well that's more a problem of supplies making tanks so much more useful then without supplies. Still agreed that the secondary mode of this turret is of rare use. Maybe it would be more useful to have an alteration, that changes the salvo mode: If you hold the fire key for more then 0,5sec, then: Charge up: there is no laser, but there is a red, blinking warning light on the top of your turret. Your reload bar goes to zero immediatly and starts to build up within 2,5sec. after those 3sec (0,5+2,5) charge up have passed the red light stops blinking and is constantly on. If you release the fire key now, a salve of 3 rockets will fire, whereby rocket 1 flies straight and rockets 2 and 3 follow rocket 1 (as good as it gets. This is in order to hit elevated targets by this mode). the reload after unleashing such a salve is slightly longer then the usual reload. (if you relase the fire key during the charge up phase, no rocket is launched and your reload continues to fill with normal rate)

Topic merged I moved your post as in this thread striker is discussed for quite some time already. Enjoy ;)

Wasp's speed feels very fast on Nitro in low ranks, while it's not as critical in high ranks (players are used to fast paced gameplay and their aim is much, much better then at low ranks). IMHO Wasp is well balanced at M0. At M2/M3/M4 it is... well.. underperforming. (but there is actually a Let's discuss game balance thread)

This player had either a very bad ping, so that he managed to keep the laser on his target on his screen, while not all commands reached the server in time and therefore it looked like his laser wipes over the battlefield (like the turret of lagging players spins and moves in crazy ways.. no difference to that). On the other hand it might be, that he used a hack that is around for Striker turrets, which makes you lock on a target and not loose the lock on no matter where you point your laser to. So once the lockon procedure started it will continue, even if the laser is pointed away, if a house is between the striker and it's target or whatever. The lock-on circle will fill up and the rocket salve will be released, homing for the target.

The new railgun is more versatile, while the old one was more of a turret for special situations (which made most railgunners campers - most, not all). If you like the old railgun more, you can opt for the alteration - it works well and is rather close to the old specifications. Wasp could really use a speed buff in normal mode, while the increased effect of Nitros (they give you a bigger boost compared to 2015) would make the old specification M4 wasps very, very, very hard to control. Still I would go for it.

Great news that the chains will not break if a player spends time with his family and friends - that's a very nice present to the community!

Topic merged Your proposal would make wasp useless in usual battles. The only way to get tanks less heavy and still work in battle, would be to reduce the impact force of shots as well (to keep it balanced). But of course impact force is the thing that pushes up the tanks in parkour, so if we reduce weight and impact force, you will end with less of an effect as you want to have. Try to watch some parkour stunt videos and select a trick that looks feasible, and then keep practicing with your team until you get the timing right. Once you mastered that on easier tricks, then you can move on. It's hard, but that's why it is something special.

Magnum shells leave a trace in the air - try to learn to spot that. This gives you an idea of where they are and what they aim for.

Topic merged

no problem, you're welcome ;) ps: I've removed the red color from your text as it's kind of hard to read on white backgrounds

Please guys 'n girls, watch your discussion style. All you had was a misunderstanding between a person for whom 19 is rather young, to others for those 19 is rather old and already "grown up". While 19 is not "childhood" any more, it is still a rather young age if compared to the average lifespan of a human being. There are a lot of things that you can do with 19, which you can't do anymore when you are 40. There are a lot of things that you can not do anymore once you have own children. This "bad advice" was not that bad.. but maybe a bit bad worded ;) On topic: Please take care to sleep. If you are already in "zombie state" then it's not so far to a very severe loss of power and energy.. which does not end with sleeping during the weekend. We humans work a lot for certain periods of time.. but if we overdo it (and you definitely do) then we tend to break down completely after some time. I know it's easy to write that, while you have a hard time over there.. but you can't overcome biology. If you overdo it, you will pay the price and will fail. People that do a lot of sports on a professional base and need to work hard on themselfes, are very picky on breaks, as they know that they can achieve more if they do breaks, instead of going on as hard as they can 7 days a week. good luck

I had this once. If I remember that correctly, I had to restart my PC completely, and then it was gone.

About leaving I think it would make the things easy for you, to leave. And I think, leaving is no option in your situation. -> leaving costs money (a lot) while the rent at your parents home is very cheap (below 200).. I assume leaving will become more expensive for you, and this will not aid your situation. -> it is kind of running away from the situation. And the situation consists of your parents + the overall situation + your way to handle it. And to me your post reads like you are not yet happy with the way you can handle the situation. And > sounds hard but is true > you have to learn that. Beeing there is the best environment to learn to handle that. So.. from my perspective, I would stay for the moment. About your parents and your help IMHO it is a must to support the ones you love.. but it makes a big difference on how you support whom. It seems that they would be able to live on the available money if they would not spend it for things that do not benefit their situation (birds, trips, gifts which costs exceed their possibilities). So what kind of help do they need? - Even more money to spend it on stuff that does not help to solve their situation? - Or some help on learning how to handle money? I think it is the second one. And I think it will be hard for them to accept that they mess it up constantly and again and again. Is there maybe some organization close to you, that is specialized on handling people with money problems? Often such organizations have offer help in sorting out a household spendings.. to help to plan a bit ahead the costs and offer some proven hints and tips on how to get along better with what you have. Maybe you can find some organization like that.. and go there to talk to the social workers there. They are supposed to be trained on that.. and if the one you meet talks crap, try your luck somewhere else (there are always some blind fish and black sheeps..) This will offer a way forward to your parents, while it will not embarras them with their son telling them how to live their life. Please use this external guide.. and if your parents do not like to make use of it, use the guidance for your won. In your situation you should make use of everything you can while it is legal and "good". Maybe you end up with a certain amount of money that you hand over to them each month.. best a few days before the urgent and important payments are due, so that they can not even spend it for something else. And then -> nothing more. You communicating to them You already started to clean up your mind on the situation and to have a more clear picture of what is ok to do and what not. Perfect. Based on such a picture you can more easily talk to them, without teaching them but simply saying what you think. I heard the US culture is not as straight forward in communiction as we Europeans.. but I am sure you will find a way to handle that. Why? Because this is what you have to learn. school, job I've no insight into the race car stuff, but it does not sound like a job you can rely on. It's still ok to go for it, but you need a backup plan - like an education that enables to to some other job as well. Are there any options you could think of? So.. I close by wishing you all the best. Maybe some of the things I wrote here do not apply to you, as you come from another culture.. but one thing is the same for all: we have to grow up, we have to lean to face the challenges we are offered. It seems you do great for the moment. Especially that you ask for help is a sign of maturity.. instead of waiting with no solutions until the situation eats you up. mgbwy, BW

