This isn't really a seizure banner, since it's only 2 colors and not very fast. A true seizure banner would ideally go through the entire color spectrum in 1 second. On second thought, don't give Lhamster any ideas. :ph34r:

I think taking M2 Viking would be a good idea. I got bored of Mammoth-Shaft very quickly as a low ranker, and Mammoth is still quite slow at M2. Besides, with M2 Viking, you're more versatile and have very good camouflage capabilities. :) Note that I've never tried M2 Viking myself, since I have M2 Dictator. I'm not a Viking fan, but I've learned in combat that M2 Viking-Shafts are very powerful, so it ought to be good.

Part one is here. Part 2 is over here. And the third part is over here. I recommend that you read those first if you haven't already. Part 4 Remnant Months, and soon years passed by since Alex witnessed his brother's apparent death. He had crawled home bitter and weary. He never told anybody about what he saw, and his parents searched for Dmitri during the day, finding no evidence. They gave up after a very long time, presuming that if he wasn't dead that winter night, he would be now. Alex had developed a dark and cynical personality since that night. His parents never figured out why he had changed so much. He was no longer the adventurous young boy he was before his brother's disappearance. Now, he always had a troubled expression on his face, and often traveled to the town square to do nothing but think. "They took my brother away from me that day", he thought. "I'm going to make sure they pay with every ounce of blood in their bodies. They don't know what kind of pain they caused. Yet. I'll make them feel it. Every bit of it." A few days after his 16th birthday, Alex traveled to the town square at night to think once more. It had been 4 years since his brother died. He rode on his new bike, constructed from spare parts found around town. It was cold and windy like usual. The same thoughts ran through his head. Revenge. Suffering. Payback. He contemplated for a while, looking at the moon and stars. The sky was unusually clear, and covered with the delicate tapestries of stars. "The war certainly solved our light pollution problems" he scoffed. He was about to leave when a broken piece of tile fell from a nearby building. "That's odd." He entered the derelict entrance to the building. It had once been a hotel. The desk in the lobby was still intact, with deteriorating pieces of paper and a few rotted pencils. Alex drew out a hunting knife and a flashlight as he slowly walked up the stairs. The walls were crumbling away, and the cold air rushed in from the various cracks in the ceiling. When he reached the second floor, he readied his knife. All the doors were open, except one. This one was a deluxe room when the hotel was still in operation; it had more space than any other room in the building, in addition to a large balcony and plenty of insulation. "Perfect place for someone to camp in." He approached the door and reached for the doorknob, but his heart rate spiked. He had heard a creaking sound. "I should probably turn back now. Something's not right." He turned around. "Wait, I'm going to turn around just because it's creepy? When have I ever done that? OK, let's just get this over with." Alex walked back to the door, readied his equipment, and kicked the door open with a loud bang. The sound echoed through the room, but it appeared empty, save for a worn-out backpack and a few rags. The door to the balcony was open, and there was a pile of debris there. "That explains why that chunk of tile fell off", he thought to himself. "The question is, why did it fall off? Was it because of the wind? Was someone here?" "Hmm, looks like nobody's around. Might as well give that backpack a look. It could have something useful in it." He approached the backpack slowly, and unzipped it. "This thing better not be booby-trapped." To his relief, it contained only some food and a few spare batteries. "I could really use some extra batteries. It takes a college education to charge them manually." After pocketing his loot, he walked towards the open door again, ready to leave, but it suddenly slammed shut. He instantly raised his knife into a defensive stance and pointed his flashlight at the door. A mysterious stranger was standing there, dressed in camouflage fatigues and a balaclava. The stranger's hands were grasping a pistol, and Alex knew better than to attack. They stared at each other for a while. The mysterious person then spoke in a woman's voice. "You are Alex, are you not? We have been searching for you. I will escort you back to our base. There's someone there waiting to meet you. He's been waiting for a very long time." She gestured towards the door, and Alex walked through it very slowly. "Escort? Heh, more like kidnapping. I certainly didn't sign up for this", he thought. He didn't look backwards, but he knew he was still being held by gunpoint. They walked out of the building and into the cold night. A hole in the wall surrounding the square became visible, and they proceeded through it. "Ugh, I've gotten myself into quite a mess", he contemplated. "I'm probably not going to go home for a while. I wonder, though. Who's waiting for me? Who are these people? Where am I even going? Let's hope I'll sort this out when we arrive."

