This is an excellent change, the first one I can recall that improves the game, as opposed to being simply a change to which one must adapt. Just a note: I gave up chasing Gold Boxes very early in my career when my analysis indicated that it cost much more than 1000 ¢ry in supplies (on the average) to get each one. Now that we have smart cooldowns, this may not be so, but the large number of XP I get from firing a Thunderer into the scrum under a descending box has kept me from testing this. ;)

The new predictable drops are very enjoyable, because I can now also predict where a target will be sitting when I drive out of cover, i.e. right on a crystal drop marker. I capture fewer crystals than I did before, but I was never bashful about paying cash for them even then, and my experience point totals are higher now.

My prepaid card has been rejected. "We regret we cannot process this transaction. The website is not accepting paysafecard PINs obtained in the US. For more information contact the website..."

Right now, it looks like this to me: Old supply system made my tank about 3x effective. New supply system multiplies effectiveness by 1.2, maybe up to 1.5 after I practice a lot. Conclusion - use supplies if you have them, but buying them is now a waste. "Smart Cooldowns" aggravate the problem of all the members of a smaller force quitting, because now there is even less chance of being able to fight out. In CTF games I now leave if the enemy outnumber my side by three, if I notice the odds. Normally, those odds are brought to my attention by the fact that I cannot live long enough to activate a second supply.

It is called "killer instinct", the desire to crush an opponent utterly and stomp on him when he is down. It is highly prized in most team sports. I don't have it either.

Had to play it before I saw the obvious;"dynamic gameplay" means that supplies are now of even more use to an attacker than a defender. An attacker can time things so that all his supplies are active when he charges in, but a defender can only pick one when the enemy appears.

What worries me is my expectation that this will cause a large drop in real money income for TO, and afterwards that they will do something that I really don't like to make up the loss.

I would say everyone who doesn't have supplies loves it. In the battles now, everybody who has them is using them as fast as possible. It looks like they have taped down their 1/2/3/4/5 buttons.

Thank you, Tanki. It is a long time between sales that I can actually participate in.

Doesn't help. I have been waiting here with a PaySafeCard for weeks, but I have too many problems with Paypal.

Thanks, that was my question, too. I did not remember that payout was on the 26th. Tanki probably should not have deleted the offer.

Yes, that is why I created one. Before that I watched four or five PRO battles at my level with at least six players each, waiting for a space to appear. When spaces did very rarely become available, I was too slow to get in, and the forums are jammed with people whining that "druggers are ruining the game!!!!!". The gift PRO Pass is only good for one day, and I was sure that somebody would join. This was before I realized that the complainers simply have no Crystals, and if they ever get some they will drug like the rest of us do when we can.

Interesting. The buyers, then, do not buy supplies? And about that "nearly everyone got 100s of drugs for free recently". Why didn't I get any, or even hear about that? As I remarked in my post above (#606), I am frustrated by the three or four times a week that my daily gift does not include either supplies or Crystals, but instead a "Double Crystals Card" or some other pass. The first time I got a "PRO Battle Pass", I went through all 50 servers without finding a Pro Battle at my level that wasn't completely full. That took over an hour. I then created a Pro Battle myself, and sat there alone for two hours, though a single opponent did show up for about ten minutes. In a longer gaming day than usual, I made about 40 experience points and, IIRC, seven Crystals.

Right now, the druggers are paying for your game. Are you offering to pay a monthly fee for a separate set of "Pro Battle" servers?

What makes me mad? 1) The fact that I cannot learn to use a Railgun. Any other weapon is a better choice. 2) LAG! If I play at home, I get a very low frame rate and a very high ping. At some times it is just completely impossible to play. When I am able to get on a computer at the public library, the system is much faster and I can kill much more efficiently. 3) The "Double Crystals Card" as a daily gift, three times a week. I am happy to buy supplies and drug like mad, and cannot keep up with my opponents upgrades without spending real money for Crystals, but "Double Crystals" is so much inferior to the "Half Price Crystals" offers that I will never use it. Will Tanki stop giving me this useless "gift" if I use it once to buy something?

2 x Battle Funds is twice nothing. In a CTF, I am the leading scorer, but since the other side outnumbers us 8 - 3 or more as the game goes on, they capture all the flags and get all the crystals.

Too bad. The only things I want (or can afford right now) are the micro-upgrades that are not included.

Fire extinguisher?