=========================================================================================================== Thanks for telling the honest story .

Yep, Smoky rules with DP. ;)

One 24h ban and two warnings on the Forum. Maybe unofficial warnings or they are redeemed: Been a brave boy! :)

Common knowledge dictates otherwise, but I agree with you that the combo Hornet/Twins (maybe Hunter/Twins as well, but is slower) does make sense. You deal a lot of damage with Twins, but you simply got to get close. Which hull is more suited to close the gap fast than Hornet? Only armour is an issue. Wasp is faster, but has a hard time dealing with the recoil and lacks even more armour. quote: "With Graffiti and Twins I can drive right up to those annoying Vulcans without fear of much damage." Tell me more! ;)

Railgun is fine as it is Shaft is fine as it is

Also try a DM against higher ranked players. All you 'll need are sufficient basic skills to be able to put up a fight. Because your fighting stronger equipment and mostly stronger players you will be the underdog and often a target. This "automatically" helps to improve your survival techniques and play in a smart way. And ofcourse DM 's learn you to be able to fight on your own, which is not easy: skils learned in DM will be very useful in team battles. Though if you only get killed and never make a kill yourself, you 're just not up to it yet and better try later. Nice aspect of playing DM is that you are never a mult and will not be accused of being one. This means you can play more "relaxed", nobody is depending on you. "Relaxed" is relative, you will be seen as an easy target and mostly treated like one, on the other hand: you are most welcome... ;) If possible try to team up with a good player: one enemy less and a friend in need.

Long Pro Battle without supplies with Hunter M3 and Smoky M3. Heavy combo 's all around made it "heavy" indeed. Nice fight though! :) always 100% repair kit free

Hunter could well be the best hull for Smoky. It is the most allround hull that allows you to play whatever and wherever. Owning both Viking M3 (on alt) and Hunter M3 (Hunter M3 from last Tankers Day) I prefer Hunter, because as you rightfully say: it 's nimble. It 's also has a firm ride now: when I played Hunter M3 in in testserver a long time ago it felt like somewhat on ice, or TO improved that in one of the last balances or it was somehow due to my own interpretation, it now handles really nicely! Owning both Hornet M4 and Hunter M3 I will use both. Hunter might often be a bit more effective, nothing beats the thrill of speed of the light hulls. :) Smoky requires skills: yes indeed and Ricochet is also my biggest problem on the battlefield. (I mostly play DM, TDM and CP) Huge numbers of Rico 's at the highest ranks. I have Prodigi but I 'm saving now for Clay for obvious reasons... Firebird is also a huge problem, but I can often outrun it or fight it from a distance. Smoky is a great gun in regular battles and absolutely a beast when using Double Powers. In supplyless Pro Battles with plenty of Zeus and other Smoky paints around the weak regular shots make it an underpowered weapon in my experience. Here the Ricochets and Firebirds rule. Dealing huge amounts of damage in a very short time. Vulcans recently have joined the party. One day I will partly join the Rico pack, but I will never give up on Smoky: my one true love. ;)

I still think they lowered the rewards as well, but the main problem, especially for high rankers are indeed the nooby missions where you are playing for a few supplies.

Believe me I do understand that. But I think they would make TO life a lot easier for us players and themselves if they communicate all player relevant changes/updates before they are introduced. Now it 's often the community that keeps on complaining after an unexpected change was made, that almost seem to force them to give us that explanation. If they did this beforehand it would IMO take the sting out of the conservation. People, no matter the age, like to be taken seriously.

Thanks Tanki for introducing this wonderful turret! Just had a Polygon DM where at a given time three, yes three! great M3 Mammoth-Vulcans were present. A sign that the numbers of Vulcan seem to be growing, and we still need much more of them on the battlefield! Ofcourse after their appearance magnificent gameplay followed! So much skill is displayed by these players you don 't even feel the will to fight back. The word Pro is not even enough to describe the way they move their Mammoth and aim their Vulcan in almost impossible angles. Maybe TO should change the name to "Skillcan"? Being killed time after time by those pretty glowing hails of fire is almost like receiving a gift! And is only complemented by that great feeling you get when your hull is almost floating by the impacts. Yes, gameplay definitely improved by the Vulcan. Sadly it 's only made to be handled by extremely skilled players: so I can only look at them in awe! To bad this weapon is still very weak and is in need of a very huge buf. Luckily the Vulcan Pro players are more than capable to "camouflage" it 's weakness! But it does need a buf and I 'm quite certain Tanki will look after this the next balance. Tanki, wow just wow!