With more practice, you won't need the drugs. :)

Dictator-Railgun is my favorite flipping combo. No light hull is safe, especially at close range. All I have to do is tilt my tank so it fires slightly more upwards than normal, and bam, you can flip your enemies like fried eggs. I like to do a victory donut around them if there's nothing else do do.

massacre pls

I meant "Dictator is a rather heavy hull, but it has the maneuverability of a light hull". Sorry if that confused you.

Not sure what to do here. I'm going to put my bets on 57 for now.

Can't beat 278.2 HP k

Probably Smoky, but Hammer's an option too. Smoky can deliver a lot of impact force in one shot, so aim at the corner of a Railgunner and fire while he/she's charging. They'll usually miss. With Hammer, you don't have to be as precise; just fire in the general direction of their side, but note that you have to get closer to them to do this.

Nope. PUM likes Spark.

Yep. It's a heavy medium hull, but it handles like a light hull. ^_^

Thanks for the feedback! I'll do more of these in the future. Hopefully they'll turn out well. :)

How many members are in the World Wide Shaft Preservation Foundation (WWSPF) so far? It's about time we did a headcount. :P #savetheshafts

The Cardinal kit has come out before, and it's indeed M3 Titan/M3 Twins. Quite a deadly combination, I think.

Have you ever wanted to make your own turret or hull? I bet a lot of you have. Well, this contest is for you! You'll need to create a new hull with a new turret mounted on it. Give nice names to both of them, and submit them here. I'll go over this in detail in the following sections. How to make your submission First of all, think of a cool design for a hull. This shouldn't be too hard, but take your time if you need it. Once you're done, pick a name for it. You don't need to write a description or think of statistics, but you're welcome to do so if you want. Then, use the same process to invent a turret. When you have your designs, figure out what kind of medium you want your submission to be on. Most of you are probably going to be using graphic software, but hand-drawn or sculpted art is perfectly fine. Choose whatever you're the best at. Your drawing should show your turret mounted on your hull. If you can't do that for one reason or another, putting them separately (but in the same picture) is fine. Once you finish your drawing, you should upload it to an image hosting site (I recommend imgur.com). If your drawing is physical, take a picture of it with a camera and then upload that picture. Then, make a post on this thread with your picture (if your image is big, use a spoiler). Feel free to change your submission at any time before the deadline. Here's an example of a submission. Yes, I know it's not very good, but it demonstrates the format. Rules Let's go over some rules you should follow in this contest. Don't submit anything inappropriate. If this happens, you'll be disqualified in addition to standard forum consequences. Don't copy other people. If your submission is obviously copied from somebody else or from the game, your submission will not win anything. If you copy something from somewhere else and then make a few minor changes, it'll still count as plagiarism. I will check them thoroughly. Plagiarism doesn't get you anywhere, folks. The deadline is February 26. The thread will be locked afterwards, so finalize your submission before then. Prizes 1st place gets 30,000 crystals. 2nd place gets 20,000 crystals. 3rd place gets 10,000 crystals. In addition, consolation prizes of 5,000 crystals each may be given to those who don't reach the top 3 if your entry is especially good. Notes Feel free to color your submissions however you want. I used gray in the example, but you can use any color for the "paint". Don't worry too much if your drawing skills aren't very good. I'm mostly looking for design here, but drawing it well will still help your chances of winning. You don't have to draw different modifications of your hull or turret. That's about it. If you want to participate, get in touch with your inner engineer and start drawing! P.S: The tank I drew in the title picture also doubles as an optical paradox. Look at it long enough and it'll appear to switch perspectives. Have fun! > :D

The others are still here. Rem's just been on a writing spree this issue. :) Great article! I'd like to note that a lot of the mining positions for Red Team can be mined by Blue Team and vice versa; it really catches people off guard and nets you quite a few kills.

