They are both better than each other.

Apart from this silly update, you are not supposed to capture anything when there is no opposition. That way you don't end the game in 4 minutes.

As @Hammerdude1 said, this is not the right time to get another medium hull. However, I do not like your option 1. I think you are better off getting either Smoky or Isida and using whatever is left for upgrades.

I take it that you can't afford a PRO pass, or you just can't afford to play with "pros"? :P

There is no comparison. One has protection against 2 turrets (the other 2 is a joke), and the other has protection from 3 turrets (the other one is a joke). You need to upgrade Freeze protection in Rock though to make it substantial. Rock can stay with you forever and remain usable. Urban you will have to dispose of later because it becomes ineffective.

Get the Shaft if you love it. Otherwise, don't get anything. Start thinking about M3.

Never leave anything clean, but don't go crazy either.

Crab! After I typed the reply and clicked post, it did nothing, and there was no quote or post buttons. I am not rewriting it all. There is no such thing as lots of crystals for a Gizmo. If you have Hunter or Viking, don't get Dictator If you have Mammoth, don't get Titan. Otherwise, get the Dictator and which you prefer of the Hammer and Fire. I prefer Fire myself, but Hammer has a big fan base. I have Hammer M2 and Fire M3.

For the Vulcan, you are right, because you can't shoot and hide. For the Shaft, it is different styles. Some would use it like a rail gun.

I once got 40 crystals per minute on the losing side of CP. I once got 170 crystals for playing less than 2 minutes on the winning side. Naturally, both happen rarely.

You give them a lot of credit.

That is a lot more complicated than the cap update. I can't seeing being able to roll it in without destroying CP completely for a few weeks. They are just too overconfident, to give them the benefit of the doubt. This situation hopefully improves with experience.

I do not care much about the gold box thing. Actually, I am happy when the notification comes and the battle ends immediately. Though, it is actually worse if you do the math. If you can't do the math, I've done it for you a few pages ago. It is about 4 times worse now. Actually, what is disturbing is that after the perfunctory tweak, they quit doing anything although they are aware of all the issues we reported. I do not know how SK has the gall to appear in the V-Log after this blatant disdain (mutual mind you) with his customer base.

Don't worry about the size of this thread. The devs, CMs, etc. read it all. They just have more important things to work on: their egos. Put yourself in their shoes. You roll out the most amazing update in the history of computer games, and everybody hates you, bashes you, criticizes you, tells you hot to fix things, etc. What would you do? Would you fix it or try to defend it although it has more holes than it has substance? It takes big round things for someone to pull out a miserable update. Not everybody got those.

Not all.

You need 45 hours to do the remaining upgrades without speedups. Don't use the speedups unless you have to. Say you need to go to bed, but something finishes upgrade in two hours (and you don't want to wake up in two hours :)), you can do the speedup so you can start the next step.

It depends on what you intend to do with it and how much fun you find each.

Can you clarify? I don't understand what you plan to do. When we say upgrade, we mean using micro-upgrades. Is that what you are talking about? Or do you mean buying M2?

Upgrade it all the way if there is a 50% upgrade sale for at least 48 hours and you are interested in Hammer M2, so you can get the 30% discount on Hammer M2. If not, you have already upgraded it too much.

If you don't materialize until after you start moving, it does not matter if there is a mine.

You should start buying M2. If you can't afford it, you have to upgrade your M1 halfway.

I agree. I had the same idea a few days ago but I did not express it. You should be able to have a setting/preference to spawn where. Everybody else would have it so it is fair. You should be able to pick random, near base, near enemy base, in the center of the map, etc.

Somewhere else, I suggested that a tank should not materialize until 5 (or 3) seconds of moving. That means if you stay in your place not moving anything for three minutes, your tank should not materialize. That is to avoid spawn killing. That being the mother of all suggestions should have this suggestion added. :) I will do that right now.

You should think about buying M2--on the sale. Only buy M1 Hornet if you plan on getting M2. If you buy it, you need to upgrade it because you are at the end of M1 ranks.

You should get a lighter hull and a short range turret. Get one cheap paint and upgrade it a little. Most of the paints are useful only against one turret with ridiculous protections against one or two other turrets but a lot more expensive until you get to very high ranks. So pick one turret that kills you most or is most dangerous to you/harder for you to deal with and buy a cheap paint for it with protection 20+% at least. Upgrade it halfway. It will still be a lot cheaper than other "equivalent" paints. You have a good chunk of crystals. Don't waste it buying junk. You can use it later.