Nice Map for XP DM.

All combined it looks to me that Half-Life 3 is indeed confirmed: yes, finally!

Yup...and on the 12th of January it takes off and just flies away...forever... :P

Funny everyone is talking about a guy, when IMO Semyon clearly asked the name of the predecessor/demo of Tanki Online with a Map called Tribute, a turret that looked as a Smoky and a hull (one of than three available hulls) that looked like a Titan.

It 's ok with me. I filled in "Tanks" and if that 's wrong so be it. :)

You think you are very smart calling everyone noobs...so here is a question for you: did the two-dimensional Tanks for Two have a Map called Tribute that still survives till this very day...? Look a bit better at TO 's History again IMO.

Playing since 2012 and this is your only account? Ok...

It 's not Tanks for Two, but close: just listen carefully to Semyon 's video.

...and that 's why you needed to add your own (meaningfull) post to this topic...talking about noobs posting...

I agree with your M-list, this is pretty much how it works for most Tankers. For me the shape of the Dictator has always been the reason why I didn 't choose it. Not the looks, but the implementations. The tall shape has its advantages though: When shooting you can also shoot over your teammates, and the vertical range has recently been improved by the auto-aim update. (which impact 's force is too high, but that is another topic) The Dictator definitely has good armour, but at M2 you have to micro-upgrade the HP, something which isn 't needed with the Viking M2. But a HP micro-upgraded Dictator has an impressive armour. Also in weight it 's the clear winner, which also brings some battle-advantages. Finally there 's not much discussion about what 's the best Goldbox catcher and 1000 crystals at once is a big thing. What I don 't like about the Dictators shape is the obvious increased target possibilities the enemy has. Quite a bit of that impressive armour gets lost by simply getting hitted more with the Dictator. It 's also long and wide (also checkable with TankViewer) which makes it harder to manoeuvre in tight places, I played both hulls and the Viking is really much easier to handle there. At M3 the Dictator unlocks really late and it settles when micro-upgraded with a Speed of 8 and an HP of 330 At M3 the Viking unlocks early (as second hull after the Hornet) and MU 'd is has a Speed of 9 and an HP of 300 So in the end it 's ofcourse a matter of personal preferences. For myself the choice will be, because of IMO the better shape (which makes the +30 HP count a lot less) in combination with the factual earlier M3 unlock and in the end +1 higher speed (a big deal IMO): Viking M3.

Partly agree. The long reload makes it especially hard to defend yourself. That 's the one thing what I don 't like about the Rail, but hey everything comes with a price and TO did a good job with that! Pretty balanced game right now. (except for the new Hammer) The increased flipping of Wasp and Hornet, if you meant that, is the effect of the recent auto-aim update. Don 't know what 's wrong with using DD 's though: you don 't use them?

I play quite a lot Hornet-Rail too, mostly XP. In XP I don 't camp, in regular battles hardly: just a few kills and than move on again. The few times I visited this Noise Map I found it very unbalanced. Favouring druggers and campers: so it 's not my cup of tea at all. Could be wrong about it though: but there are plenty other Maps I enjoy very much so why should I bother about Noise? (meet me in XP though if you want @The-Rail-King btw I 'm only playing XP DM 's with this M2 account at the moment) # To @simonkid you should have called it: Hornjet and Failgun! :P

You don 't go to that Map with a Railgun if you 're smart, or even better don 't go to that Map with any gun. :D ... and that 's because I 'm a noob and noobs never go to Noise. -_-

This had more to do with the Hornet M2 getting one shotted too often in XP 's with the lesser HP as I recall it. # My hull 's tier list (always changing a bit): 1. Hornet 2. Viking/Hunter 3. Wasp 4. Dictator stopped playing with 5. Titan and 6. Mammoth

"And that combo sucks in Noise matches, they're basically useless." That 's because Noise sucks

As a long-time player you know this is how it goes. This is pure commerce I guess. The Hammer is OP now and many will buy it because of that. That is not why I purchased it because it will be nerfed for sure. Most likely the turret itself, but certainly because there will be protective paints or additions to existing paints against the Hammer. No, I wanted it because I think it is a great replacement for the real short-range weapons if those three don 't really suit you. And I never got the hang of them that much. I like to keep a bit more distance when fighting and the Hammer can deliver that. It 's more a half-medium range weapon IMO. Your right I think. XP sure is a skill-factory, but only playing XP/BP won 't make you a complete player IMO. You better use weapons like Thunder and Smoky as well. # I started to play Hammer with Viking which is one of if not the most effective combo, but I soon got bored, something which I don 't experience at all with Viking/Thunder. So I made the switch to the Hornet M2 and this changed everything. Now I really start to like the weapon and the fun-factor got at least doubled. And while you have to cope with that darn auto-aim prancing/flipping, the Hornet is very good for swift attacks, followed by quick retreats to cover to reload the Hammer 's clip. Some gameplay with my alt. account with Hornet M2/Thunder M2 and Prodigi

Hornet M2/Hammer M2 and Prodigi:

In that case: nice rant! :D p.s. what you do with whatever hull on the actual battlefield is what counts, on the forum it are just words.

No I guess, just minor tweaks. Maybe some nerf on the new Hammer in a nearby future for example.

Must be fun to have the possibility to get back to an older Tanki for just one day. I 'm pretty sure I won 't like the older Hornet for example. The old one was much slower and the drifting of the new version is no issue when you get used to it. If a Tanker really misses the old 234-drugging system he can take the time-machine in a Private battle. Pretty sure I will never do that, maybe once to rejoice that it got replaced...

Just THE reason I possibly won 't like this new 2014 Map at all ;)

Yes, Helios or it could also be Flame? Whatever: it looks great, makes the Golden wings loose a bit of their shine though... ;)

"TO never listens"...will try the new 2014 Map again in DM! ...and will certainly play at the 2013 Map which was great! (and indeed more traditional in gameplay) Thanks TO! :)

I do feel sorry for you, because the way you personally liked the game to be, got changed. And that is sad for you and in that way I don 't mean to insult anyone. You left and I assume you don 't post every single day how bad Tanki now is and how much it is going downhill. That 's what I personally dislike and if a TO player dislikes the game so much I believe he should leave for his own good: like you did. I happen to be one of the Tankers who mostly likes the way the game is evolving. And I was also already here with for example the old 234 drugs, which system I hated deeply right from the start. Can 't tell you how happy I was when that was removed! No more unskilled Mammoth-Twins loaded with drugs ruling the battlefields. Or when they removed the crystaldrops and made an end to crystal-multing and forced players to play for the team as they are supposed too! Different people, different tastes. If I don 't like something I try to write a constructive post. Many of these complainers don 't do anything in that respect. Just "I hate you Tanki, "TankiIsGoingDownhill" and more of these very "helpfull" but utterly useless remarks. (also my own fault: I often forget this game is mostly played by teens and children) At some stage a Tanker, myself included, better realize that things have changed for good and will not be changed back. So a Tanker can keep complaining about no more crystaldrops or whatever: but meanwhile TO has already moved on a long time ago...

Happy New Year to the whole Tanki Online team! To Semyon: your English is becoming so good, that next year you have to do a balalaika dance to let us know your still Russian. I just hope you are good at that dance! And what kind of strange snow-repellant you Russians use? Just standing there while snow is falling and not one flake hitting you...amazing!