Yeah, this is a good idea. Sometime we wear a paint not only because of the protection but also the look of it. My default paint is Storm because there are many Firebirds running around plus I like the colou of it. 99% of the time I enter a battle with it until I feel I need another paint. BTW do you guys realise that there are full of Twins running around in these days? I would say, in average, 70%+ of the tanks are Twins. I mostly play Rio, Polygon, Highland, Industrial Zone, Iran, Barda, Cologne and Future recently. One time in an 8 vs 8 Polygon CP, I was the only non-Twins.

I agree that the premium paint doesn't look good: Mac & Cheese ! Would the devs change it to, or provide one more version, that looks... how to say it ... okay ..... looks cool ... or....say....macho. I am not sure should we buy paints or not at this moment. Although we have no idea what will be changed in the paints, we can see almost every change in the past year sucks our crystals/money. May be we should buy some paints we really need when we can afford before the change. I am afraid that after the (drastically ?) change of paints in the future, the paints will be very expensive like the new MU. Even not that easy to acquire: we may not buy the cheaper paints available for lower ranks when we are at the higher ranks, like the turrets and hulls. I can predict that the new paints, overall, won't be cheaper than those available at this moment.

You replied that means you care.

Yes, you are right. These gifts are useless but only suck your crystals dry. If I want to thanks or encourage my friends/teammates, I would directly chat with/message him/her. I agree that if we can send crystals, even in small amount, to friends as gifts would be more meaningful and it can also help friends go thru their “financial crisis”, if any. I would like to remind players to think again before sending the gifts; they cost you crystals but give no helps to your friends.

Probably he/she is quitting the game; he/she doesn't care.

Totally agree. You pointed out that the game is downgraded and to in favour of little kids and noobs, who even don't know how to rotate turrets but pay for their super tanks. Also lags and hackers/cheaters, which I encounter in most of the battles recently, are important issues now but it doesn't seem someone would take care of them. I don't think they will wake up but only keep ruining the game. BTW this "sending gift" thing is actually a CRP = Crystals Recycling Program. That "thumb down" even makes me laugh; why I am spending crystals for someone I don't like ?

He/she means to roll back the damage and self-healing of Isida back to before the update (boosting) in mid-2015. I have been using Isida 24/7 but I agree that Isida's main role is to heal/save teammate tanks. Tanki somehow boosted the damage and self-healing that makes many Isidas tend to kill rather than heal. I saw too many times that some Isidas prefer to go after enemy tanks to kill but leave teammate tanks to die (got killed). Isida has been ruined.

Anything with drugging is OP, not only Isida.

I agree, even I am an Isida user. Isida is a supportive tank and healing is the main role. However, they boosted the damage and self healing in mid-2015 with reason unknown. I can see some Isidas refuse to heal but try to kill tanks quite often after that update.

Me2. Mainly because of how most of the players were doing. I am glad that I don't need to do daily mission with this map/mode anymore.

You are lucky man. At least you will have some crystals by completing the mission. My friend with around the same rank as you (may be 2 ranks lower) was asked to earn 1500xp in the new year map for 18 speed boots.

I understand how upset you are. You did the estimations, worked hard, took rest then came back....then...BOOM ! I believe many of us are doing the same and feeling the same. What I am going to do this holiday, and in the future, is to put more time with my family and friends, not Tanki. Tomorrow 24 Dec: X'mas eve party 25 Dec: X'mas day lunch 26 Dec: Boxing day shopping (real shopping, not at Tanki) 27 Dec: watch the new Star Wars movie 28 Dec: friends gathering 29 Dec: anything but not Tanki 30 Dec ~ 3 Jan: same as 29 Dec 4 Jan: back to school

I would like to so that I can help some buddies with financial crisis. Unfortunately, no. What we can do is to purchase gifts, write something for greeting and send them to our friends, These gifts will then be gone after a while.

