exactly my point - it's not normal, when a mid to long ranger is effective in attacks on mid to small maps another curious thing - Vulcan has damage 60 compared to 72 for FB, but the latter has a pretty small balloon and short effective range, whilst V can shoot practically without stopping (we have RK, DA and izidas) and all over through the maps ... not to mention the V's huge impact Vulcan is clearly imbalanced, IMHO !

Hornet M4 costs 935k, rail comes for 1 220k, Picasso is 670k, Africa is 750k (rounded numbers) Totally you have to spend over 3.5 mil for just one combo and only two top tier paints. Now, lets assume as well that you buy/MU everything at 30% discount, then you need "only" arnd 2 mil crystals. Surely, there are the rewards for ranking up, some 300k in ttl, but assume these will be spend on the way, to MU the stock Hs/Rs until the opening of M3s and to use some paints. But ... best you can earn in the game (without turning into a zombie) is 1 crystal per 1 point/experience, on average throughout your career, meaning that you can not, I mean you CAN NOT earn these 2 mils until generalissimo ... no way with just plain playing .. unless you hack or use help from friends/mults or other dubious means of winning and receiving crystals. of course, you can accumulate the needed crystals after rank 30 ... but there is this problem called time ... Now, regarding time - my extensive experience with accounts all over the ranking ladder, suggests that you can hardly make more than 2k crystals per hour of playing (again on average throughout your career). But, say you are a skillful super-master and you manage to earn 2k cry per every hour you play ... even then, If you spend in TO 2 hours daily, you will need 500 days of hard and diligent work with your H/R just to get them MUed and to afford 2 top paints ... I imagine, that one has to be very focused or very twisted to torture himself for years, playing day after day with one and the same combo ... Bottom line - yes, one can go through TO without investing money, but this is one really miserable and frustrating way to waste time ... and time is the most precious asset we have in this Universe ...

using Vulcan as an attacking tool - yet another proof, that Vulcan is way too OP - it needs nerfing and needs it badly !

Good point as well - wasps are another noobish item, not applicable for serious battles ... wasps are so UP, that using them = sabotage ! But we now speak of the opposite scenario - Vulcan is clearly OP and should be cut off !

Actually the prices of crystals are really ridiculous - they are too low ! The easy access to the game items attracts noobs and that progressively ruins the play. TO needs to get rid of the contingent under 15 years old or the gameplay will continue to deteriorate ! And there is an elegant solution - either triple the prices of the garage or better make a monthly subscription to the game - say, like 30 EURO per month. This is quite affordable for any adult, who wants to relax after the office, yet will present some barrier for the hordes of adolescents, that have plagued the game lately.

Battles between firebirds on wasps is the same foolish noobish event as between izidas on heavy hulls Why would someone torture himself with such a dull gameplay ??? Might be we already have a critical mass of kids and noobs in TO ??? Perhaps it is time to make the game fully paid (some 30 usd per month is quite fair, I assume) to sort out the inadequate players.

I strongly believe, that Gold is extremely harmful and destructive for the game, eroding its very fundaments like team-work and focus on victory at any cost. Gold should be utterly removed from all team modes, but that is another topic ... now ... regarding the "no-kill rule" ... in respect to the above, I feel obliged to take a DD and fire with full blast at the crowds of miserables noobs who have abandoned their company duties to hunt for something not contributing to the team !

The Vulcan needs no guides (it is as plain as it can get), it needs a wipe off ! This is a turret even more dull than the shaft and the firebird. I understand, that the kids need a gun simple to operate, requiring no brains gaming skills and inflicting great damage over great distances ... but such a weapon only makes the game more noobs friendly ... and the result is visible on all servers No need of any discussion - Vulcan is completely imbalanced and needs serious nerfing !

agree ! yet, as I said, to stay competitive, if you don't donate money to Tanki, you have to donate them your time - it's your call )))

actually you are right - the game is free to play - no one ask you to pay when you enter it ! yet ... it is quite another story, if you want to play comfortably for free )))

agree ! Further thoughts in this relation: As in many games (quite often in real life as well), in Tanki you can be either predator or prey - hardly any middle way ! The first option, though, requires if not top, then at least above-the-average equipment and skills and these cannot be achieved without boosting your TO career, be it by investing money or investing time ! The two major TO species - the basic teen plankton and those few evolved who feed on it, are clearly distinguished by their attitude towards these two of fundamental assets - time and money: - the kids easily sacrifice their time (because usually cannot compete financially to the adults) - the grown-ups are much more willing to trade money (which they tend to have) for time (which for a mature man is much a valuable item to be wasted excessively on a computer game)

Children can afford to pay 50-100 usd per month or, in the case of the really expensive games, the equivalent of a new small car for an online game ??? I really doubt it ! Then - chess and socker/football are simpler than TO, yet none of these is for children ! TO seems simple, but it surely ain't for simples ... it is not just ride and shoot and wait for the Gold ... yet, sadly, because of the many adolescents lately, the game got twisted exactly in that directions

I don't really understand why are you complaining about the prices being high in TO Once again - Tanki is a relatively inexpensive game - anyone who claims the opposite is either super-greedy or ill-informed or simply a miserable and should be ignored ! Then, again - assume you have some fun, right ?? So, please, be so kind to pay for it ! Alternatively: - you can waste hours, days, months, years to accumulate for a mol decent equipment - if you don't have both time and money, you can stay poor and act as a plankton for the more advanced predators players - last, if playing is such a torture for you, then please, don't donate, but don't cry as well - just quit !!! ... go play Tetris - it is absolutely free ... and also Russian, btw !!!

Excuse me, but I didn't quite get your position regarding the topic. Please, clarify !

Buying crystals in the first place is completely necessary. As said above, to gain comfort in the game, you have to invest either time or money. And as time is much more precious, actually priceless, it is an easy decision to spare some miserable 50-100 usd per month and have your fun. I will say it again - TO is one extremely cheap game ... the problem is not with the prices, the problem is with the adolescents, which have no sense of integrity or fair-play or team-work .... the servers are choking with teens and even kids ... this is what is ruining the gameplay ! But, in case you like the current parody of a game, then, having your pleasure and not paying for it is ... really unfair ... like to sneak into the cinema without a ticket ... this is quite childish and surely cannot be justified !