Yeah. After protections were removed from Paints, they're purely for decoration now. Protection modules can be used with any paint, so people just use whatever paint they think looks nice as opposed to the paint that will provide the best advantage in battles.

In the Legend ranks, there are a LOT of Hammer/Vikings running around. I'd say Hammer protection is a must-have as you get higher and higher.

I bought Incendiary Mix at Major General when augments were rank locked, and it's been my main Firebird augment ever since. Its DPS is absolutely OP, and the extra energy just adds fuel to the fire (pun intended). Meanwhile, afterburn is pretty much useless at the Legend ranks thanks to the prevalence of Heat Resistance/Immunity and the fact that (almost) everyone has a good amount of supplies so a Repair Kit gets used practically instinctively at the first sight of afterburn.

For the garage phase of the sale, I bought Freeze Mk7, Twins Mk7, Magnum Mk7, Wasp Mk7, and Orka Mk7. All my turrets and most of my hulls are Mk7. (The hovering hulls aren't Mk7 because I don't use those.)

I bought some Ultra Containers because they're finally on sale. I opened them and I got AP Shaft. I'm super happy because this is one of the augments that I've been wanting. I can't wait to try it out!

I set the location to Brazil and I use a Visa card.

It works for me. I've been doing that for months.

I just noticed that that shirt has the old, non-HD Hunter. Makes sense, since an HD hull looks weird with a non-HD turret.

I think the OP is talking about the salvo. (i.e., how long it takes to lock on with the missile part of Terminator)

How will we be able to keep track of the number of Tankoins in the fund? Will there be a special site?

With all due respect, is it unreasonable to expect that the sales would last longer in a special event like this? I am not complaining at all because a sale is a sale, but the first weekend in an event that lasts a little longer than two weeks is kind of short and makes the rest of the event feel drawn out. Generally during big events like this, the sales last longer by spreading out what goes on sale (i.e., one day per item type. this gives people more time to make a roadmap for the sale and accumulate crystals in battles and containers.). I’d like to reiterate, I don’t have any problem whatsoever with the event or with how the sale is laid out. I have 3,000,000 crystals saved up, and I know more or less what I want to buy so planning out isn't an issue for me.

Sounds great! Even if I don’t win anything in the giveaway, I will have still earned the prizes from those Special Missions. I can’t say no to that.

What's the over-under on this? Are we going to have more daily freebies like last year? ------------------------------------------ I'm disappointed but not surprised that sales last for only one day. I guess the devs don't want people to farm some more crystals. The Special Missions are surprisingly easy. I'll definitely be completing these since we have over two weeks to complete them. My birthday is on a Saturday, and on that same weekend is the Firebird/Wasp event mode. Funny how it lined up like that. The official promo artwork is stunning as always.

So let me get this straight. If the pool reaches over 1,000,000 Tankoins, you’re guaranteed a prize if you make it into the Tanki Fund?

Thanks Tanki! In my opinion, this is better than Hunter XT because it looks cool but also shows off paints really well! I can finally use paints with big patterns like Alien Regeneration, Synesthesia, or Trapped Inside without having most of the animation be covered in gold.

And I'm just sitting here as one of the only members of Team Driver

Y'know, the number of people who use Striker/Striker protection has been virtually unchanged. With the buff of Striker's critical hits, I was really expecting these numbers to increase a little bit. Maybe that'll happen once June rolls around, but for now I'm perfectly content being the only Striker in the battle. Missile Launcher "Hunter"/Dictator/Driver is a really wonderful combination. It's fun and it's strong, especially thanks to the Supercharge. WIth this combination, I can tear up team and solo modes alike.

Blunderbuss may not be flat-out OP, but the increased chance to get a critical hit makes it really annoying to fight against, especially when the enemy is using a damage-boosting drone like Booster or Crisis. Here, a large portion of my deaths were to Angle who used Blunderbuss/Viking/Booster. They would very frequently do a lot of damage to me because the critical hits would get past my 44% Hammer protection. zeddd777 originally used Blunderbuss/Hunter/Crisis, but they were a little bit easier to fight against because I could simply wait for when they'd exit Armor mode.

Overall, I don't think that it was the right idea. However, it didn't really affect me that much. Prior to the update, I made all my non-Mk7 items Mk(n)-0. For example, my Freeze used to be Mk4-8, so I bought the last two MUs to make it Mk5-0. As I said, this update doesn't really affect me that much, so life will just go on. My opinion on the game has barely changed, and I will continue playing.

Why does this seem familiar?

Looks like I correctly predicted what the Jammer effect will do. Do I get a prize?

It’s one of the best choices for showing new paints because Mammoth is the biggest hull, and M0/M1 skins don’t have a lot of gray metal so it’s easy to see paint patterns.

There’s also a possibility that the Jammer effect will prevent you from using your Overdrive. That would be nice to use on Vikings and Hoppers.

Solo Juggernaut ? I guess I’ll just grind the necessary crystals for the mission (I have Premium) and then never touch that mode again for the rest of the weekend.