Oh, ok. I just ranked up again and the Striker and Cupid Kit became available. Pretty stupid to be honest. That's a harsh advantage a buyer has over an M0 new player.

I jumped on my Corporal account to see how many golds drop in low-rank battles. I checked the shop and the M1 turret + M1 hull kits I saw were the Keeper Kit, the Savage Kit, the Firefly Kit and the Vampire Kit. He is a few ranks above me which would unlock even more kits with different M1 turrets.

He is a Master Sergeant. There are many kits available in the shop ranks before and after his rank that contain M1 equipment. You can fully upgrade the protection and you will have M2 protection.

I was talking about Stock Shaft there.

Haha, again, players count the seconds wrong. Your first shot is already loaded so it only takes 3 seconds for M4 haft to shoot 3 shots; just like M4 Duplet takes 0.27 seconds to unravel both shots and not 0.54. True. I guess that's the monetisation aspect of it. And this right here is what I hate about "Death Herald" Compulsator. You get the ability to instantly reload after a kill, and what's the downside? A NEGLIGIBLE increase in the shot delay. Not even the reload speed, the stupid shot delay. That there is a blatant upgrade and seems to be more practical than Hyperspace Rounds at the moment. You'd have to be stupid to choose Stock Railgun over "Death Herald" Compulsator Railgun. Some alterations basically have no drawback like Incendiary Band, "Death Herald" Compulsator, Adaptive Reload and Sledgehammer Rounds.

Because I like sniping while having a low arcade reload time. I prefer using Stock Shaft over Rapid-Fire Mode. They have comparable stats for reload and I just prefer the former. Edit: Also, Duplet does 4,000 damage in 0.27 seconds while Shaft does it in 1.5 seconds. That's a big difference. Also, Hammer has great impact force which is strengthened by one shot being back up by another 0.27 seconds later. Shaft's arcade shot barely has any punch in it.

Not only that, but it also gives your tank an immediate repair kit. That, I find unbalanced. You can essentially have 3 repair kits, one from your supply stash, one from when you play the objective and one from your Overdrive and maybe even one when you pick one up from the floor while running away. I find the Mechanic and Miner Drones to be the least useful when fully upgraded. 20/20 Mechanic Drone is basically a 0/20 Mechanic drone. Doesn't really shake up the balance of the battle. On the other hand, a fully upgraded Assault Drone or Trooper Drone is better than the Mechanic. And while with the Mechanic Drone you can activate it for your team whenever you want, the Engineer Drone can give it to every teammate on the battlefield and not just the teammates around the user. Was rather disappointed to find out a while ago that the Engineer Drone also worked on repair kits. It just makes Mechanic less unique. Mechanic was the first drone I ever bought and now It's overshadowed by my other drones. They need to buff it to be honest.

This'll probably be my last rank up on this account. Legend Rank up:

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Those are most likely the players on the front lines. I was able to tone down on my supply usage on my current Captain account since I bought Shaft and I am just shy of 25k total supplies used. Heck, TheCongoSpider only used 57k supplies total. Players at Captain are using more supplies than a player at (basically, at this point) Commander?

Want to know something that I would like to have happen to me less often? Being on the Blue team in almost all of my Assault battles. I noticed that when I equipped Isida, I end up on the Blue team ways more times than on the red team; like 6-1. Tried equipping other turrets and noticed that I got on the red team a bit more often but the heavy majority was still on the Blue team. This is something I can't control but I'm fed up of it. The main difference between this and your problem is that mine has a 50% chance of happening while yours has a (presumably because I believe some maps appear more often than others in terms of % chance but let's assume each map has an equal chance) 93% chance of happening.

