Have you been away from the game for a long time? The hornet OD has been the single most significant cause of imbalance in Tanki over the past year+.

It is working now. I have been on html for a month...gave up shaft to make the shift to HTML. That's when I started my new account @Schleiermacher and it will never get the shaft:( Focus has been on smoky, rico, vulcan. Used Dictator until I could step into a m6 Viking. Now that unlocks the Rico with the OD to clear bases and take down the Jgr.

Yes, my Rico is hammering out damage...almost to stage 50 on the challenge, but want to complete the other missions too...went to Vulcan which I use on Siege and other games where enemies gather and stay (I have fire immunity and IB) so I can give them hot love. So I've gone back to jugger with the rico. UPDATE:I forgot to add I started another account and that is the one with the problem. Haven't tried to replicate it on my legend account.

My vulcan has stopped delivering damage the past day. I have logged out and back on. Shut the browser. Tried everything I can think of. Still no damage. I can receive damage, but just can't kill anyone except with land mines and making a thunder kill themselves with self-damage. Any one else having this problem. I really need to use this turret in Siege to score top level to make the missions.

Same here. I haven't really minded the spacebar too much...I enjoy playing Rico and Shaft (Flash-based only...RIP?) a lot more however. There are certain matches that the vulcan (with IB and Fire Immunity) makes all the difference for the team though...It can simply suppress enemies if they don't have fire immunity...Siege is a great game for it.

Do you use mouse controls or keyboard?

I started another account a few weeks ago and am saving for IB. Ended up getting Heat Immunity in a container during the September Challenge. The first thing I did was buy the Vulcan and start saving for IB. Almost there!

I am a huge fan on incendiary band if you happen to be blessed with heat immunity or resistance. Without those, definitely RAT. IB gives a ton of flexibility that Vulcan lacks otherwise. It shines at midrange for sure. And it is always at a supreme disadvantage against long range turrets unless you are able to get the afterburn which closes the DPS gap tremendously. That allows you to play a few different roles on your team. Coupled with Hornet OD it is also good...although RAT tends to out perform on hornet.

Totally jealous!

What is "auto aiming"? ...or is that for mobile users only?

I dropped shaft after migrating to HTML5 due to scoped shots being so jerky. Haven't tried mouse controls...don't carry a mouse with me. On close quartered maps the rapid fire alt is very useful if you are able to stay in close proximity to the tanks. Otherwise you will not have much damage delivered in the medium range

I am still evaluating it. Right now it seems to devalue players who can only play a few days due to work. When they do play they can play lots of games however. In the previous challenges I have barely finished them, but did not need to play every day (nor could I). We will see how it works out on this one. Today I have played several games, but the 2-3 stars per battle are pretty pointless apart from the bonuses from the daily challenges. If I could store up multiple daily challenges to work on my day off, then it wouldn't be a problem at all. But now it will be.

I don't think this happens. It is always preferable to be on the winning team. If you are, the top 2 places both get 3 stars and the next two 2 stars, etc. For the losing team, only one player gets 3. So yes, it is always important to perform excellently as an individual player AND it is advantageous (for crystals and stars) to be on the winning team,

I started an alt account and have focused on rico (with MFS) and viking...I am consistently killing Jgr in battles with OD...add DD and it is fairly easy at my rank. Highly recommend using it in that battle mode since you are not limited to direct line of sight.

I don't think it is OP at all...especially in the legend ranks. Recently I was inspired to start a new account and have been playing about 8 days...already at the Second Lt rank (almost to 1st Lt). I just got the m4 Vulcan at that rank. Mounted on the Dictator M4. It is a little bit OP since protections don't really exist at those ranks. The highest protections I have faced are around 15-20%. Still it deals nice damage when you hit your OD in the Dictator. I agree with you that there is no "unfair" advantage at the highest ranks. Mount most any turret on Hornet and give the right drones to a good player and it is OP. Vulcan alone...not so much. Your assessment of its weakness is spot on...you MUST deal CONSTANT damage for it to be effective.

The same thing has happened to me...I will play normally for a few minutes and then all of a sudden I can receive damage from people, but cannot do any damage even though their tanks are obviously being pounded by me.

I love the HTML5 for many of the stated reasons. The only real negative in my opinion is that I no longer can play shaft in scope mode. As a quick scoping player it is unplayable...too jerky and jumpy to smoothly track players. So I have invested more time playing vulcan, thunder, smoky, and rico. None of those are very dependent on the fine tuning a scoped shaft is dependent upon. So if you are a shaft player, just be prepared...it is awful!

I did get two fire immunity augments from weekly mission containers...one on viking, one on dictator... It does happen!

So I started a new account tonight....you inspired me. Did you do any microupgrades at all? Also at the low ranks what turrets and hulls excel for value? I am smoky/hunter and haven't bought anything. Quite slow playing at those ranks?

What's your current active acct? I looked at your profile and doesn't look like it is very active right now.

I'm at Legend 5...took off a long time once I hit legend a few years back. Came back during quarantine...still enjoy playing, but was certainly shocked by the wide disparity between the hornet OD and the others. You are much smarter than I am by the way. I have always enjoyed using a variety of hulls and turrets...never thought about how that would make me usually weaker at the same rank on equipment as other players...not to mention the learning curve on certain turrets. I have settled in to a few turrets and hull combos that I think I can play fairly well with. But I respect your commitment to the simplicity and efficiency of maxing out one combo. I should have done that:)

I have started exiting MM battles when I am dropped into a hot mess of OD hornets raging in the base. No need to even try to play in the match...drop out immediately and enjoy playing a battle from the beginning.

It is great to see two people have a civil conversation while disagreeing! Wish more folks could operate that way!!! IT would make the world a better place!!! For the record I do think the Hornet OD needs a nerf...not a removal. I also recognize I have the freedom to choose to exploit it since I have a maxed out hornet and broad enough garage (Vulcan, Shaft, FB, etc.) to mount a great turret. All that being said I'd love to see the duration of the OD shortened or the recharge lengthened. It does seem out of balance at the moment.

In my opinion the rail with scout on a hornet is a very formidable tank when OD is engaged...the rate of fire coupled with DD equals lots of kills. The negative on rail is that you will face a lot of protections...a bit fewer with thunder. I have found that on most maps the Thunder (and I equip Sledgehammer all the time) is a solid choice. Since you like using a hornet, however, the splash damage will really, really hammer your tank too much. You will never harm yourself with a railgun...so the scout would be my call.

On smaller boards there is no doubt the stock is best...faster fire rate=quicker kills. On larger and many medium maps, the mfs is hard to be due to ease of aiming and ability to hit tanks from much further away.