Yes, I have Viking M2/10 already. I will buy the M3 kit because I can get it at rank #25 instead of having to wait till rank #27. I will be a long time in ranking up those two ranks; 25 to 27. I will probably be M4 by the time I get to rank #27 if I buy the kit. I want the protection module to start MUing it at M2...it will come in handy now whatever it is.

I will be using M3 Viking and M3 Twins with Stable Plasma Alteration both MUed to about 10 of 20 as soon as I make it to rank #25 (Taiga Kit). I've been saving a long time already. I would like to buy a protection module during the next sale...what should I get? What are the most dangerous turrets in the M3/M4 arena? In M2, I believe Rail is #1 for protection against, Thunder #2, Rico and Smoky tie for #3...I hate Magnums, but their killing is more annoying than actually dangerous. Do the nasty Magnums get worse in M3/M4? Ideas, recommendations from the pros and veterans?

At least there are no increased difficulty in the daily missions for this event. That would be insult to injury. I hope we NEVER see those increased difficulty missions again. I have to guess that when the guy that drafted the sales did so, he keeps overlooking alterations. I can think of no other reason that Tanki has stopped putting alterations on sale...for two or even three of the last sales...EVERYTHING ELSE in the garage is 30% off, but Alterations get left out. Gotta be an oversight...one that affects me in the crystal cache...ratz. Also, too bad about no MUs SUs. I'll wait until Cosmonaut Day, maybe then.

I've been waiting three weeks to do my next micro-upgrade...two weeks because I knew a sale was coming and a very justifiable one week delay due to the tragedy in Russia. So now the big sale is here and there nothing for micro-upgrades, and alterations are not on sale in the garage...again (they weren't on sale for the last Crazy Weekend either...but at least there was a day for MUs. Very disappointing.

Thanks for the information. I'm hoping for a 50% off turrets and alterations...time for a big change to my battle tactics.

I hope I'm not being crass in light of the recent tragedy in Russia, but, since events have restarted within Tanki, are we going to have a belated April Fools sale? Or any sale soon to replace the April fools celebration?

So very very tragic. It would have been a horrific tragedy if it had been all adults, but the majority of the loss was of children...that makes it so much more awful...and so seemingly preventable with just common sense everyday kind of fire safety. I can't imagine how surviving family members and friends must feel. One can only hope that something like this will never happen again. Russian authorities are fire inspecting all shopping and entertainment centers.

The reduced time on gold boxes takes another element of strategy away from the game. Previously a player could drop a gold to create a bit of chaos and diversion to achieve whatever his purpose might be. It was a desperate measure, but it worked well. Now with the 10 seconds, players will soon learn that it is just luck to be close to a gold and they won't go all gaga and drop everything in the game. I acknowledge that Tanki considers golds a "bonus", but they used to be somewhat strategic also. It is just one more small thing that has been gutted in Neo-Tanki. We have lost so much that made Tanki a great game. This Neo-Tanki pales in comparison. Even after all the tragic homogenizing updates, Tanki is still playable at least...for now. I fear that very soon there will be nothing left when MatchMaking is forced upon us. Constantly overcrowded insipid homogenized battles on the same bland homogenized maps with no choice of rank brackets, team size, winning/losing side, time remaining in the game, start or middle of a game...all drugs all the time, no way to congeal a team since there will be no continuing for another round, no choice in anything other than your homogenized turret and homogenized hull. It just makes me sad to see a game I really enjoyed turn into...well, what it's turning into.

I have been contemplating our collective plight in Neo-Tanki. I think that Tanki is using TankiOnline to experiment with mobile device players. I think they are barking up the wrong tree...even if PC player numbers are declining. Even if the loss of PC players is made up by new mobile players (doubtful in my opinion), I just can't believe that mobile players will be buyers like PC players. Mobile players are usually on their device for much shorter periods of time. Are they really going to send in money to build their garage? I may be wrong but most big bickie games are still PC...GTA, Rust, Overwatch, World of Tanks, etc. You can play most of these on your phone, but they are mostly used in conjunction with a PC. Tanki is changing the entire game in what seems to be a bid for the mobile market...different controls, shorter games, homogenized maps/turret/hulls, and MatchMaking all seem to favor mobile devices. Tanki was getting better again with the advent of higher weekly rewards and the lovely free containers. There seemed to be more people starting to come back or new players...with MatchMaking, I hear the death bell tolling again.

