Still doesn't look like a penguin to me. Maybe my imagination isn't good enough. :P I'd think that Wasp-Freeze-Winter would be more like a penguin. Winter has black in addition to white; quite similar to a penguin. Freeze, for obvious reasons, and Wasp since, well, it's small.

wat Didn't know my username was particularly good. Also, I'm not sure if I get the Wasp-Tundra reference. It doesn't look like a penguin to me.

Trust me, I've destroyed lots of Majors and Colonels with Wasp-Shaft in Lost Temple. Nobody's called me a mult for that.

Wasp-Shaft is the best assassin you can find. It's easy to sneak into an enemy base and snipe the flag carrier if both teams have taken each other's flags. Also one of the best for camouflage.

M0 Hunter is even more so.

Not really my concern. Besides, I'll be switching over to M2 Wasp once I get to Colonel, so I'll only be a Hornet user for, what, 3-4 ranks.

I've checked the stats of both Thunder and Smoky, and I haven't noticed any difference at all. I don't think any changes have been made, so perhaps it's just you.

To everybody thinking about quitting, keep in mind that this system will be gone by next week. After that, everything will be back to what it was pre-experiment. Crystal boxes will be back. So you're saying the people who contribute to their team the most (i.e. highest score) should get the same amount of crystals as the people who don't contribute to their team at all? There would be no incentive to play hard at all, if that's what you're saying. Also, I wouldn't insult the developers for trying out something new. Would you prefer it if they implemented this system in an update without letting you try it out and give feedback first?

My feedback: Pros: When the 20, 50, 100, etc. crystal boxes were introduced, everybody was camping for them and disregarding their team. Now, those people are either contributing to their team's success or not playing, either of which is fine with me. I tend to win a lot of the matches I play in, so the extra fund is great for me. There's a lot more incentive to do well in matches, since you won't get as good of a payoff if you don't help your team out. Cons: I like picking up crystal boxes once in a while, even though almost all of my crystals come from fund. It's a small, but nice boost to your income. If your team is not good, you won't benefit from the increased fund, since you'll get less of it. The crystal boxes were a way of still being able to get some compensation for staying in a losing battle and fighting until the end. Now, there's not much incentive for staying if a battle is obviously going south for your team. I do not like the new gold box system at all. Before, getting gold boxes required some element of strategy. Now, it's mostly whoever happens to be closest to it when it falls. My suggestions: While I like this update in general, I think a lot of people like crystal boxes, and I can sympathize. I suggest putting crystal boxes back in the game, but their values should cap out at somewhere around 30. Anything more than that, and they become a distraction and a huge detriment to your team. Please make the gold boxes work as before, with the wait time. I'd also suggest taking away the marker, since that, well, makes finding the gold boxes a bit too easy. If you do decide to take away crystal boxes permanently (I can't imagine that will happen, but just in case), please make the fund distribution a bit more even so the losing team still gets some crystals. _________________________________ Anyway, that's the end of my feedback.

I'm not nearly as good with Wasp as you are, so yeah.

I don't really care how cliche Hornet is as long as it does the job well. I'd prefer M2 Wasp, but it unlocks at Colonel, and I don't want to be using M1 Wasp all the way until there, since I haven't had much luck with it in higher ranked battles.

You're paying about 24K for just a 5% increase in protection. I don't think it's worth it. Another quality of Sandstone is its good camouflage in desert maps. Corrosion really doesn't blend in anywhere, although I have to admit it looks pretty cool.

You ought to respect Hunter-Rico at least, not to mention Dictator-Rico or Wasp-Rico .-. Twins is the most similar to Ricochet, so I suppose if you want something that's familiar to you, that's the way to go.

Sandstone is in no way "dumbass". Let's look at Sandstone's base protection stats: 5% Twins protection (can be upgraded to 8%) 14% Thunder protection (can be upgraded to 21%) 20% Railgun protection (can be upgraded to 30%) 15% Shaft protection (can be upgraded to 23%) Let's look at Corrosion's base protection stats: 10% Railgun protection (can be upgraded to 15%) 15% Thunder protection (can be upgraded to 23%) 15% Shaft protection (can be upgraded to 23%) Besides 1-2% less Thunder protection (which isn't enough to notice), Sandstone is arguably superior to Corrosion, since it has far more Railgun protection. The Twins protection doesn't help much, but it still counts.

Trom is suggesting Hornet as an option! The world is ending!!! On a serious note, I'm not huge a fan of Hornet, but until I get to Colonel and get M2 Wasp, I think M2 Hornet would do fine as a light hull. I could deal with the drifting (it's not a big deal with some practice), and it pairs well with Isida and Ricochet. I suppose some health, speed, and turning speed MUs could really help out. If it gets too ugly, I could always use Sandstone or Reporter, since those two paints make anything look good.

It looks like I'm going to have a lot of excess crystals when the New Year sales come, thanks to pay and stuff. My definite purchases (M2 Dict, M2 Rico, Sandstone) are probably less than half of the total amount of crystals I'll have then. If that's the case, then I suppose I could spend some stuff on non-essentials. Would M2 Railgun be a good purchase? It's not a big improvement over M1, but it certainly does help. Plus, the purple shots look cool.

Even then, it's not the strongest. Railgun has higher recoil.

Fully MUed Sandstone > Fully MUed Corrosion As a reporter, crystals are not a problem for me, so price is not a big issue. Besides, I think Sandstone looks a lot better than Corrosion.

Not true. Railgun and Smoky both have higher impact force than Thunder. You can check the game or wiki for details.

Thunder's impact force is actually not that much when you compare it to Railgun (M3+ Rail has the highest impact force in the game) and Smoky (M0 Smoky's impact force is comparable to M2 Thunder's).

Sandstone's base protections aren't too special, but it's very versatile. I really like the MU potential; if I micro-upgrade it, I can get ~20% Shaft, Thunder, and Railgun protection, which is really useful.

I think I'm going to see a lot more Thunders today. Cedar time. Anyway, I already have M1 Thunder and M1 Shaft, so no sale purchases for me.

At high ranks, OK. I very rarely see M2 and M3 Shafts. Shafts aren't even common on the test server.

I actually like this update. It's similar to getting permanent double funds, and it's great, since I get most of my crystals from the funds. There are no more mults/saboteurs camping for crystals and neglecting their team, so that's good.

No. If anything, Shafts are in need of saving. Several people here are members of the World-Wide Shaft Preservation Foundation, dedicated to prevent the rare and exotic Shaft from going extinct. Contribute by using Hornet and not using protection paints.