I never go into these DM maps, but i will just to specifically get in the way of any flying cheat and hopefully stop them getting the gold. I'm gonna do my best to make their experience in that map as horrendous as i possibly can.

FLYING CHEAT will probs deactivate rocket mid-air, wouldn't put it past the devs to make this happen with their new NO.1 legal cheat.

HA HA the flying cheat is gonna get all the golds.

Mission: Dark Lord Task: Drop 100 Gold Boxes in the festive DM mode. Prize: 5 Ultra Containers and 15 Stars LOL give away 100,000 cry for 5 useless ultras and 15 paltry stars, not to mention the cash you will have to spend in order to acquire these 100 GB. As usual the devs hoping for the hardcore buyers to step in, and the not too bright to fill their coffers once more. And as usual they will blindly oblige, not realising are caring that they are being conned by such a woeful prize. Happy halloween tankers, you deserve everything you get, which is not a lot.

You are very polite and forthcoming in your posts, but sadly they have no bearing on what actually happens/playsout in TO in 99.99% of battles. And you try telling the scores of players who i have dropped gb for if it stops them grinding out battles THE HARD WAY, just because they get a few thousand cry from me. You are the definition of a dreamer, i am a realist, the two very seldom go hand in hand, unfortunately my take on TO is far more accurate than yours. YOURS TRULY FAITHFULLY SINCERLEY AND EVER HOPEFUL........(now i'm dreaming) COSMIC666

I will admit certain drones can win you battles if the player is good enough to utilize it's potential. Now i do have crisis maxed out, and it works great if you can get to enemy base at the start of the battle first. The downside with crisis is when you hit speed boost you have no DD or DA to activate, unless you deactivate SB, which then makes you crawl along like any normal titan. If you can't make up enough ground to your own base before having to activate DA then you are in 2 minds what to do. Continue at a snails pace but have DA on to soak up the multitude of hits you are taking, or risk SB and make a run for it. Are you can hand the flag off to another player with a faster hull, and hope he makes it to base without losing your hard earned enemy flag. Never used booster so can't comment on it. Defender is a great drone, but lets not forget it has already been nerfed by 50%, and it is rendered useless by the hoards of hornets with constant overdrives on. Saying that it has helped me out in loads of battles on my alt account, but only because my alt is nowhere near legend rank, so the players i come up against usually have a much weaker GS than me. Of course i do come up against some very good players on my alt account, and defender helps out a lot. I also have saboteur, now this drone is great if you are a camper/defender, very rare you see a player with this drone equipped attacking like a crazed banshee. Downside to saboteur, you only have your protection modules to protect you from the various turrets and overdrives that are after your blood, because they no taking you out makes it easier to attack your base and exit with your flag. Even with 50% across the board for protections, all it takes is a hornet are a flying hull (which i have seen many times not activate a lot of the mines i put down due to their hovering ability) come storming in with overdrives on and take your flag with relative ease, due to their OP overdrives. Having said all of this i'm afraid your comment is at best misplaced. OVERDRIVES especially on hornet and that flying hull are true game changers, drones are very useful and can help you out a lot in battle, but i would not say they are game changers, unlike the OP flying hull and the as yet (never gonna happen) un-nerfed hornet. As we all no if you equip defender with hornet are that flying hull then when they attack your base it's basically get the popcorn and coke out and watch the inevitable happen. In that respect this particular drone could be considered OP. But it is not the drone doing the damage to your team's chances of a win, it's the 2 hulls with their OP overdrives that really change the outcome of most battles. Equip defender with any other hull and yes, it does enhance their chances of an escape with your flag, but nowhere near as much as hornet, and especially that flying cheat. And if the FLYING CHEAT has a crisis drone on.............GAME OVER. (they will cap all 5 flags before you can even open your can of coke) These are the facts that play out in battles concerning these 2 OP hulls, especially the flying cheat. Anyone says any different then it's obvs your IQ level is on par with a goldfish, and thats on a good day. EDIT,,,,,,,, not inferring for 1 sec that you are a goldfish @GrayWolf8733 so no need for a testy reply in my direction. ? That comment was aimed at the clowns that think these 2 hulls are just fine and dandy as they are. I was also being very kind and subdued with that comment as to not elicit a ban from the ever watchful mods.

Why rebalance every month, just make them balanced in the first place. And you think OVERDRIVES are fine the way they are, REALLY. No 1 turret dominates, it's the overdrive/hull they combine it with that determines whether are not that particular turret dominates, namely HORNET/FLYING HULL. Can't believe you said overdrives are fine the way they are. Cloud cuckoo land springs to mind.

