This will mean one of two things for me. I will still be a Generalissimo for awhile. 1- I'll be able to battle with players closer to my own XP by excluding Legend ranks. Or 2- There won't be any battles with Gissmos only. This was the case with Commander. No battles on any server unless I wanted to play with higher ranks. Hoping for 1 but expecting 2

Not an option for those with M3 equipment. But wouldn't it be just like Tanki to introduce legitimate M4 tier equipment for Legend rank, then laugh as all those players have to start over MUing their garage to M5. Meanwhile the money rolls in on Crystal purchases :blink:

You may be right - I haven't checked since the rebalance. But the cost...

Daily Missions do give you a lot of supplies. My 2 kit purchases also have me a lot of supplies. Then I up and bought the 1800 supply kit before it left the garage. At one point I had nearly 3k of each supply. But I'm going through them pretty fast now that I play Gissmo battles. I'm also guilty of stupidly using supplies on a mission which awards more supplies :blink: In terms of what to spend crystals on, I agree that supplies are short term which should be used to get crystals you'll use to get better equipment. Bottom line - in an otherwise balanced battle - comparable hulls and turrets, a drugging M3 stock will beat a full MU M4 player. But what if Tanki introduces real M4 equipment, which could be MU'd to M5? Guys - I'd be happy to be wrong about this, but the change in M3 unlock and the addition of Legend ranks feel pregnant with a change like this coming for the Commander-Gissmo-Legend ranks...

IMO M4 hull may be the worst investment in the game outside of paints. It doesn't matter how good your armor is when you've got 2-3 drugger turrets pounding on you. You're dead anyway.

I don't think MUs are bad. I do think the introduction of Legend rank combined with the reset of M3 equipment to unlock at Marshal presents an opportunity to ease players into the endgame. Just spitballing here but - -make M4 a lot better than M3, right now it's only marginally improved for most equipment -limit how many MUs can be purchased by rank. For example, Marshals can buy the first 15 steps only. Fieldmarshals get the next 15, Commanders get the next 15, and Gissmos get the last 5. Or spread it out farther so that M4 is the sole property of Legend or Legend2 or maybe even 5. This would address the problem of players who are just upgrading from M2 to M3 equipment being forced suddenly to face off against drugging M4s :blink: Will never happen though. This would take away players motivation to buy crystals for real money. Can't have that :ph34r:

Only if both are free players. If that Marshal is a buyer, he could wipe the map with a free player Gissmo. But you do have a point. They are not meaningless, you just lose all the fun stuff like equipment unlocks and kits after Marshal. All that's left is the slow grind for crystals and M4 equipment, which Tanki will kindly nerf for you :ph34r: But no supermissions until Gissmo :( .

Truly amazed at how similar Smoky and Thunder M3 are now. Reload time is almost exactly the same, Thunder does more damage but balances with self damage and a slower turning turret.

Legend- interesting. I initially thought this was a meaningless rank, but then remembered that now every rank after Marshal is meaningless :ph34r: Pay clans- not surprised. Won't impact me since I can't put that kind of time into this game. I seriously doubt the price tag will be as low as $5US. I expect $20US. And people will pay it.

Halloween mission but not enough play time for me on a weekend to complete it. Slim chance I'll be on later but I'm only halfway through the mission. It'd be a miracle if I make it. It's a bonus, so if I don't make it I won't be too upset, just kind of a shame. I know, wah wah... UPDATE - after all that huff and puff I made it after all. Thanks, Tanki. .

I was looking at the alteration for freeze. With the penetration power removed, high pressure pump is now only good for range, right? And what is up with the pricing on alterations? More expensive than the turret itself??? :blink:

Usually better to go on the offensive. Unless you're dealing with protections and double armor your turret just can't beat.

"Gotcha" When you jump off a cliff and throw into hard reverse, so that the tank who was chasing you then lands right in front of your turret.

I've also found it very effective to throw into reverse as soon as I land. Very few players are prepared and thus surprised to land on top or in front of you. At righ ranks that moment of disorientation is all you need.

Not You Again When you grind, steer, and drug to finish off an impossible enemy tank only to have him spawn right beside you.

Freeze and Fire don't have penetration power anymore? Was this announced or included in the parameter change list?

Hey there, that's MY pancake!

#vikingisnowalighthull

Same goes for supplies, but that's another thread :D

I've noticed that the Freeze effect at M3 is non existent when your opponent has a module and/or double armor.

Burn effect is still there - I still die after I've killed enemy Firebirds, but it happens much less often than before the change.

Aren't you already M4 across the board?

Well done. Thank you.

I have an alt that recently bought Minotaur kit. Crazy good game play and I was owning battles left and right. Just played again post rebalance. Utter rubbish. Flimsy handling and Twins shoots so slow every other turret on the map kills you while gracefully driving between your bullets. Back to the shelf, Minotaur alt. Next up - Firewall alt. I expect to like the new Hunter and Fire a lot. Then - Stinger alt. I expect another disappointment but to be fair, the old Stinger wasn't that great either.

I'm not so sure. Honestly I'm 50/50 on this. On one hand, players have NEVER seen a mission disappear, so this behavior is completely unexpected. Players impacted should be compensated. Cedric has said this was a system error. Usually when those happen, you attempt to make right by those hurt, so.... On the other hand, I was also planning to redeem my mission today to keep my mission chains going on a day when I did not expect to play much (actual Halloween). This is LEGITIMATE BEHAVIOR which was even featured in a VLOG LIFE HACK. But when I realized that the map would be gone today, I claimed my reward in fear the mission would not be there for me to claim today. So there is an amount of player responsibility here although now that I write this out, that responsibility reads more like expect the worst from this game. So I'm revising my 50/50 to 80/20 in favor of the players. Tanki Online should compensate those who lost out, even if that means a one time Crystal gift for everyone.