What do you mean by "suspicious errors" in my posts? It is a friend's account. I can't post in forums under my own account because it was hacked... I can't sign into tanki to play under that account, and I can't sign into forums with it. English is my first language. Under FAQs I found a list of 9 items to include in a hacking report.... that's the info I answered and submitted. If your account has been stolenYour nickname. Have you spent real money on the game? If yes, please specify the date of payment and the payment method (if via SMS, include your phone number). Are you someone's referral? (Referrals are players that you invite into the game.) If yes, please specify the nickname of your referrer (the person who invited you to the game). Which email address was linked to your account after registration? Which serious bans or penalties are on your account? When was the last time you entered the game (date)? Where do you play the game from (country, region, city, IP-address )? What is the last hull purchased on your account? What is the last turret purchased on your account?

Tried reporting the incident again today three times. Kept getting an automated response: Delivery to the following recipients was aborted after 1 second(s): * help@tankionline.com So I resubmitted from a different email address. Quickly got an automated reply with an incident number and a promise to reply within 12 hours... Just maybe things will get straightened out.

Thanks for the advice... Still waiting. No reply yet. Checked my SPAM folder. Sent a re-submits the first few days, mostly adding information, but haven't sent anything in the last week. I'll ley you know when I hear something and how it gets resolved. I almost suspect an insider, since my account was hacked within minutes of me making a crystal purchase.

Been waiting 9 days now. Still no response. Is there another way to contact someone?

My friend's account was hacked 3 days ago. He reported it immediately and has sent several more foollow-up emails, but has not gotten a reply from Tankionline. How long should it take for a response from Tanki?

I received an invite to the test server today and played for several hours. I never had to manually enter a special invite code... I just logged in normally and was directed to the test server. I had a great time. Now, I've logged out and can't get back to the test server:(. How do I get back in? cooper2005101

I hope the developers address this issue soon. Even if they say they won't change it back. At least then I'll know not to bother checking in here any more. For me the game has been compromised enough that I won't bother playing anymore since I was primarily a shaft-user/sniper. Maybe it's time for me to try World of Tanks.

Wrong! Snipers can stay hidden and in sniping mode as long as they want... If they play as a team and know their role and their team mates' role it's a fine approach. Of course, in some games they risk being snuck up on by good opponents. That's the risk they take. As others have said... in CTF a shafter's role is to snipe and kill, not chase gold boxes and flags. This makes that not only difficult, but is not accurate gameplay. It doesn't make sense tactically to hide but have a laser announcing your location. Also, it's unrealistic a real laser sight is not seen except as a dot on it's target (except in fog or smoke).

If you wanted to make an improvement to the old shaft, how about a way to get out of sniper mode without firing?

I've noticed most of the negative posts about the laser shaft explain why it's a bad idea, e.g. that snipers are supposed to be stealth, that the shake was realistic, that the trade -off of a one-shot kill and long range countered the slow reload etc. A lot of the posts that like the change just say great change, or I haven't tried it yet, but it sounds great. Stupid! Please fix this soon. I don't see myself playing anymore otherwise.

Very well stated. Agree 100%