Hunter/vulcan

This is the most satisfying win for a long time, 2 flying hulls on there team and 2 hornets with constant overdrives on, TOUGH LUCK legal cheats, go cry to hazel.? Wish i had recorded it because i'm pretty sure i had some nice comments at end of battle. LOL made my day this has .??? G-92-1 OP hulls left for scrap. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL not that i'm making a big deal out of it HA HA HA HA ......when you have stopped crying, try using SKILL instead of relying on a OP overdrive you losers. ?? ? SUPER COOL ME FLYING HULL MOB AFTER ENCOUNTERING SUPER COOL ME ??? Was a good game though and a good time was had by all, especially by ME ?. Am i milking it to much, not sure, nahhhhhh i'm good. I guess this post will make me even more popular than i already am. JUST LOVING IT.

True, but they do dominate battles, remember we are going on about their OVERDRIVES. Without overdrives they would not dominate the way they do. And yeah i no i have a strong account, but i'd like to think there is quite a bit of skill mixed in with that. At my own rank i always do well, coming up against legends is a whole new ball game. I take it you have viewed my account, take it from me even with this account and going up against my own ranks in battle, if there is a flying hull on enemy team there is not much even i can do to slow it down from capping our flag with ease if the player is a competent user of this OP hull. TO is BROKEN, we all no it is not balanced, this is because of the devs, and bringing out OP upgrades is only done to enhance the economy of the game at the expense of most players who can't afford to keep up with the minority of hardcore buyers who take advantage of these OP upgrades. Now tell me if anything i have posted here is not 100% accurate. Also this discussion was at the start all about advice on how to manage your account in the best possible way. I personally think my advice has way more advantages for your average player who wants to be competing through the ranks at a sustained level, and that does not involve getting trounced as you progress your way to higher levels of TO. F.N.....By the way you missed out my maxed out crisis drone which i have had since WO3. I no how you guys like to bring me down a peg or 2, i wonder why that is, is it because i don't take any crap, and ACTUALLY say how it is, and don't pay lip service to every mod are developer who posts on here. I may be many things in the unbalanced P2W world of TO, but i am not a hypocrite are a cheat. Yes i have bought stuff through the years, but i will always be on the side of fair play, especially for those who can't afford to buy their way through the ranks. I have given away across all my accounts that i play hundreds of thousands of cry, by dropping GB for the players with weak accounts. I do this because i CAN DO IT, and because i feel pretty good afterwards knowing i have helped out a few players less fortunate than myself who otherwise would take weeks to save up the amount of cry i drop for them. I may chat in a abrasive manner (at times,) but i do enjoy helping out players who need it, and will continue to do so for as long as i can.

IMPULSE-WARRIOR...... that is the account i was on about......have not played cosmic for years. And your still primararly wrong. Sales are infrequent, and expecting the average player to park their account inbetween sales, so as not to rank to quick and not being able to maintain their garage at the higher ranks is asking a lot. And if they did not stop playing in between sales .....well they get wasted in battle. And in the real world of TO, not upgrading for 5 ranks especially the mid to high ones means you get scrapped every battle. Your advice is sound for buyers, but for your average random player it just does not work. Upgrading anything in TO is expensive, drones being the most prolific at consuming your cry at a astronomical rate, along with batteries. Lastly, i pick and choose my maps carefully. In the beginning i was a shaft player, then twins, rico, freeze, with a bit of rail thrown in. Now i'm all vulcan and do well in most battles. I agree, smart buying of equipment is essential, especially if your funds are limited, which is why i say for the majority of players, pick your fav combo and concentrate on that along with any protections you can afford to get. I usually skip getting MK3/4 protections as i do have a tendency to rank very quickly, right up to 3RD lieutenant. I make do with what i have until i can get the acquired drone which offsets my inferior protections, then i get higher upgraded protections, usually MK5s, are as many as my rank allows and concentrate on them, my drone, and my turret and hull. If i had lets say 3 turrets/hulls i doubt i could maintain them without buying a mountain of crystals which i am not prepared to do. I also only do missions then call it a day for 2 reasons, 1 so i don't rank to quickly and fall behind with my garage, 2 the OP flying hull and the OP hornet, both of which dominate battles at the higher ranks and imo are both legal cheats, and remain so because the devs favour the P2W player above all others. TO is so broken and unbalanced, and it is for that reason that my way of getting through the ranks makes more sense to your average player are newbie. Even for a experienced player who might want to start a new account, although a experienced player should no the pitfalls of TO, and already no how to go about navigating the minefield that TO has become, as you progress through the ranks (of despair for a lot of players) on your way to the dizzy heights of legend.

