''although product kits are decidedly less overpowered nowadays'' Are you serious? .. I hope that's a joke.. M2s at Warrant Officer 5 is less overpowered?? If that's true.. jeez.. the kits ''back then'' must have been absolutely monstrous. This is my first time reading one of the TO Newspapers, and I'm impressed. Good job!! What I've Learned: Don't be afraid of DMs and TDMs. In my favor, I'm only scared of them because of mad druggers (DMs/TDMs) and the fact that one of the teams can change the tide of battle so quickly (TDMs). I've learned to think more strategically and more team-centered rather than being a noob and rushing into the heat of battle (quite literally, considering the unbearable amount of Firbirds). And I'm reaally looking forward to the new section about crystal conserving. I really don't want to get caught up MU'ing when my concern should be about upgrading to M2s. How would I describe mid-ranked gameplay: I would describe it as frustrating. And slow-paced. Filled with noobs in every other battle. Assuring that one team will be dominating, and the other would be left with no chance. Leading the team to give up and leave. Creating an extremely boring battle or one that isn't worth anything except the battle fund. How did you approach the gameplay of the mid-ranks to try to be a successful player: I feel that being a player that just entered the mid-ranks, I don't have the knowledge to answer this question. But nonetheless. I mostly only play CTF or CP rarely DMs and never TDMs, so I think that the team is as good as the outcome of the battle. So the approach I take is to ensure that my teammates don't do anything that would affect the rest of the team negatively. Such as trolling. Or pushing a Railgun in the middle of their shot *cough cough*. Sum up the main advice for mid-ranked players in one sentence: Don't be a noob. ~T.E_O.L Just kidding. :) But don't.. Well done to the people that wrote this. Wonderful work. And I've only read this section so far! Can't wait to finish up the paper. :)