Smoky EMP is rubbish I have it, but I never use it and I definitely don't want every other Smoky player to have it either

See Patch Update #671 This might be why it isn't as strong as you thought it would be

Siege might be my favorite mode, if only because you can get a very good xp / crystals ratio if you capture lots of points and win, but teammates that won't fight for the points are the worst My favorite Siege combo is Hunter + Isida, much harder for the enemy team to kill everyone on a point when I'm healing everyone

I think it is worth it; I bought all of them for my low rank account in the last 50% sale When weekly containers used to have only 3 tankoins and completing all three weekly missions was harder, 150 tankoins were more valuable and I would have had second thoughts about buying those paints, but not now Knowing that you'll never get a rubbish country paint from containers again is a nice feeling

Is the doubled XP for the entire event or just for the 24-27th, the 31st-3rd, and the 7th-10th?

It might still be the real one and they might be teasing us Whether you think it is a good or skin or not, having everything apart from the inlet and the outlet being wrapped in an insulating blanket is logical for a cryogenic turret

I think they might have been removed for technical reasons because I know of at least two instances (at different times) where some players used an exploit to get a lot more than the free crystals (and got banned), and I think that might have caused lag for other players in the shop too I don't miss them because at one point I was in a bad habit of collecting free crystals from the shop three times a day, even when I wasn't looking for a specific product kits (for crystals) I knew the free crystals weren't worth the effort of doing that, but it didn't stop me

@Spy I got it recently too, also a favorite

I've had this for a while now, and Spinner for a very long time, but only got it to 9999 GS recently, and have only had Trickster since Black Friday (it's at 19/20)... it makes Berlin feel like a small map No M0 skins sadly, but Hunter Prime is close I still like Spinner, but don't use it any more; White is my MM paint now I have five accounts so I've got most of the animated paints I want on at least one account now, but I want First Kiss more than any other paint

I've done the same I have five accounts, and play four like main accounts and one as an alt I got the 4th slot for the four mains when most not-Russian players could still buy a tankoin pass for 299 RUB, but I saved the TK on the alt because I didn't need the 4th slot immediately So I now can get the 4th slot for the alt with 4000+ TK to spend on other things, which is nice I might have used my last TK on the other accounts to buy the bronze bundle for some skin containers, but that's a decision I won't have to make now Would have been nice to get the fund that big, but it was always unlikely because the players that could get it that high probably have Crisis etc. and I doubt the payout from the fund would have been as big as the payouts some players got from the Halloween game

Just to add to what @TheCongoSpider said... it's OK for Shafts to stay at the base doing what you do, the problem Shafts are the ones that do what he said instead of looking for targets > scoping > shooting > looking for another target > repeat, and keeping their situational awareness. In Rugby mode, I've often taken the ball past enemy Shafts near their goal (and facing towards me) because they stay in scope mode nearly all the time. The problem Shafts are like anglers / fishermen that cast their line once and spend ages waiting for a fish to take the bait instead of reeling in their line and casting it again every few minutes.

The flag paints are rubbish, so I wouldn't be upset if your flag isn't included (mine isn't) A good Saltire paint might look like this: But badly-mapped Saltires on pentagons would look as awful as all of the other flag paints

I only have 1762 hours on Smoky, but I'm no expert All four of mine have EMP though, which is nice I'm glad auto got nerfed in to oblivion because I've always hated it If I fancy some brainless brick-on-keyboard fun, I'll use my Rico or my Twins I'm not going to do it with my favorite turret

Sorry to see you go I'll have to decide how much I can play next year when I ought to be focusing on other things too, but recent updates are very frustrating for me Can't comment much on the community being toxic because I've been spending much more time on Discord recently, but I'm so old (must be older than many players' parents) that people disagreeing with me doesn't bother me much anymore But I guess the ultra-competitive / Legend / full-or-nearly-full-garage viewpoint does dominate sometimes, and it's not the only way that the game is played A parting gift: my best screenshot of dumb shafts being dumb

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sarcasm detector is working killing facing OP campers using the camper drone will be more difficult, but also more satisfying die, camper scum

I'm so excited And I just can't hide it I'm about to lose control and I think I like it

My PC's integrated graphics handle it OK on lowest quality settings (its discrete GPU died), but I prefer old Sandbox because it's easier to see other tanks

I haven't decided to leave, but am I wondering how much I will play next year I started playing with other turrets and hulls (instead of Smoky and Hunter) this year when I could buy Mk 7 kits, and now have (across 4 accounts) a Mk 8 Wasp, Hornets, an Isida, a Rico, a Shaft, and a Thunder, but would like to max a Titan / Twins before I leave (they are Mk 7 / 11 at the moment) Would also like to play with Freeze or Fire, but Freeze more likely because I can make an XT combo with it (Hornet) Two of my accounts can get 9999 GS now, but I think getting the other two there will take too long Getting one account to Legend is on the list (need 175K XP) Maxing another Drone as well, probably Trickster, but if I do that on any of my accounts and use speed-ups to do it before next year it will mean no more new hulls or turrets for that account My Marshal account has over 500 old weekly containers (400+ 3 TK ones and 90 non-TK ones) and I wanted to open those at Legend, but that's unlikely if I stop playing next year (good and bad updates since I started playing in spring 2018, but I'm really struggling with the 15 minute battles and lower Overdrive frequency, and annoyed that Shaft got ruined after I spent so many crystals on it)

I'm much less interested in tanki at the moment It might just be winter blues (I hate November), but the 15 minute battles and increased OD charging times aren't helping

I turn off the music / lobby and have ambient set lower than sound effects, but I like the sound effects, or used to The combination of supplies being activated all the time (you + other players) and the length of the tanki x effects means that you can hear supplies being activated for the entire battle and it's very annoying

the lobby lighting is messed up, much too bright tanki x supply sounds are very annoying, especially boosted armor's "thunk thunk"

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15 minute battles are awful with the XP boost I remember being unhappy about the reduction from 15 minutes when it first happened, but that was before the XP boost And now some battles, like JGR, are always going to last 15 minutes instead of finishing early ?