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All the 5k paints are the most efficient in terms of cost and usefulness. But if you want the best paint that both looks good, has good camouflage, and has a lot of protection, then it would be Acid. And don't ask me on how to get it ask a mod or something or look it up in the forums.

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People buy paints for a variety of reasons. There is no such paint as overrated paints. Some paints function better as an all-purpose paint and some others excel at certain situations. Here is my advice on paints and I'm aware that there is another post somewhere talking about the efficiency of each paint. But that's really outdated and my opinion on each paint, I'm not going to mention the 1,2,3,7, and 8k paints because they won't do you much good. Storm: 30% Freeze 10% Railgun 5% Thunder >The 30% Freeze protection is very useful (self-explanatory) >10% Railgun protection allows a M2 Viking to survive 2 M3 Railgun shots and 1 buffed M3 Railgun shot from far (over 80m) >5% Thunder is useless because 5% reduction of a M3 Thunder shot only reduces about 2-3 dmg Corrosion 20% Thunder 15% Twins 10% Ricochet >The only useful protection from this paint is the 20% Thunder again it's self-explanatory >15% Twins, no one uses Twins at high-ranks >10% Ricochet, not good enough, only allows a M3 Viking to take one more M2 Ricochet shot. Does not make any difference against M3 Ricochet unless it's at the Ricochet's range limit (80m) Loam 25% Firebird 20% Ricochet 10% Freeze 5% Isida >25% Firebird is useless again >20% Ricochet is not good enough, only allows a M3 Viking to survie 1-2 more M3 Ricochet shots >5% Isida is not good enough >10% Freeze is not good enough Rustle 25% Thunder 20% Smoky 20% Isida 20% Freeze >25% Thunder is good for both self-damage and others >20% Smoky is useless >20% Isida is decent, without protection M3 Isida can drain 120Hp. With Rustle, M3 Isida can only drain 96Hp >20% Freeze is not good enough. Without protection Freeze deals 256dmg with a full charge. 20% only reduces that down to about 201. So even a M3 Mammoth with Rustle won't survive a full charge from M3 Freeze. Spark 30% Ricochet 20% Twins 15% Railgun 10% Thunder >30% Ricochet helpful a full charge of M3 Ricochet deals about 272, a 30% reduction is 191. Allowing a M3 Mammoth to survive a full charge. And allowing a M3 Viking to survive a full charge at Ricochet's range limit (80m) >20% Twins is useless >15% Railgun allows a M3 Viking to survive 2 M3 Railgun shots in melee range and 1 buffed M3 Railgun shot >10% Thunder is not good enough Python 40% Freeze 30% Firebird 15% Isida 10% Ricochet >40% Freeze is very useful, full charge deals 256, 40% is 154. So in order to kill a M3 Viking with Python a M3 Freeze must deplete its charge bar. Keep in mind that on the battlefield a M3 Freeze will not always have a full charge bar >30% Firebird is useless >15% Isida is not good enough, 120Hp, after 15% reduction, 102Hp >10% Ricochet not good enough, won't even make a difference against a M3 Ricochet Prodigi 30% Railgun 25% Thunder 10% Smoky >30% Railgun is very useful in some battles, allowing a M3 Viking to survive up to 3 M3 Railgun shots instead of 2, very useful in flag capturing since Railguns reload very slowly >25% Thunder is useful too, especially with Hornets >10% Smoky is not good enough protection against a M3 Smoky and we don't use it anyway Rock 40% Freeze 30% Firebird 10% Railgun >Rock is half of Python, trading away 10% Isida and 15% Ricochet for 10% Railgun >10% Railgun is useful in some cases with M2 Vikings, allowing them to survive 2 Railgun shots and 1 buffed Railgun shot at far range >30% Firebird is useless Needle 30% Thunder 15% Ricochet 10% Railgun >30% Thunder is not so much different from 25% Thunder >15% Ricochet won't do much to save you >10% Railgun is somewhat useful but won't be too useful with M3 Vikings, because without protection, 2 M3 Railgun shots leave you with almost no Hp. With 10% Railgun protection, 2 M3 Railgun shots would leave you with about 2-3 millimeters of Hp Clay 30% Ricochet 20% Smoky 10% Isida 10% Freeze >30% Ricochet is just as helpful as Spark's 30% Ricochet >Smoky protection is useless >10% Isida is not good enough, 120Hp reduces to 108Hp >10% Freeze is not good enough, 256Hp reduces to 230Hp Irbis 35% Shaft 20% Isida 10% Ricochet >35% Shaft is very useful, reducing 180 to 117, effectively allowing a M2 Viking and M3 Dictator to survive a M3 Shaft shot >20% Isida is useful at times, reducing 120 to 96 >10% Ricochet is not good enough Inferno 50% Freeze 20% Railgun >Using Inferno, it's like using a permanent double armor against Freeze, effectively reducing Freeze's 32 dps to 16 dps. With double armor, reduces M3 Freeze's 32 dps to 8 dps, a full charge of M3 Freeze against Inferno deals 128, with double armor, 256 will be reduced to 64 >20% Railgun is useful at times, reducing 85 to 68, works well with M3 Hornets Emerald 40% Thunder 30% Smoky 30% Twins >Using Emerald is close to using double armor against Thunder, reducing 46 to 25 >The rest is useless Zeus 40% Ricochet 35% Isida 30% Firebird >40% Ricochet is very useful, reducing a full charge of 272 to 162 >35% Isida is also useful, reducing 120 to 78 >30% Firebird is useless Jade 45% Shaft 25% Railgun >Shaft's nemesis, reducing 180 to 99, saving a M3 Hornet, but it won't save you from 1 Twins shot afterwards. A M3 Mammoth can survive up to 2 fully charged M3 Shaft shots plus one no-scope shot from a M3 Shaft with 1-5 Hp leftover >25% Railgun is useful, reducing 85 to 64 Lead 25% Thunder 20% Shaft >25% Thunder is very useful, reducing 46 to 35 >20% Shaft, reducing 180 to 144, saving a M3 Viking Paints to look out for: Needle, Emerald, Irbis, Lead, Clay - high camouflage factor Prodigi, Rock - medium camouflage factor Spark, Python, Rustle, Inferno, Zeus, Jade, Loam, Storm, Corrosion - low camouflage factor If you want only looks: -Then any paint would do, especially the 2k paints That's my opinion, I know there are counter-arguments but please don't post them. Whether you believe it or not it's completely up to you. But this is what I got from experience.