Pretty interesting to see, that the HTML5 version is currently still slower then the flash version. It's pretty good that you guys improve that, instead to skip the people that own old hardware :)

Valid I think it's an issue, that the allocation of a player to sections (M1 M2 and M3) is determined by the rank. If it would be easier and more intuitive, if it picks the equipment level of your combo you chose to select for this comp battles. This would also allow to use kits. Your proposal sounds like the MUs are off. Together with Supplies off your proposal encourages a way of thinking that non-supply battles are more pro then supply battles.. and this might end up in a negative effect on the game economy. I guess there is a reason why quite some mayor contest in the last.. hmm.. 12 months?.. included a supply-on mode as well. So maybe a second mode, a supply-on mode, would be beneficial. At the same time, the number of different scenarios has to be limited to reduce the waiting times in the matchmaker.. so I guess it's best to stick to predefined team sizes: 1,2,4,6 maybe? Playing 1vs1 with current M3 modules might be an issue too, if your opponent owns a useful module while you don't. But that can be adapted by allowing to chose more modules.. this can be tuned later on.

nice interview :)

That's why I use it :) I just miss a Wasp alteration, that makes it agile again :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Beside Silence, Noise, Highways and similar maps - where do you see Magnums leading the scoreboard on a frequently base in non-drug battles? (you can not count drug battles, as you would have to count in that some players are drugging harder then others). I find other turrets way more efficient.

thanks for the clarification :) I guess I mixed up the turret upgrade costs (~450k) with the hulls upgrade costs (~350k).

Microupgrade costs: I just found that the MUs from M3 to M3+ cost 450k for the turrets. Maybe my mind plays tricks on me, but I would have bet that it was about 350k a while ago. Was there a non puplic "adjustment" or is my memory simply failing me?

Hazel (Semyon Str.) did say something about striker. He said somethingf like he is really able to kick a** with that turret, and that most players don't - mainly because they use it wrong. They use the salve mode as "default mode", while the normal arcade mode works better as default mode. The salve mode is like an extension that makes sense in certain situations. I can absolutely sign that saying about the arcade-vs-salve mode. I guess it's the same thing as with every turret: Each turret/hull combo works best on certain maps in certain gamemodes, and it does that only if you stick to appropriate tactics. Skill just makes you more efficient (or unlocks tactics to you that are too hard to master initially). If you expect to use a new turret while you stick to your personal comfort zone of favorite map+mode+tactics, you might find that it does not work.. but it's not the turret to be blamed for that. Striker is not as versatile as Thunder, but therefore Striker's stats look more powerful to balance that out. The player needs to work on a high skill level. But when you use it in the right places and work on your skill, then it can really kick the enemy hard.

as said above the turrets and hulls are only a small amount of data. The modules are technically also not very much data, but I do not know if the modules endless thumbnail pictures are finalised images that are loaded from the server of if they are put together by the garage itself. I hope the interface itself is a rather small thing. There is not much fancy action in the garage, and the 3d modeling part of the software is already "available" through the game code..

I can, but it's hard. When i put it under review within 2 minutes or less, my own "under review" post is merged to the inital post by the forum software :p The 3d models are stored in the cache, and the tiny thumbnail-like pictures of the gear in the ribbin band is only a small amount of data. But if you try on a paint, then it needs the large version of the paint/skin - and there are a lot of paints..

While we are in a battle, the garage should load & show only the items that we own + their alterations. Items that we do not own yet, should not be loaded. This will make the garage load multiple times faster. Supplies should be always accessible in order to restock them. Gifts to be sent -> maybe. Benefits: - way faster garage loading times. Especially useful in battles. - less timeout errors during garage load - less server load - better game performance - less people caught in garage loading times, that look like mults in the battle In the ribbon band that we use to select our gear should be a "show more" button on the right end. If we click it during the battle it should ask "In order to see more, you have to exit the battle and access your garage from the lobby. Do you like to exit the battle now?". Possible answers: A big green button with "stay in battle", small red text with "yes, leave to lobby".

I am sooo broke... Actually I wanted to invest my crystals in some MUs, distributed across my turrets, and save the rest. But on the day when the turret sale started, I received a personal discount for Rico M3, and so it was a real bargain :) The rest of my crystals then went into the Rico range alteration and a couple of MUs on Rico (now 4/20) and one MU on Rail (now 14/20). I think I have about 54 crystals left.. now I gotta earn some before my pro pass runs out :rolleyes: