tried to sit on the right seat. I was just very curious what seat it was everytime I watched the other videos until morphologis sat there
@@-HRSH- Tell me about it. I suspected what the seat might be for but for whatever reason, everyone else who’s done a “first look” has ignored just about all the features of the Tumbril except the main gun. Morph is the only one who’s covered most all the stuff the tank has.
I didnt even realise it existed until he mentioned the turret and i looked at the schematics.
Coming from a real life track crew, that amount of interior space is pure luxury
The new Challenger Mk3 British main battle tank can do 60mph.
Tech moves pretty quick, though this upgrade was a long time coming.
Speaking of tech, today our pilots have HUDs that allow them to visually track targets through the hull of their planes. Would be nice to see Star Citizen implement this for our helmet HUDs too.
Excellent analysis, the thoroughness and professionalism is appreciated.
Armour is going to change everything about combat, which I'm definitely excited about it. Even so, I can see the Nova being a very popular and fun vehicle.
Pretty cool design, with a DEADLY flaw in armor design and shape known as a 'Shot Trap'. Pretty much the lower frontal armor on the turret wants to bounce shots right at the hull or turret ring, this is all the bad and none of the good.
The frontal hull armor's rather impressive slope also seems to want to bounce shots right into the truly gigantic 'shot-trap' . Having lower frontal turret armor slope in like that is a deadly design flaw that pretty much all modern tank designers abandoned early/mid WW2.
All the more reason to get into a hull down position if you can or stay on the move.
And here is the major flaw in what your saying, 2022 we have reactive armor on tanks this game is based in the year 2950 what type of armor do you think it happens and your assuming the all of the modern weaknesses of modern tanks are represented on a tank 900+ years later
@@crislobarker3214 I'm kinda late here but I do want to point out that a "shot trap" is not a matter of materials it is a problem of geometry also no matter the time and the advancement of materials or armor you will always see similar if not more advancement in weapons made specifically to destroy/penetrate said armor
It's also weird that you don't see any tracks in the sand. This tank must be super heavy...
Well, judging from the Durability Tests, the Tank is made out of paper mache, so its not actually heavy. *laugh*
Right now vehicles don't cause tire lines or track lines.
Yes! What I was proposing day one in the server is daymar tonk rally, or everyone raid the prison
Player: attempts to ram people and ruin there day...
Nova tank: And i took that personally.
Nova Tanks: Anyway I started blasting.
Lol imagine seeing another ship coming up to ram you, opening your back ramp and blasting them with a tank shell lol
Sure it has some issues to be resolved but overall, the Nova is a blast to play with, I just love it. It also has countermeasures as well which look great when fired.
When the nova got flipped at the end, I like how it was able to right itself up by moving its main turret around like a kickstand.
The window one-sided view feature could be similar to what they've done with the Tevarin ship canopies.
I’m not first, I’m not last, but when Morphologis posts, I click fast.
(edit: omg how did i get this many likes)
Nice one.
Omg 137 likes bro you're fuckin famous !!!!!1!
@@Kyezie131 Actually, it’s 138 now...
@@epeli0035 actually it’s 140 now
Would be cool for the cannon on the tank to be fully physicalized too and hit the environment around it if the operator is not paying attention and for the audio team to give it some sound effects for these cannon collisions with the environment.
I love how even the ground vehicles have interiors!
8:53 - love how you showed us those tracks absorbing the rocks as it rolls over them.
Battlefield 2942 just got a whole lot more interesting !!
can we just take a moment to appreciate how beautiful this is 7:39
Christ that thing is bloody enormous. I'd at least half the size, I appreciate that they have a separate gunner and commander but the way it's laid out is way too spacious, the gunner has no reason to be in an entirely separate room and by putting the seats in a V formation with the driver in the front, you could get rid of a ton of wasted space and give the tank a much smaller profile. The only reason I can think of for having the gunner in a separate room is so that a penetration to the main fighting compartment isn't a full crew kill but that massive bridge area with the driver and TC looking at the hull instead of the engineering section implies that they don't actually care all that much abut maximizing individual survivability
comments section: Tonk Tonk Tonk
me: ITS TANK! TANK! TANK!
DAMN IT!!!
No it's not.
Let get this in perspective. The Tumbril tank is like you took a M1 Abrams or Challenger and double its size. It is literally twice is wide, twice as long, and twice a high. This thing is BIGGER than the WWII German MAUS super tank. So in short, you can hit it from orbit because not really a tank but rather a moving pill box.
