Guide to Playing Cross Effectively Cross is known for its many bridges and organized spawn-points, as well as many escape routes that can be useful in CTF. I favor this map because of its many houses to hide behind and trees that you can camouflage into. Here is a guide to using these benefits well. Combination Recommendations Here are the best turret/hull combinations in CTF, CP, TDM, and DM. For defense, what you need is a medium hull with a suitable weapon, such as Freeze, Thunder, Ricochet, Hammer, or Railgun. Isida is best used with Hornet or Wasp, hurrying about healing any damaged teammates and repairing any injured flag capturer as soon as they are out of range. However, the light hull may easily get destroyed by any Thunders or Railguns if it is exposed in the open. My advice is to duck under the side bridges in your base and keep close to the edge as you travel to one spot in your base. This is suitable for any mode except DM. Attackers are best paired with a light hull and any weapon, but the most likable are Railgun, Ricochet, Firebird, or Smoky. With the Overdrive update as a permanent mark in the game, it is best paired with Firebird or Ricochet. Burning effect kills enemies faster, while the Ricochet's bounces can easily knock off your enemies' aim and deal great amounts of damage as well. Turrets such as Firebird or Ricochet can easily barge along the main bridge into the enemy base, as they have nothing to hide and can easily destroy many enemies even if they are in plain sight. But weapons like Railgun or Smoky may have to hide behind some houses and snipe for a while before taking the enemy flag (if you are in CTF mode, of course) and escape between the small gap between the side bridges and the border walls, navigating diagonally across the map and capturing the flag safely. It is best if you have an Isida with you as you take the enemy flag. Therefore, it can distract your opponents as you escape. If a witty foe decides to ignore the Isida and chase you instead, be sure that you know you are being chased and drug Nitro as well as Double-Armor. This is the route I always use, but many players like traveling this way: Now this is the hardest mode to take care of: Deathmatch. In a Free-For-All, you need to know that there is nobody you can rely on; it's only you for yourself. There are also no points or flags. The main subject in this mode is to kill. As you can spawn in whatever spawn-point in the map, there is the possibility that you may spawn in somebody else's tank. To destroy it as efficiently as possible, you need to equip Hornet/Firebird or Freeze. Drive out of the tank and shoot from behind, in case the tank is still active, he will need to turn around in order to damage you. This combination also works very well for tankers who like moving around and have distaste for lingering about. On the other hand, if you are a camper, you might as well equip a heavy hull matched with Smoky or Thunder. You may want to hide behind one of the poles in two corners of the map. That way, you have a good range of everybody on your side of the map, and can move around the pole as you please. And let me just tell you that the best combo for DM is Viking/Smoky and the worst is Wasp/Isida, due to the fact that anybody could destroy your tank easily, living in the truth that your hull is the weakest, AND that your Isida is short-range with a single beam, low damage counters, and your aim may get continuously knocked off by Ricochets, Thunders, or Hammers. :( Gold Boxes Let's just say that shouting "Gold Box Plz Admin" in the chat won't increase the possibility of a Gold-Box dropping AT ALL. Admin is a gold hogger as well as a crystal hogger and keeps all of his earnings to himself. (Sorry, Admin. Forgive me for writing this about you and for writing this guide in the first place, unless it's true.) The true fact about Gold-Boxes is that they will only drop if somebody drops them or if the battle fund is very high. (About 5,000 or higher) First, let's take a look at the drop zones: Oh, yeah. There are no images for Gold-Box drop zones in Tanki. I'm afraid I won't win this at all due to lack of pictures. ARRRRRRGGHHH! Alright, enough of that. I don't want my personal feelings to interfere with this guide. Let's just simplify and shorten this section, to many of the players' disappointment. Anyways, many of the drop zones are on the bridges, although there isn't one in the middle of the main bridge. There is a Repair-Kit drop zone there. I'd just say that there is one each on the side bridges of the map and there are two drop zones on each side of the main bridge. On the ground, all of the drop zones are symmetrically spread around the map. However, there is some advice I could give you. The ones on the ground are usually right next to bridges, so I advise you to jump off at the right moment. The ones on the bridges and corners require the Hull Dictator, lagging on top of the crowd. I'd also recommend the turrets Freeze or Railgun. The weapon Freeze slows your opponents down and gives you a chance to climb onto them, while Railgun can knock some tanks off the top of the crowd. I'm sure you guys aren't going to be that happy with this Gold Box Section, but it's the best I can do. Supplies Supplies around the Cross Map are evenly distributed, with many Nitros on each side, a Double Damage on each Side Bridge, a Double Armor on the ground, and a Repair Kit in the Center. The Double Damages are your key weapon to help you advance your team's ground and take over the Repair Kit Zone. In DM, if you choose to camp behind the two poles on both bases, as spoken about in Combination Recommendations, you might want to put a few mines around your pole, as melee weapons have to be close to damage you, while you can deal with long-range weapons simply by hiding behind your pole. However, there isn't much I can tell you about Supply strategies. Others prefer drugging. Mining Strategies We're at out last part of this guide, and I want to tell you about mining. Putting a mine on the two open directions near your flag during CTF mode can prove to be very useful. Also, a well concealed mine on the Repair Kit Drop zone can shatter any hopes of being healed. However, probably the most valuable place you can put a mine is on the enemy bridge slopes. These destroy lots of enemies, and I hope they do the same for you. Oh well. I guess this is the end. Make sure to find Cross Maps and take this newfound knowledge to conquer the battle. Bye! :D