Yes, the losing team got 0 crystals long time ago. For f2p players, that was bad. Right now for crystal rewards, we have to get over whether you win or lose. Racking up a passable K/D ratio will get you something. Sharing your support drone effect or healing a teammate will get something. Going for an unsuccessful cap may not get you anything.

I am starting to believe there maybe a glitch in the ranking system. Yarik was at 97303 about two weeks ago and now is at 97287. From my experience about a year ago, you get a boost in your efficiency when you rank up to legend. Is this still true? After, everything starts to fall little by little for most players. I don't know if there is a bottom.

Unless you are in a team, there is little/NO teamwork in CTF mode. It is hard to get a flag if none of your teammates are willing to expose themselves. It makes sense since the scoring system mostly penalizes those with bad K/D ratios. The only exception I see with capping is a hopper with a defender drone. I don't own either of those so when I see a mission with capping a flag or scoring a goal, I change it. In siege and assault modes, you will find more teamwork from those with dictators and support drones. When in doubt, play for kills. It is hard to go wrong playing every match as TDM.

My CPU is about the same performance as yours but I have 8 GB DDR3 and a dedicated GTX 750. I also have 150/15 Mbps internet and that helps a lot. I can open tanki, youtube, google doc, etc all at the same time. Tanki works fine under html5 with most of the graphics extras turned off.

Have you used the mobile app? It has free supplies + crystals every 6 hours. Not a lot but may keep you going. Even for f2p players, you can amass tens of thousands of supplies except for batteries and maybe health packs. And yes, the gap between f2p vs p2w is huge most of the time, skills won't make up for it. Be extra selective in the battles you play. Leave early if you sense your team has a chance to be slaughtered.

His K/D is actually falling under the current tanki. Many years ago, with no cool down and with unlimited supplies (health packs), you can guess what it looked like. At that time, he was using a heavy hull with isida to boot, as isida can self heal.

It is important to avoid the organized teams or clans in MM. What gives them away is at least 2 tanks with GS close to 9999. My estimate is the handicap against you is at least 2 tanks down. My only exception is when I bump into sister and andra because we spend more time chatting than playing sometimes...and sister is nice to chat with...still need to find out how andra got her spectrumA.

Unfortunately, I don't think there is a clear cut way to determine skills, team effort, etc. You buddy got the flag making the escape so you go deep into enemy territories to turn the enemies pointing backward at you. Your teammate caps and of course, going against the entire enemy team, you get killed. Now, check the score at the end and see how the pot is split up. Even if you want to measure something like this, I don't think you can. The tanki code base would blow up with all that extra logic. Something like killing enemies, destroy juggernaut, scoring a goal, capping a flag, healing a tank, those are easy to calculate. That is the scoreboard presented at the end. Now, I just play within the parameters of the game.

Looking at your profile, you haven't done badly at all. Your K/D ratio is a very respectable 1.2. Perhaps, you had an easy time ranking up blowing up weaker enemies until recently, when you meet stronger opponents. Here is the deal. Most likely, your path will get tougher unless you can spend more to keep up. If you're under powered, no amount of skills will make up for it. Even with a fully upgraded mk7 turret against a maxed out defender drone, you're not going to do much damage. I have seen players with your GS do well in MM matches at the legend level. Be more selective in the battles you play. Press tab at the start and decide whether your team is strong enough and enemies have good protection against you. Leave early if it isn't favorable. If in doubt, play (camp) for kills and ignore the battle mode. That will get you a share of the pot. Mobile app has free crystals and supplies every 6 hours. It is not much but may keep you going.

I have a feeling this account is used by a team of players, not that it matters. To rack up this much xp, you pretty much need to play with all your free time every day. It is worth noting what equipment he is using and the battle preference so you can decide what to get in the garage. When I bump into him in battles, I will say 'hi' and leave early if he is on the other side. I estimate the handicap is like playing down 1 to 2 teammates. You maybe able to deal with this early on but as your team starts to lose more players, think about what it looks like at the end.

My current thinking is that efficiency calculation does not use PRO-battle scores, hence he is stuck at 973xx. My gut feeling tells me that you can inch your efficiency up these days by using a support drone with sharing capabilities (mechanic, trickster, supplier) playing in a certain battle mode where your teammates are bunched together. Doing this with a dictator hull also helps. Boris4311 was ranked around 50 for a number of years and got up to the high 30s, now back down to 43. During the run up from the 50s to the high 30s, he was using a dictator. But again, where is the fun doing this chore babysitting your teammates when you can blast any enemies nonstop. That is the essence of p2w.

