The Consultants are part of the Tanki Online Staff, they are volunteers who love to help others, a job which requires them to be active and a good knowledge of the game. They must keep their calm, and help the newbies or anyone who may have a question. They are asked the same questions hundreds of times which is quite boring, but they are never rude to others. This important job includes a lot of activities, including help in the forum, help in the game chat and moderating it (they have small moderator powers), creating guides, and new FAQs; and to provide any kind of assistance needed (they can help in lot of different ways, for example, SuperNick95 helped me with SonyVegas Pro like a boss, he called me and showed me what to do while screen sharing on Skype). The first ever English consultant is SuperNick95, who became a consultant on the 1st June 2012. FederalBureauFBI is the second oldest consultant who is still active, he became a consultant at the end of August 2012. In fact, everyone knows about consultants, but no-one know them exactly, fully understand their roles, what they do, who they are, how they play, etc.. I asked a few questions to each of them, I hope you will enjoy this article, this colour is for questions, this colour for answers, and this colour is for my notes. Enjoy the article ! You are the oldest Consultant here, how do you feel after more than a year as a consultant? @SuperNick95 : How do I feel? Like a granny man who has travelled a lot and spends his time recounting his adventured to a group of young sailors.) @FederalBureauFBI : (FBI is not the oldest consultant here) The feeling is great. I love the job, helping people, dealing with minor chat offenses and reporting the bigger and more serious forum/chat ones to the Mods. I do this every day (here's a little secret, I'm the only Consultant that hasn't missed a single day of work). During those months I became more experienced and more careful. Some players still think I'm too direct, maybe even rude - all I can say is, I'm sorry, but I like being direct and objective, and that won't change. Who doesn't like it is free to complain to help@tankionline.com, or to the Boss (@MizARee). I wish you luck :P What do you do exactly as a consultant? @Shar0n : Helping people, answering questions, keeping order in chats. I actually prefer being in servers and helping players in real time than answer questions in forum, not sure why... @loktinho : I am present in chat and the forum as an active individual to help with any problems the players may have with the game, or just problems in general. I work to keep chat clean and find answers for questions that have no known answer. You are still a candidate consultant, do you enjoy working as a consultant at the moment? (He is now an official consultant :) ) @vilmos98 : Yes I do indeed enjoy my work as a Candidate Consultant. My work includes helping people and answering questions on the forum; also to watch the chat, and report people who do not follow the rules. I think it is important for me to do this, because there are no Moderators who speak Hungarian, which is what I am mostly going after, so it's nice that finally those Hungarian rule-breakers can't get away anymore. :) You are the DJs master, do you prefer being a Consultant or a DJ? Why? @vilmos98 : I am not sure what you mean by the "DJs master"; just to avoid confusion, I was the Head of CyberSport for May, which means that I am not anymore. Now, to be honest, it is hard to decide between the two jobs. CyberSport hasn't been so active recently, but I have a history there. I started from the bottom, which was the lowest position back then, "DJ Agent". I had to work very hard to get to where I am now. Consultant is similar, I was told a several times that I have no chance at all, but I never gave up, and even though it took me a few months, now I am finally here. Do you get 'really' valuable information? Who supplies it? @SuperNick95 : Yes of course. As staff members we are in direct touch with the administrators and they are always ready and happy to answer our questions. So that's a first source, the second is my own knowledge of the game. @Lhamster : We occasionally get told about upcoming things in advance. Usually it's Bruce or Semyon who tells us. You just became an official consultant, do you enjoy the avatar, the powers and paint? @icerugby : To tell the truth I enjoy the paint and avatar, however I don't enjoy the powers. As in I don't just ban because it is fun. I only ban when necessary. @haimel : Sure, I enjoy the avatar, and the powers too, because these powers help us prevent rule-breaking. The paint is awesome, but unfortunately doesn't give you a protection advantage in battle! You are working as a Forum moderator and a Consultant at the same time, can you deal with it easily? @BarbaFenner89 : Working as a Forum Moderator and Consultant at the same time is not easy, but it's really useful being able to operate and work on both structures of our Community: in-game Chat and Forum. I got used to it after a month and now I work 2-3 hours/day every day on the Chat and Forum both at the same time: it's great! Being able to help and stay in contact with a big amount of players at the same time is the best aspect of this work and thanks to this I got used to my job and I really love it ! Do you enjoy microchip paint? : Yes, I do enjoy using the Microchip Paint. Regardless of whether is has protection or not. I use it all of time (It automatically became my favorite paint to be honest), usually people ask me "Where did you get that paint?" or "Are you staff?" Then when they figure it out, everyone puts the battle on the hold to observe what they've just discovered. Sometimes they block me from moving just so they can either take screenshots, or just look at my tank. :lol: Also, if they've got questions, concerns, etc. I simply love helping them out, which really goes back to why I wanted to be a Consultant. @FederalBureauFBI : It's CHIP, noob -.