After seeing that a lot of the newspaper staff here have done garage analyses, I think I should do one as well. My Tanki career hasn't been a very long one, but I've experienced many things, played in all sorts of maps, and, of course, used a lot of turrets and hulls. Now, without further ado, let's see how my in-game financial planning has gone so far. A brief introduction I started playing Tanki in the beginning of May, 2014. A lot of my classmates were playing it at school, and I was curious about what it was like. I'd played mostly 2D Flash games up until that point, and I'd never seen a decent 3D one. Tanki appeared to be of excellent quality, and piqued my interest. I created an account and started playing; about a day later, I joined the forum. I really loved it, despite my limited knowledge of the game mechanics (I thought you got all the crystals in the battle fund, like many others did). My first match was on a Fort Knox DM, and I remember joining a Highland CTF afterwards, where I was perturbed by Shaft users camping on the Red team side. I soon bought my own Shaft and started spouting the wonders of what I thought was the best weapon in the game. Well, I'm getting sidetracked, so let's get back to the main topic. During this period of time, I bought a wide variety of turrets and hulls; my memory is a bit fuzzy on the order of what I bought, but I'll do my best here. M0s My first purchase was M0 Wasp at the rank of Private. I felt that M0 Hunter was too slow, and I wanted something fast. Wasp definitely fit the bill, and I liked it. The health wasn't anything to brag about, but the increased mobility was worth it. It's dirt cheap too. Overall, an 8/10 to me. My second purchase was M0 Firebird. I bought it out of curiosity and also because M0 Smoky was pretty weak. It could roast things very quickly, making it a keeper in my arsenal. My first match with it was a Sandbox CTF, where I accrued multi-kills from the spread and afterburn. I died a lot, but I also got a lot of kills, so it became my go-to assault weapon. I mostly used this with Wasp. Note that this was before the range and damage update for Firebird; it's probably considerably worse now. I'd give this a 8/10 from my experiences with it. After that, I bought quite a few things. I'll give these a quick description, since they're not that important. M0 Thunder: Not that great. It can only destroy M0 Wasps in 2 hits, and even then not all the time. I like it better than M0 Smoky, but that's not saying much. 6.5/10. M0 Dictator: I liked this quite a bit. It wasn't too slow by my standards then, and I liked the increased health. 7/10. M0 Ricochet: Probably the second best of my M0 turrets. It dealt a lot of damage per second, and I liked the bouncing effect. 8.5/10 M0 Mammoth I was OK with this, but I stopped using it after a while. Too slow. 6.5/10. M0 Hornet: One of the better M0s. It's reasonably fast, and the health was pretty close to M0 Hunter back then. 8/10. M0 Shaft: My best M0. This thing went with me all the way to WO2, and it did not disappoint. 9/10. M0 Railgun: Somewhat underwhelming, but still usable. 7/10. M0 Isida: I liked this quite a bit. The ability to drain health from opponents is useful, as is healing teammates with it. The damage wasn't too shabby either. 8.5/10. I also bought a lot of paints during this period of time, but they didn't do much. I'll skip describing them. M1s I became more knowledgeable about and skilled at Tanki by the time I was purchasing M1s. Since then, I haven't bought anything that I really regret. Before this period of time, I used essentially random combos when joining battles. I tried out many combinations, finding out the strengths and weaknesses of each. My first M1 was M1 Mammoth. I bought it more out of curiosity than need, since I was wondering what it would be like. While it's certainly not bad for a meager 3,200 crystals, it's not that good either if you ask me. The health is quite impressive for something you can get at Staff Sergeant. The speed isn't impressive at all, which made it boring to use really quickly. I haven't touched it since I got M1 Titan, and it's still sitting in my garage today. I'm not going to M2 or M3 it in the foreseeable future. 6/10 Oh, and I think it's ugly too. With these qualities in mind, I basically ignored its existence, and the next piece of equipment I'm going to talk about here is something I consider my first true M1. My first M1 turret was M1 Smoky, purchased at Sergeant-Major. I was somewhat on the fence about this, but after getting my posterior handed back to me by a M1 Smoky in combat, I changed my mind. I bought it on Tanki's birthday, when there was a 50% sale. Boy, was this worth it. I found myself massacring M0s with ease. I used this with my Hornet, and it was a good combination. I have a fond memory of messing up the aim of a M2 Hornet-Railgun with my meager M1-M0 combo. Overall, a very good purchase. 9/10 My third M1 also came on Tanki's birthday. It was M1 Titan. While I did purchase M1 Mammoth earlier, I wasn't satisfied with it. This one was really good. It wasn't too slow, fit well with my Shaft and Smoky, and had great pushing power. Later, the speed was nerfed, and I found myself using it less. It was still definitely worth it. Overall, a 8.5/10 After the birthday sale, I didn't buy anything for a while, at least until I was midway through WO1. During July, there was the World Cup event, where you could purchase a team paint. If your team won the World Cup, you'd get half of the crystals you spent during the event period back. I purchased the Germany paint, and during the event period I bought M1 Firebird and M1 Shaft. M1 Firebird was an excellent purchase. It dealt a lot of damage and could ignite targets for a long time (at least back then). I loved it, and it went well with my Hornet and Hunter. With a light hull, it lets you get in, discharge all your napalm, and get out before anybody can catch you. With a medium hull, it lets you storm crowded enemy bases and melt everyone in your way. I had a lot of fun with this. 8.5/10 I ranked up to WO2 shortly after buying M1 Firebird. I played hard, and finally I was able to afford something great. M1 Shaft was a real keeper. It felt similar to M0 Shaft, so I had no problems transitioning, but the increased stats really made it better. I quickly put some micro-upgrades onto the damage, and I was able to destroy unprotected M2 Hornets in one hit. I'm still using it today, since I like it so much. Really worth the crystals. 9.5/10 Later, it turned out that Germany won the World Cup. I was then given a respectable sum of about 12,500 crystals. From there, I played with my new equipment and saved up for the good stuff that was coming up at Warrant Officer 3. When I ranked to WO3, there was a sale on Wasp and Freeze. I decided to purchase M1 Wasp as a light hull and M0 Freeze just to see what it was like. Note that I'm putting M0 Freeze in the M1s section because I bought it during my M1 period. M0 Freeze was surprisingly good for a M0; While it was less powerful than my M1 Firebird by a long shot, I really enjoyed the freezing effect and the fast rotation speed. I remember playing Wasp-Freeze on Iran, and I went on several impressive killing sprees against mixed M0s and M1s. Very fun. Hmm, I might want to invest in M2 Freeze some day. 8/10 M1 Wasp was a pretty good choice; it was fast, agile, and cheap. It replaced M0 Hornet as my primary light hull. I paired it with Firebird and Smoky for the most part. It served me very well until Second Lieutenant. If you're really good at using it, this could probably take you to Colonel (with some micro-upgrades). 8.5/10 I quickly earned back the crystals I spent on the above items. I then won a newspaper contest, which beefed up my supply of crystals to around 40,000. Certainly not bad. A few weeks later, there was a M1 Medium Kit available in the garage for 59,990 crystals. It contained M1 Dictator, M1 Railgun, Cedar, Storm, Desert, and 50 of each supply. It was an excellent purchase. I'll describe the component parts below: M1 Dictator: Quite possibly the best part of the kit. M1 Dictator has about as much health as M1 Titan, but it has a similar speed to M0 Viking. With this in my arsenal, I felt no need to use heavy hulls. It goes well with mid to long range turrets, and it'll definitely last until M2 Dictator. 9.5/10 M1 Railgun: The second best part of the kit. M1 Railgun is quite powerful; it can destroy M0 light hulls in one hit, and it can put large dents in the health of M1s and M2s. It went well with my Wasp and Dictator. My only gripe with it is the low rotation speed, which can make targeting at close range somewhat difficult unless you're using Wasp or Hornet. 9/10 Cedar paint: Cedar packs as much Thunder protection as Rustle, so it's definitely useful if you're having problems with Thunder users. When used with my Dictator, M0 Thunder were a joke, M1 Thunders weren't a big threat, and M2 Thunders were manageable. The camouflage is alright for muddy environments. 8.5/10 Storm paint: Ehh, I don't really like it. The only thing Storm has going for it is the 20% Firebird protection. It's quite significant on paper, but I really didn't see any difference when using it. It's quite useless for camouflage too. As such, I haven't touched it since WO3. 5/10 Desert paint: Second best paint in the kit. It has 28% Ricochet protection, which is both noticeable and very useful. The camouflage is alright too for sandy maps. I still use it today if I'm fighting a lot of Ricochets. 8.5/10 After getting the kit, I ranked very quickly to WO4, since my equipment was very good. When September came along, there was a sale on Tanker's Day. During this time, I got two items: Tundra paint and M1 Thunder. Tundra paint: One of my favorite paints. It has an impressive 30% protection against Railgun. This will let you avoid being destroyed in 1 hit by M2 Railguns when using Wasp. With Dictator, I could withstand 3 shots from M1 Railgun and many shots from M0 Railgun. It also has very useful camouflage. 9/10 M1 Thunder: This basically carried me from WO4 to 1st Lieutenant. I was amazed at how powerful it was when I first bought it; can destroy light hulls in 2-3 shots, something even my Smoky had trouble doing at this point. It doesn't lose too much effectiveness against M2s either. It effectively replaced my M1 Smoky for most intents and purposes. 