Teaming in death matches. People spawn killing me. When people on my team block me from capturing the enemy flag. People in the battle chat saying "Ctrl + W for Gold Box". When a noob drugs like mad and thinks they're a "pro" for getting 1st. When someone in CTF thinks they're a "pro" for having a high D/L even though they haven't captured a single flag. When someone says "Rail is for people who can't use Shaft" even though it's the opposite way around. (I'm serious someone said this yesterday, I almost face palmed at how stupid it was.)

The only thing that bothers me about this experiment is that it's been making me lag badly at times, I haven't really noticed a difference in the camera speed. I hope they remove it soon though because i'm trying to rank up to Brigadier before the Tanker's day sale in September and the lag has discouraged me from playing as much as I usually do.

I heard there was gonna be a sale on July 4th, if that's true then I was thinking about buying Spark and Corrosion paints: Spark: 15% Firebird, 10% Twins, 33% Ricochet Corrosion: 10% Railgun, 15% Thunder, 15% Shaft I have around 70k crystals which is enough to buy both on a sale, but will these paints hold at higher ranks or will they be outclassed? If I can't rank up to Captain by July 4th for Spark then i'll just get Corrosion unless it's not worth it. Another question; If I play everyday until the Tanker's day sale in September, will it be possible for me to reach Brigadier for Thunder M3 or is that too far away?

Is it worth buying a paint at full price? I only have 2 protective paints in my garage which are Forester (10% Rail protection) and Pixel (30% Hammer and 10% Smoky protection) so I need a new paint kinda badly. I was thinking of getting Cedar since I use Thunder a lot so it'll help me from splash damage and opposing Thunders, and I also like the way Cedar looks, but 42k seems like a lot for a paint, so does anyone know when the next paint sale is? I know there was just a paint sale 3 days ago, but I was only Warrant Officer 4 at the time and I was saving for Hunter M1, Thunder M1, and Twins M1. Right now i'm at 30k should I be saving for M2s or should I go for Cedar or maybe even Corrosion since it's a little cheaper then Cedar? I heard some of the higher ranks say that paints at these ranks aren't worth it, but will I be fine with only Forester and Pixel until then?

Ok, so I have 40,178 crystals and the M1s in my garage are Hornet, Railgun, Hunter, and Dictator. I know that i'm definitely buying Thunder M1 tomorrow which at 50% off is 19,300 crystals which will leave me at a little above 20K and I need a short to mid range turret. I've narrowed it down to either Twins M1 or Hammer M1, which one should I go with? Something to note is that whichever turret I buy from these two will be mostly used in Deathmatches, CTF on small maps where Thunder and Rail won't work as well like Noise, and Polygon CPs and it will be paired with either Hornet, Hunter, or Dictator M1s depending on the size of the map and the game mode.

I got cheated in the Players vs Helpers contest because I thought I would be allowed to buy both of the new paints so I bought the "For Players" paint but when I went to get the "For Helpers" paint it was gone. I think the people who bought the "For Players" paint deserve a consolation prize instead of getting absolutely nothing and being treated like dirt for not knowing the Helpers would win. It's not fair to give supplies to some people and others get none, because the people who got supplies will drug like mad and have a really unfair advantage over the people who got nothing at all. The definition of consolation prize is "A prize given to someone who finishes last" Don't give me that "At least the paint was free" crap because I've heard that way too many times today and I still think the people who bought the "For Players" paint deserve a consolation prize. Ideas for the consolation prize to the people who bought the "For Players" paint could be something like: Sergeant to Warrant Officer 5: 1000 crystals or 20 of each supply, which is half the amount of supplies the Helpers got at these ranks so it's not too much. Third Lieutenant to Colonel: 2000 crystals or 30 of each supply, which is half the amount of supplies the Helpers got at these ranks so it's not too much. Brigadier to Generalissimo, 3000 crystals or 40 of each supply, which is half the amount of supplies the Helpers got at these ranks so it's not too much. Most of you probably think it's unfair to reward the people who bought the "For Players" paint for guessing wrong, but that's exactly why I think we "For Players" deserve a consolation prize, because it was just a guess. How were we supposed to know the "For Helpers" were going to win, we're not a psychic. I could even argue that Tanki Online is cheating by rewarding only some people for a 50-50 guessing game, while the others who guessed wrong get nothing. On an unrelated note, I know most of you probably think i'm a noob and will go "He's only a Warrant Officer 4, why should we listen to him?", but mind you that I have a lot of spare accounts. I've been playing since December 2014 and I could've been a Generalissimo by now but on my other accounts I bought too much useless stuff so I restarted and made a new account, this is the account I will take to Generalissimo. I don't care how many down-votes this topic will give me, I still stand by my point that people who bought the "For Players" paint deserve a consolation prize, and I hope at least one of the Tanki Online staff reads this and considers it, instead of ignoring it as another rant thread.

