I agree, the interface looks bland and uninteresting, like some sort of cheap mobile game. Also, the "inverse turn controls while moving back" does not work for me.

Thank goodness Thunder Prime (with all other Turrets and Hulls) is being remade, it looks like an ugly pixelated mess right now.

Which Alteration would you recommend for Freeze? I am currently using it stock.

Yeah, this is exactly my case.

It's funny, people say this game is dying since the start of 2013. I guess it's a really slow death.

I bought M3 Twins with Stable Plasma and Plasma Accelerators, The Griffin M3 module and the Trooper Drone. Twins feels good even with no MUs (I will upgrade it over time), I am using it with Stable Plasma, since this is how it used to be. I don't get a lot of kills without DD, but I can defend myself most of the time. 9/10 Griffin M3 really helps against that Magnum pest. 10/10 (thanks for the suggestion TheCongoSpider) The Trooper drone seems useless, but I will test it further, maybe I should get a different one. 4/10

Thank you very much for your detailed answer. Do you recommend a protection against Magnum? My main hull is Viking M3.5, and I would be able to upgrade my protection module up to 40%, do you think it would prevent me to get oneshotted most of the time? I guess a Magnum with DD (so, 90% of the time) would still kill me in one hit, but if I equip Double Armor, I should be able to tank a shot. I was planning to MU M3 twins up to 11 level, but maybe it would be wiser to stop at level 6 and invest into a protection.

Is it only me or has Magnum ruined the game? (even further then all the crap released this last years) All I see are shots flying everywhere, oneshotting or dealing 80% HP worth of damage, without any counter to them. Those shells also have a insane amount of splash damage, and to make this worse, with the alterations, Magnums can turn their turret or lay mines around the map. I am curious about your opinions, as I have returned to TO but I can't seem to enjoy myself, especially due to this artillery.

I was thinking about buying Twins m3 + 2 alterations. (stable plasma and the "long" range one) I have enough crys to microupgrade it until level 7 or 8. How would it perform at that level against mostly m4 opponents? I expect it will be horrible, but hopefully I am wrong.

I see, so ricochet protection is quite popular. I really dislike Magnum, so I won't consider it. Thanks for the advice though.

Hello guys, I'm a really old player and I decided to give TO another try after a long pause. The last time I played, Gauss and Magnum were not in the game, nor were alterations and overdrives, and the balance and meta was quite different. Now, I only plan to play with the pro battle pass, without enabling all this silly stuff (alts, overdrives, supplies, microupgrades.. ecc) Since the discounts are coming, I am planning to buy a new weapon. Which one is better in the current meta (in pro battles) between: Firebird, Twins, Ricochet and Vulcan? The hulls I can use are Hornet, Viking and Mammoth. Thanks.

2011-2012 were the best (and fun) years. TO was a simple and balanced game back then.

Ricochet: Forced plasma generator: gives infinite reload but decreases damage, and when you fire more then 12 shots you start to overheat and take damage. Magnetic force field: projectiles become slightly magnetic, and can seek the enemy you are shooting, but they travel slower and have less range. Titanium loading system: Faster projectile speed, more range and stronger impact force, significant slower reload.

I hope the game won't become too messy with all those alterations. I can already see bouncing railgun shots, freezing isida, shaft with critical damage, twins with piercing balls and rico with splash damage... oh wait... that's already planned.

I am starting to think that tanki goes on this pattern: A bad update -> Losing players and money -> introduce another update that upsets the players even more but it is supposed to let the devs earn some more money to balance it out -> losing players again-> another bad update/rebalance to gain money -> losing other players... and so on. I mean, this game exists since 2009 but it did not gain a big popularity or a very big player base. IMHO, the downfall of the game started with the very first rebalance, since then players got more and more frustrated and started leaving, bringing the necessity to release money-focused updates to keep the game alive. I wonder what would have happened if the Devs had kept the Tiers and released some new tier 3 weapons and hulls. The game would have been more varied, with a sense of progression, and players would have not been upset. Don't get me wrong, I like this game, I really do, I am an old player who once was a buyer, but I lost my trust in the game after all those costant changes/updates. I hope Tanki won't die, or that at least Tanki X will be succesful.

I play Tanki X and my main gun there is Ricochet, I am currently at 28/100 upgrades, which are the max I can do at my current Exp level. The gun in TX is definetely not trash, at all. It lacks impact force, but you have to take into consideration that you only see the statistics of a stock (m0) rico, at 100/100 upgrades, it will be quite different. At my level of upgrade those are the stats of Rico: http://i.imgur.com/1nntasI.jpg I can assure you that Ricochet is a great gun in TX, it is effective on close and mid range and it out-damages almost everything in a head-on combat. The slower projectile speed requires a caferful aim and lead, but as you can see, it gets better the more you upgrade the gun. Ricochet needs an experienced tanker, it's not easy to use, but it is rewarding when you are constantly on top of the scoreboard.

Do you think Dictator is a popular hull? The answer is in my question.

It seems like I am not able to change the settings of Tanki X anymore after an Update, do you know how can I fix the problem? I used to play it on "low" and it did run just fine on my pc. Now, it looks like the graphics are set on high by default when I launch the game, and I can not enter in a battle. Anyone got an answer or a solution? How can I change the settings again?

Moonwalker screenshot (for some reason I can not post the full Image on the forum but only the link): https://s32.postimg.org/74lnkxtud/Immagine.png Traceur can be used with modules, but it is just a normal paint, like the rest of 'em.

That's why I go around just showing off Traceur and Moonwalker, the frist one was free, and the second onedid cost something like 3000 crys if I remember correctly. Yeah enjoy those skyscraper prices of the ""new"" paints. Ah.

So, 8 out of 8 paints are old ones, gg

Wow so even the premium paint, Golden Star, is a recycled one! (May Holidays - 2015) And it costs 700k! It sure feels good to spend a ton of crystals on a previously free Holiday paint.

Of those "new" paints, Frost, Pixel Heart, Soft Flowers, Sweater and Night are just recycled paints used for past events or specials (I am pretty sure I have seen Space before too). If you don't believe me, just download tank viewer and see. Tanki, why so lazy? Need to milk? : D

I have done a good number of battles, and here is what I have to say about the game right now: Graphics: 9/10, even with the lowest settings the game looks great, and it's clear to look at. I am playing at "low" right now, at medium my pc can run it, but it's too slow. (4gb ram) A side note: is it possible to make a separate graphic setting for the garage alone? With the settings on low, the game does not have any problem, but in the garage, the shadows on the tank look bad, you can see their pixels. This problem does not appear with the game on medium and higher. Gameplay: 10/10 Nothing bad to say here, feels exactly like tanki, the game runs smooth. if you are a old player like me (I joined in 2011), you will feel right at home. Game balance: ?/10 I still have to play more to be able to tell how the game balance feels, but right now it seems ok, I haven't notice anything too extreme. Sounds: 6/10 Some of the new sound are quite bad imho. The worst are isida and twins, rico it's ok, but I feel like it REALLY needs a way louder sound for when the rounds ricochet and/or it a target, right now it's hard to tell if you are hitting an enemy while bouncing your shots blind. The engine sounds are not too bad, but are a bit too loud, at least for me. I'm gonna play more and tell what I think about the game, but for now I am quite content with it.