Your content is always such a treat to watch, crisp and to the point!
Thanks Morph! :)
Once armor system are added, I hope that we get actual tank battles, where cree can actually bail out
well... before that they might wanna figure out a way to transport huge amount of armour with a ship...
ACHTUNG!
PANZER VOR!
Also up to 1.8 km? world war 2 tanks destroyed each other at longer ranges than that : p
Probably server limitations, I'd imagine. When performance is better, longer-range engagements will be more of a thing.
@@thenecrolept Well, 1.8 km is still pretty far nontheless
@@slopedarmor not for tanks lmao
1800 meters. Let's bring that into perspective. You can see another person at that distance. They'll look like a little blurry speck but you can see them.
@@ekstat1c yeah 1800 meters is far-ish for a ww2 tank. Some big boi ww2 tanks engaged targets at 3000 meters away. But 3000+ meters is far from the most common type of engagement, I will bet by far most tank vs tank kills in ww2 were within 1800 meters. within a 1000 probably. ofcourse in most environments a tank that is 3000 meters away is obscured from your vision. And small early ww2 tanks couldnt even reach 1800 meters effectively.
I love how the tracks and wheels deform accordingly to the terrain. Looks pretty amazing
Silly question, is the main hull short enough to fit into a Valkyrie without the turret? Hoping they'll drop something to us like the SC version of the Namir, which is basically a turretless Merkava retasked as an APC
i can imagine a far future version of this game where player founded factions wage large scale invasions of player founded colonies and the battles are like the ones we wished MAG or warhawk would be like back in the day
Time to recreate the battle of 73 Easting
Excellent video, very nicely composed! I’ve been enjoying the Nova too, hopefully they figure out the armour situation soon.
I bought mine back when it was only a size 4 gun for the original concept.
When the "Tonk" was first announced I had to get one (military background in the armoured world) and depending on how the Polaris shapes out I might end up switching to the A2 Starlifter. The times I had the most fun in video games was when I would take people with no experience manning armoured vehicles and turned them into slaughter machines (like in Arma).
In spite of their armour, tanks are quite vulnerable due to their small size (i.e. cw a cutter, destroyer or battleship). Hit a real tank with an armour-piercing round in the right spot and its instakill (the 88mm, designed to take down aircraft, was particularly good at dispatching tanks). Pop a sticky bomb (a satchel charge dipped in axle grease) on the ventral plate and pop goes the weasel! Drop a hand-grenade in the tracks, and the tank is immobilised. With a some tanks, one Molotov cocktail on the rear deck over the engine intakes is all it takes. That's why tanks need infantry support when not on penetration manoeuvres.
Now, we need an exploration ground vehicule with caterpillars. AND the Mole from the Thunderbirds
Just to point some things out, it has 24 S2 missiles not S3, you can drive the tonk while inside the remote turret, and lastly it does a physical window.
This tank looks like a bunch of fun. Great video, and thanks for the real-world tanker lingo and for comparing it to the Abrams for reference.
Thankyou for using the word 'Tank' and not 'Tonk'. You have class, sir!
Looking forward to seeing more ground-based incursions come to Star Citizen - once they get factional gameplay and controlling outposts in the game, I'm very excited about the potential for lots of combat opportunities around the capture and control of high-value ground facilities.
M1A2 Abrams SEP V3 operator here! The tank is actually capable of 61 mph with the uninstallation of the governor. Which is a mechanical part that limits the engines max speed! With it installed, the Abrams on a daily is capable of 47 - 49 mph. Fastest I've gone on a flat road was 48 mph! (:
Amazing overview of the tonk. Great work!
"Armor system not yet implemented" that phrase is tossed around for 5 years now....
Nice video, Tonk looks amazing.
Excellent review of this. Despite the lack of armor would still be fun to get say 12 of these with 3 people per tank on a single server and split into 2 teams of 6 with one side in one paint job and the other side in another paint job to tell teams apart and have a world of tanks duel.
2:39 is such a sick shot! Masterclass, as always :D
the Nova Tonk is a really great addition to Star Citizen and SQ42, it packs a punch and if fun to use. they just need to fix the issues with it's armor and shielding and it will fit nicely in the combined arms gameplay that the games are trying to go for.
and just 2 other nice-to-haves would be more torque for the engines to go over much rougher/steeper terrain and the Tonk leaving tracks in the sand/grass/soil as it goes over them with maybe destructible trees for that increased immersion and fidelity.
torque, yes 100% agree, but also grip, sometimes you'd just slide, even when sitting still.