9.5/10. It was early October when I made my next purchase. A sale on Isida (and related paints) and Mammoth came along. I was a WO5 at this time, and I was thinking of getting M2 Isida. I first purchased M1 Isida and Alien. M1 Isida was actually not that bad. While it wasn't a big improvement over M0 Isida in terms of stats, the increased damage and healing were noticeable in combat. 8/10 Alien paint was a decent purchase. I was looking for some decent protection against Isida, since M2 Isidas were quite terrifying to me back then. In terms of protection and price, it's a good deal. 8/10 After getting those two items, I desperately tried to rank to 3rd Lieutenant in time. I failed, but I was still satisfied with what I had bought, so I went right back to playing with my new gear. A day or two later, I ranked to 3rd Lieutenant. About a week later, there was a 50% sale on paints. I decided to purchase Dirty paint, since I was somewhat lacking in good Shaft protection. It was worth it. When used on M1 Dictator, I could withstand shots from M2 and even M3 Shaft. It also lets you blend in in muddy environments for reasons that should be quite obvious. 8.5/10 On Halloween, there was a decent sale on everything in the garage. I decided to get M1 Hunter. Even though Wasp and Dictator already proved versatile, I wanted something that was an in-between. Something not as weak as Wasp, but not as slow or noticeable as Dictator. M1 Hunter proved to be a wonderful hull for almost any situation. The statistics were amazing (more health than M1 Viking, far faster), and it was my hull of choice for a long time. It's surprisingly fast, quite durable, maneuverable, and stealthy. Hunter quickly became my favorite pairing for Shaft, Smoky, and Isida. My only gripe with it is the somewhat low acceleration/power, but that's not a major issue. If you're only planning on getting one M1 hull, this should be your choice. 9.5/10 M2s I initially only planned to get M1 Hunter on the sale, but I accumulated enough crystals (through various means) to purchase M2 Isida. This thing is a monster; it drains health from enemies very quickly. The healing racks up a lot of XP for you too. Against M1s and M0s, it isn't even fair. M2 Isida also has enough firepower to deal a lot of damage to M2 Vikings, which had been previously very difficult to fight. This might be the second-earliest of the M2 turrets, but it's still very effective. 9/10. After that, I ranked to 2nd Lieutenant. In late November, a sale on hulls came up since Tanki had won the Runet prize. I figured buying M2 Hornet would be a good idea. My M1 Wasp was getting a bit too fragile against M2s. M2 Hornet was better than I had expected. Yes, I did have problems with the drift, but the speed and health were enough to offset its downsides. I got used to the handling, and it quickly became one of my most used hulls. It pairs very well with Isida and Railgun. I plan to replace it in the future for the almost-superior M2 Wasp, but it'll do for now. Still well worth the price. 8.5/10. I remained a 2nd Lieutenant for most of December. On Christmas Eve, I bought M1 Ricochet and then ranked up to 1st Lieutenant. The first things I purchased upon ranking were M2 Ricochet and M2 Railgun. I only used M1 Ricochet to destroy one tank (that was the kill that made me a 1st Lieutenant), but it's quite good. The tank was a M0 Hunter, and it only took about half a clip to destroy it. It would probably be decent against M2s as well. Since I only used it for one kill, I don't have enough experience to give it a rating. N/A M2 Ricochet was my best turret purchase since M1 Thunder. It was initially very hard to aim at anything past close range, but the high damage and useful bouncing effect really made it an excellent turret. It's replaced Thunder as my medium ranged turret of choice. I've improved my aim since, and it's really quite fun to use. There's nothing like destroying an enemy who thinks he/she is safe when hiding in cover. 9.5/10. I initially wasn't very crazy about my M2 Railgun, but it grew on me. My only gripe with M1 Railgun was the slow rotation speed; M2 Railgun solves that problem in addition to augmenting all the stats. I found it went very well with my Hornet and Dictator. It was great for flipping people until the recent update that decreased its impact force. It's still very useful these days, even if you can't flip people as often. 