I was joking - I have it equipped by default. But now you've kind of contradicted yourself on the peek-a-boo statement. Stock smoky can play effectively without cover - rreload is still short. It's just not quite as effective at longer ranges because it gets less criticals per minute. More drop-off in long-distance damage.

There seems to be a difference of opinions. See post 3195 below... http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showtopic=291454&page=160

Don't use Noise as one of your "was great-back-in-the-day" points. For nostalgia - maybe. For game-play... hardly. Noise was bad before Magnum came along. The map is unbalanced, strongly in favor of Red. - Red can fire downward with Thunder or Striker or Ricco. Missed shots still do splash damage or bounce around until they eventually hit. - Red can use the ramps or... just drop down to mid-level from their base. - Blue missed shots often just go into the sky - Blue has only 3 ways to get to mid-level... 3 ramps that can be blocked. - Key to Noise is controlling the mid-level. Red has huge advantage in this. Magnum certainly made it worse, but Red won ~ 70% of the battles before magnum came along.

What is the damage boost for Firebird Incendiary Mix Alteration? Is it 10%? Or is it 50% as many players have surmised...

The only advantage Viking has over Hunter is top speed - by a small amount... 0.5 I suppose if you consider lower profile Viking has advantage there - but - some consider that a disadvantage when aiming.

For a new player? Well most of those are NOT completing the challenge. Plus u can't compare what need to do at Legend to get enough stars versus starter levels. Apples to Oranges. Currently many team battles are played that way - as TDM. So until they actually make a change (won't hold my breath) we have a legitimate beef. You can defend Challenges all you want - won't change the fact many battles are ruined because of them.

Tankers who play a lot might rank up faster, but since they altered the exp per battle, we rank up slower overall. Players mid-range to upper levels will not rank up too fast - it now takes quite a while for each higher rank. This is how Challenges directly affect the quality of battles - players now don't care about the outcome. Assault, RGBY, CTF... doesn't matter. 70% of the tankers are playing TDM. All they care about is 1) threshold and 2) getting 3/6 stars. If they are going to die and re-spawn a bunch of times - why try to cap a flag? Just make kills. Seen this as teams lose 5-0 - because not one player tried to cap a flag.

Lots of golds with little exp = multer

How many players are protecting versus twins on maps like Kunger? There are so many turrets that have become OP that twins is only one of many protected against. It does not encounter more than it's ashre of modules. I still am. Equip it for most battles by default.

WIKI includes the "delay" when it gives you a reload time. 1.1 + 2.9 = 4.0

Does not seem correct for Auto-cannon... even accounting for DD. I'm usually seeing 60-70 dmg without DD. And how are you doing only 800 critical with DD?

195-203 dmg with what?

Twins is not weak. Just has limitations depending on map. No turret gets more out of DD than twins.

Twins is underated. Every time my Ricco-Titan with twins protection goes 1-on-1 vs twins I lose. Smoky auto-cannon of course is best used on larger maps. The 50% weak damage is as good as most, and the numerous crits always do full damage at long range (sans protections...)

So... smoky auto-cannon sux?

If you think there are no gold-multers in battles you can be wrong. Did I do that right?

It would have disappeared if you had not posted... <_<

You have enough m1 turrets - do not buy any more. Upgrade your m1s, or upgrade 1 and save for m2 kit. You really can't afford to have more than 2 combos.

Are any considered weak and any considered strong? The "strong" will be priced accordingly and so the "rich" will get even richer... Indestructibility on a Wasp? I-don't-think-so...

I would not recommend getting kit when you already have Shaft & Viking. What else you have besides Shaft?

More stable as well... no?

I believe GG was on the receiving end of the triple-shot... With what you give up to get it - the Alteration is OP.

Buyers may indeed rank up faster than peers - especially if they have Premium. However, buyers will also top score-board at each rank as they progress. They have more of everything = more options. They don't really have to make the tough decision of MU-ing a newly bought kit or buying another module or drone. They do all three. But I agree the Devs will not remove those items from the shop - that's how they keep the company/game going. Unfortunately, lately they have skewed the balance too much in favor of buyers with many of the new expensive drones and alterations. Having an m2 smoky/Titan in the Sergeant ranks really is pretty silly. It's a "men-versus-boys" comparison and just might turn a lot of new players away from the game.

When I need to do DMs for missions I enter battle with Ricco-Titan and equip MFS alteration + Trooper drone. Trooper is cheap and a few upgrades on the Trooper ensures I don't die quickly at evevery re-spawn. This combo does reasonably well- finishes bottom/middle/top of score-board in roughly equal amounts. Averages about 2 stars (no premium)

Smoky m2 (m1 10/10 ? ) is excellent at your rank. If you like Viking keep MU-ing it. It's very good at m2 level. As smoky cover mid-range to long-range,you might want to go for a turret that is short-medium range. Will be a bit of wait for Freeze m2 - bt it is decent. If looking for an m2 kit - try to stay away from ones that have a medium hull - unless you don't like Viking. As mentioned by HBTY, Avalanche might be a good choice as you will get a few things you need - light hull, short-range weapon and protection module.