I feel your frustration. The gap between f2p and p2w can be huge. Even if you match the mk7s at your rank, here are some additional problems for you. With my GS of around 9300, I am listing what awaits you as a f2p against p2w. Lack of crystals to fully upgrade your mk7 equipment (turret, tanks, drones), lack of batteries to activate your drone all the time, lack of crystals to get augments for turrets and hulls, lack of mk7 turrets to switch to in case the other side has good protection against you, lack of protection modules, playing against a team...there are probably more challenges I haven't listed. However, if you are wise about quitting lobsided battles early, don't care about K/D ratio and ranking, do the daily missions, login to mobile to get free crystals and supplies, you can still grind your way up the ranks. It will not be easy.

Yes, I was going to ask where is Yrap_Cool. He disappeared from the ranking list a few months ago and he was closing in on Yarik. I thought he was a developer or an insider. Anyways, I played with and against Yrap. Yrap always used isida dictator and played in assault. His GS was around 9600 at the time. I am not sure if the current efficiency calculation uses pro battles. Yarik has been stuck at the mid 97300 for awhile. If the idea is to get little experience for max crystals, some profiles are very obvious. Here is one way in pro battles to do this. You have your buddies/alt accounts rack up a huge pot. You join at the end, everybody leaves and you cap the last flag with nobody around. Wouldn't be that much fun though and what is the point? As for cheating or gaming the system, I am sure there are some holes, however minute.

Unfortunately, I don't think there is a way to measure some aspects of a player's effort or effect in game play. Take for example, a tanker who blocked the path of an enemy carrying the team's flag away. This tanker got blown up in the process going against multiple enemy tanks. Meanwhile, a teammate camping in the distant destroyed the flag carrier. There are other instances also. When in doubt, I now play for kills because that guarantees a share of the pot. A bad K/D ratio will almost guarantee you finish in the bottom of the pile with little to show for the effort.

From my observation in battles currently and looking at the top active players in the ranking list, boosting your efficiency is now accomplished using a dictator hull + drone with sharing capabilities (e.g. mechanics) playing in a battle mode where your teammates are packed closely together (siege, assault). Also, I am not sure how much organized power leveling can help to boost efficiency but it is evident in some profiles. K/D ratio used to be important for efficiency in the past but not as much now.

I once threw the ball into a pile like this in RGB mode...moved far away, watched the result...and left the game.

I am seeing them for the first time starting a couple of days ago. This is definitely good news for the f2p players to accumulate some stuff without playing a match. If you are diligent in logging in a few times a day, you will definitely hit it.

I prefer the HTML5 version and for me, the key is stability. I play mainly on old hardware, a CPU circa 2009. Yes, tanki works on very old hardware but I have fast internet. Flash was very unstable on my setup and because of security flaws, a new version is released every couple of weeks.

I also find battle chat amusing sometimes and would jump in. I will always call out players with OD not activated with 30 seconds left, tankers needing to do multiple back up then move forward a hull to change the aim of a turret, tankers going to a tower in cp matches, etc.

Protection on the other side is always a key to how well you do. It is important to check protection early in a battle. For me, if I see 3 enemies with 40+ against me, I go down to the next turret on my rotation. Thunder is a top 3 in my rotation because for damage or score point missions, it will likely do something even if you miss. BTW, is the chat due to half the team camping for kills ?

Anything that gives f2p players a chance to get crystals is good in my books.

Angel of paradise is currently using this combo but in more than cp or siege. Skills or no skills is debatable, just superior equipment for sure. 20 + kills each match. Success even in big maps like massacre. You would think your team would be smart enough to pick him off before he gets to your base.

And therein lies the problem for most of us. One or two hornets on the enemy side, we have a chance to handle. Against an organized team, leave.

Played against Maf, the moderator recently with him using shaft and hornet. I think he finished something like 28 kills and 5 deaths...he wasn't camping...1 vs 1 against him, i was probably 0 and 5 in the battle...he did everything. I will wise up next time and use a different strategy.

Related to 2, you have viking/hornet OD activated and teammates step in front of your shots. Related to 3, enemy mammoth with OD activated approaching you. You try to back up on your faster hull but found teammate blocking you. You and your teammate both destroyed. You are 1 vs 1 against somebody. Your teammate next to you instead of creating a 2 vs 1 decides to look/go the other way. ...Isida on your side only knows how to smell your team's juggernaut butt...teammate who cannot park their tank parallel to traffic...