At least near my rank, most players are practically braindead to conceive what true warfare looks like, as I mentioned before they refuse to reposition even after being exposed, they barely ever alter their tactics if they worked at least once, and they absolutely never move from their campspot until they are literraly forced away by rushing enemies, or killed off one too many times to realize the time has finally come to leave that campspot and get another one. Flag flooders are even worse, practically laying idle until somebody yanks their flag, as if they were all asleep and somebody suddenly shoved a lightning bolt down their exaust pipe to jumpstart them as soon as the flag warning siren came on... Since I'm a freebie player, I would definitely refuse to suggest the Mortar as a supply, but that's not the only reason. If it is turned into a supply, players could abuse it easier, especially team players who can all decide to fire one off at the same time and practically turn an entire section of the map into an instant deathzone, literally scorched earth where even the grass dies off. The Mortar is all about hitting your enemy with precision and tactic, not about blindfolded carpet-bombing. That's the main reason why the reload time and the impact area are the most vital stats of the Mortar, but like I said, they cannot be discussed until the matter is taken seriously and someone actually decides to start including this weapon into our arsenal. PS EDIT: Yes, this might turn a player into a one-shot superweapon, but considering it practically leaves you wide open to most casual strategies, I would reckon it's a fair trade-off... and unlike any other Turret in Tanki Online, having more than one or two of them in a team is actually a handicap, not a benefit...

I'm going to post this because I have no idea where else to. I just downloaded everything that is needed to start creating maps for Tanki Online, but the main problem I'm running into is finding the damned location of the damned Adobe AIR file. Yes, you heard me right, I cannot find the file on my computer, no matter how many times I search for it, the only thing that pops up in all searches is the AdobeAIRInstaller.exe and when I try running it, it just says that it's already installed on my system and nothing more. The Tankwiki site claims that there was supposed to be a desktop icon added after the initial installation, but no matter how many times I install and uninstall the damn thing via CCleaner and Add&Remove Programs from Control Panel, the damn thing won't show itself. I've been tinkering with options on how to find the freakin thing for almost an entire hour, I tried every single search method I can think of short of disassembling my computer and pulling to hard drive out so I can use the damn magnifying glass to look for it myself, with my own eyes. I'm utterly frustrated because I was in the mood today to try making some maps, and now all I can think of is that cursed AdobeAIR sitting in some hidden corner of my computer mocking me... === Edit, fixing countless typos due to my angry rant getting out of control...

Since it's the calendar rule that February 29th is the day that comes after February 28th, when it's not the leap year, people born on that date officially have their birthday on March 1st. But for those who just want to celebrate it, February 28th is also legit... PS: BUMP BUMP, when is the first post going to be re-edited??

The thing about the Mortar is that it's intended for stationary targets, those include extensive Shaft campers and defense flooders, you know, the ones who just sit next to the flag, and whenever somebody grabs it, they rush out of cover and gang up on the enemy. Considering the priming time, and the time it takes for the projectile to land, it's next to impossible to predict where the moving enemy would be to effectively kill him, especially when he is rushing ahead... Besides, the Mortar would be best suited to brake apart those stalemates when both teams have taken the enemy flag and are now just sitting around in their bases waiting for someone else to return their own flag so they can score. I've seen countless battles suddenly crawl to a halt when that happens, barely anybody moves out of the base because capturing the enemy flag is a much higher priority than returning your own... === Edit, added spoiler tag

The cold and sad fact is that most people, especially teens, run around the Internet insulting and bashing as much people as they get around to, because in their real lives they are being inferior in multiple ways, so this is their only way to feed that precious ego of theirs... You can't change the Internet, you just have to deal with it and ignore them... Don't feed the trolls, otherwise they will stick around like vulchers pecking away at your nerves until you finally crack... The sad truth is, that most people roaming the Internet have NO IDEA what does the term N00B actually mean... So here it is... [Deleted]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=computer+crashes+when+I+close+my+browser Options 1,3 and 4 seem detailed to try out. PS: Unless you are sharing your computer with somebody, why logging out?

