I am from UK and found lots of lag this morning and tanki site unaccessible around 11:30 GMT.

We must not let this go too far and allow people to buy supplies in the middle of a game. Must be careful here not to give too much advantage to the buyer over the non-buyer. Before the change has been implemented on live system, I already see the buyer who has all the relevant paints, turrets and hulls will have advantage over the non-buyer.

After playing the new Silence a few times, love or hate it, I find it a major improvement. There are more accessible areas A team cannot camp as much, like a Blue team used to do in the old Silence 1 map. Game is much more open, which means players are more vulnerable at the teams home base. I don't know if I am imagining this, but freeze does not have the dominance as used to, due to lack of open space. Isida can easily trap them now. So I think the map size is fine and there are reasonable obstacles. The down side, but not necessary bad thing: mines will not be used as much, as it will be difficult for teams to camp. I have noticed, tanks are more vulnerable to the open game, drugging has increased. Wasp will have a bad time with this map due to its vulnerability and I have noticed rarely a Wasp in this map now. Mammath and Titan can still be useful for this map, but more as a support for the fast tanks. This is a perfect map for Hornet due to its speed and reasonable strength if drugging. So poor Viking will be lagging behind a bit. R.I.P. Old Silence, the days of camping and hiding from the enemy are now over.

Played Madness for the first time. It is completely off the wall. I like the atmosphere of old Moon Silence, which we all miss. I do seem to get lost in Madness, not knowing where to go. I think I need a GPS to guide me to the flag area. Silence has definitely improved. Everything has been made to be more open, accessible and more of a challenge. I would say Shaft would feel more vulnerable on this map. Two things I am happy, there is more space in the red flag area, which was very confined in Silence 1 and all I am happy that single ramp, room for one tank is gone, which was in Silence 2. I never was able to get on with it well and sometimes I would lose balance. This is definitely a step forward in the right direction, to make the game more interesting rather than mundane, which sometimes I felt before.

I have been micro upgrading my Thunder and Isida so much....I can only afford a Hornet M2 at the 50% discount. A little useless at my rank :-D

I checked the three Tanki communities and it looks like Hornet is going to win followed by Viking in second place.

I really appreciate your opinions and advice. You could be Micro Upgrading 2 turrets and wait for eternity till you manage to purchase a new turret. The cost after 10 parameters is really expensive. I hope Tanki Management do a discount, but I cannot see they will for a long while. They may offer free speed up of the M-U for 24 hours, as it can take that long to increase one parameter. I am reaching 9 parameters and now beginning to feel the cost. Maybe it is time to slow it down and take interest in the other M3 turrets.

Great idea. I was thinking of country name next to profile name, but your idea is better. That would be cool if the developers make this happen. :)

When I ranked to Brigadier, purchasing my first 2 M3s: Thunder and Isida, my approach to turrets had changed. Majority of people I chat to all like to collect all turrets and hulls, but since the micro upgrades, I felt bringing the turret Micro upgrade to its top parameters, before moving on to purchase another turret. So looking to save up for my first 2 M3 hulls is now hard going. My approach is now Micro Upgrade 2 turrets and 2 hulls, before looking at anything else. Are you Micro Upgrading? Are you looking for quality over quantity?

I voted for Freeze,but it looks like it is out of the running. So it is neck n' neck between Isida and Railgun. I think Railgun will win. It would be nice to see 50% off Micro-Upgrades for 24 hours.

this is awesome, thank you Tanki management.

I just paid full price for M2 Viking a week ago....oops, but I have seriously benefited from the M2 Viking and my Crystal earnings have shot right up. 25%....better than nothing.

The buyers help fund Tanki. Tanki have to hirer people to maintain the game and the servers. It all costs. I am sure 50% discounts will come for non-buyers.

when we gamers log off...someone is changing the tank oil. They deserve credit.

I like the Halloween map. It goes dark at one point, making it scary, but I am sure somebody is playing with the dimmer switch. 13% discount that is down right frightening. Skip that...run away.

I try to enjoy each rank. What is the rush. It is building up crystals that counts and being wise with your spending, making sure you are ready to purchase an M3 Hull and Turret as soon as your rank allows you to.

13% discount, are you having a laugh. I am one of many who will give that pathetic discount a miss.

I do question how quickly a moderator comes to the rescue in a game, especially regarding a hacker in a game. Two occasions last week: it took a long while till a Moderator dealt with a hacker in a game, but it was surprising to see that culprit received a one month ban, as seen on Chat. Why only one month, hackers are seriously bad. The second occasion was when the Moderator never came to the rescue at all. For that, the Hacker was laughing and teasing us in the game. we all know how to vote, but there should be consistency from the Moderators. I also would like the Moderator to personally check why a gamer is being voted out of a game and try and prevent if possible. So maybe engage the voters and the victim in chat before taking any action. The reason why, when somebody is voted out of the game, you cannot rejoin, when the game restarts from the beginning. This is unfair on the genuine gamer who is probably victim of arrogant gamer's. One gamer told me that he was voted out just because he got the gold box and the other gamer's were bitter about it. I was voted out of a game, doing ok mid table. Suddenly I was kicked out with no explanation.

25% off, no thank you. I will wait to the 50% sale.

Only The Bravest And Strongest Will Prevail

Tanki do 50% discounts every so often, so why should we be excited by 25% discounts. So I will pass and wait till I see 50% discount.

I am little disappointed. I would have hoped for 50% off, but suppose 25% is better than nothing. I do need an Isida and Thunder M1&2, but I am thinking whether to give this sale a miss and wait that bit longer for a better sale. I do have 124,000 Crystals & I don't want to blow the lot. I am thinking long term for M3s on Hulls and Turrets....which will cost a lot, so I have to continue saving. After 5 minutes deciding...I will give this sale a miss. I will wait for the 50% off sale sometime in the future.

I like a sale. Freeze is good, but already got up to M2. Unfortunately my rank won't allow me to have M3 yet...but something to look forward to. I purchased the wasp M1 and it encouraged me to give it a go, but it topples over and dies too easily, but it is good laugh when adding this hull into the game play now and then. I have noticed a great increase of wasps in game play today :-D

I really love Moon Silence, it is a loss. Even if I got a 3000 Gold Box, how can I be excited about it. It is going to be a loss of a great map, which originally drew me into the game. With this loss, I hope there will be some new maps to look forward to.

Thank you Eragon33 :)