I have same issue. I bought Predator kit (15 bucks) and I still have the order confirmation email. A week later my account was banned for fraud. They unlocked it after a support ticket, but I didn't get the predator kit back. Lost 15 bucks (bought with best buy gift card which is what they recommend using). Contacted paygarden support, sent in 4 tickets since my order was cancelled, and they still haven't replied yet. Filled out an application for failed purchase form and THEY haven't done a crap either, just telling me to contact paygarden (which I have already done 4 times). So IDK why everyone just re-directs forum "nups" to centuries-old topics that don't have any clear answers because I was cheated out of my 15 bucks and this nice fellow above got cheated out of his 12 bucks, I want some god damn answers or else paygarden is a big-ass scam and ought to be removed as a purchase option for tanki purchases.

Okay guys so I got predator kit for $14.99, I still hate myself for not buying it during the holiday sales but it's too late now. Anyhow it's an awesome kit, completely dominates M0s without drugs (I plan on buying $19.99 1,500 Supplies kit to go against the M2 Druggers that are becoming more common even at my low rank), and goes well against M1-M2 folks that start popping out. I also have the M1 Vulcan, Shaft, Freeze, and Smoky, 3 of them long-range guns and the freeze which I got from the CUPID kit back in the Black friday sales ($4.89 kit got me through to WO2, I should've bought Harvester or something but Cupid was worth the most for the price- nearly 100,000 Crystals). So I've got to lay out a path for my career after the predator kit becomes Underpowered. I'm thinking about a few: Firewall/Firebolt- Firebird M2 is supposed to be absolutely beast at low ranks, nearly 200 DPS increase over the M1. But I'm not a fan of the Melee elementals (Isida, Freeze, Firebird). Hunter M2 is worse than Viking M2, but the Wasp M2 has more HP than the Hornet M2 which really surprises me. But I absolutely despise light hulls. Minotaur/Ram- Twins M2 is also supposed to be nice, but it doesn't really have all that big difference from M1. Still people say the MINO is beast. I think ram is cheaper though. Northerner- Smoky M2 has the biggest boost of all the M2 turrets from M1, and it's pretty beast the way I see it. Insane power upgrade and great RPM... Smoky M1 was the only turret I bought without a discount and I'm still not regretting it, 11,000 Crystals for a high RPM, high impact turret that absolutely destroys Light hulls and can handle Heavies and mediums with relative ease. Can't imagine how the M2 is, but $35.99 is a bit steep (like the other kits) Anaconda/Simoom/Boar- So many DICTATOR M2s for the low rank buyers. Honestly I like all the turrets in those kits- Vulcan, Thunder, and Ricochet- but dictator I absolutely hate, it's so unstable, slow, and the armor is pathetic for a tank that drives like a heavy. And vulcan got nerfed to hell- M2 is the old M1- so there's that. Pitbull/Annihilator- Insanely expensive, but the turrets-hull combinations are the best they get. And when the February sales come along (Iron/Valentine days) I think I can get one of 'em on a discount. So what's it gonna be guys? It's still a long time until I get there, but I'd like something to work towards. BTW I'm never going to get to 200,000 Crystals to those ranks (I have 10,000 right now ROFL, won't even buy PRO pass) so I'm going to have to use real $$ to get those kits, so I want to make an educated decision here.

should i buy the 35 and 14 dollar bundles in the shop? they are very good deals, but as a newbie im having serious doubts of pouring almost 50 bucks into a game i barely have ~50 hours playing. i know that by the time i get to the m3 ranks im gonna have to invest 90+ usd just for one kit, so... i like the game but im not really sure i like it that much. btw... i missed the holiday discounts. ive got matrix kit in the shop, really liking thunder m1... but i already have viking m1, so 17k crystals down the drain. and the panther d-d sucks bawls. should i still go for it? and the vulcan... i know it got nerfed to hell but i still love it.