Storm paint received a 30% off discount

You can go to Wiki to check the price of each paint. The discount of the paints has been annonced. You can work it out easily. How many more crystals do you need? If you need a lot, you better buy them. I don't think it is good for you to play 12 hours a day to earn crystals. I don't like to tell players to buy crystals but if you want to play the game for many hours a day, I prefer you to buy. Put more time on your homework, stay with your family and friends, go for a movie, ... there are lots of things to do out there. Don't stuck yourself in front of the monitor. Happy holiday

I believe one of the biggest issues is that Tanki keeps everything in secret. I don't think they didn't realise that lots of players are expecting 50% off in the year end sale for a couple of months. Tanki should say something like "there will be an year end sale but it won't be as much as 50% off". It is not just simply "some discount is better than nothing". Please understand that many players have made estimations how much time they need to put on the game so that then can make enough crystals to buy equipment/MU in the year-end sale. They might have been doing matches for months. Most of them are expecting a good sale like 40%~50% off everything in the garage. At the end, only a small portion of items do. These players got frustrated because all their efforts over the time just go out of the window. It looks like this is your tactic to "force" them to spend real money to top up their number of crystals for the equipment. I can tell you: no, they won't; otherwise they won't fight everyday to earn crystals. If they do buy crystals, they can just wait then pay and problem solved. What Tanki is doing just broke their heart. It is not simply how many crystals will spend, it is more about the efforts they have put into the game. I can see there are already lots of buyers who own nice tanks, paints with good MU but Tanki wants everyone to be buyer; this is as unrealistic as players are hoping for 80% off year-end sale. Tanki just never thought about this. Disclaimer: I stopped playing since the new MU system has been introduced. I never expected the year end sale would be as good as 50% off. I will only play Tanki rarely from now on, until I totally lost interest of it.

Even I neither go premium nor use visa for crystals but I agree with you.

No, they won't. They like to keep everything in secret. I have read your posts and I understand how bad you feel. Take it easy. Don't think too much on this game. It only makes you upset, even angry. I have stopped playing after they messed up the MU system. I still have some crystals in hand and I may buy one or two paints or do a few MUs in this holiday and that is. I prefer to spend more time with my friends and family. There are lots of things to do out there, right? Watch the new Star Wars, boxing day/week shoppings, do a painting, take some nice photographs, write a poem. Anyway, wish you a happy holiday.

I think (I am gussing) we will have those gifts in the "special" tabs in our garages. When we click on the item, we will be asked to input the username of the person you want to send the gift to. I don't think we need to use real money for the gifts, just the crystals we already have. I prefer they allow us to send some crystals (with a limit of course e.g. max 5000 etc., depends on the rank) to friends rather than a gift that will be gone after the event, so that we may help our friends who have "financial crisis".

Yeah. I sometimes receive 30~40% personal discount on turrets and hulls.

I believe the profile only shows the experience and crystals earned for, a maximum of, one week, starting from Monday. We cannot conclude how much he earned prior to Monday.

The holiday gold box will be 2016 crystals each. It is only double the value of those in regular time. I believe you still need to catch many of them. I have no idea how many crystals more you need to buy equipment. If you need a lot, you may consider to buy crystals or buy a week of premium account (USD 3) for doubling your battle funds.

Yes, I agree with you. The price is not the main issue; however, Tanki has a very special thought other than us.

Not really. You just don't login Tanki but gather round with your friends and family. Your x'mas will be good. This is what I am going to do for a nice holiday.

You are right. Better discount on the less popular turrets/hulls won't help much. For example, I don't use Shaft (i did try but then I realised that I don't like it), it doesn't matter how good the discount I still won't buy it. I hope you guys double-think before you buy any item. Think about do you really need them or you just want to spend some crystals, even your real money. P.S. Disappointed with the only 33% discount on MU. The MU is now costing so much for each step after the update of the MU system. 33% only helps a bit. I have a paint MUed in half way, the next step costs me more than 10000 crystals. 33% discount only makes it down to between 7~8000 and it is still very expensive. Not much help and I won't do it.