My problem with the "new and improved" Vulcan is not the killing or damage made. It's the extra time it takes to fire a shot. A lot can happen in a second or two. I see Firebird/Wasp/Hornet coming, I start to fire up my Vulcan. Firebird has destroyed me before I can get off the first shot. Whereas, before, I could at least get off some damage shots before being destroyed. When in the heat of battle when the enemy is invading our territory, I feel by the time Vulcan is geared up to fire, I could have eaten lunch, taken a nap, played with the dogs or did the dishes. Before I knew of the "improvement" I thought I was having a terrible lag. First thing I noticed was the barrel turning much slower. Well, I guess we have to live with it, for the Devs are the aggressors and we are the victims, all by prior agreement. We are at their mercy and all we can do is say, Thank you, thank you, thank you for the inconvenience or quit the game. Some choice. Personally, I'm on the fence and leaning towards the quitting side.

I looked for myself and you are absolutely right. The rules have been changed, no mention of power leveling or crystal farming. I distinctly remember it being in the rules. Wasn't there a Wasp/Firebird battle mode? It was taken out of the game because players were using it for power leveling, crystal farming and to complete missions. One of the Mods explained that players would create 1v1 battles, usually in CTF mode. One player would grab the opponent's flag, allow himself to be destroy by the other and returning the flag. Then the other player would do the same. It would go on like this for hours. Fairly recently, players have asked for that mode to be returned to battle, but the Mods still say it was taken out because of power leveling and crystal farming. So, if power leveling and crystal farming is no longer against the rules, then that mode is perfectly legal. Bottom line, Devs won't bring it back, not because of the Mod's reasoning, but rather because they won't bring back what has already been removed. It's conceivable that a group (Clan?) could make up a battle where both teams are power leveling and/or crystal farming and would be legal activity. Anyone joining the battle couldn't report it because they are doing nothing wrong. So, why hide it? Do it out in the open for all to see. It would be in Pro battles, of course, where, in prior agreement, one team would be the aggressors and the other team the victims. Next battle, roles are reversed.

I don't know whose military you were in, but in the American military, that doesn't hold water.

It comes in many shapes and sizes. Go to Pro battle list and watch the scores in 1v1 battles. Many times you'll see a player at the lower end of his battle rank span grossly winning over a player at the higher end of the span. The player at the lower end will have a very high score while the one at the higher end will have 0 as a score. One I remember in particular: Captain vs Colonel. Map: Island. Battle mode: CTF. Time limit: 60 minutes. Captain was scoring big. As Captain's score increased, any seasoned player could tell the player was grabbing the flag, making a kill and then capping....about one a minute. I looked up the profiles and the Colonel was using Wasp M0 and Captain was using Railgun M1. The Captain was either power leveling or crystal farming. I made a suggestion in I&S for the Battle Mods to keep an eye on the 1v1 battle scores from the lobby and investigate suspicious scoring. I gave a few examples of what I saw. The suggestion was declined (as I recall) because the Battle Modes were too busy to be bothered with 1v1 battles. Their main concern are investigating player /votes in battle. (paraphrased). So, power leveling and crystal farming is alive and well. The rules are being broken every day and the Powers-To-Be don't care.

I have Thunder M2.4. It seems everyone has Thunder protection on. Some Wasps and Hornets I couldn't kill. I have DD loaded, but that doesn't seem to make a whole lot of difference. :angry: (I'm going to miss my Vulcan :wub: :( )

With my usual battle gear: GS 6124 Vulcan M2.7 Titan M2.2 Firebird protection M2.0 Isida protection M2.2 Magnum protection M2.1 Spectrum paint No drones. Protection may change according to the battle. Edit: I just found out that when I load my Thunder M2.4 my GS goes down 100 points to 6024.

So that's what happened to my Vulcan. I tried using it in battle and was frozen, cooked, Twin'd, and Rico'd before I got the first shot off. I think when the Devs do a fix, they look for the easy way out and make shortcuts that lead to fiery pits, desolate landscapes, walls to tall and long to navigate and over cliffs. Then they say, "We fixed it, now it's up to you to deal with it." :wacko: There's no turning back. Some of these fixes feel more like revenge. But, ya know, Devs have a Boss, too. Maybe it's all poor management and we are the ones paying for it. I still think that CEO is a pip-squeek.

What's happened to Vulcan? The barrel turns for 4 seconds before it starts shooting, that's twice as long as it was yesterday. Four seconds is long enough for fire and freeze to kill me. I have to stand behind a building, wall, or whatever for 4 seconds, by that time my target is either killed by someone else or it's gone. Rico killed me before I started firing. Smoky had me nearly dead before I started firing. This is Cow Patties!!

I'm putting on my Spectrum and keeping it on.

Oh, ok. I'll try that. If you're not suppose to press the open button then what's it doing there?

True.

I can't even get in to Star Hunt at all!!

This might give you some idea about the paints. These are the ones I have my garage: Spectrum---+99 Hohloma, Blacksmith, Mary, Sakura, Roger, Harlequin, Saudi Arabia, Serbia---+50 Play-Doh, Premium, Holiday, Winners, Corrosion, Forester, Flora, and the rest of cheap paints---+0 Since when does paint give any protection? Did I miss something? When the paints and module were separated, the paints had no value, just cosmetics. When did that change?

