This isn't a clan.

I was referring to Wasps' fragility, mostly. Thunder's self damage makes Thunder-Wasp a really bad choice for very close range combat.

I've never seen a M2/M3 Titan in my Tanki career before. I've seen a few M2 Wasps/Dictators/Hunters though.

Congrats on ranking, Chameleos! Wasp-Thunder is fun to use, but unfortunately it's quite fragile. It's often quite hard to run away without taking fire.

Ah well, everyone has their own tastes. I think we can both agree that Dictator looks great with Thunder; I almost feel as if they were meant for each other. Speaking of M3s, I think that M3 Titan (with certain paints), M3 Hornet, and M3 Hunter also look great. Wasp and Viking look OK, but not particularly good to me. M3 Mammoth is bleugh. I never liked the look of Mammoth anyway.

Mmmm, that combo looks great. I feel like Reporter paint looks better on it, though. The lines of text add more detail, while the shade of white is a little bit softer. The moment I saw this picture, I thought to myself, "I'm definitely getting M3 Dictator".

10% Shaft protection does not do much. 26% on Dirty is both noticeable and useful. If I put it on my M1 Dictator, I have about 236.25 points of health against Shafts; that's enough to withstand M3 Shaft.

The paint sale is coming soon, so I think I'm getting Dirty. It's great for general purpose Shaft protection. I'm going to need to wait until Lieutenant Colonel to get a paint with more Shaft protection that Dirty. I'm still going to be using Lead for camping, though; it blends in really well with grassy backgrounds, and the good (20% protection) helps in case someone discovers you.

M3 Dictator is the best looking hull, tied with M3 Hunter. It looks really, really cool with Reporter paint, for some reason. maybe I'll get to try that combo some day

Thunder is a great choice, but you might want to consider getting an alternate mid-range weapon in case there are a lot of players with Thunder paints around. Then again, you do have Shaft.

Don't let yourself get cornered. Shouldn't be that hard if you know the map.

Wasp-Fire battles must be interesting. I should attend a few at some point. Anyway, you rank really quickly compared to me. I'm not even 1/6th the way through 3rd Lieutenant, although to be fair I haven't had much time for playing recently.

This would not be a bad idea. Currently, only the more "official" parkour groups get paints (TOT and its German counterpart); having one for accomplished parkourists has no downsides that I can think of for now.

You should be able to get enough crystals to get both M2 Titan and M2 Wasp by Colonel if you save up or buy crystals. Also, Dictator is technically a medium hull (some parts of the wiki call it a heavy hull, but it isn't). It's on the heavy end of the medium hull spectrum, so it can sustain more damage than Hunter and Viking but is slower.

I'm guessing that you have the M1 Heavy Tank kit. Anyway, M1 and M2 Dictator are good, but M2 Dictator is outclassed by M2 Viking, and it won't last until M3 Dictator unless you micro upgrade it a lot. It's a good tank, don't get me wrong, but it gets obsolete quicker than the later M2s. I still highly recommended M1 Dictator.

There used to be an old kit with M3 Dictator, M3 Railgun, Taiga, and some other paints. He probably got it from there.

That's why you don't let them get close to you.

MadDog21 is DEFINITELY not trom.

Nice! When I get to a high rank, I'll probably get M3 Hornet so I can play XP battles. It's pretty good in terms of stats, and best of all, it looks really cool. XP Battles are fun to play (on the test server, I've played a few), but I'm in need of equipment, so I don't want to pay 5000 crystals for a Pro Battle Pass.

I also find that Viking-Isida users are easy to blow up with mines. A lot of people who use that combo chase their targets endlessly, so plant a well-timed mine, and they'll often die. Viking's low-ish turning speed and wide profile make it harder to avoid mines too.

I've never actually seen anyone use Winter paint before. Maybe I don't play enough battles with Majors and up to see it. Or I've been in a battle with somebody using Winter and I just didn't notice them thanks to its excellent camouflage. :P

Titan doesn't look bad at all. Sure, it might look a bit ugly with certain paints, but in general it looks fine.

Viking-Isida is really scary if you're in its range. If you can stay out of reach, it's not scary at all, perhaps even hilarious as you watch them futilely try to get close to you.

You get extra score and XP for sniping flag carriers, so on maps like Stadium, you can still get a good amount of crystals.

Don't MU your M0 equipment under any circumstances. It is a waste of crystals, since you'll unlock M1 equipment very soon. M1s and M2s are fine to micro-upgrade a little bit, but once you get M3s, you can micro-upgrade as much as you want.