Thanks for the tip about pressing G to enter turret!
At the very beginning it sounded like you were going to do a advertisement for the Nova Tank lol. Enjoyed this very much keep up the good work. Would like to see more test/mock battles between the nova and the other combat ground vehicles.
that ballistic and penetration damage is the reason the Perseus is going to dummy on soooo many ships
Also the reason why so many of the main cannons on heavy UEE military ships are railcannons. ;)
Ooof, excellent video Morph, as always.
The main turret range and top speed both seem a decent bit too low. My father in law operated on m1 tanks. He's told me they are considerably faster than what the "spreadsheets" that are given to the public say. Seeing how we are way further in the future here you expect weapons and vehicle capabilities to at least meet modern ability, and really they should exceed them.
They need to bump that speed to at least 60 to 70mph. Add a ton of torque. And bump the range on the main cannon to like 4 to 5k. While there at it boost the hp till armor is in the game proper.
Cool vehicle either way, but needs some tweaking to feel right.
Excellent video Morphologis. Makes me want that tank.
Hey I was here for this! Super fun stream and when that C-2 came in, I had the scare of my life! Great video as always.
You and your videos are a massive credit to the community
Amazing video as always, Morph. Love the new graphics with information!
Ah yes, the Nova Tank. A tank that no tank engineer, even on hard drugs, would never design, because it is that bad.
move the cannon to the centre of the turret, the commander's turret to the right of the main turret (since its ammunition would interfere with the cannons autoloader), lower the top of the hull (no need for walking space in a tank). then I will consider this tank acceptable.
Add some damn thermals , a coax and make it smaller my guy. You are building a tank not a party bus.
@@cncmne7404 that being said, it WOULD make a good IFV once armor systems are working right.
You can probably stuff a full fireteam in there.
@@RavenWolffe77 That is actually a good suggestion. Although i would reduce the caliber of the cannon to around 75 mm and make it into an autocannon.
@@RavenWolffe77 it won't though, after the armor system is in place you still have a massive weak spot exspesaily in the rear. Like he said in the video, armor system and Modules can be damaged like war thunder. Idk if you played war thunder before, but you learn very quickly that you don't need a big gun to take out another tank only a well placed shot...which this tank has alot of.
Best Star Citizen videos on TH-cam, bar none. Well done sir.
I see that you know the time is actually inspired by merkava mbts and the leopard 2A7 mbt, and it fits so well. Can't wait for the next one!
I thought it looked similar to the merkava, specifically the rear entrance is very similar to the merkava series, as well as the off centre gun barrel
I wish they would of leaned more towards the Leapard looks, especially some of the more modern Leapards look pretty damn futuristic with their turrets and could of been used easily with SC.
Thoug i like the Nova in general, its design leaves a lot to be desired, specially since CR and CIG want "as realistic as possible" the main turret has a large wedge between it and the main body with a downwards angle to the main body tank, perfect for railgun shots a the neck, and from a more ballistic, "real world" that wedge would kill that tank every time by guiding projectiles and explosions back down into the main tank bod or directly into the neck
Great video, but @Morphologis when you said that you thought that the window in the tank was a monitor I was expecting an EMP test to see how the Tonk is affected, like how EMPs shut down the Talon screen. I really thought that testing this theory of the Tonk would be worth doing and including in the video. Just a little of a missed opportunity, but honestly I love your videos, keep up the great work and don't get complacent!
I don't know if it's intentional but the new patch you can still drive while controlling the turret
Came here to say this. Using the remote turret you can drive, aim 360 degrees and fire the main cannon all at once. Reminds me of the old Battlefield days. I’m kinda glad that’s an option, so the tank is at least partially viable with reduced crew, but much more powerful with a full compliment.
You can also fire the missiles I thought. Was watching jackaxton stream the other day and he was firing cannon and missiles while driving.
@@Power5 Oh nice :). Didn’t get a chance to try that out, but I will.
Great vid as always. Still can't help wondering why I should be excited about getting a tank in a spaceship game, but I could say that about alot of things. Personally I'd rather get some additional support ground vehicles or even a "daily driver".
Missed the best feature about the tank. It's ability to self correct when flipped.