To people who play other games besides Tanki (i.e. FPS) drugs are almost like hacks. These "perfectly legal" items are, quite frankly, damage hacks, HP hacks, and HP regenerators. The last one isn't that bad... but the other two I'm not even going to start. Added on to how early on M3s are available in the game, P2Wers are much too powerful. I thought the common F2P FPS was P2W-- boy I was wrong.

16). calling a rico+hornet "noob" even tho everybody knows this already

Well I'm really bored with the choices I have now. If I keep up with the way I'm doing things right now I'd be bored to hell. I'm an FPS gamer (haha, like to call myself one at least even if my K/D ratio is about 0.8 in everything I play) and I like playing with a lot of weapons: my favorite is shotgun or LMG (Warface is my main F2P MMOFPS right now, I've got into the R249 Para/LMG KAPOW and of course most of the Box shotguns for the medic class) class weapons but I like to play with a lot of different weapons every time I play to keep things interesting. I get what you're coming at however. By the time I reach the triple-diamond ranks (still some time till I get there) I'll be a dirty P2W drugger and buy the kits there (having my eye on the TItan M2+Smoky M2 combo), so I just want to be a F2Per as much as possible in the early ranks. Otherwise I'd have bought the Predator kit and the "Supplies 1,500" bundle long ago and forgot about everything LOL. Makes sense, but I tend to play on a laptop most of the time and the elemental weapons seem to fare the best since they fire a constant stream of damage unlike the hammer where you have to aim (or die). It's the second most expensive M1 for a reason but I need a real mouse to play effectively with any single-shot weapon (Smoky, Thunder, Railgun, Shaft... full auto guns like Rico or Twins are pretty easy, and Vulcan or elementals are easiest to use without a mouse). However, if the sales are good enough... I'll buy the Tsunami kit and Vulcan M1. I've always wanted the Harvester kit but I've still got 6 days until the current kits run out so by then the Xmas sales would have ended. I mainly want the Badger T-F module (15% fire protection for overheat vulcan and those hornet/wasp firebird combos which are so common in the newb servers), the module itself cost 3,000 Crystal cheaper but thinking about it, for 3,000 more crystals I get a 37,000 Crystal M1 turret, a 6,000 Crystal (now 5,400, since all my garage hulls are at a 10% discount), and an 11,000 Crystal paint which also looks pretty nice (I've got the "In-love" paint which is okay but the Swash allows me to complete me "Striker" bundle ROFL)

I'm looking at all these high-rank tankers here and I'm wondering if what I buy at M1 ranks even matters. LOL Vulcan Love it's range, it deals quite a bit of damage at medium-range. Gyroscope is like an aimbot, can keep shooting without any obstruction from ricochet or smoky (high-impact guns) DPS is pretty nice, they nerfed it I believe but it's still half-decent. ~300 D/S at M1. Ideal for suppressing fire, I play FPS games and love LMG-spraying, so naturally I find comfort in this minigun turret Ricochet Really nice DPS (again), higher than smoky and twins which are pretty common at M1 ranks Impact force is really annoying to those railguns that are so common (again) Never saw the point to the Ricochet rounds, could never use it too effectively. Hammer I don't like it, railgun damage without railgun range, and just 3 shots per clip. Deadly against hornets/wasps though. I'm looking at the Tsunami kit which has the Badger T-F Module, protection against Fire/Freeze/Twins which are the most prominent CQB killers. Plus the fire protection will prove useful for Vulcan lovers. If anyone actually cares to reply to a newb like me... how much are the discounts for Christmas? I've got about 40,000 Crystals I think I can buy 3-4 M1s that I don't have (All I have are Cupid kit and Smoky M1)

Predator/Fujiyama/Corsair kit which is better? Or hero/bulldog/anvil/exterminator kit? I want a well-rounded kit for all modes of gameplay. I usually do offensive gameplay though I love vulcan for defense as well. Thunder I heard was OP, and Hammer I liked for 2-hit kill, and twins for suppression because of that unlimited ammo.