First of all, we know people have multiple accounts because they openly discuss it during the battle through team chat, sometimes even global chat, you just have to read between the lines, and sometimes they are so literal you could use their chatter as clear evidence. Damnit now I really wish I took that screenshot yesterday when two of my countrymen discussed it in our language on global so literally I just had to cut in on the banter and confuse the hell of them. One of them even mentioned half a dozen cracked accounts with higher lever gears, even a couple of passwords. The other one didn't even know how to change the password on one of those accounts but his rank was way above mine, so that pretty much says it all... n00b players with cracked accounts exchanging illegal intel like candy on broad daylight... Second, I will be honest, when I started playing, I actually gave some thought about using a shortcut and multiplying my crystal count, fortunately I stopped myself before I crossed the line, but not before I did some research regarding the subject. As a matter of fact, there are more than a dozen of different cheat engines and sites specialized in providing unlimited crystals in Tanki Online, all you need to do is Google it. At first I treated the game as a joke and thought about using them eventually, but when I started playing, it kinda grew on me so now I'm really glad I'm going legit :)

Well, I love animals but I sure don't have a problem eating them, so no... animal lovers are not necessarily vegetarians. Tree huggers are... well... something totally unrelated to this subject, so you definitely can't put them in the same category just based on the fact that they love nature...

As a fast-paced Isida tanker, It took me quite a while to find the keyboard configuration that works for me, so I ended up with a comboed config that looks something like this: Directional controls: left hand A - Left ring finger to turn left D - left point finger to turn right W,S - middle finger to go front or back Turret controls: < - right point finger to turn turret left > - right middle finger to turn turret right Fire control: SPACE - left thumb finger always leaning on it, pressing it down when needed. Camera control: Q,E although I rarely touch the camera, sofar it hasn't benefited me much to experiment with it. With this configuration, and an Isida+Hornet tank, I can drive, slide, turn the turret and fire all at the same time, and that's one hell of an Isida to work against. Add the speed booster and I can slide circles around you while actively draining, so have fun keeping up with a slower turret...

Doesn't matter what kind of game it is, my enemies are always the cheaters, you could say that I hate them with a passion and it brings me utter joy to bash them every time I get the chance to... In case of Tanki Online, my definition of cheaters applies to druggers and saboteurs sofar, the list will probably extend the deeper I delve into the game... Bottom line, don't cheat and you'll be fine, otherwise you will be having me breathing down your neck sooner or later...

I'm not much into superheroes so I don't have anything to add here, except a comment: I have a strange feeling that Deadpool will be dropping by soon enough to bash this topic far and wide...

TotalHellion.... Damn that sounds menacing...

The excitement is probably diminished compared to whatever it was because apparently the game has become a little too much of a pay-to-win game, so maybe when that's resolved newcomers like myself would be encouraged to stick around rather than give up half the way because they can do nothing but act like cannot fodder to whales. Already three days in and I'm already seeing concerning patterns repeating from other games, and that's... well... concerning... Some of us will still linger, knowing that there is a decent game buried somewhere around here, too bad we don't have the appropriate shovels yet to dig it out sooner rather than later.

Seems that way yes... Unfortunately, I think it has more to do with national mentality than the actual carnivore/vegetarian clash. Here in the Balkans, people do all sort of weird things just to stand out, being a hyped vegetarian is also one of those things, so when somebody like that walks into a restaurant, they make sure to say HARD AND LOUD SO ALMOST EVERYBODY CAN HEAR THEM that they are vegetarians when the waiter comes around to take their order... Also, whenever they order food or do anything food-related, you will notice the following pattern: "I'm buying/getting/using this and this and this, you know, because I'm a vegetarian..."

Lol at threatening, I'm just stating facts, why does everybody have to act all hostile as soon as someone clashes with their general oppinion? The point of that statement is that I knew some vegetarians who bragged about their strict no-meat diet, and then went through that circle I mentioned, just to keep on bragging afterwards like it never happened... kinda cynical... Hmm, I thought vegans are just the extreme form of vegetarians, refusing to eat whatever food is of animal origin, while vegetarians would eat animal products like milk or cheese, because animals weren't killed to make it. That in my definition is the extreme version, but thanks for the enlightment I guess, never really thought much about it until recently... PS EDIT: Still, don't trust me to become either of the two, because when I'm hungry I will eat almost any food my fridge is stocked with, because I tried the no-meat diet, and that just doesn't provide me with enough energy to get on with my work on the long run...

Oh you wouldn't believe how many people claim to be strict vegetarians, but when starvation hits hard, all of a sudden everything is justified... and when the desperation phase is all over, it is almost as if it never happened... yap.... Personally I had way too many bad experiences with extreme vegetarians (a.k.a vegans, right?) who failed to understand that everybody has the right to choose what they want to eat, how they want to eat it, and when they want to eat it. I respect your life choices, you should also respect mine, otherwise things will be messy... really messy... like the last time during my first days of college, when somebody out of nowhere decided to slap my 2 Euro's worth of mega chicken sandwich out of my hands because she was a vegan sitting next to me, then when I asked why she did it, she decided to smack me just like parents smack their juvenile brats, and she ended up with a bloody nose... Yea, we all have a dark side and mine was quite strong back in the day, fortunately I think I got it under control most of the time now... Hense the "Hellion" part of the username... I will stick to my wide pallet of flavors, you stick to your veggies if that's what you want to, and as long as you don't attempt to confiscate my fork and my kitchen knife, we can co-exist in the same universe...

