Probably my first gold box since 2023, definitely feels more special.

Been living under a rock lately when it comes to TO (I've been playing other games, for one) but this actually seems pretty interesting. The main thing I'm hoping for - besides the lack of excess Content (I still have no clue about grenades or new augments) - is that it'll be less intense on devices. One of the main reasons I slowly started playing less Tanki was the amount of projectiles/items in the game causing random, significant FPS drops coughScorpioncough.

Briefly reappearing in the forum to post my one (1) monthly match of tonk: Went pretty well I'd say, Freeze/Hunter in a large map isn't exactly a recipe for successful Jug-hunting, so I played for kills most of the time. I miss my 9999 GS...

The only reward I care about is Crusader RT. While I have a lot of tankoins and crystals, it still seems out of reach for me with how abysmal the crystal/energy conversion is (2.9 million crystals for 3 turns kekw) and that I don't feel like grinding (battles and my wallet) like crazy. See you all next year

I'm glad that the bundle with eight paints is cheaper now. I can afford 5990 TK but the smaller price is less of a setback on my tankoin balance.

Probably a bonus for the fund, so that it goes to the next tier immediately. Because they'll be added to the fund for free, winners will get a little bit extra as a result as well.

And this is a good idea how? Color-coded gear scores give you a quick gist of a tank's power. If you're a Legend and someone has a yellow (6K range) Gear Score, then that means they aren't too formidable of an enemy, whether because they have a no drone or lower-level gear all around. The R/V system with exact upgrade levels is not only slower because not only do you have to pick out and read 3-5 different upgrade levels (turret, hull, drone, protection against your turret/Armadillo (on top of the upgrade level, you have to figure out if they have these) but you're left in the dark; instead of seeing what turret/augment every enemy is using and applying protection accordingly, you have to figure it out piece by piece based on who has been in close proximity which takes much longer.

No paints in the medium-sized bundle? ? EDIT: Just noticed that birthday tonkfunds don’t have paints, only the eSport ones. Looks like I’ll buy the small bundle this time and wait for the next.

Got to Rico RT, took a lot of crystals and some TK though. (the crystals were all f2p, I used the ones from the drone compensation since I have nothing to upgrade) 79 turns so far, the goal is Crusader RT but I don't know how attainable that is (I'm running low on crystals) It's no big deal though, if Paladin/Rico RT being easier to obtain this year compared to 2022 is any indicator of things to come, next year will be no sweat.

Does anyone know roughly how many units of energy it takes to reach Crusader RT?

Not really the point of your original post, but dragging out rank requirements may solve some problems but will at the end of the day hurt player retention. Ranking up was extremely slow in the past*, and the game is flat-out BORING in the low ranks, with slow tanks and weak ammo. It's not like you rank up every day either, go into any high (pre-Marshal) battles, and check the total hours played for any average Joe. It's anywhere from several dozen to over 100. That's still a fair amount. * I have a Warrant Officer 1 account that I stopped using around 2014 because I lost the password. It has almost 4000 total kills. I can't give an exact amount of time but 4000 kills is quite a bit, especially in the low ranks.

I finished the Challenge last night. The new star system is pretty good, but this result is a bit skewed thanks to the Premium I got from the event and playing a little bit more than usual. For better or for worse, this definitely makes Premium more valuable in terms of Challenge completion. Getting 6 stars per battle is basically a free ticket to complete a tier (and sometimes two).

There are seven special missions, for 210 units of energy in total. This means you get 498 units in total for free, so if you get +1 on every turn and never get sent back, you'll end up on the 49th space as a free player. This is just short of Paladin RT.

What about daily missions?

This, and also the fact that more collision objects would take more time to load and reduce FPS.

Hunter, Hopper, and Crusader's overdrives are also upgradable, dealing damage based on the hull's upgrade level. Hunter's overdrive deals enough damage to one-shot any light hull of equal or lower upgrade level (2000 HP at Mk8), Hopper is the same way but for medium hulls (3000 HP at Mk8) and Crusader for heavy hulls (4000 HP at Mk8 with a direct hit)

Do safes have anything (and the teams will get their contents, like in Arcade) or are they just a metric to show who will win the team competition?

I'm not seeing a specific price listed for the team-switch. Do we know if it's a fixed price or if it increases as the event progresses? Super hyped for Firebird LC, been waiting for it for a very long time.

Any deets on Large Caliber Hammer? Seems like it's being overshadowed by Assault Magazine lol. I was in Tankitty and I got my stage three prizes. Scorpion XT is cool and I got a legendary augment from the Containers (Ultras gave a forced Epic reward), but I've been out of town (and will be for the next few days) so I'm not able to try out the augment.

@ all endgame players who aren’t sure how to use the crystals: there’ll inevitably be new turrets/hulls/modules coming soon.

I was mostly on board with the whole thing (my garage is almost completely maxed out and the drone I use almost exclusively isn’t getting the axe) but I’m not sure about the hull augment thing. I’m not looking forward to facing Blasters or Lifeguards with no way to disable that effect. Fingers crossed that people will prefer to use immunities?

Maybe it's just nostalgia talking, but weirdly enough, I kinda miss Archipelago in MM. Sure, it was an incredibly quirky map that resulted in a camp/spawnkill fest, but it could be fun sometimes, and gold boxes were definitely the main highlight there. Maybe it could have potential as a map for event modes?

Do stars earned during the main round get counted during the elimination round? I'm in Tankitty and I bought that Stars+BP bundle because I'll be away for part of the current Challenge. I'm wondering if those stars will still count after tonight so I don't lose 4 prizes and the progress for my team. I hadn't really thought about it before because I usually only earned about 50 stars in the previous rounds.

Yep.

Normally event/Tanki Fund websites work pretty well but this one's has been riddled with problems. I was in Tankitty which was in the bottom two last I checked. Now the elimination round is barely underway and Tankitty has ceased to exist for some reason. It looks like only one team is in the running in the elimination round and I'm in a new team.