Guide to Playing in Courage Effectively Courage is one of the least popular maps in Tanki Online. Though almost symmetric and great for playing XPBP battles, it has been kicked aside to the trash bin and is now teetering between life and death... Ok, cut the drama. All I really want is to get you guys to read my guide. You following me here? Good, because you are about to experience the guide to play in Courage... courageously. Combat Combos Courage is available in every mode and theme, but the most used are CTF and TDM in the Summer Theme. In both of those modes, Hunter/Freeze, Firebird, or Hammer would be a good combo for attacking and defending, but not charging in and taking the flag. Hunter is too slow, and melee weapons might not be able to stop an army. The best for capturing flags is Hornet/Thunder. This is because Hornet has just enough speed and drift to get out of the enemy's line of fire, and Thunder packs the perfect punch, damaging many enemies at once. However, at the rare times when there is DM or CP, you have to keep in mind the goals of both modes; capturing points and stealing kills. In CP mode, there usually isn't any attention to any of the four points at all once both on each team's side are captured. There's just a big massacre in between with very few smart tankers trying to advance ground. You can be one of those smarties. In order to do so, you need a heavy but quick hull, preferably Hunter or Dictator and a long range gun with short reload, like Smoky or Thunder. In DM, the key to winning is to steal kills. Usually, weapons with close range and high damage is the key, because the map isn't too big, and snipers easily get killed, since spawn points in DM are literally everywhere. Supplies Courage has supplies split evenly among both teams, with two of every supply except for Repair Kits. (I told you it was symmetrical) Sadly, there are no Repair Kits, which gives battles a nice touch. Also, on both teams' slopes are a Double Armor and Nitro, and the gaps between the walls and the big house sit the two Double Damage Supplies. There isn't much to be said with supplies, for many people would prefer drugging than actually collecting them :( Gold Boxes This is probably the part where all of the tankers go: "GIVE ME SOME GOOD INFO!!", and I promise you there will be. Anyway, the Gold Box Drop Zones are evenly split among the map symmetrically, as with supplies. Anyway, there are four main zones on the four points in CP mode, unless you are in CP mode and have to rely on the other six zones. Anyway, we'll start on the middle four first. Each of them is hard to get. You need luck, a Dictator, some lagging on top, and Repair Kits. What I mean is that there really is no strategy to catch these four; there's no jumping off to catch them in midair, there's no flying off ramps to do the same, and there's no magic place you could catch it under any circumstances. No. These rely on luck. Now to the two zones that sit squarely in each team's base. Where two slopes lead up to a box, specifically. Here, you have to be lucky to get the zone to your team's base, and some well-timed railgun shots to send everyone over the edge... except you. Then, you can easily take it without worry, unless you are a very clumsy driver. Then there's the possibility that you can't send everyone off the edge. This strategy doesn't have a high success rate so be careful. Use dictator, but don't rush up one of the slopes until the Gold Box is already halfway to the ground because if it takes to long to reach you on top of the pile of tanks, the pile tilts and down you go. The last four are the hardest to get. They are located in the corners of the map. This is because you can very easily just fall off the map. Easy as pie. However, the best thing to do is use a strong Magnum or Railgun shot to topple everyone and take the Gold Box with your Dictator. Problem solved. I guess this is the end. Be sure to create a Courage CTF, invite your friends and dominate the battle, catching Gold boxes left and right while your friends all rage quit. Bye! :D