9/10. The next purchase (which I made on Christmas Day) was one I'd been looking forwards to for a long time. It was M2 Dictator, and it exceeded all my expectations. It's decently fast and very tough; a perfect defender, attacker, and midfielder. I've been using almost nothing else since I got it. It might be a medium-heavy hull, but it's just as maneuverable as a light hull. A real delight to drive and fight in. 9.5/10 I purchased Sandstone paint on the third day of the sales. While the vanilla stats aren't too impressive (comparable to Corrosion), I found it very nice to have. The Railgun and Shaft protection is quite useful for saving you from one-hit-kills. The Thunder protection isn't that noticeable, but it does help. And I disregard the Twins protection, since it doesn't really do anything. Judging from the vanilla stats alone, I'd give this a 8.5/10 I bought a PRO pass and a few supplies on the fourth day of the sales. Nothing much to note there. On the fifth day of the sales, micro-upgrades and speed ups were heavily discounted. Having a prodigious supply of crystals, I decided to start micro-upgrading my equipment. I know a lot of you are probably having a heart attack from reading that, but I find that it was worth it. The first thing I did was maxing out my M2 Dictator's health. While 220 health was already quite good, I MUed it up to 278.2 health points. This is more than a lightly-upgraded M3 Viking. This allows my Dictator to absorb massive amounts of damage; I can take a full charge from a M2 Firebird and still survive for a while. Against M2 Vikings, this almost isn't fair. I also partially upgraded the speed to 7.35 mph. Overall, very worth it (a 9.5/10), but I recommend that you do this ONLY if you have more crystals than you can use. Otherwise, just upgrade your M2 Dictator's health a few steps to keep up with M2 Vikings. The second thing I did was to micro-upgrade my Sandstone paint. The Thunder protection went from 14% to 20%, the Railgun protection from 20% to 25%, and the Shaft protection from 15% to 20%. I think we can all agree this is some pretty good protection by M2 standards. At this point, the only other paints I use are Tundra (for camouflage when sniping), Dirty (for non-camouflage sniping) and Desert (for Ricochet protection). 9/10. Finally, I put a few micro-upgrades onto my M2 Ricochet. Mostly into the damage, since I'd have to micro-upgrade the reloading time a lot to notice a difference. It helps. 8.5/10. Again, I emphasize that you should only micro-upgrade your equipment this much if you have more crystals than you can use. Otherwise, you're wasting your crystals. This is the first new section since I've published the guide. I continued playing with my Christmas equipment for the rest of January and well into mid-February. On February 21st, there was a 25% sale on all items in the garage due to the Iron Days event. I decided to purchase M2 Vulcan, M2 Hunter, and M2 Thunder. M2 Vulcan was the first thing I bought. I really enjoyed playing with Vulcan on the test server, so I wanted to have it on the main servers as well. I originally wanted Digital, but I swapped it out for this. It appears to have been the right choice- I already have plenty of Railgun protection, and a new turret would be really fun to play with. M2 Vulcan is very effective in the right hands- I'd already gotten used to its handling on the test server, so using it in combat was a piece of cake. I put it to the test in an Alexandrovich CTF, and I did exceptionally well with it. It certainly outguns M0 and M1 Vulcan, which are more common but underpowered at my rank. Overall, a 9/10. M2 Hunter was the second thing I bought. It's rather uncommon on the battlefield, compared to the volumes of M2 Hornets and M2 Vikings out there, but it's really an excellent hull- it handles very well, has good health, and looks very cool. It's not quite as powerful as M1 Hunter is compared to the other M1s, but it's well balanced and capable of taking on the other M2s. A good pair with just about everything I own. I plan on micro-upgrading the health a few steps during the next micro-upgrade sale. A 9.5/10. M2 Thunder was my last purchase on the sale. It's capable of destroying M2 Hornets in 3 shots, while M1 Hornets and Wasps will typically fall after 2. Thunder's quite powerful, but the damage per second isn't the best among the medium turrets. I purchased it for its long range capabilities and splash damage- especially useful when fighting on larger maps or Polygon CPs. I find the damage to be be slightly underwhelming against M2 Vikings and Dictators, but overall it's still a good purchase. A few micro-upgrades on the damage should solve that problem. 9/10. The Future! Now we've reached the end of what I've purchased so far. I'm looking forwards to obtaining more M2s in the future. After all, it's nice to have a lot of options to play around with. At Major, I will most likely be purchasing only M2 Shaft. It's a huge improvement over the already-impressive M1 Shaft. In addition to destroying M2 light hulls with ease, it can destroy anything weaker than a M1 Hunter in a single hit. The micro-upgrades are pretty good as well (a few of them will let you destroy M3 Mammoths with a DP). Need I explain more? At Colonel, I will try to get M2 Smoky. It's widely considered to be the best M2 available for a good reason. It fires very quickly, deals a lot of damage on critical hits, has unusually high impact force, and has infinite ammunition so you won't be caught empty-handed like you would with M2 Ricochet. I might get M2 Wasp as well, but it's not that vital since M3 Hornet unlocks just 2 ranks later. Regardless, I'll do my best to get it since M2 Wasp owners almost unanimously praise it. That's about it for this garage analysis. I hope you found this article informative and interesting. If you have any comments, post them below. Thanks for reading!