I'm only 2k away from ranking up to Warrant Officer 4 so I want to know what should I buy between Twins M1, Thunder M1, Hammer M1, Viking M1, or Hunter M1? I want to buy at least two of these new turrets and one of these medium hulls at the June 4th sale. I only have 25k crystals right now, but if I keep playing I think I can get at least 40k by June 4th. My M1's in my garage are Hornet M1, Railgun M1, and Dictator M1, so I want a new turret/hull combo that I can use on smaller levels like Noise CTF, and game modes like Polygon CP and DMs. (I don't really like Dictator though, the only reason I have it M1 is because I bought the Hero Kit which was worth the money.)

I only have around 5K crystals now but I have Rail M1 and Hornet M1 and it's the only combo I think i'll need, but should I save up for a secondary weapon in case I run into Railgun protection paints like Tundra? If so, which secondary weapon should I go with? Or should I save up for a good paint to go with my M1 Rail/Hornet? If I go this path, I was thinking of getting Tundra because Rail is really common in CTF/TDM, or maybe Corrosion since it protects against the other long range weapons. (Railgun, Thunder, and Shaft) The levels I play the most are Aleksandrovsk, Rio, and Serpuhov, and less common levels I enjoy are Berlin, Barda, and Kungur if that helps you decide what secondary weapon or paint I should go with.

Which plan should I go with? Original plan: Wait until June 4th for the 50% sale and buy everything on my list of M1's that I want if I can reach WO4 by then (M1 Hornet, M1 Hunter, M1 Hammer, M1 Thunder, M1 Railgun and maybe a paint if I have some crystals left over.) This plan gives me a gun for all ranges and two good hulls, but the flaw with this plan is that i'm not sure if i'll be able to survive with M0's all the way up until June 4th. New plan: Buy the Hero Kit which has M1 Rail, M1 Dictator and Pixel paint for 51512 crystals. If I buy the Hero Kit today it'll be cheaper then if I wait since Rail is 25% off today, and having M1 Rail at this rank where M0 hulls are still common would destroy everything, but is Dictator good in the upper ranks? The huge unlock gap between M2 and M3 looks like a problem but the stats look pretty good. The flaw with this plan is that it uses up almost all my crystals (I have 60K) for only one (awesome) combo. I don't know what to pick, both of these plans sound awesome to me.

I didn't mean that I wanted to buy all the M1's, a couple pages ago I asked which M1s I should buy from a list. I meant that I could buy all of those M1s on the list at WO4 during the 50% sale, but i'll probably be broke after that, maybe enough for a paint or two. My fault, I should've worded what I said better, I made it sound like I wanted all the M1s. A question for people that have these: Is my buying list good? M1 Hornet, M1 Hunter, M1 Hammer, M1 Thunder, M1 Railgun, and maybe a paint if I have some crystals left over.

So I just caught a 8K gold box now i'm at 57K. If I keep saving up until the 50% sale and when I reach WO4, I think I could possibly reach 90K or more which is enough to buy all my M1s and maybe a paint or two. My question is, would it be stupid to use up all my crystals on M1s and paint or should I be saving some for M2s at WO4?

