I did not get the Shaft...It's a mystery to me!

Before rebalance I had my M3 Thunder on a M3 Viking, with Needle paint, it worked well for me, face to face. The Viking is a stronger hull than the Hornet, but the speed of the hornet is can't be beat...The M3 Thunder, Viking and needle paint is out of my rank range now. So now I have the M2 Hornet hull, with the M2 Thunder. Haven't decided on paint yet...If you go to games with comparable rank. It really is a good combination, because your up against tanks with the same strength...I was in a game yesterday with higher ranks, and got wiped. There were a lot of M3's.