I know, it should load like any other MM battle, except it isn't. I hit the "open" button, a new tab is created and I'm in a Spanish login server. Edit: I just tried it again and I was still sent to the Spanish login page.

I can't get into Star Hunt. Here's the path my misadventure takes me: Press green play button ----} English login screen ----} select account I want to play ----} grey play button ----} MM battle selection ----} press open button for Star Hunt ----} new tab automatically opens ----} Spanish login screen (I think Spanish) ----} select the account I want to play ----} type in password for that account ----} press play ----} small pop up screen that says "La contrasena es incorrecta" and a button that says "Bein." I tried it from the beginning 3 times and the pathway is the same each time. I'm not Spanish and have never played on any other server besides what MM gives me and in Pro battles. What gives? EDIT: I just tried a couple other MM battles and they load fine.

I'm not a Rico player, so please excuse me if this sounds like a dumb question. If a Rico user is close (tank to tank close) to another player, does the Rico player receive splash damage?

Target practice.....Yessssss. My teammate would be killing the tank and I'd be killing the drone. Good teamwork.

I think BMs would be able to see chat. If there is more chat than playing, that could be sabotage. You still have to move your tank occasionally, because even though you are chatting, the system sees you as not moving, playing. That's happened to me a couple times when the opposing team leaves and there's only two left on the same team. I got to chatting with my teammate and forgot to move. I was booted out for inactivity.

I live in Florida, USA. Temp in the 90's with 90% humidity and evening showers. We are still in our hurricane season. Do I really want to bring that indoors? I'm indoors to get out of it.

With the problem Vulcan has with the burning rate and the burning rate of Firebird, doesn't that double the effects of the burn? I have anti-fire module M2. Without Firebird, I still burn at an alarming rate, add Firebird to the mix, the module is almost useless. Other than having an Isida and a Freeze following me around, is there any other way to counter the double whammy?

Well, sadly, it's true. Most obese countries: 1...United States 2...Mexico 3...New Zealand 4....Hungry 21...Russian Federation Least obese countries: 1...Japan 2...Korea 3...Italy 4...Switzerland 26...Russian Federation Unfortunately, with the global scales, they don't take into account those who have medical conditions that preclude people from losing weight, medications that put on weight or DNA with a propensity towards obesity. But, yeah, I know what you are saying.

That's early Tanki....antique Tanki. Why that battle list format was taken away, I don't know. It certainly wasn't for our benefit.

Ah, so. I see the light. After he changed weapons, I shouldn't have gone to the garage and loaded protection against it. Then you say I was wrong for doing that. I disagree. He was already in the battle before me. He's the one that thought his garage was strong enough to go 1v1 at this level. I've been in 1v1 battles against other players of the same rank who were stronger than me. They certainly didn't show any mercy. Besides, he didn't have to change weapons. Sure, I had protection against his Mag, but after I destroyed him, he would have respawned full health and I had enough damage done to me that I would have been an easy kill. I think what he was doing, after having been wounded, he would go to the garage and change weapons. He would come back, be destroyed by default for changing weapons and then he would have full health. He was using the garage as an alternative to RK. You say he was in the right because he didn't have a 1v1 garage and I was in the wrong for trying to protect myself? Had he stuck with Vulcan he would have been okay. By that time, I was tired of his shenanigans. I didn't have Vulcan protection loaded, he should have known that if he pressed V or R. Yes, my combo was a bit stronger, but he would have respawned and killed me, the same as with Mag. When I checked his garage the first time, I was only interested in what he was using, not his entire garage. After the battle was over, I went back to his garage and wondered why he was trying to do 1v1s. You say, I should have changed to Freeze or Firebird. My Freeze is an M0, would that have been better? I could have changed to Firebird/Viking, but with a long range weapon I would have been destroyed before getting to him. If the Judge and Jury finds me guilty, then I'm guilty as charged. Is your garage set up for 1v1 battles? If so and you joined a 1v1 battle, then finding out your opponent is weaker than you, would you have purposefully put yourself at the disadvantage so the other player could win and get more crystals at your expense?

Sounds like this has turned into an I&S discussion.

This didn't happen today, I haven't been in any battles yet. This happened yesterday: I was playing 1v1 Polygon CP no supplies against another player with equal rank. I looked up his profile and saw he was using Mag. I loaded Mag protection and went into battle. He wasn't doing much damage to me, but I was destroying him easily. He switched to Railgun and I loaded Railgun protection. We went back and forth like that for a while. He switched to Vulcan and got a few kills on me when I was low on health. But when I had full health, he burned up before he could kill me. I think he went through his entire arsenal of turrets. His last ditch effort was Twins M0. We were on opposite sides of the map, he was up on the platform with the long ramp shooting down at me. His shots weren't even getting half way across the map. I just sat there watching him with amazement. Finally, he quit. Bottom line: His garage wasn't strong enough to do 1v1 at this level.