I payed full price. I was tired of getting spanked. M2 Hornet and M2 rail was no longer competitive. I also payed for upgrades recently (11/50) so the game could be fun again.

I felt I had to get the High-Caliber because Railgun was quite under powered without it. Railgun is not what it used to be.

Well I bit the bullet so to speak and purchased the High Caliber ammo. I am VERY happy with the results! Lots of one shot kills. I do not mind the slow reload time much. After using it for a couple of days I played in a BP/XP (alteration off) and it felt like rapid fire. I still have to work on my shoot and hide. I am deadly with a red box!

If I purchase High-Caliber ammo at M2 rank will I loose that alteration when I can get M3?

Exellant advice! Sorry, it is minus 2 degrees Fahrenheit in Wisconsin, USA. I have and will take them sledding this winter. We have snowshoes but not enough snow for that yet. The ski hills are too expensive! I have them in scouts, wrestling and taekwondo also. Tanki is a safe interactive game for us. I do not let them play online games other than Tanki because I do not trust what I do not know. I use Tanki as a babysitter for an hour or two once or twice a week (I really dig it after the kids go to bed).

I have three accounts. A low rank for son #1 and middle rank for son #2. Son #2 likes to play parkor with me. He gets mad when spawns and dies immediately and will not play. Son #1 gets frustrated because his skills are not so good and the available battles always seem to have higher rank tankers playing with better equipment.

I understand the intent of the folks that run Tanki is to earn more money with people buying crystals. I have purchased them myself. But I know that we will loose interest in the game because of this. Therefore they will loose income from me in the end.

I agree 100%. When it comes to real life they are pretty good at saving money. But with Tanki they do not have enough interest to complete daily missions. Nor the skills to earn crystals with good game play. They have other games they prefer to play (Minecraft is not my thing.) Unfortunately Tanki is one game we can play together. At least untill now!

I enjoy playing Tanki with my sons. We have been playing together for over a year. We can no longer play together because we cannot create a map that fits our different ranks. My sons cannot seem to save enough crystals to afford the pro pass. I am afraid that we are going to loose interest in playing Tanki because of this.