LUCIFER1_the_darkAre the current battles not the same? The rank brackets sometimes gets you amongst the high ranks and sometimes you are in the low ranks. Players all times play in battles where they are the highest ranks, so atleast the MM will bring in a luck factor, because I don't want to play all battles with Field marshals neither do I want to spoil the fun the WOs have in the game, so by the randomisation, we will always find a diverse team, thus making the game more fun. I guess you don't use the battle list. I never use the battle buttons just because of the randomization, and when using the battle list to choose my battles, I find battles where I am in the top two or three ranks...preferably the top rank. With MM this will be impossible. Someone mentioned amounts of players at different times of the day and I think he was 100% accurate....peak times will pit mostly equal ranks (ok, that new effectiveness rating) against each other, but at slow times a poor M0 will be trying to slug it out with an M2...almost impossible. Now that lowly M0 can CHOOSE to join a battle more suited to his rank. MM will just fill the map regardless. For me personally I forsee trying to fight agains M4s with my M2s. I can find battles right now with that horror and I avoid them completely. With MM, I will just be dropped into the meat grinder.

Quote from V-log: "Here's what Tankers will get: Balanced battles. A special system will choose players for battles and divide them equally among (should be between) the teams. This doesn't mean all players in the battle will be of the same level. They will be both strong and weak, but they will be split between teams in a fair way." end quote. So the brilliant MM system isn't going to match players like they have been saying. All it will do is make sure the rank distribution is somewhat even. If you are lucky you will be towards the top ranks...if you are unlucky and get tossed into a game where you are low ranked you get to be chewed up fodder for the higher rank players. What an idiotic system. It promises to be very tedious and frustrating. I guess Tanki is hoping for a majority of new players flocking in on their I-phones...good luck with that Tanki.

It just did the same exact thing again. I was on the winning team (not 1st this time) and when it went from 99 to 100 in Forest CP, the server closed the connection at the exact moment it rolled over to 100 for the win....no reward, no battle fund, just the "server closed connection" message. This is the 2nd time within a few hours. It has to be a coding or some sort of conflict problem.

I just had a horrible glitch. I played an entire CP battle from onset to conclusion on Barda for a crystal mission. I was in 1st place on the winning team. I used lots of drugs to insure my victory and was way out in front. My team ran the clock to 100 to finish the game earlier than 15 min. Just as it flipped from 99 to 100, the server cut the connection...no lag, no spinning turrets, just instantaneous cut off perfectly timed with the early conclusion of 100 score. It seems like the 100 score somehow induced the connection crash...it was too fast and exact to be anything else. I logged back in and no reward posted...ratz.

Every time DA & Mines 125 DA 125 Speed 125 Mines I have NO LUCK with containers...well, that is not true...I have BAD luck.

The new icons look like cartoon drawings. They will serveonce players get used to them, but they are definitely not as good looking as the previous style and seem quite childish. Someone needs to return to graphics class for a refresher.

125 mines (again for the zillionth time) Pixel paint (just clogging up the garage for me) 100 all supplies (decent reward finally!)

Will the War run congruently with Iron Days or will Iron Days happen after the War is over? Iron Days is usually at the end of Feb if I'm not mistaken.

This is a nice sale...maybe not super deep discounts, but other sales are coming fairly soon, so this one is OK for me. One discounted MU is very welcome. I am just relieved that there are no increased difficulty style daily missions to deal with. I hope Tanki NEVER brings those back, especially after that New Years debacle. Double Battle Funds is a celebration....harder missions are punishments regardless of the increased rewards.

5 golds 125 DD 125 mines (again)

so disappointing: 125 mines 125 mines 125 mines (They are not yours, they are mines) :) last week 125 speed 125 speed 125 speed

Yikes! Not very clear...I guess (hope) there will be further, more concise explanation as we approach the starting date. It does sound interesting albeit confusing. Certainly has more possibilities than the VK vs OK thing...which was fun...so this new war has thee potential to be even more fun. Tanki may have turned a corner and is improving instead of constant and consistent degradation via poorly thought out updates.

I am getting lots of "Server Severed Connection" (or something close to that wording) and this pop up error message in the picture when entering a game. Many many many of these since Rugby started. Many times it takes three or four log-ins to join a battle. After I finally do get into a battle about 30% of them take a dump and I get the spinning turrets followed by the dread blank screen. Refreshing just takes me back to the lobby or another "Server Lost Connection" message about half of the refreshes. It s getting really old fast.

Yes, I did clean the cache and deleted all the cookies too...I even uninstalled Chrome and reinstalled it. The restart of the servers this morning fixed the problem...so it was on Tanki's side. At least it is fixed now...thanks for your suggestion.

I uninstalled Chrome and reinstalled it. The thing that makes me almost sure it is on Tanki's end is that I can log into the Latin servers and they are fine. Only the English and Russian servers have this problem....I don't see how it could possibly be on my end based on this one fact. I really don't have friends...I don't like the pop up to join battles...so, no I have not tried that option. Again the battle list and battle button are just gone....the news/chat pane is there but the list and battle pane are missing completely. And, thank you for responding...I really appreciate it.

What am I missing? What do paints even matter? Actually with these 23 new paints, there are 23 less chances of getting something good in containers now...good as in crystals or Gold Boxes or Premium days, or even usable supplies (I doubt anyone is thrilled about more mines). Paint? For me it is always a disappointing container that holds paint.