Nice update, especially for CP battles. It is preventing one sided battles. Now there is an option for the team to come back from behind. I will also join a battle half way even if the score difference is very high. I don't understand the criticism of crystals getting shared almost equally. If players won't join, how will you have a good battle fund ? After the update, do you see many players leaving after every battle ?

SaS is the way forward ! The frequency of days between my logins are increasing now a days since the battles are not fun any more. Drugging is creating one-sided battles that once you scout through all available battles, you end up closing the browser. I got 300+ dp earned through rewards , but I hardly uses more than 5 in any battles. But I was amazed to see how some players use health kit every min , especially in Polygon. If you say that it doesn't matter if non-paying players leave, you don't know business. No one will play if they find only a few battles with only half the number of allotted places filled and buyers also will leave the game. So, you provide unfair advantage to buyers, non-buyers will leave and the cascading effect will be that buyers will become non-buyers and eventually leave. Make the game subscription based so that all players contribute. More players you get, the cost of subscription will be less such that one won't mind spending one time meal amount for a month on TO. But I totally disagree with the creator of this post in that TO should make it free at their own expense.

I know this question had been discussed in length and breadth here, but I am still confused - How does paint protection calculated ? I found the following theories in this forum (X is the protection percentage) 1. (100-X)% of the damage from turret will be effected on the hull This seems to be the most sensible and viable answer. For example, if the rail inflicts 150hp damage, with 10% protection, it will be 135 2. The health of the hull will be increased by X% against that particular turret Here I have the following questions - Does the percentage is calculated based on stock arrmour (hunter M2 has 200) or Mu'ed ones (My Hunter M2 is now at 210) - If the hull is already hit and now have 150hp, how much protection will it get - X% of 150 or X% of initial Armour. If #2 is the logic in place, then it makes no sense to buy paints which offers less than 30% protection for light hulls like Wasp and Hornet.

Wow, that solved a big mystery for me as well. Thank you

Almost impossible in big maps with lots of open grounds like Serpuhov. If there are multiple shafts, they can scan the whole area so that no one can get out of cover. Most of them would be sitting behind enemy lines. Laser makes it a fair battle.

I guess , Shaft with laser is being fair to the game. I used to get annoyed in Serpuhov when my tank gets hit from no where and by the time the team realize it's position, it would have got several kills. If it is sitting at the far end of the map, only another shaft could get it. If you feel that Rail is easy with auto aim, then you haven't used it at all. Rail's auto aim angle less than even thunder. It does not do horizontal auto aim. Auto aim wont work if you are shooting in anticipation of some one coming out from hiding spot. Its laser trail is almost same as Shaft's laser. There are several pro Shaft users who can really do peek-out attack tactics really well. They do it every 3 secs. There are shafts who go for flags as well. And for every one who says Shaft is getting nerfed every time, it's arcade shots got an increase last time. Slow reload ? what are the reload times for Shaft and Rail ?

some times Hunter M1 feels sluggish, just like M0. Any one else experienced that ? Any way, going to get M2 tomorrow.

Please provide suggestions asap - I was planning Rico M2 and Hunter M2 along with Rustle expecting a 50% sale. Now at 40% , I don't have enough crystals for rustle. I haven't used Rico M1 for a while and relying on Rail M2 for long in Serpuhov, rio, Kungur , Polygon and Sandbox. Hence wondering if it is a wise move to drop Rico M2 for rustle. My Hornet M2 is easily one-shotted by DP Thunders and I am desperately in need of protection. Will this be a good idea ? Another option I consider is to have both Rico and Hunter , but get Cedar. My logic is that its thunder protection is same as Rustle, Freeze is no where to be seen now a days and Isida protection in Rustle is nothing.

The best post among 33 pages of rants !

You can still get Hornet M2 right ? Then how come you got ruined ? Use your energy for next 3-4 days and you can surely get Tundra as well.

Will you spend your hard earned money or will you do a job for free for some one else's entertainment? I am sure your answer will be 'No'. Then why not be happy with what you are getting for free ?

40% is still a good sale and hence no need to down vote. Along with player's expectations , TO should be economically viable as well for devs to invest their time and efforts on it. I had planned my purchases based on expected 50%sale. Now, I will have to give up on MU plans to get the turrets and hulls I wanted. I am sure that every one would have a must have list and another nice to have list. 10% less discount means you need to give up only some nice to have items.

I found Hunter M1 very good at catching golds.

Thanks for the advice. I regularly play in Seruphov, Rio, Kungur and occasionally in Sandbox and Polygon. Mostly CTFs, some times TDM. Recently finding the need for a short range turret , while defending quite near the flag.

I have Rail and Hornet at M2 , Rico and Hunter at M1. My primary weapon is Rail on either of these two hulls. My purchase plans for the much anticipated sale is as follows (I expect to reach 125 k crystals by next week) . 1. Hunter M2 for sure 2. If the sale is 50% , I was planning to get Rico M2 (It was my first M1 and had a great time with it) , but Fire M2 is interesting me quite a lot. Please help me make a choice 3. Any other options I may have overlooked with the amount of crystals I have ? I had plans for Rustle , but depends on how good the sale will be. -Agni