You asked, "Where is the new (MM) Sandbox and Polygon?". This immediately says that you are disgruntled or concerned in some way or for whatever reason that you're not being put into these two maps. I wouldn't consider Polygon small to be honest. I see it as a bare-medium map. You also said, above, that MM had stopped sending you to those maps. You also said that you wanted to be put in more small maps and according to you, small maps are Polygon, Sandal and Sandbox, and coincidentally, Polygon and Sandbox are your favourite maps to play in every battle mode. With all these things considered, I'd have to be stupid not to infer that you want to be sent into these maps as much as possible. While you didn't directly say it, it was implied. I love the Desert map but I haven't been in it in days. I'm not complaining. While that shouldn't directly affect your situation, it shows that not only you are affected by this. I know that there are 30 maps in the MM pool. I know that it's very unlikely that I would be put into a battle in Desert more than once in a row. It would be easier for me since I made sure to have a melee range, short range and long range turret to fit each map size. Because you only have one combination that doesn't consist of a medium to long range turret, you can't expect the rules of MM to bend to your will. Basically, expect that you won't get into your favourite map often because there are 28 other maps the system can choose from. I just wanted to see your reason for wanting to dominate. It's natural for a player to want to dominate because it makes them feel happy playing the game. Players often overlook that while they dominate, others suffer. So asking for something that helps you yourself to dominate the enemy team easier is selfish.

There are 28 other maps that the system could put you in. Do you expect to be put in those two maps every time? Why do you want to dominate? You realise that when you dominate, others lose out or get frustrated at being dominated, right? Be glad you're dominating anywhere. Some players get dominated in every battle mode and in every map. You seem just a tad bit selfish with your claims and suggestions. But this is just from my perspective.

It's 50% at 0/20 upgrades. I'll be looking into the mechanic of the increased damage of the Booster Drone carefully. Something about its damage increase calculation doesn't seem right. It seems needlessly complicated.

Not really. The maps are supposed to be for 8 v 8 gameplay. If the map is small, and also depending on the terrain and prop positions, then particular turrets just wouldn't be viable which is not how it should be. Sandal is already chaotic. I think Sandal was for 5 v 5 or 6 v 6 originally. Why put 16 tanks in there? I see Twins dominating in large maps as well. The problem is that they use medium hulls while you use a heavy hull. Maybe you should change your playstyle because attacking with a heavy hull + a close range turret in a large map ruthlessly isn't a good idea. You said it yourself that you dominate in every size map all the same, why are you complaining?

That is one of the disadvantages of using one combo consisting of a short-ranged turret for all of your Tanki life. It may have worked out a few years ago but not today. You can't cater to only short-range players. You have to cater to all turrets. You have protection against 10 turrets (9 of them are at least 25%). You have high protection against long-range and medium-range turrets. Players who are also like you don't have protections like those. They have substantially less. You should be glad you have such high protection against the turrets that outrange you.

That seems unnecessary. You're adding something that may confuse tankers as they're accustomed to seeing the icons with a particular colour. Changing this colour might cause some confusion in some players. Why should the colour change? All it's showing you is that the player was killed by a specific turret. That's really all that needs to be said. The colour of the projectile isn't important.

Different maps cater for different ranged turrets you know. You as a Twins player can't have everything set in your favour while others lose out.

Here are some more scenarios like that I encountered months ago.

Yeah, I was just like you in this. Players here are complaining about getting this mission over and over while I was getting everything but that. Then I got one on one of my accounts and then I started getting it more frequently after that. I've been lucky two weeks so far. I can't complete this mission with all this lag. That last part happens so damn much and I'm so fed up of it. I would die in the 12 seconds and while I'm respawning and can't contribute to my team in those seconds, I look at the player in 4th place while I'm in 3rd place. With just 3 seconds remaining, I'm hoping they don't get an assist or kill and lo and behold, they get it and pass me by 5 or 10 points. I can't stand that so I complete the mission in DM battles.

How exactly is this a "Can't believe that worked" scenario?

No.

Asking for likes, huh? And instead of saying 'reply', you say 'comment'. Man, you sound like most of those commenters on Tanki YouTubers' videos asking for a like with every comment they post. I'm sorry but I honestly can't take you seriously after encountering you so many times in-game.

While it does need a buff, please note that with Striker being a relatively rare turret, protections against it would be relatively rare. M4 Striker would be able to kill an unprotected M4 heavy hull 25% quicker than stock Striker. You have to account for how well it does with and without double damage against hulls that have protection against it also with those who don't. It can't be like Electromagnetic Accelerator "Scout" where you can kill someone with two shots faster than a Stock Railgun can even kill the same person. I would still use Stock Striker because M4 Striker reloads slightly faster than Sledgehammer Thunder. It allows you to two-shot the target and kill them before Rapid Fire Striker could kill them in 3 shots.

I actually thought you would be a forumer to read organised texts longer than that. This kind of discourages me from posting long replies since you are one of the forumers I seek feedback from the most.