I was just demonstrating how unbalanced the game is with certain equipment compared to others hehe. I only have three Mk7 modules (Striker, Shaft, Railgun), 1 Mk6 module (Thunder), and 1 Mk5 Module (Ricochet). Everything else is Mk3 or lower :( Most of the turret Augments I own aren't even "Augments/Upgrades"; they're more so "Alterations" from back in 2018 when Tanki devs tried keeping everything in check lol. Oh... I have an account that is Marshall ranked and has a high-7000 GS, yet like 90% of the battles they put me in are against Legends with red-numbered (9000+) Gear Scores. Thanks for the tips anyway, maybe it works better on other accounts. Actually same for me hehe. I usually find hours before the server resets to be the easiest... Still, even the F2P equipment that's less annoying is unbalanced with each other (such as Default Striker vs Default Thunder ?)

The game really is a chore. For one, me and my friend both play Tanki. Idk about him, I never directly asked, but I never have fun playing Tanki because (1) we never play with each other on enjoyable pro battles (like Polygon CP); all our free time is used for doing the daily/weekly missions and trying to get to tier 50 in order to keep up with the rest of the grinder/veteran/buyer players. And we can't even play in groups cause the matchmaking is significantly longer if we play in a group and we choose any other option besides quick battle in order to do our missions. So really, it's a single-player game for us now, not a co-op with friends game like it used to be 3-5 years ago. And yeah, single-player games can be fun but like...the frustration I get from constantly dying while trying to complete some grindy missions that only have a deadline of 24 hours is pretty high. And lets not forget the weekly mission that forces you to get top 3 in the winning team 15 times O_O.

I agree hehe. ? It's just that Gauss is the annoying sniper than can hit you before you even see it, if it's oriented out of your direct line of sight.

It's ball lightning gives it longer range than Firebird, Freeze, Isida, and maybe even Hammer and does 800 damage per hit. Also the shots seem to reload much faster than 1 second. It's more like a 0.75 second reload or something. Even if it does reload at 1 second, that means Tesla has 100 more DPS than a Firebird. Yes, it's trash against Gauss, but it's definitely not trash against other short-ranged turrets. It's probably tied with Isida with being the best considering that Firebird and Freeze have Heat/Cold Immunity nulling their already balanced effects.

it's not actually a "tick" lol. More like it "shoots", like Hammer. And each shot does 800 damage per hit.

I love the Tesla turret. I wanted a electric-based turret since 2017 and the devs have exceeded my expectations with the mechanics of the turret. The particle effects are also amazing as well. As for the actual stats itself, I'm gonna be biased this one time only, so I don't care if it's OP Anyway, I came up with some Alterations for Tesla hehehehehehehehehe:

It's battles like these that make me wanna rage-quit. Yes, I know both teams both managed to get a decent amount of kills, but as for my personal score, I didn't do...much at all. Just FYI, the equipment I used was Mk7 9/20 Dragon Breath Hammer, Mk7 20/20 Hunter, and Level 12 Mechanic Drone. And not gonna lie, the post-critical-hit Dragon Breath is very powerful and too strong, compared to Default Hammer that is. However, it isn't OP at all when compared against the equipment my enemies were using, which were EMP Smoky and a number of Booster and Defender Drones. Legit, the only thing I used that counts as an "exclusive and/or OP" item is my Hunter's Heat Immunity. But then again, almost every Legend player has some sort of hull augment anyway. And the few chances I actually had to destroy an enemy were taken away by my teammates. I know teammates stealing other teammate's kills isn't a problem for game balance, but it just adds to my increasing frustration on this game.

Tesla and Isida Interestingly, In a 1v1 situation, Tesla wins (because it has superior damage and range. Oh, and infinite ammo too). But in a close-ranged 8v8 situation of 8 Teslas vs 8 Isidas, Isida army wins. (because Tesla loses damage if it fires multiple enemies at once. Isida's damage stays the same. Oh, and the healing ability allows Isida army to heal each other).

I'm biased cause I wanted an electric turret to be added since 5 years ago..... So Tesla OP = Good

Okay :D I will friend request you the next time I log on. I'm 100% sure we will meet again :) ? That means a lot. Thanks so much. You're honestly one of my favorite forumers as well! I actually entered in late 2017 :D. I wasn't posting a lot at the time then hehe. My internet was horrible during these times, so I focused most of its power to waiting for Tanki battles to load :( But yeah, I understand, we haven't met till I became active again on here in 2020 hehe. I mainly posted memes several months ago hehehehehehehehehe Its nice to hear that :D Yours are just as logical to be honest. True hehe. But I'm basically saying I'm gonna be pretty inactive on Tanki, and on the forum cause I don't have the time to type essays worth of posts each day hehe. Very true. To be honest, most of the time, forumers on here have way better and more sane ideas than what the developers give us hehehe. And I'd rather look at people's pictures of the day than join a battle only to be constantly one-shot by some guy using Gauss and Booster Drone. Thanks :D Also, @At_Shin has somewhat renewed my interest in the game with Tesla, so I'll be sticking around a bit longer to try it out on the test server.

