The above post is incorrect. The % is actually the % likelihood of a smoky shot to be critical (e.g, if you fire an m0 smoky, you have a 1 in 20 chance of it being critical) and the hp is the amount of damage that the critical hit does.

M3 viking M3 Freeze M3 Hornet M3 Thunder before... now - M2 Firebird M2 Viking.

1. My bedroom window. 2. I don't mind snow, but what comes after snow gets on my nerves so much that I have to say I don't like snow. 3. Bah Humbug!

Any questions, comments, or discussion about the competition, please, here.

I said, "Please tell me", does that mean it's a rhetorical question? In the second apparent problem, you're assuming a viewpoint onto me, I never said that the meaning of the game is ranking up, rather than playing. I agree that personally I like the rank system meaning little more than kudos, but other people didn't like that and left because they had nothing to do. From TO's point of view, they wouldn't want that to happen, would they? (Yes, both those questions were rhetoric) I agree with this^

Most people - well yes, that's because people who are happy don't tend to complain. Look at polls created about the rebalance, for example http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showtopic=164725. As for your questions, I'm tempted to show you the amount of respect that you showed me - i.e, very little - by not answering your questions, the same way you didn't answer mine, namely, "Is there any example you can see of how TO apparently don't care about their customers, apart from the fact that you don't like some of the updates being brought out and the fact that they are trying to make a greater profit, something which you can hardly blame them for?" However, I'll respect your points, so, the problems of "very low m3 weapon unlock ranks". That caused two problems. One, the players who couldn't afford to buy crystals to get m3 weapons were finding it difficult and being overawed by buyers, so leaving the game. Two, there was no reason for players to rank up once they reached major and had a full m3 garage, so also left the game. The rebalance has solved both of those problems, although I have to say that the first problem certainly is not completely solved yet. You also ask "What classes did the rebalance open"? Close range weapons which have burn features? Sniper weapons with charge? There aren't vast class increases, but there are variation in each class for each person's taste. I'm enjoying my burning, short consumption, firebird now more than I enjoyed my freezing, long consumption, freeze. They both are in a similar "class", but the variation makes each person able to choose a weapon even more suited to their taste, and, yes, enables tanki to make more profit from people who buy the whole garage. The variation makes gameplay more entertaining and more varied.

Micky3, from my (limited) experience, most companies are there just for the money. The only reason why any company cares about their customers is simply because they want money from them. TO is no different. The rebalance, as you say above, is "made for" some people, i.e., more popular with that type of person, which shows that they do care about their customers. Just because you don't like the rebalance doesn't mean that everyone agrees with you. Is there any example you can see of how TO apparently don't care about their customers, apart from the fact that you don't like some of the updates being brought out and the fact that they are trying to make a greater profit, something which you can hardly blame them for? Some people say "If it aint broke, don't fix it". Well, other people, such as myself, believe it was broke. Just because there wasn't a whole load of crying on the forum about the old system doesn't mean that it was perfect, in my opinion (and others'), the old system had many serious flaws, such as the very low ranks m3 weapons and hulls were unlocked and the boring nature of four-weapon gameplay.

The 3 stupidest things to say about the rebalance: 1. "Wasp is faster than hornet now, that sucks." Change your PERCEPTION. 2. "It's all about the money." Of course it is! Give a reason why that fact is a BAD THING. 3. "I used to have m3 thunder, now I have m2 firebird." Well hey dude, SAME HERE! But I've got used to it and now I LOVE playing with my m2 firebird, because it's FUN. Don't get POWER HUNGRY and want the top stuff, and you'll be fine after the rebalance. Or you can buy exp and get the top stuff, if you want. If you say any of the above, you have lost my respect.

Cooper0: Smoky - 243 Firebird - 233 Twins - 246 Railgun - 249 Isida - 229 Thunder - 259 Freeze - 280 Ricochet - 229 Shaft - 256

Updated to the new rebalanced specs, in case anyone is interested.

Firebird :wub: Despite the fact that it sucks...

Having used firebird a bit more now, Firebird is an ABSOLUTE WASTE of crystals. At M2 it is PATHETIC and it seems that at M3 the specs are EVEN WORSE. Even so, I will CONTINUE USING it because of the CHALLENGE which is involved in using it successfully and how FREAKING BEAUTIFUL it is. Seriously though, Firebird sucks. The burn feature does minimal damage, it has less hp/sec, less consumption, less range, and is more expensive than freeze. It needs to be rebalanced again. I just use it because of the challenge and because I'm a born hipster rebel and don't like following trends. It's a heckuva cheaper and lower ranked unlock. It's also better looking and dictator's size makes it an easy target for ranged weapons.

So my opinions on the rebalance, having played it myself albeit only at the lower levels: 1. Rank unlocked for maps is awesome. It's great the way it is. 2. Firebird is overpriced. I bought M2 Firebird, which is 3,000 crystals more expensive than M2 Freeze yet has less damage. I assumed the more expensive price was due to the burn feature, seeing how it also has less range, slower turret turn, no freezing ability, and less consumption. WRONG! Well, it probably was - but the burn feature, whilst helpful, hardly warrants 3000 crystals. It is a useful feature, firebird being able to burn, but considering how it's a) not permanent, as it was in the test server and B) so weak, it's not that good. Firebird's burn only works when no other weapon is attacking the tank being burnt, it really is not very useful in other circumstances where you have almost no opportunity of getting a kill. 3. Weapons are overpowered as a whole? I don't know if anyone else has experienced this, but I got the feeling that weapons killed slightly quicker and easier than they did in the old specs? 4. The death of shaft is good, but bad at the same time. IMO, Shaft used to be overpowered. Not overtly, but if shaft got nerfed by about 25% it would be useful. Not this. What is shaft now? No more sniper weapons is a bad thing for clan wars, and tanki. Shaft should be around as a sniper weapon, come on.

Adios ol' chap.

My only hope is that the experience points price remains as it is. I like the rebalance.

I like it. Good job, even if it does mean I can't get m3-m3!

This be as good as you are going to get. http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showtopic=164139 There are better ones - but they're in Russian.

You forgot ultradc and slickdc. Sure you missed other people too, although that seems a pretty conclusive list.

I'm Mike. I'm immature.

Just like me what? <_< Also, I love the layouts. I do think that it would be good if other maps could be remade in these props...

My Gallery has been sorted out at second time of playing, no more lag in Gallery anymore.... Crash still lags. :|

I can't connect to Facebook...

20 seconds to new year is a contest which you should be doing in real life, acting it out in real life.... not in Tanki. It's not a parkour contest.

Noticed that they're out; also noticed no thread has been created about them. They still lag heavily for me, in Crash I got 5 FPS at best with all settings turned off and heavy lag; - this including the fact that I can play any other map in Tanki with all the settings turned on (fog, shadows, etc) and no lag. Otherwise, I love both of the maps, especially Crash, which has one of the best layouts of any map in Tanki. If the lag is sorted out, I'm a big fan of both.

My achievements: uhhh. Haven't done anything for a long time ^_^