After 4 month since above post, I reached 9999 as non-buyer started since 2012, and got M3 again in 2013, Micro-upgrade through M4 till 2015, then got XT mission in 2015 for hornet, rail and bought XT viking in garage for 500k in 2016. bought new alternative in 2016 and build M4 protection all to 50%, bought new drone in 2018, and got lucky shot effect in container, and got only animated paint from mobile challenge, which it is the only easy challenge I can finish and get a animated paint. then finished M4 drone in 2019. and make it Finally 9999 as a non-buyer now

when I got M3 combo in 2012 and I thought 'I am done', rebalance came, I am back to M2, when I got M3 combo again and I thought 'I will be done once reach last rank - Marshal' , Generalismo rank was released, when I trying to regain M3 again and I thought 'I will be done', infamous update 123 cames with economy x10, when I got M3 again in 2013, and I thought 'I am done', Micro-upgrade system cames, I had to go through journey again to M4, when I spent whole year 2014 and 2015 earn crystal for M4 rail, M4 hornet and M4 Needle paint, I thought 'I am done' Then, the 2015 Daily mission introduced, and hunt for 9999 kill and 99999 xp mission started for XT hornet dragged me intro 2016. when I thought 'I am done' in 2016, new alternative system introduced, and had to get Large calibr for railgun to back to true power. then came 'separation of Paint and Protection', and I lost M4 paint, and have to build M4 protection all to 50%, then 2018 got GearScore system which upto 9999. and Module slot system make you want to get More 50% M4 modules. also 2018 got Hard-To-Get-what-you-want Shot Effect system, and must-have animated paint for 9999 score. also 2018 got drone, which cost 1,000,000 to Microupgrade and about 1 year of wait time if counting on sale. so here we are at 2019 ending, I reached all and make it Finally 9999 as a non-buyer, lol

as a Legend 15 rank, be through tough ranking process to reaching legend in 2014. the whole fun part starts at legend rank when you unlock m3s, which now since updated, it is marshal rank if exactly. at beginning, I have been using same combo all the way till generalismo, just to unlock all m3. as then you can MU to m4. and then you dont worry about rankup anymore, as it is already end of game when you have many m4s and modules. you just play for fun or MU sales. crystal is never a issue at higher rank, as crystal income is more at high rank than lower rank, try to stay at low rank too long actually quite boring, and the difference between overpower buyer and normal player is huge, it is struggling. at higher rank, once you M4 most stuff, you are about same level field as buyers. it will probably take you nearly 2 year to reach legend at current slower pace of tanki ranking process and xp gaining since some update ago. i would say get to marshal quickly, and buy m3 and starting mu to m4 is better experience than get many crystal to mu from m2 to m3. you dont need best guns to level up, you need kill steal and CP to level up quick, since it is tougher to destroy a tank than stealing a few kill behind a powerful teammate. -------------------- after last sale, I finally mu the last step of my drone to M4. in short time, my Gear Score will be 9999. then true end of all.

my GS is 9949, soon to be 9999, :D if one vs one, I definitely on the power side. but I also got bullied sometimes in pro battle by raid team and other clan, as one vs 3 is a joke, number counts and make friends.

based on ============ 72 USD = 8800 coins 8750 coin = 350,000 x2 card= 700,000 crystal best kit in shop = 12540 coins ============= We get ================ 1 USD = 122 coin 1 coin = 80 crystal 1 USD = 9760 crystal best kit in shop = 100 USD roughly, same as old price. ================

in the old days, it cost 100,000 crystal to change your name by email tanki support, nowadays, tanki coin is just like crystal, but in tight control. based on ============ 72 USD = 8800 coins 8750 coin = 350,000 x2 card= 700,000 crystal best kit in shop = 12540 coins ============= We get ================ 1 USD = 122 coin 1 coin = 80 crystal 1 USD = 9760 crystal best kit in shop = 100 USD roughly, same as old price. ================ so rename pass (current value) = 2000 coins = 80* 2000 = 160,000 crsytal so it increased 50% compared to old days, while crystal earning in old days are Harder than nowadays. ----------------------- at legend rank, as normal free player with M4 max combo, you can earn 400,000 crystal from all resource Per Month. but no so for tanki coins, which is in tighter control, playing more will not increase much on coins compared to crystal I guess. ============== If weekly container give 10 coins, then 6 x 10 coins per week = 60 coins per week then, 1 year = 52 x 60 coins = 3120 coins from container only. if challenge give you extra around same amount, that means possible 6240 coins year, = 51 USD. given XT skin sell at 100 USD normally, it will take 2 year for a XT for free player, If weekly container give 10 coins, of course, you can get XT free from monthly challenge, but normal free player like me with Max M4 combo, I can reach max 800 stars per month. --------------- for free player like above, WAY BETTER spend 30 USD per month on Tanki and enjoy life, or play no life if you want Cool Look in tanki.

excellent work, good to see more pro user on the fun art part. it will be cool to add those tank as decoration as well, even though no need to move, just placing a army of tanks in the scene looks cool. :D