That looks very cool!! But honestly... The old Isida shot effect kinda fits Tesla way better. Idk, its just my observation.

Thanks :) Sure. I'm not sure if our schedules will line up though, but here's when I'm usually online: I usually play in the early morning in my time (which I believe is around 10 AM - 2 or 3 PM UTC) If I'm not busy in the evening, I'll be on around 12 AM - 3 AM UTC

My main account is a non-rushed TH11 Also, everything is maxed out except for like 70 walls. Yep. I'm the leader of my clan, actually. Also me and my friend made two clans, so I'm technically in two clans as I have accounts in both. #PG8CVQGPG ArthurBrozekDo#5615 Let's see.... Rushed TH12 Account Non-rushed maxed TH9 Account Non-rushed TH9 Account Non-rushed TH7 Account Non-rushed lazy TH7 Account Lost TH4 Account Secret TH6 Account So I have 7 alt accounts, and 6 of them are still playable today. They are great for killing zombies with. Keep in mind though, I'm gonna be a bit inactive on Clash of Clans for the forseeable future cause I don't have the time to maintain accounts of multiple games so I'm only playing my all-time favorite games, like Brawl Stars. I'll still log onto Clash from time to time, but all my stuff will mostly be maintained by my friend and the clan will be maintained by fellow coleaders.

Ohhhhh I remember that battle. Yeah the Smoky-Hornet was extremely annoying. ? Thanks ☺ And yes I wont be 100% gone from the forum. I just wont have the time to look at and reply to everything or to people's replies to my comments but I'll hang around for the time being.

