It's okay, but you will never finish first.

I'm close to ranking to Fieldmarshal, but I am in no hurry. I'd kinda like to rank before the May sale. I will be throttling back my game play in July - major life change. If I haven't made Gismo by then I'm not sure when I will.

^ROFL

I have Loam and Sandstone. Granted the protections are lower but Clay gives me what I already have. Rock will protect me from Twins, which I don't have. And I have to stump for Sandstone and Loam. Great paints but do like I did and buy them on 50% sales. .

Very true but maps like Gravity are no longer played at high rank. Noise is the map of choice for multi level play, but there is too much open space for Hammer to win out over turrets like Thunder and Vulcan. Actually this is only mostly true. With A good team at your back Hammer can still camp at the top of the ramps in Noise and do well. You just have to make sure the other ramps are also guarded or you will get knifed in the back. .

Atlas will be back. Don't worry. There are A LOT of Emeralds paints at high rank. Rico M3 is slightly underpowered IMO, especially given the Commander unlock. Needs a buff to be competitive especially in DeathMatches. MU helps but it honestly needs higher base values. Consider Rico M0-M2 are pretty devastating in lower ranks. By M3 ranks though other weapons and hulls are strong enough and drugs are everywhere, so Rico gets shaken off and kill stolen a lot. I can't tell you how many times I have unloaded a full clip only to have a Thunder, Rail, or Hammer swoop in and take my hard earned kill. I'm a bit worried that by Gismo I'll need to switch to either a high yield turret like Isida or one with no reload like Smoky and Twins.

There are a few turrets which just don't make sense in kits. Freeze Thunder Why pay ridiculous crystals for an underperforming weapon? And while there are opportunities for more kits, they are somewhat constrained by rank unlocks. I'll post some realistic kit options here in a sec, although I bet others have already done the homework. M3 Ricochet with M3 Dictator and Clay unlock at Fieldmarshal More coming .

Spark and Loam are good mid level paints. Loam in particular will last you through till you can snag one of those nifty 50% Prot paints at high rank. I've got my eye on Rock and Clay. I need Rock. Clay is more of a nice to have.

WOTB is nearly unplayable.

Rico Viking is a great combo but difficult to stick with due to very different unlock ranks later in the game. Rico is also much more effective at M1 and M2 than it is later. Still good just an uphill struggle to place well in battle.

Yes, Atlas is a good kit. Titan will get you a lot of gold boxes on small maps, and Loam will keep you safe from those pesky Firebirds. I bought Redneck and love it! Lumberjack is a must have against Fire AND Isida. I do miss rail protection though.

:ph34r: Who would notice? .

Every change is introduced with excitement and glee, no matter what it does to gameplay. Anyone know if there will be an MU sale as a part of big May sale? .

I bought Redneck, but I recommend Prometheus, despite my love affair with Rico. Fire M3 is crazy out of the box while Rico does need MU to be good. This also means I can kill you, bc your Zeus paint has no Rico protection :ph34r: .

I don't have Hammer and Wasp on the same accounts. I enjoy my FireWasp but I think Wasp needs a boost in either armor or power. Just being speedy isn't enough in this game. Wasp trades high speed for low armor, which is okay, but also low power which is not. Low power means low acceleration, meaning Wasp takes a long time to reach its top speed. Hornets superior power mean that over short distances Hornet can keep pace with Wasp. Not good.

I still see more supplies than crystals as mission rewards. It's all over the place. Today I got a reward of 400 crystals for earning 400 XP. I can do that through battle normal funds, but I'm still happy to get the extra. Other times, the reward is two to three times that.

Looking forward to a fun Friday.

Firewall gets you Firebird and a decent paint Hohloma if you can stand Hunter, which I personally can't. Atlas gets you Titan, Smoky, and a great paint - Loam. Might be the winner of the three kits. Minotaur gets you Viking and Twins, a super combo - but with near useless Rhino paint. Would love other opinions and I'm debating these for an alt.

You're very welcome! Happy to help.

Atlas vs Minotaur. I would like to hear more opinions on this. Ignore my garage, I am asking for an alt. Atlas seems good all around turret hull and paint, but a bit slow for bigger maps. I play Kungur a fair amount but usually stick to Rio, Polygon, Sandbox, and sometimes Noise. It's an alt... I think I'd be fine. But Minotaur gives the better Viking and Twins. Much better equipment but with a paint that I'd think twice about if it were free. Rhino gives Hammer and Vulcan prot - not very useful, especially when Atlas comes with the EXTREMELY useful Loam. Thoughts?

I answered in the Hammer thread. Short answer is no, from someone who used it.

Having bought it at Brigadier and used it until I ranked to Marshal, I would say it is okay. 'Good' might be a stretch. Viking M3 is a great must-have - enough said. Hammer M3 is good for a few ranks but requires a unique play style which may be hard to get used to - eventually you will need to heavily MU or abandon this turret. People steal your kills a lot - you fire twice, and then someone else kills your enemy while you reload for shot three. Finally there is the Tiger paint. While visually stunning, this paint only protects decently against Smoky and other Hammers. That's right no Rail, Thunder, Twins, Firebird, or Isida protection to speak of. Tiger mostly collects dust in my garage. If I had to do it all over, I would opt for Medic kit at Brigadier. M3 Isida is much better than Hammer.

Not that I am aware. My assumption is that is is in the mix with all the other mission rewards. And Rico may be the only M2 where it makes sense to MU to M3 equivalency. Commander is a ridiculously late unlock for this turret. You get exactly one (albeit long) rank to enjoy and MU M3 Rico before you MUST battle Gismos. There should be a rank between Commander and Gismo where you can polish your garage before dealing with all M4 all the time. I know there is some equipment that unlocks at Gismo, which IMO is utter nonsense. Rant mode off

I plan to milk the rest of Marshal, Fieldmarshal, and Commander for all they are worth.

I though Viking M3+ would be able to jump the gap in Monte Carlo using nitro. It can't :(