Always. However, do keep in mind that you may be at a slight disadvantage on ranks just before the next upgrade unlocks for the hornet/firebird. For example, I'm using firebird right now and I find it quite difficult to play with M2, since most other guns and hulls are already M3 and M3 firebird unlocks in two ranks. You might want to have a second turret that you can upgrade and use while you are waiting for the right rank to upgrade your firebird/hornet. Thunder would work quite well for this purpose.

Nice guide, but there are still some things you need to improve. Try and read over it to see if it sounds right. Also, some techniques may need more explaining. "Let him shoot first, and then shoot at his sides while he tries to fire. That should knock his aim off." This should be changed to: "After he shoots you, wait a bit and shoot the corner of his tank just before he shoots you again. That way his tank will turn due to the knockback and he will miss his next shot. You can continue shooting him in the corners after this and with enough skill, you can kill your opponent without getting any damage." P.S. In the beginning you said that it has "Ok recoil". Do you mean that it doesn't push your own tank as much when you shoot, or do you mean knockback where the other tank gets pushed around?

Dang it, I can't even sat that it's fake :D Nice record!

Good luck with your letsplay! However, do keep in mind that keeping blogs/v-logs of your progress like this on the forum is not allowed (I think), so this topic will most likely be closed...

I will disagree with any claim that railgun is OP. In my opinion, there are way too many popular protective paints from it and railgun's long reload and "warm-up" before the shot make it really easy to beat in a duel and quite ineffective for getting XP. It's only good in TDM battles where you can camp and deal damage to enemies from a safe distance, while still getting points when someone finishes your kill.

A more complicated design will make them use more server power to load, increasing the amount of lag. Besides, a mine is supposed to blend into the background, so making it look more "exciting" goes against logic...

You should ban him :D

600 - I WIN! :D

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Guns are better than hulls or paints, so it's much more important to have a variety of powerful weapons than hulls and paints.

This only works in capitals: XP-BP and is pronounced "HR-VR"

You should still consider doing a few micro-upgrades to get those first few relatively cheap effective steps and have an advantage. After that, just do the upgrades bit by bit every time there's a 50% sale on MU's

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I want that kit too... It's so OP if you buy it on the rank it gets unlocked!

And that's if you don't count the critical hit ;)

It makes sense to use micro-upgrades if the wait is really long. I have a Mammoth m2 upgraded halfway on my colonel alt and it fares just fine even against m3 enemies.

The problem is that tundra is cheaper than sandstone and savanna, so people just get that instead and use it in XP. Imho, they should add a cheap-ish paint with 20% rail protection (like Lead with 20% from shaft for only 2000 cry) to reduce the amount of M2 hornets using 30% tundra...

Just get smoky, there are very few popular paints protecting from it so in any low-ish rank battle it just pwns all! Destroys these "OP" prodigies and emeralds in seconds B)

I might do that at some point... For a start: did you know that the iconic "GOLD BIL" in the battle chat has nothing to do with bills? It simply means "Was there a gold?", yet english speaking players have started to type "gold bill" in chat even though that makes no sense :D

proof?

Well, it's your choice to continue playing this game and it's the developers' choice to implement unfair advantages for buyers. You can stop playing the game if you don't like the update so much. If you want to continue, just deal with the fact that it's unfair... P.S. screaming "I HATE THIS UPDATE AND I'M LEAVING TO WORLD OF TANKS" won't change anything.

5 times? Two years ago I got it 21 times in a month, 7 of which were in a row!