So does anyone know what causes this non-damage bug or what causes it? Something to point out is that I learned it's not just the Hammer this is happening to, I saw it happen with an enemies Ricochet (his tank was tilting back a bit, had the shooting animation but I didn't see his bullets or take any damage at all) and I also saw it happen to a Freeze (He was moving so I knew he was shooting but no freeze was coming out and I didn't get frozen or damaged at all, he must've realized he couldn't damage or kill anyone because he left as soon as I killed him) both of these happened on a Cross DM by the way if that helps, and my Hammer incident happened on Aleksandrovsk DM.

I just caught a 6000 gold box. My heart was pumping and I was full of adrenaline when I saw the gold box symbol on the ground. Then I saw it falling, in all its glory, but there were around 2-3 enemies around it so I activated a Double Armor and jumped into the fray, pushing the others and killing an enemy Wasp while catching the gold box. Seeing the words "Zoroxxn has taken the gold box", I was so relieved that I caught it and they didn't. Now I have 30K crystals, which might not sound like a lot to you high ranks, but it's a lot for my rank.

I was playing a CTF and everything was all normal until I saw someone on the enemy team with Dirty paint even though he was a Sergeant-major and Dirty paint isn't unlocked until Warrant Officer.

Thanks

Thanks for the help.

Wasp M1 or Hornet M1? and Hammer M1 or Railgun M1 or Thunder M1? I know i'm not a Warrant Officer 4 yet but I will be a Warrant Officer 4 in a month when the 50% sale starts on June 4th for Tanki's birthday, and I have 24,249 crystals right now, got alot of crystals with the double battle funds. Edit: I was looking in the garage and noticed Corrosion paint and saw it has good protections and it looks cool, is it worth the money 50% off, or are the protections too low to be worth the money?

Gold boxes need to be more common for ranks around mine. I've played a lot (8+ hours) yesterday and all day today and I only saw 3 gold boxes total today and yesterday. Can some of the higher ranks tell me what makes a gold box drop? I heard that the battle fund has to over 1000 for it to drop, I also heard that it drops more commonly on bigger maps but I heard these a while ago so they might be outdated.

Also there's another bug where if I try to go out of bounds on Aleksandrovsk it makes me self-destruct which is sad because it would be fun to use that out of bounds spot for sniping, although I've only been able to get to the spot with Wasp/Hammer thanks to the Hammer's recoil. heres a picture of the spot, the only way to survive while being up there is to be near the edge.

I was playing in an Aleksandrovsk DM using Wasp/Hammer/Holiday when I noticed I couldn't kill or damage anyone. I didn't record it but I can give you some details on what was happening at the time before I left. I had all 3 drugs on, a Wasp/Isida/Swamp with no drugs chased me around but I circled him for like 2 minutes before he got me, but while I was circling him, I was also shooting him. One shot from a Hammer should be able to 1-shot a Wasp I've done it a lot before, and if that wasn't enough, the Wasp/Isida survived 6 Double Damage Hammer shots. Before you say anything I do not have bad aim, I was hitting him with most, if not all, of the pellets so there's no way the Isida could've kept healing him quickly enough to survive 6 Double Damage Hammer shots. Something else I have to say is I've noticed the bug only happens with Hammer, i have other accounts and I noticed it never happens to me using another turret. Please fix this bug, it ruins the game for me because Hammer is my favorite turret to use in Death matches and Polygon Control Points. TL;DR: There's a bug where the Hammer doesn't do damage to kill anyone, pls fix it soon. Also I forgot to point out that there was no lag at all, and FPS was lingering around 50-60 (which is normal) and Ping was below 100.

I was playing in a 15 minute Aleksandrovsk DM in first place with Wasp/Hammer/Holiday paint doing good until I got a pop-up when there was around 5 minutes left that said "Foul Play - you have been disconnected." I would post this in the Foul Play topic but it says I can't respond to it. 1. The name I was playing on is Zoroxxn and it happened around 11:30PM EST May 3rd 2015. 2. I was swerving back and forth moving my turret and hull at the same time to dodge enemy fire, nobody was shooting at me (because I was dodging all the shots), the drugs I used were Double Damage and Speed Boost, there was no lag. 3. I use a router to connect to the Internet.