- (yes I did spell it microship when asking) Anyway, yes, I do. Firstly, because it looks awesome, secondly - because out of 29 million players, only around 40 have it. It's a great feeling to have something special. Of course, the fact that Microchip, like all the other Staff paints, doesn't have protection, is a bit sad. But it's understandable - if Staff paints had protection, it would be unfair to other players. How did you became consultant? What was the process after filling the application form? @haimel : I became official consultant when my friend asked me why I didn't send application to be consultant and I thought about it; and I sent an application to be a consultant. Then the admin answered me that the application was accepted; he added me in Skype and explained to me how it is going on. For how long have you been playing? @Lhamster : In September I will have been playing for 3 years, so at the moment just over 2 years and 9 months. : I've been playing Tanki for a good year now, I've been a Consultant since the middle of March. @loktinho : I've been playing for about 9 months, give or take. For how long you want to stay in Tanki? To stay as consultant? @splitterpoint : I don't really know the answer to that question. As long as this game and everything in it doesn't bore me, I will stay. And I really enjoy my time here being a consultant, so I can't really make an indication either. :lol: @husto : I want to play as long as I can, and once I'll leave my Consultant job I'll leave Tanki. You are a former DJ, what did DJs broadcast gave to you? @shadybig : DJ gave me an insight on what being staff was like in a rough way. True, I wasn't DJ long because of the idea being new to everyone and consequently being poorly organized, so I lost my position until the system was replanned. Later I was a DJ again, but my computer was too slow for the program it used and that was the end of my DJ career. Do you prefer DJ or Consultant? @shadybig : I prefer the position Consultant because I have a bigger role in Tanki, I can finally make a difference in the chats and games that most others that aren't consultants can't. You are not a very active poster, tell us a bit about yourself. When did you start playing Tanki? : That is true I am not very active in my posting. I like to play Tanki a lot. I started playing back in March 2010. If that is not indiscreet, what do you do in real life? @husto : I studied economy, I've done one year in the university. My dad has a restaurant and I work there whenever I need.. I also go to the gym and I take it seriously because one day I want to become a gym instructor and have my own gym, but to do that I firstly need to study more, and I am not so motivated right now :wacko: @FederalBureauFBI : Hm... At the moment not really much :D School ended a week ago, all I do now is eat, sleep, meet friends and of course, work in Tanki. @splitterpoint : Outside the game I enjoy making photos. Several of them can be found on the forum here. I've been playing the drums for a long time, and learning the Piano and Guitar since May this year. I live on a Farm, so I have to some chores there as well. I can say that the work never really stops. Now, neither in this game anymore. :lol: Ahh well, I still have a lot of spare time in the evening, and on Sundays. Which Combo do you prefer using in normal battles? And in No-Supplies battles? @SuperNick95 : Normal battles it's probably Mammoth Smoky/Freeze, in NS I'd go for Hornet and Railgun. : Freeze or Rail or Smoky and Viking or Hornet. In NS I use Freeze or Rail and Viking. Sometimes Hornet. @Lhamster : In normal battles (i.e. Drug War) I'll use Mammoth and Twins. In NS I use Smoky Hunter, although I'll probably prefer Firebird and Hornet when I get that combo M3. @husto : I like using Mammoth Thunder, and in no supplies battles I use Mammoth Shaft, and sometimes Viking Rail :) @shadybig : I mostly use my M2 Mammoth with M3 Freeze and either Inferno or Rustle, I also prefer Normal battles. @FederalBureauFBI : Thunder/Mammy. When on drugs, you're indestructible. For NS - I don't play much NS's, but when I do, I'm usually Thunder/Viking, or Twins/Mammy. @Shar0n : I have two tanks M3 at the moment, Viking and Hornet. I mostly play with Hornet because Viking is too slow for me. Hornet is my favorite tank for NS battles, as it's stable - unlike wasp, and still fast enough. In my opinion, Hunter is the ideal tank for NS battles, it is kind of in the middle between Hornet and Viking, fast enough and a lot of HP. If it is more about drugs, then I prefer Viking or Mammoth, depends on what kind of game is it. (DM, CTF etc..) @haimel : I prefer using Rail, Hornet or Viking, with Prodigi. @BarbaFenner89 : I usually play all battles (normal or NS) with Hornet M3 / Railgun M3 / Prodigi since I can easily win without drugging (for normal battles). You might find me playing with Titan M2 / Twins M3 / Prodigi since I love to relax shooting randomly to all the players on my way to the flag :D @splitterpoint : Well, since I've upgraded Wasp to M3 recently, I can say it's my favorite hull. It's so fast. It's just the speed, the health is worse. it's also not really great for capturing flags in drug wars. But oh my... how useful it is in NS battles. Mammoth and Smoky will always be my favorite in normal battles. Smoky is already great at M2, so I can say that's my favorite gun. It used to be Thunder for a long time. Though there's not much difference between Smoky M2 and M3, I do think that the M3 version will be even more fun to use. There are Micro upgrades coming, and they give really nice options for Smoky. @vilmos98 : I've got to be honest, my favourite combo is Hornet and Isida, and I think it is great. I didn't really like Isida on M2 level, so I kind of hesitated to upgrade it to M3, but on that discount where we had something different on sale for a week, I was really temped to. And you know, as it turns out, M3 Isida is way better than M2, so there is no doubt it wasn't a mistake to upgrade. Now, for No-Supplies, I've got to say that I don't play it often. I did buy a No-Supplies Battle Pass recently, but I didn't really get a chance to use it yet, since I was busy, and I didn't play a lot in the past weeks either. I will have to say, that the perfect combination of tank and hull depends on the map, and the game mode you are playing. @icerugby : I have my Mammy-Twins combo for small/medium maps, but Wasp-Rail for large/medium maps. But, I enjoy Wasp more because it is fast. @loktinho : I prefer using Twins Mammoth in Normal battles, because of its great power with drugs. I don't play NS much, but I use a variety of weapons for NS depending on the map I would be playing on. Most of the time, I use Thunder or Rail with Hornet. : I'm a Mammoth and Thunder user, I'm all for that specifically in any Battle Type, including NS. I hope you enjoyed this big interview; thanks to FederalBureauFBI, shadybig, Shar0n, haimel, KidVegito, loktinho, icerugby, Lhamster, splitterpoint, vilmos98, yoshi1, husto, SuperNick95 and BarbaFenner89 for answering my questions. If you have any questions about consultants feel free to ask them in this topic - I'm sure they will take pleasure answering you. Next group interview: Chat moderators