Almost the same thing here, I've been playing on Miniclip for years, mostly minor time-wasters. One day I got curious after giving up on a particular tank game because I got sick and tired of being cannon fodder to premium artillery experts, and because I couldn't do anything to help my team other than reveal the enemy that shot me dead, so I clicked on that Miniclip icon and it brought me here... ... the rest is history, brief and only now in the making...

I already mentioned how other games deal with this, so why not follow that example? There has to be some form of user recognition, and some advanced options to see the details from which IP's the accounts are being accessed, comparing them and checking those that stand out by being too similar. If there isn't a logging system implemented already, there really should be one, for tracking player activities and recording irregularities. Having a game without player logs is downright irresponcible, you have to keep track of your community in order to find and remove the rogue element. Before we delve into the details, maybe an admin or a mod versed in this issue could explain to us what kind of system Tanki Online has to deal with cheaters, because in my book, using multi's is cheating...

I was born on the 12th of September, 1987. I was born at 5:30h, which makes my birthsign a Virgo, and my subsign also a Virgo.

I just barely adressed this topic while talking about something else on this forum, but I feel it needs to be adressed seriously. Rather than composing the same responce I will just quote myself right here and then discuss it if someone is willing to lend a helping hand in solving it. === Edit, accidentaly quoted the entire post, edited to remove the surplus, you can read the entire post by hitting that forwarding arrow in the top right corner of the quote.

Nailed the responce through and through, 10 out of 10 :) Yes, the main issue is with the service providers, even when playing other games I sometimes get disconnected the same way as I do in Tanki Online. Having a wireless or wired connection doesn't help, the main obstacle is the router, and you just have to put up with it like I do, because even though I changed my router TWICE, I'm still experiencing the same problem and have to reset my router several times during the day when I'm on a gaming marathon... Damn this 3rd world country, can't get a stable connection with more than 1Mbps for more than an hour without it breaking, and it doesn't help that I have the "high value packet"... X__X PS EDIT: If it's not the router, than the problem is somewhere further down the line, probably somewhere on the local switchboard (yea I had to use Google Translate to actually find the term for it), in which case you definitely can't do anything about it other than to relocate. This issue is mostly present with gamers from rural areas, like myself, where the Internet coverage is heavily dependant on the phone lines and recently spread DSL cables, which are more or less dated depending on maintanance... That's why I love being in my city flat, nearly flawless connection all day and all night long...

I'm posting here because I need some advice from somebody who understands the Isida Turret and has more experience with it. I'm a strict Isida tanker, meaning I strictly specialize in using Isida with the Hornet hull and barely ever use any other configuration. I just reached the rank required to upgrade my Isida to M1, so now the only thing left for me to do is to gather the crystals needed for it. I don't purchase crystals, and I probably never will, so my question obviously is: What is the most crystal efficient way to get my Isida Turret and my Hornet Hull from M0 up to M3? Is it cheaper to wait until I gather the resources and instantly upgrade it one step at a time, or should I invest in partial upgrades and get the supposed "discount" on the final upgrade? I'm guessing the instant option works better, but I honestly don't know, since it's my first time reaching the first upgrade point in the game... Thanks in advance to anyone willing to help me out :)

Responce to PowerStrike1.1, one red line at a time. But before I start, thanks for the responce so we can start working out the details :) 1.) It's rather impossible to precisely line down your rail on a large map, because you don't have a scope, and due to the hit detection that sweetspot on such a distance is just over a pixel wide. Still, for those who can use the Rail on such maps and actually compete with Shafters, great respect for their skill, because I sure can't do that... 2.) No, I'm talking about players who CONSTANTLY rely on Shaft, even on Cross and other smaller maps, they still use it relentlessly. To add insult to injury, it gets even worse with druggers, because a drugger Shaft can pretty much one-shot anything when fully charged... 3.) No, when you enter the targeting mode, you get a simplified blueprint of the map you are playing, no player positions, no flags, no control points, no nothing, just a raw map drawing with your cursor as the target indicator. At no point will you be seing anything else on the blueprint other than your indicator. If you can understand the composition of the map, you can figure out your current position, and probably the enemy positions... EDIT: When you enter targeting mode, you might be seeing something like this, but without all the symbols on it, just a barren blueprint of the map, but even more simplified than this picture here, because it should be strictly two-dimensional: 4.) No, as said in line 3, all you see is the blueprint, but if you are smart, you can figure out on which spots the enemy ussualy camps, so you just target those areas blind, or wait for a teammate to tell you where they are roughly, so you can make an educated guess... 5.) I honestly don't know about the reload, those numbers were just on top of my mind. 15 seconds might seem reasonable, 5 seconds to prime and 10 seconds to charge, but 30 sounds a bit too much. You must take the impact area into affect, the larger the map, the lesser the chance of hitting. Maybe if the impact area increases, maybe 30 seconds sounds reasonable. Or it is to be more powerful, like a localized air-stike / carpet bombing, then the reload definitely has to be longer. Maybe including an option where the size of the impact area depends on how long the Mortar has been laying idle, I honestly don't know, it's way too soon to speculate about it, more feedback is required, especially from the devs and mods who understand the mechanics required to implement such an idea better than us... === Edit, added the first overhead picture I could find...

