Thank you! That makes sense. Generally the most aggressive component of any kit unlocks no more than 2 ranks early. Thus no M3 Viking kit can be had for less than Brigadier.

Really looking forward to those M3 kits. Not quite ranked high enough yet... Will hit Colonel in two days, probably. What rank unlock is MEDIC?

Just picked up M1 Twins on the 30% StarSeries sale. Alt account at WO4 rank. Tempted to get M2 on this account but need a better sale since I'm saving crys for M3 Viking. I am too used to playing with reload based turrets. I keep holding my fire hoping to get a better angle on my opponent, which is just stupid with Twins :/ Rico used to have this problem too until they sped up the projectile speed. Still possible to dodge both Twins and Rico shots at mid range but you need tank skills.

Switching paints is great advice. I keep Sandstone for most battles due to Rail and Thunder protection. If I drop into a Rico heavy battle I switch to Dragon. For Fire heavy battles, I use Marine but I am definitely looking for a better Firebird resistant paint. Suggestions welcome.

Yes. Damage was decreased and splash damage was increased.

Sorry to hear that. I doubt we'll get anything between now and then though.

That was fun to read. I'm Somewhat suspicious of his claims with the M2-M3 combo. I see those all the time and have no problem wiping the floor with them.... even with M1 Viking... Hornet is just not tough enough.

Damage stats were reduced in the last rebalance. Not by a lot... There's a thread about it... Somewhere in the devs forum. Splash damage was increased by a lot which means more chances to multi-kill

People call be a noob whenever I drug. I don't mind. If it's the difference between a flag capture and a death, yeah, I'll hit that 1 key.

I like the early unlock... even when I am a lamb to the slaughter. Nice to see some of those kits in action.

Tanker's day is just about a month away. Just sayin...

^ That's easy... Just send them here to the forums.

^ I don't know about OP but that smoky-Titan kit is definitely tough to kill.

What's a good mid rank paint vs Fire?

Had to give up on Thunder. Am out of damage drugs and nerfed turret is useless without them.

MU reload speed. As you get into the Colonel ranks (where I am now) Rico definitely tends to run dry at the worst moments. I'm thinking about switching to Twins for this reason.... until I can get M3 Rico. I feel like I am betraying my beloved turret by even thinking this.

You guys are probably sick of reading about my decision to wait till brigadier and skip Viking M2 in favor of a kit with M3. Good news :). The 30% sale was enough for me to buy M2 with plenty of crystals to spare. I was sick of my M1 getting trashed by drugging Colonels anyway. In other news, I am seeing more Viking and Hunter on EN2 server than at lower ranks. Most notably Hornet usage has dropped from 70% to more like 30% as tankers look for hulls that can stand up to M2 and M3 turrets on the now ubiquitous double damage. EDIT: EN2 is chock full of M3 hulls and turrets lately. I have to play EN3 in order for my M2 Viking to last longer than 10 seconds on small and medium maps.

Pre-Nerf Thunder M4 with double damage on.... The thread does say 'dream'. ;) M4 Viking with double armor and nitro. Paint that blocks 100% Firebird!!! 50% off of Rail and Thunder, 25% off Twins

Hammer. Too much like Smoky and Thunder. It's got middle child syndrome and a ridiculously low usage rate already. If you ask me (and you haven't), a couple of hulls could go too. Titan and Mammoth could be merged into a single hull. Hunter could vanish completely with Viking becoming the game default tank with a bit of a speed boost. And Dictator could be replaced with a big bullseye at the center of every map :/

Right now you'd be crazy not to paint against Firebird.

MU Impact for the best difference in performance. You'll avoid lots of damage by knocking off the enemy's aim. You will also flip tanks on ramps. Rico vs Twins depends on the enemy hull and range. Rico beats Twins at mid range or against light hulls like Wasp and Hornet. In close range and against hulls like Hunter Viking and higher and Twins wins because Rico can't pump out enough ammo to kill these tanks before running dry... twins doesn't run dry so your Rico is toast.

Raiden looks fierce but Thunder got nerfed and folks are saying the included Emerald paint doesn't do enough against Rail Edit- I would still buy for Viking M3 bc Thunder on double damage is the finger of God

Waiting for Raiden or Jackhammer. Should have enough crys by the time I make brigadier. I still see Raidens in the game so maybe they'll wait a bit. Jackhammer is the better kit anyway.

That almost has to be photoshopped. I've never seen the reward that bad.

Anyone who says thunder is dead should have been in the Rio TDM with me this morning. There were four blue team thunders camped on the cliff, roof, beach and beach side road. Red team couldn't even spawn. The thunders didn't have to drug... Just hit whoever appeared in one-two-three succession based on whichever ones had the best angle. Total slaughter. Edit- at Colonel, I'm guessing they were M2