Agreed if power is your main concern. Rico M3 is stronger than Smoky M3.

Their main problem is communication. They always tend to communicate afterwards. When the "uproar" is not too big they just ignore it like on this subject. If the uproar is big, like with the 40% sale they do communicate: again after a huge uproar. In other words: too late Semyon post reacting on the uproar had some good points, except the "Guys, this is very disappointing, seriously" was completely misplaced IMO. Come on, what kind of reaction do you expect from Tankers who are used to and expecting 50% sales especially on Tanker 's day? No, instead his post should have been posted before the Tanker 's Day sales IMO. That way you would have created some understanding underneath the community. Again their communication needs to improve, but I believe they won 't and will just continue doing things their way.

Try some aluminium foil instead of paint! In Maps where the sun is shining you might even blind your opponents. Just never go to places where the sun doesn 't shine: and you 'll be fine.

You got a rather strange way of communicating: it sometimes feels like I 'm making some kind of trip to the Stone Ages to be honest, and why would I want to sue you? I can 't even afford a decent lawyer... Having principles is nice, but if they frustrate you so much... :wacko: Also I don 't see Smoky getting a nerf soon. It 's already nerfed a lot compared to the old crit Smoky. Smoky has always been my dream weapon since I played the M1, so I choose the M3 for that reason. Really the only thing I don 't like about Thunder is the relatively slow reload, but that becomes quite an issue when you get used to gameplay with the fast Smoky: I miss the Splash though! And I could easily return the smirk favour. You played Thunder when it was OP, as did I. So now Thunder is somewhat nerfed I should have a smirk on my face according to your story? About direct observation: what did you think those other Tankers did? Your not the only one playing this game and allowed to have opinions about it afaik. Than I read your happy story about you using Thunder and MU 's and I can only think: so, what 's the problem now? :huh: About the last rant. I just had a Future DM Pro battle without supplies and often while I fired shot after shot at an opponent in the end I simply got killed by the same Rico, Firebird or the "why even fight back Vulcan". (and with Smoky I 'm just as often a kill stealer as I 'm also preparing "fast food" for other Tankers to take away) Still I had a very good fight and I did pretty well. Had fun and I 'm still confident about my own skills. Will be honest: did throw in some "Vulcan noob" in the chat, but that 's how far I go. You also seem to be confident about your skills, so I simply have a hard time to understand your ongoing anger.

I was just kidding. No matter what you will write, some people can 't be convinced. Simply because they don 't seem to completely understand your initial concept.

You at your rank probably will. If I combine the Daily Rewards and convert them to their crystal value I often get less than the former Daily Gift. Especially because of those new "nub" missions that reward with a few supplies or crystals. My understanding of it, is that the Devs changed the Missions that have to be accomplished the same over all the ranks. Doing this, the lower Ranks are fine, while higher ranks do get affected.

Wow, Schrödingers box with the cat. You amaze me! :P

Your included in the high rank Tankers category? Yup! "A small change - a change that's hardly to be notified, oh well, bad for them that they got caught." So, you admit they did make a decrease change. A small change in your eyes, but nevertheless a change. That you don 't notice it, still makes it true. The difference between me and you that I do notice these changes. So much that I now took "refuge" in non-drugging Pro battles. Tired of having to invest sometimes even more crystals in DP 's in regular battles than I was earning with the combined Rewards. And I mostly end up in the first places so I do earn pretty well. "It's not it saves them real money to give us less rewards. They do it for balance in the game between buyers, non-buyers, no lifers etc." They did it to raise their income. Not that I am accusing them to be greedy, I think their economy is not doing that well.

With these Maps in mind: Savanna, Cherry...but if possible wait till the really good paints starting from rank Marshal start to appear.

Corrosion is a good paint with multiple protections. Put some micro-upgrades in it and you got a cheap sort of Sandstone. If your focus is on Rail protection: Tundra If Rico is your problem: Desert

Care to explain? Your "logic" doesn 't make any sense. Did you even read the first topic?

My ex-girlfriend?

No! ^_^ (be more specific plz: what gamemodes, Maps do you play etc.)