I can't be voted :(

Today I had the impossible.. I have a crystal bonus as daily reward ! I also received it sunday and saturday ! I never had it more than 2 times in a row :ph34r:

I apply for France. Raphael Playing for France I have no Skype :) Thanks ! :Lol:

Hello. Applications are NOT open now, please wait for an open application :) EDIT: and as we are a LOT of reporters, I think you shouldn't expect that before .. december 2013 ?

I used to hate freeze but since I have mammy i prefer it :) But I prefer firebird now :)

No one use another method ? o.o

I don't know you (that is a compliment because everyone I know become or is crazy :)

Lol.. Couldn't you just send them ?

Agree. Emerald > Rustle

Raphael2's Garage Analysis Hello guys, in this article I'll be talking about my experience about my garage. I've been playing Tanki for 20 months now, but you are only concerned about the 7 last months since the Rebalance. I'll tell you chronologically which weapons, tanks, paints I bought, how good they were, if they were still good three ranks above, which hull I prefer, etc.. Rebalance (17/12/2012) After the refund coming with the rebalance, I got back 'only' 18k crystals, which is 180k with the new currency. I waited a few weeks for the New Year's sale (playing with Wasp Smoky M0), and I decided to buy that combo which was not that feared before rebalance, but it used to give a LOT of points for healing. Hornet - Isida. New Year 25% Sale -Hornet M2: This tank, at Second Lt rank, is the strongest in my opinion, it has a good health with an excellent speed at this level. Most of the others tanks are M1, Hornet was my first M2. I don't regret for a second buying it, it is a very fun tank and is very effective on the battlefield. 9/10 -Isida M2: The M2 is still effective at high ranks, so it is really over powered at Second Lt. It gives you half the health you are getting of the enemy, which is a lot. You can even heal a teammate faster than a freeze will damage him! Amazing. 8/10 -Alien : This paint looks good and helped me a lot in Isida fights. I always won when it was Isida vs Isida! Even against Isida M3s. ^_^ But it lacks protection against other weapons. I have given it a good mark because it helped me a lot against Isidas and it is cheap. 7/10 50% Smoky Sale (08/02/2013) After discovering Isida's amazing power, I bought M1 Smoky at an amazing sale. -Smoky M1: It is still good at Second Lt if you know how to use it properly, and as it is very cheap, it is a very good way to change your mind after two months of Isida. But you have to play with low ranks. 7/10 50% Firebird sale (14/02) -Firebird M1: I never used it a lot, but it is not a great weapon, it is not worth its price at First Lt. It only gives a tiny advantage in the 'Wasp-Firebird' games. 3/10 Victory in Europe Day 25% Sale (08/05) -Railgun M2: Railgun ROCKS! It is a very effective weapon, with high and low ranks. It is only easier while playing with low ranks as while drugging, you can kill most of the enemies with one shot! 10/10 -Freeze M2: I had crystals left after buying Thunder, and I didn't know what to choose between Ricochet and Freeze. Birthstone told me to get Freeze and I listened to him. I preferred my Railgun, so I didn't use it a lot at all, but only with the few games I played with it; I wasn't skilled with Hornet and Freeze. BUT Freeze has a very long charge, and a quick reloading time, a process which allows massive killing while drugging and attacking. And Freeze is fun to use with Hornet, even if I have better D/L with other combos, you can spin around Mammoths and destroy them easily! 7.5/10 Tanki's Birthday 25% Sale When the sale week came, I only crystals for one M2; I couldn't decide between Ricochet, Thunder, Dictator and Hunter. I decided that a gun would be better, and as I couldn't choose between Thunder and Rico, I bought the first one in the sale. ^_^ -Thunder M2: That weapon is just amazing, especially at M2; and at Captain rank. While drugging, you can one-shot some tanks! Its stats are almost the same as M3 Thunder looking at damage/shot, but the turning speed is slower. I love using it in team games as well as in deathmatches . It is really good at kill stealing and the splash damage is really helpful. The shockwave is so powerful! You can often kill two tanks dueling (eg. two Freezes shooting at each other) 10/10 -Twins M1: I had a few crystals left, I decided to buy a gun but my goal wasn't using it, but being closer to M2 once I rank to Lt Colonel. However, while using it, it wasn't strong with Hornet. 