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You are a potato :ph34r:

+ The girl club on the Russian forum mostly plays with Hornet + Railgun (which is not that unique...)

Viking M3 on Major. In the good ol' days, when Viking-Ricochets ruled the maps, I just about collected enough crystals to buy the M3 during a sale in may (victory day on the 9th) and had some fun with it until the re-balance in autumn. Then played on M2 again for a year and bought Hornet M3 in September and Viking M3 in winter. Still waiting for Commander to get Fire and Rico M3

Prodigy - for stone, concrete and road Forester/Green/Needle - for green maps with foliage. Dragon, Rock, Sandstone - for sand, desert maps IMHO, the camouflage in this game is only a theory. In practice everyone is constantly moving and shooting, besides the excessive metal plating on higher grades reduces the paint coverage and exposes the tank. The camouflage may save you every once in a while where a shaft or railgun doesn't notice you on the other side of the map and doesn't shoot, but you should definitely prioritise on the protection that you want, rather than the colour. I do, however, think that the brightest paints (Inferno, Lava) make you stand out more, so in DM people will target you more.

I too thought that PRO battles were really expensive. They're not. First of all, when you enter a normal battle, it is likely that you will have to use supplies. You pay for a normal battle with supplies, but you pay for a PRO battle with crystals. In fact, it's not wise to enter PRO battles for 500 cry if you play them regularly. If you play more than 10 PRO's per month is is already cheaper to buy the PRO month pass and have access to battles for the whole month! That also means that if you don't like a battle you entered, you don't have to feel bad about leaving, because you can enter an unlimited number of battles without paying for each one. As for the ranks, it isn't that easy to find a suitable PRO battle for someone without an M3 M3 tank, however if you are fairly skilled and have a good paint, you can try and play a PRO battle on a large map with Generalissimos. The battle fund will increase at a greater rate (compared to a lower rank battle) and you can improve your skills by watching. Personally I played these battles on my other account, a Colonel, with hornet+isida M2 in savanna (M2 light tank kit). That way it was easy to be a helpful player, although you really do have to know how to use your isida effectively. If you play XP PRO battles, it's even easier to find a good battle, due to a vast amount of players creating XP battles for M2 Hornet-railguns. Or you can always play with M2 against M3, if you are good enough.I too thought that PRO battles were really expensive. They're not.

This reminds me of the same thing that happened with Ricochet after "re-balancing". Some players abandoned their favourite gun and switched to the OP smoky and twins, but the more dedicated ones created a club and played in private battles against other ricochets, so that the chances would be equal. Now, however, Rico is powerful again and there is no need to isolate ourselves from other guns. Ricochet fans are out in the battlefield again, wrecking everyone and everything, while the club battles are no more. Relating this ti the topic, Railgun is not underpowered, but very difficult to use (perhaps THE most complex gun the requires the most skill for best results). Most players don't know how to deal with knockback guns that constantly ruin the aim and in drug battles the Railgun is fairly useless due to the way it shoots. It's common that when you try to shoot an enemy, someone kills them while your shot is warming up and you end up wasting it. Same goes for finishing off an almost dead tank: yes, you got the kill, but most of the damage was wasted and thus you are not helping your team as much as you could. This is why twins and smoky are the best for drugging - easy to switch between targets and missing a shot is not that big of a setback. With that logic, it's not surprising that railgun fans isolate themselves, because HR vs HR battles are the only place where you can really use your skill with railgun to your full potential.

Newbie :) If you started the game 2-3 years ago, your first tank was wasp + smoky

Tundra is fine on M2 when playing against M3, but not against M1

I like a fair game, when both teams are equally skilled and well equipped and the battle is tense and dynamic (but we win in the end :)) I hate people with no respect for others: robbers, insulters, saboteurs...

The English forum is unfortunately not as popular as the Russian one, so the options are less. What OP is suggesting is not a clan (with training and tournaments), but something that in the Russian forum is classified as a Club (in the cybersport section, but not related to clans and tournaments). I am a member of a Russian club called "Officers" with the exact same idea (playing fair PRO battles with friends) and we have been a successful team of more than 100 friends for almost a year now. Here's the link (google translate to the rescue) http://ru.tankiforum.com/index.php?s=89cc5eb7fa1b769d5ca78023d7abd6dd&showtopic=223926 Definitely thumbs up to the OP for this initiative. Can I participate too?

I will wait one month and after it doesn't come out I'll NEVER let you forget your lie! :ph34r:

You should play in battles with the high limit at or near your own rank. If you play with Generalissimos and you're not as skilled AND without an M3 M3 tank, then you really are bringing your team down and you should leave.

If you just stand at the only opening on the blue base and camp, the attackers can't jump down to the enemy base. If you use rail, you have to shoot and then clear the way for jumpers, but if you are shaft, just don't stand there. If you do, you fill up the space and block the jump, therefore you deserve to be pushed down. :D

Enter a large battle and heal heavy kampers with isida. Buy the 30% more XP bonus if you have the crystals.

Yay, we'll have format battles in ONLY 5 YEARS probably

Shame. So the only way to avoid getting robber nowadays is to play short battles and only enter long ones from start to finish with a good team of your own (people who won't leave the game halfway through, leaving space for mults).

If you play them often, you should buy the monthly pass. If you play at least 10+ PRO battles per month it's already cheaper to buy the pass. The reason you pay is because in normal battles you pay with supplies, while in PRO battles you pay with crystals, but don't waste drugs.

One question. WHY THE HECK are most XP battles with crystal drops turned on?! Crystals are distracting and useless, since it's much better to have them automatically add to the fund, rather than risk having some of them disappear.

On Noise the gold box falls in any of the crystal drop locations. I've caught/seen gold boxes on the red base, near the garage entrance, and in two locations on the middle area. Yes, it might be more common in on the right side than in the other locations, but I don't have the statistics to confirm that.

"MAFIOZA121, your name is so stupid and unoriginal! You just put a bunch of random numbers on the end like a noob!" - tank12345_874

Definitely Wasp+Smoky. The fact that the turret ends before the hull (pointed out by OP) The fact that Wasp+Smoky used to be the most basic tank and the starter combo. The fact that Smokey is the first gun on the list and Wasp is the first hull. NOT viking, because the logo came before the release of the 2nd gen hulls (viking, hornet, mammoth) Could be hunter though...

How do you calculate that? I can give you the cost of my garage, but the number of crystals I spent on it will be more than what I earned because most of the things were bought when on sale. Also, what if I spent 1 000 000 on supplies and spent them all?

People, Y U no play PRO battles?! Easy way to get crystals AND play without drugs. As for "drug wars", they are actually quite fun if you have the supplies to play then. Whenever you enter a normal battle, you should be ready to use drugs. This is why they are free to enter, unlike PRO battles, because in normal battles you pay with drugs, not crystals directly. If you don't have enough supplies, start a new account and play with only that one, while collecting supplies in everyday presents from your main account. Otherwise, don't complain about druggers - they won't stop.