Nice video, I realy liked the more action themed start of the video.
The quality of this video is amazing
2:33 can we appreciate the cloud physics when firing ?
Great footage. Looking forward to the game play.
seeing cool shit like this rekindles my love for this game, even if every time I go to play it I get bugged out one way or another.
I have completely ignored any other coverage of both the Nova and the Hercules because I don’t feel like any other come close to the quality you provide, now patiently waiting for the video on the Hercules!
i literally couldnt find this video anywere, i knew it was up because of phone notifications but i searched for ''nova tank'', then ''the nova tank'', then ''the nova tank!'', then ''the nova tank! morphologis'' and only bored gamer came up
Great work Morph.. and that initial screenshot... great reference!
Now I want the ballistic rounds to give off emissive lighting as they travel across an environment absent of light.
Great design by CIG, and look at that REMOTE CONTROL OF TURRET - looking at you ROC-DS....
Great video!!
The most spacious tank I've ever seen :)
I really like how they made it a 3 person operated system, as it would probably be irl... Gives it a really nice feeling
Much as I love having a tank in game, I think I'd much prefer a smaller one. Hopefully with a coax.
I think its important for ground combat that the tank doesn't just "die" immediately. It should bog down before it straight up explodes and I think the presence of weak points could greatly help balance without making them too easy to kill. obviously the armor is a bigger issue at the moment because a tank like that should be resistant to pretty much all types of fire in all but a few places but I do hope we get some great battle scenarios with these in the future
I really like the long recoil action on the tank.
That is a cool looking tank, props to the designers for not just going to boring route of making a futuristic Abrams/Leopard/Leclerc design because tank design is basically solved so it would be boring to have future tanks looking just like our modern day tanks imo
I've heard War Thunder, I've pressed the like button.
On a slightly more serious level: Great showcase of the Tank and its capabilities.👍
Amazing video! Although you said the driver has to stop driving the tank while operating the turret, this is incorrect. There is a button to the bottom left of the drivers seat that lets you operate the main turret while still being able to dive.
I'm impressed with how the Nova looks traversing terrain, I guess I was assuming the first iteration would handle terrain as jankily as the gravlev vehicles.
When I see that size 5 on the Nova, I think that this would be a great improved weapon for the Hercules. Open the bay doors and unleash. Like that scene in Star Wars Episode III.
I hope we get some kind of small tacked ifv's in the future. Like a futuristic Bradley with auto cannons and missiles. Not able to compete with a tank 1v1, but able to be fitted into more ships, and with the capability to take down heavy armour if used right.
It needs some improvements, but I'm glad they're adding weaknesses top this thing like turret rotation. It's tempting in sci fi to make the ultimate tank. The issue there is it means tank battles will always be dull, with all tanks feeling the same. Even if they add more from other makes, they'll either also have to be good at everything or they'll just not get used. This way they can add different tanks that excel in other areas to add some variety.
I'd call the the Tonk a Heavy Tank instead of a MBT.
Considering how much fucking room it has, I'd wager that "Heavy IFV" would be more fitting.
amazing work, I really think you should make some kind of music video with the nova tank in combat.
The Starcitizen "Planetside 2" battle modes are gonna be great :DD
I cannot wait for rovers as large and good looking as the Tonk. I hope large vehicles to explore hostile worlds from the surface will be a thing !
Also, I with the pilot controlable turret limited to your field of view would also be on the ROC-DS, would make it such a better vehicle…
In terms of functionality this tank is a mess. It's way too big a target, its nearly twice the size of an abrams any way you measure it. It's armor is sloped into the turret meaning deflected shots would hit and penetrate the underside of the turret. The turret is not only asymmetrical in its armor but is also sloped to deflect shells back into the hull. The tracks would be a pain in the ass to repair and replace is it doesn't look they are accessible. The gun is also extremely exposed, it doesnt even have a cover on the top. In terms of "Cool scifi tank" it works, but functionality wise its a mess.
Im gonna love shredding these things with the Ares Inferno.
fantastic opening music choice!
totally agree about buying it in game(goes for all ground vehicles in my opinion) nice vid
Man, this video is so well done!
This is sweet.. I hope they add some sort of support vehicle, maybe with bunks for respawns and ammunition, etc..
Thanks for the video! I bought the Nova during it's concept sale because I love tanks. LOL Wasn't sure if it was in this patch for sure or not. Have to go check my tank out. LOL