6/10 3rd July I decided to buy M1 Shaft to try it, as I wanted to buy it M2 as soon as I ranked to Major. -Shaft M1 : Even if I saw a lot of complaints about Shaft being underpowered, Shaft M1 did a great job as it can kill in one shot Hornets M2, which is really popular at my rank. 7/10 4th july I ranked to Major, and finally decided to buy Firebird rather than Shaft. That day I also received my Reporter powers - with the Reporter paint. -Mammoth M2 : After 7 months of hornet, I was amazed by mammoth's health, but really annoyed by its slow speed. However after being used to it, it turned out to be an incredible hull. This hull, which is still used by some Generalissimos and used by the majority of those who want a heavy hull at Commander, is overpowered at Major. You can easily forget its lack of speed but its health. A Hornet using Double Armor will still have less health than you, and while drugging, no one can stop you! You can go everywhere with this hull - you can have fun with low ranks, hold your own against high ranks, small maps and medium maps will open their arms to you... It is quite amazing and I recommend it for everyone. 9/10 -Firebird M2 : I didn't know what to choose between Shaft, Ricochet and Firebird. I finally bought Firebird, and I don't regret it at all. In the first battles I was disappointed, it was barely powerful and the reloading time was terrible, but after a few battles I understood its amazing power. It doesn't work the same way in Team and DeathMatch games, in team game, you'd better go with a fast hull and burn the enemy with half of your charge, and hide; while in Deathmatches, you have more chances to get kill stolen, so it is safer to burn with all the charge with a heavy tank, and to hide or travel while reloading. You can also easily steal kills from Railguns. The only bad side is the popularity of Freeze, which un-burn your enemy whatever side the Freeze is on. And you also have to make crucial decisions: if your flag taker is frozen, but your Freeze doesn't have some charge left, should you fire and give him the opportunity to capture your flag? or you should do nothing but let the freeze take care of him? Well for me Firebird is a very interesting weapon which works well on almost every map and which is 100% worth its price. 9/10 -Reporter : As I don't use Isida anymore, Alien is quite useless for me. I was using paints such as Green, White or Forester until I got the Reporter paint. Now, I use it as my main paint, a few players do notice that it is not the usual White paint and that's why I enjoy this paint. 7/10 Now, I use everything which is in my Garage, apart from Isida and Freeze. I really like this garage and I actually want to upgrade Ricochet and Shaft to M2 next. Please give feedback on this article. ^_^

Hero, you wasn't even here at this time. Yes I prefered old fire colors, but I can't imagine atm a purple (m2) or blue/white (m3) flame doing afterbirn effect :)

I drug when I loose. Because idc about the reward. I just want fun :) and experience points :)

I salute you funny troller and buyer :)

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Thanks LD even if you started playing after me i'll soon get your rank and crush your wasp mwahajuha ! Sriously when I go back from vacation lets play

Right, don't make useless guides from now Remaine please :)

But please change colors for answers. Make it neutral ;)

.. why are you doing guides ??

Very well explained, altough i tough it already existed 0.0 Anyway congratz

awesome remaine :)

Hey.. The english is the language of the internet !

What if I want to insert french words ? :lol:

FBI can't catch thoses, he is still focused one minute after notification on turning on his drugs. That is why he only catch golds on test serveur :)

Are you serious ? .-.