If only slightly into W03 Vik m1 is a decent buy. If closer to W04 Hunter m1 might be better buy. Hunter is slower than Vik at m1 but has a significant boost in Health. See where you are when sale occurs. If you do buy Viking at W03 you can also MU it a bit by time you reach rank where you would buy Hunter.

If really set on Shaft M3 save for it and MU 4-5 items 1-3 spots. You won't want speed-ups for MUs so - if MU-ing spread them around a bit (and include your Protection Modules). No point in getting Viking to 20/20 yet - the last few MUs are sooooo expensive for very little gain. Finish the last few MUs much later - that is more of a luxury.

Based on your recent progress what rank do you feel you will be by XMas sales? If W02 or part-way into W03 then Vik m1 not a bad idea. You will need a medium hull. But you may need to put a few MUs on it to make it competitive past W03. Hunter is better than Vik at m1 stage but does not unlock until WO4. See where you are at XMas. What Kit do you have eye on? A later M2 kit? Then go for medium m1 hull as light m1 hulls struggle some at W04 and above.

So... striker has been around for a while. Any alterations forth-coming? Would like to see"Basic Rockets". - Unguided = no lock-on needed to fire slavo. Hold Space-bar for ~ 3 seconds and all 4 launch in straight line. - Less quality = -15% dmg (direct hit & Splash) - No laser

Forgot about Lost Temple... now it's Magnum-heavy. No place to shelter. And if you need to cap flags for missions - forget about it. Many battles finish 1-0. As soon as a team scores they switch to half isidas and just plant mines - dozens and dozens of them. One of easiest maps to prevent caps on.

Wait - What??? :huh: :o :angry:

Shaft can power-up without a target (while hiding laser) and then shoot immediately without any real warning. Instant hit/kill. Only inexperienced Shaft users reveal the laser/position without a target. Striker on the other hand can only start the process when target is in view. Then during the power-up the target can avoid the lock-on (it takes a while) and also enemies can now target the Striker which is basically a beacon. You'd be surprised how often the lock-on fails and the striker dies while trying to target someone. It can't hide the laser like Shaft does.

The big fat "BUT..." in the 2nd paragraph undid the efforts of your retort. And yes, I have commented very sarcastically about all those crying about not getting to keep the fruits of a giant mistake. Don't worry - I'm not singling you out. ;)

A free day of premium should cover it - and what a coincidence - as compensation the Devs are offering... a Free Day of Premium. ;)

What does the alteration have to do with it? Does not make it better. Makes it different playing style - but not better. Unlike Firebird afterburn alt...

Oh my... since I prefer to shoot you noobs as you try to collect boxes I don't know how it works? Sure... ;) And you didn't earn the rewards so just be happy you actually got something out of it.

So my post had NOTHING to do with it and then.... it actually had something to do with it. OK. And then there's this... "Now they have stepped up and given all the participants 24 hours of Premium as some small compensation (which is appreciated...thanks Tanki) but it still won't cover all the lost supplies and the time can never be replaced not to mention the dire disappointment. " If you spent more supplies in that short time than you will make back with a day of 2x funds - you need help in supply management.

Except that you really didn't "earn" them. You ran around grabbing boxes falling to the ground - so many that everyone who was around got hundreds. You apparently do not know what "work" or "earn" mean...

Let me guess - you "worked hard" to "earn" those boxes falling from the sky? :mellow: :) :P :D :lol: ;) Hold on... I'm gonna get my violin for ya!

LOL... fighting hard... :P :D :lol: Sprained an ankle running from one box to another? You use the word "earned" a few times. You really think you "earned" those boxes? :huh: :o :blink:

Solution is to punish those who did not luck out, and were offline during the glitch? That's not a solution. This is a game where you need to work for the rewards. Fighting for that one gold box that drops during a battle is work. Grabbing pennies from heaven is not work. Thus all those "pennies" should be removed. If a bank accidentally deposits 100k into your account, do you really think you'd get to keep it once they notice it? Same thing. You think it's balanced that a W01 has 469 gold boxes? 469k crystals? That lucky Wo1 will buy whatever they want and dominate to point of ridiculousness.

It's ironic because $40 spent at W04 rank will have a waaaaay bigger impact on your career than $40 spent once you reach Commander. Does $40 at that stage actually buy anything besides a drug kit?

So they changed their mind and we will be able to do missions in Pro-Battles going forward? Sweet! Oh... wait... that's a "no"? So when Match-Making comes back and we can't choose a battle to do our missions in it is gonna be a problem. Many (including me) will ditch the daily missions as I refuse to let the game place me in battles/maps I really don't like. - Usually on the losing team half-way through a battle. Um... no thanks!

Ah... that explains it. You don't really know what it's like playing the high accounts. "Borrowing" your friends account occasionally does not give an informed experience. Sure smoky can finish near the top when m2 is unlocked - it is one of the most powerful m2s. But then, slowly through rank-up it loses it's luster. Once in the m3+ ranks it becomes average. Not terrible, sure, but no longer OP at all. You'll see. "generals"? You mean general - singular. Half the players were in battle much shorter time - look at counts of k+d. And we all know ESP4 was drugging constantly during the battle. We Know. ESP4 is a buyer - has lots of supplies and equipment is maxed available for the rank. What we don't know is if this "m1" is really an m1 10/10 = m2... and we all know m2 smky unlocks late and is one of best m2s available. We also don't know (from just a final screen-shot) how long 9110 was in battle. Maybe half the time as ESP4 with similar score. We also don't know how much - if any - the other players were drugging. Have no idea what you are trying to prove by posting these screen-shots... they don't tell the story you think they are telling. FYI - please add a hard break after the screen-shot so a spoiler can be added. As it is the end-spoiler can't be added when responding.

Smoky near the top. Magnum at the bottom. LOL. :huh: :blink: :D :lol: Thought you said this was not your only account? Are they all relatively low?

You are coming up with what we call "one-offs" for examples of why you don't need to turn your turret. I already mentioned we were not advocating driving around with your turret constantly rotating 360-degrees. That would be silly. The point is if you are fighting someone who knows how to fight while turning the turret and you can't, you are at a tactical disadvantage.

Then why did you ask for advise on buying Rail m2?

Mammoth or wasp - you didn't respond to part about actually dodging shots - by turning your hull. You talking twins from extreme distance? I can imagine the soundtrack for this is "The Twist" by Chubby Checker.

Did you just say you dodge shots by turning your hull? Not avoiding bad impact - but actually dodging shots? In your mammoth? (where you spend 90% of your battle-time). Interesting. B)

Hmmm... maybe not completely simultaneously - more like current but without need to lock-on Certainly be willing to sacrifice something in order to make use of the Salvo. Currently find rare occurrences for it's use. Unlike Shaft - use the primary mode and then use arcade shot to finish off target is easy-peasy.