I have isida 20/20 mu-ed max isida, with the nano bot alt. the only way I think it may work with Isida + Wasp in a relative small map with a lot of hide spot, like forest. -------- use Kill-Steal with fast wasp speed + Wasp bomb overdrive. attack only those tanks who are being attacked, then go steal the kill with DD, and run away with speed for another weak tanki -- my wasp is m0 although, I use kill steal with rail and wasp when I was at lower rank (that is way before they reset garage in 2012), it work well for weak tank, but you need big map and fast wasp to survive for rail user

for MM maps, for medium, long turret user, you need Rail, Smoky, Rico, Hammer for close range turret user, you need Rail, Fire, Magnum, ? of (rico, hammer, thunder) I feel, rarely people use module against Isida, Twins, Vulcan, maybe shaft or Freeze. based on my long play time as a medium and close user, for 4 module, I no long need to change module. I bought Mine module and mu a bit, rarely use unless sleek for flag in enemy base, but normally you can avoid step on mine using small hull, or kill miner first with hornet overdrive to clean mine field. by the way, I have all modules, 50% of (rail, thunder, rico, ham, smoke, vulcan, shaft, freeze) 47% of (twin, isida, fire) 42% (magnum, stricker, mine) 0% (gauss)

Doing Mission is important for free player, I earn about 5,000 crystal total from battle funds every week, but mission and weekly container and mobile version battle reward give me about 120,000 crystal every week. of course, it may be lower at lower rank, but I think that should still be enough for the related rank for free player to survive. also since challenge and war introduced, my supplies went from 100s to 1000s and keep growing even I am spamming supplies non stop in battles, now most of supplies are above 5000, and mine close to 9000, 1000 battery even I use drone full time during big fund event. ------------------ to survive better and dont want to get destroyed too often, get a long range turret and play in big map and shoot from far away, that is what I did when I am at your rank, free player at close combat will make you destroyed too often and get no kills and make no battle fund or experience. make sure you dont get destroyed too often and focus on kill from far away to build experience and funds

I found titan/magnum is best combo for mobile, since the turret can't turn, and the tank move more stable, easy to drive and shoot in mobile, I used to got 1st place in winning team with that combo on mobile.

I have M4 twins, and I never buy that heavy alterantion, twins sits mostly on heavy hulls, unless you are defending a Assult base, your heavy ball rarely hit anyone, I always use acceleration alternation to chasing enemy on heavy or medium hulls, or non-self damage one if I always have to fight close up. (better than the heavy alternation in that case.)

animated painters are much cooler, after use the new paints, the old paint feel less shiny and less saturated color in comparison. I am used to use Clay paint since I bought it, since it was highest paint before they introduced Lamberjack and Africa; and inferno when I got M3, and Winter when I was at M2, now, I got most cool old paint from container for free, like Africa, Nano, Taiga, Frost, Zombie, Sakura, Cherry that I would never buy in old days because their duplicated protection or bad protection stats. ------------- I only got 1 animated paint from 1st challenge they introduced during the mobile version launch, till now, it is very hard to get animated paint, as my best record is get 800 stars in monthly challenge, which below the tire normally required for animated reward ones -------------- also animated paint give better gear score, it is always good to have 9999 gs with drone or 9499 with best of best without drone.

in Tanki birthday, I have drone at MU level 15/20. I have choice to 1. spend 420,000 crystal to mu from 15/20 to 20/20 at 50%+70% sale except last step of speedup 2. spend 39,000 crystal to mu to 16/20, and use crystal to buy other m3 or module or drone. the difference of spending 420,000 all at one 50%+70% sale, or 310,000~332,000 crystal in multi 25%-30% sale, - you only save around 100,000 crystal - you need to wait 3 month instead of 16 days for me, get my drone to M4 like 3 month ahead means you enjoy more during that 3 month, and 100,000 crystal is only a 1 week effort for legend level. so well worth it for legend, ------------------ actually I only bought 1 step, and use rest crystal to buy modules MU, alternation, other drones. as you will need save crystal for new gun, it is not like you will stop playing after 3 month. tanki will keep Poping new item, new hull for you to buy, even you earn 100,000 crystal per week, you still feel short of crystal any way.

It take time to login this account (Member Since 25 May 2012 09:09), again, lol, --- @wild004 sure, it is perfect fine to with even 1 combo, I use XP for 4 years since start, and then switch to Titan Isida Twins after then due to More gun can one shot light hulls. of course, it is more enjoy to put different style with different options. like at MM, rush to enemy with Freeze/Hornet/LifeGuard at 6:50 start time, and get 1st flag when enemy just loading into the game; then, switch to Hammer/Titan/Sabotur guarding at Base with mine. if enemy get another flag to 1:1; it is time to get Freeze/Hunter/Defender+Mine module to counter already defending enemy base with stun and survive 1st second attack; then, defending at home for 2:1 till the end. something like that, have handful of option to counter it is just my 5 cent idea on current tanki game feel.