OK, I went to Tribute and found a URL. The issue is it seems to be broken; I tried different variations of it, and none of them worked. Any ideas?

It wasn't in the test server during open testing. No pictures are available, sorry.

The "Ask the Community!" series is something like that.

Probably my 5th favorite hull. Dictator, Hunter, Wasp, and Titan are my top 4 (in no particular order just FYI). The bottom three are (in order of highest regard to lowest) Hornet, Viking, and Mammoth.

Doesn't look ugly to me. Especially at M3, where I think it looks the best out of all the M3 hulls. Viking is more popular because: At M0: M0 Viking has better stats than M0 Dictator. More health, more speed. At M1: Viking unlocks at WO1 instead of WO3. It's about 10K crystals cheaper. At M2: There are a lot of people who have bought the Hull Kit or M2 Medium Kit in the past, so there's a lot of M2 Vikings. In addition, without micro-upgrades, M2 Viking is generally considered better than M2 Dictator (although a fully MUed M2 Dictator is more than a match for a M2 or M3 Viking). At M3: Viking unlocks a lot earlier than Dictator does (Lieutenant General instead of Generalissimo) and it's cheaper. A lot of people don't want to wait until Gismo to get Dictator, so they go with Viking instead.

Pretty sure it's Wasp. This is more difficult than the previous one for Tanki's birthday, it seems.

...and I can't believe I forgot to do this: Happy New Year to everyone here! May 2015 be an excellent year!