Recently I've been having a lot of problems with campers, especially on maps that are pretty much designed to be played using Shaft and nothing else, the endless "sniper-a-thon" as I mentioned somewhere earlier. Earlier on this post somebody suggested a Cannon Turret, which would be the first Tanki Online Turret that fires in an arch instead of a straight line, and oddly enough, I had a similar idea. Maybe implementing an ARTILLERY / MORTAR Turret would help us break these Shaft addicts from streaming out battles into a single tight lane. It would be strictly a long range weapon and you could fire it only when standing outside, meaning you can't use it from within buildings, obviously. It would deal serious damage, but would be also very difficult to use, it would require precision and an efficincy, and a helpful and co-operative team. Forgive me for not providing a design picture for this idea, I haven't been in the mood to draw it, not to mention that my drawing skills are practically ZERO, even with MS Paint. How would the aiming work? Well, first you have to hit the fire button and you get an overhead blueprint of the battlefield. Then you decide where you want to deliver the hit, navigate your aim on the blueprint using your movement commands, hit the fire button again and your Mortar will use energy the same way Isida does to prime up the charge for 5 seconds, then fire. After the shot, you need to wait 5 more seconds for the Mortar to reload (energy to recharge) so you can try to fire again. When fired, the projectile would launch from the turret, but if you are within a building, it will hit the ceiling and make you look like an *****. But in the open, the projectile would launch like a rocket way above anybodies line of sight, and after 5-10 seconds it would impact the intended area, depending how far the target area is from the launch point. Those close to the area will have a small window of opportunity to get away, because they will hear that recognizable whistling sound that's louder the closer they are to the impact zone. PROS: - Allows the player to target ANY area of the map without leaving cover, perfect for targeting predictable camping spots and preventing campers from sitting too long on their favorite spot without providing them any chance whatsoever to stop you from doing so. - It's a non-upgradeable Turret, because it one-shots EVERYTHING it hits, doesn't matter if you have an M0 Wasp or an M3 Mammoth. - Because the time between visualising the impact area and actually hitting that intended area is 10 seconds minimum, the Mortar is useless to campers. CONS: - Because of it's sheer power, it would be limited to high ranks, so it wouldn't be present in low ranked battles. - Because it uses a map blueprint for firing, the Mortar cannot be used to fire down a line of sight, so basically Mortar is defenceless and has to be protected by friendly tanks. If you see somebody coming your way, the best thing you can do is run like a sissy if you don't have anybody to hide behind. - Because it uses movement controls to target on the blueprint, the Mortar cannot move while aiming. Also, while aiming, the Mortar is practically blind to everything around him, and can be killed off without notice. - 5 seconds priming and 5 seconds recharging means the minimum time between shots is 10 seconds, which is too long for repeated fire. If you are firing blind, it is most likely you are wasting your shots. To maximize your effect, you need to have eyes and ears outside your line of sight, meaning your teammates have to tell you where to hit for you to make a certain kill. - The impact zone would be large enough to kill three tanks, but only if they would be parked next to each-other conveniently. Considering how large some maps are, that's a pretty small impact area. - Since it fires from above, the Mortar is unable to attack within buildings, meaning as long as you are indoors, you don't have to worry about the Mortar. - After firing, the projectile would be launched sky-high and leave a trail of black smoke in it's wake, that way you are basically showing EVERYBODY your location.

I haven't really thought about it, but since I'm an Isida tanker, several cliche names come to mind. "Banshee", as in "makes you wanna scream when I start to drain". "Bloodrayne" as in "I'm here to suck your blood/health and I'm looking good." EDIT: No, scratch that, "Leeroy" is definitely the one, as in "LEEEEEROOOY JENKINS!!"