So once the birthday celebrations and the current challenge is over, it is time for me to take my inevitable break from this game. Personally, I have more urgent things to do in recent days. Everyone on the internet says 2020 is the worst year, but honestly for me, unfortunately, it is 2021. I actually liked 2020 cause my life-long dream of school shutting down actually happened lol. But yeah, certain....things have happened this year and the amount of spare time I have is greatly reduced. But yes, I still have free time occasionally. However, Tanki Online isn’t enjoyable and “fun” anymore. I don’t know why I should still be wasting my life with it. I will briefly rant about all the stuff on Tanki that annoys me: Game balance of the turrets, hulls, drones, and augments are thrown out the window. R.I.P. Alterations. They were fun, interesting, and most importantly, balanced. Half the turrets overpower the others (Gauss being king). Hull overdrives are hugely unbalanced. Just look at the division between Hornet’s measly 50 meter ranged AP effect and Hopper’s versatile jump-stun-burn ability. New Augments such as Isida’s Vampire and Shaft’s Heal Emitters give you no reason at all to use their respective defaut versions, or any other augment belonging to those turrets. They’re simply too strong. Most of the augments that guarantee you will win are stuck behind the wall of luck and the classic paywall (Ultra Containers). Examples: Stunning Railgun, Gauss EMP, Vampire Isida, etc. Micro-Upgrades are rip-offs now, especially for the lower modifications where you rank up faster. I feel horrible for those who upgrade their Mk6 equipment to 9/10, only to rank up to Marshal and get the 10th upgrade locked away and forced to buy the Mk7 at full price. Protection Module slots are behind a paywall of premium currency. The slots were free for 3 years! There was no need to change it. Plus, our tankcoin rewards are barely increased! At the most, we only got 12 free tankcoins for the birthday gifts. R.I.P. new players. The drones that actually work well end up consuming your supplies like crazy. Example: Defender Unless I’m fully decked out with a Defender Drone, a Hull Augment, and four protection Modules, I’d get one-shot instantly at least 50-70% of the time. But like I said above, I don’t like it when my supplies are drained and the fourth slot is too expensive. The new augments are boring and have no originality with them. Most of them just tack-on a random status effect and the devs call it a day. Rather than make every turret do critical damage for no reason at all, the devs could’ve just, I don’t know, directly nerf the overpowered status effect augments? Unnecessary balance changes such as the Striker buff that made the turret way too strong. Why use Thunder now? And no, I don’t want Thunder to be buffed. We die too fast nowadays (unless we have Defender Drone and Titan plus stuff like AP immunity). I do not want our offensive, damage-dealing abilities to be buffed anymore. Challenges are horrible now. Bare bones, they "look" better...but lets be honest, unless the developers increase the star rewards/earnings or increase the duration of each challenge, there is no way we can earn 1000 extra stars (equaling 4000) in the same time frame it took for us to earn 3000 stars with 1 or two days left before the challenge ends. This means all players who have less then 1,500 tankcoins will be denied the tankcoins they need to buy the battle pass and farm the tankcoins in the gold tiers. And 1,500 tankcoins is, in itself, a rip-off. A better price would be 1000 tankcoins or just revert it back to 500 tankcoins. If you guys saw my account, you’d know I only use the weak, F2P equipment. Yes, stuff like my Mechanic Drone is great for farming battle score but it doesn’t do anything against players with drones like Defender, Booster, and Blaster. I used it because it was a drone that only consumed batteries. Nothing more. Same with my other accounts, which use the Driver, Supplier, and Brutus drones, respectively. And some of my turrets (such as Freeze) still use the default version, even though I have Augments for it. Why, you ask? Because augments are inconsistent. On turrets like Gauss, they act as pure upgrades. No reason to use default Gauss if you have EMP Gauss. While on turrets like Freeze and Firebird, they’re still “Alterations” and the default version is still balanced with the Augments. And I enjoy using the default Freeze, so I use it. I nown Shock Freeze and Toxic Mix. Shock Freeze does too little damage for me and Toxic Mix’s lack of a good freezing effect isn’t my type of Freeze playstyle. I’m not saying they’re underpowered, I’m saying Default Freeze’s playstyle fits me the most, so I prefer it over it’s augments. This is what all augments should be, “Alterations” that change the style of the turret up. Not purely upgrade it. Only once every several months do I manage to get something “strong” from a battle pass or from an ultra container, such as AP Ricochet which I need to always use cause it’s a 100% upgrade compared to the default Ricochet. But even if I earn stuff like Crisis Drone, why would I wanna use it? I don’t have the budget to upgrade it and I don’t have the supplies to fuel it. With all those aforementioned problems and annoyances, I’d honestly rather play something like Roblox with my BFF. At least that game isn't a "chore" like Tanki is (as one forumer once said) and we actually can have fun. I say "chore" because you're basically forced to log in every day and "work" on your missions and "work" on your challenges in order to earn progress and compete against other players, specifically the veterans and buyers. Still, I won’t be completely gone. I will still visit the forum a bit and I’ll keep in check with the game’s news and updates. Also when the Tesla or any other new turret or free-to-play item gets released, my interest in the game will be restored, somewhat. But otherwise, I’m going to be relatively inactive on the forum for the foreseeable future. Honestly, the best part about Tanki nowadays is the forum. Most of the playerbase on the forum I've met is far better than those of other games I've played, at least those I know on the English forum (cause I only speak English haha). If luck is on our side, you guys will still find me on better games like Brawl Stars and the aforementioned Roblox. But yeah, once Birthday celebrations are over, no more Tanki for now. At the very most, I’ll be claiming my free shard container each day. That was honestly the best update the developers ever did this year and I commend them for that. I've been with this game since 2014. I left once in 2019 and came back a year later. The same will be done again. Whether or not I come back as a full-fledged player and enjoyer of the game is uncertain. Okay, see ya.

Thanks!

So if I wanna start a topic that says I'm leaving Tanki, do I post it in the "Off-Topic Discussion" part of the forum? https://en.tankiforum.com/forum/80-off-topic-discussion/

Me too :D I've played all the Supercell Games but Brawl Stars and Clash of Clans are the only ones I consistently play without taking long breaks or uninstalling the game for large periods of time.

How about two or more zeroes for the supplies? :D

HMMMMMM Well the good news is, we still have seven days of gifts left (I just realized the special missions where we had to actually play and do stuff don't count for the Supermission where the Tesla giveaway is happening lol) Soooooo...those seven gifts could be.... 1. Twelve Coinboxes 2. Twelve Weekly Containers 3. Twelve Shards 4. Twelve Stars (That's all the remaining loot boxes and currencies that Tanki hasn't given out yet. So now we are venturing into unknown territory....) 5. A free paint/drone/something else 6. Unknown 7. Unknown

Hey, at least with 12 seconds of premium, if your internet is good and fast enough, you can load the special missions tab and claim a free kit of 2,500 crystals and several of each supply within those 12 seconds XD

There's 0 reason to use Thunder now lol. Striker's base DPS is much, much higher and Gauss is just plain OP and annoying.

Isn't that a good thing though? Because people love the M3 skins so they expect the HD skins to be an exact 3D replica of the M3 skins. Just copy and paste and convert the M3 to HD. They don't prefer a complete redesign.

That's true hehe. Well I don't wanna keep changing the title each day, so I changed the title to "Tanki 12th Birthday Special Mission Mega-Gifts" I was thinking it was more appropriate for the topic now that we seem to be getting multiple generous gifts haha.

@Emeraldcat345 I told you. I knew it all along XD