There will be no Christmas sale. The only sale is at New Years and it's said to be 25% off all the equipment, consumables, and paints.

M3 Thunder is much more beneficial than M3 Twins. Twins will be substituted by Ricochet when you get to higher ranks.

M3 Viking + M3 Thunder + Needle/Rustle M3 Hornet + M3 Thunder + Rustle/Prodigi/Emerald

I say we bring Smoky XT back in the game.

Isida is only good for getting fast experience. But Isida literally massacres your rating and ratio. You'll have D/L of like 10/100 in long battles but a M3 Isida can get you to the top of your team quickly. But be mind, using Isida, you have to rely on your team more since there aren't a lot of firepower behind those nanobots (excepted when buffed). Please refer to guides made by koolwalky on Thunder and Isida.

Get Viking with Thunder for everything since Thunder is decent with all the maps, meaning that it's suitable to play in most maps but there will be cases where other turrets will out-perform Thunder, such as in Sandbox where Ricochet is better than Thunder but you can still use Thunder. Also, for DM's, Hornet is too weak to go up against all the other tanks in a map. Viking is more suitable to take in all the damage from others while you're trying to kill someone else. And kill-stealing with Thunder is much easier.

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M3 Viking + M3 Thunder, which paint and why? M3 Viking + M3 Ricochet, which paint and why?

I dislike Ricochet the most...