Looked like fun, needed a couple vulcans strafing along part of the course.

More MM at it's best. It is just as bad a low ranked battles as it is at legend. Again a hollow victory.

No saying they are scamboxes is being very kind actually.

Was 8v8 at the start, we cap 1st flag this is how it played out for nearly 3 mins. Quite pathetic really, didn't feel like a victory. MM at it's finest.

Your wrong about not sticking to 1 combo above WO1. I have used titan/vulcan since the start and i am now fieldmarshal. Within 2 ranks either side of me i have nearly always came in the top 3 since the start of this account. Unless you are a buyer, having more than 1 combo becomes very hard to maintain especially considering all the protections you need to keep upgraded as you go through the ranks. And lets not forget the multitude of updates introduced to the game in the last year alone. These make doing ok in battle very hard for your FTP player, especially if they have to upgrade lots of combos to stay in the ball park and not get trounced the majority of battles. Your multi combo advice will only work if you have the cash to sustain them through the ranks. My advice is stick with 1 combo, mabey 1 other turret but no more than 2 turrets, or you will find that trying to upgrade to keep pace with ranking up will seriously reduce what little cry you have, and leave you not only skint but cannon fodder for those that like me play smart and don't spread my resources over lots of combos. My advice are ironmans, your choice amigos.

Well i will help you out with the first few. FLYING HULL....sent to the scrapyard. Coinboxes.......as they were when they first came out, they were worth buying then, now they are rightly named SCAMBOXES. ULTRAS......another scam, up to you on this one as i never ever buy them, As alex22thebest finds out everytime he completes the challenge in his usual 10 mins. Reworking of the MM system. OVERDRIVES obvs scrapped. I would also increase the xp needed to rank at the lower ranks by 100,000 for every rank until marshal, then it's as you were. Gives lower ranked players more game time against their own ranks. I would also make the shop more affordable for every player. Reworking of all alterations across the board. EMP would go straight in the bin, where it could keep the stupid flying hull company. In battle you never come up against any player more than 2 ranks above you. Way way more battle mods to seek out cheats, any player caught cheating, instant ban from the entire game, not just a stupid chat ban. You want the economy to thrive, give players an incentive to spend their cash. Bring back the old madness map, it was a great map. I don't mind increased XP but only for legend ranks were it does not affect them. Isida would get back it's self healing, reduced damage of course, but i think all isidas would not mind that trade off. All hulls would be reworked ie, wasp would have the lowest hit points, mammoth the most, and that would continue for power and weight as you go through the hulls light, medium, heavy. The same applies for speed with wasp being the fastest, then hornet etc. At the moment the hulls are all over the place. I would reintroduce the overdrive that gave you all supplies and any team mates next to you. Drones are tricky, i like the idea of them and use them myself but, some are more useful than others. I would have to look at drones more carefully to understand which ones were less effective in battles. I would also look at esports, namely i would give out cash prizes as well as in game prizes. I would also simplify it greatly, as atm it is quite complicated keeping up with all the different categories currently ongoing. Sticking with esports. Cash prizes i feel would be a great incentive for more players to compete at the highest level in TO. Also the amount of effort and skill shown by all players merits a far greater incentive to carry on at such a high and demanding level. Not quite sure how much to give to winning teams, but i think along with in game prizes winning teams should receive $ 100.00, euros, pounds, etc each. That is for every player in clan, not per clan. 10 players per clan max to be registered. Obvs 2nd and 3rd spots are lower prizes. I would also ask all clan leaders what would make esports better, and act on their feedback in the best interests of the game and players alike. Could go on way longer, but that is a few things i would change are implement to improve the game imo by a substantial margin. Would like to see what other changes you would do to improve TO.

Good result, my best yet.

Novel thought, would you scrap overdrives, if so i'm on board.

Never ever used it after a legend player i no acquired it 0.00000000000001 seconds after it was brought out, maxed it out, went into a serp battle, used 10 zillion supplies in about 2 mins and still lost the battle.

My thoughts exactly.

Seems to be very good with striker, but no way on gods green earth he would have got away with that against me. I just would not allow that to happen, but from what i saw, a very competent striker player. WAAAAYYYYY better than me.

How about explaining in full why HORNET, and now the FLYING HULL are so OP, and are allowed to continue to dominate battles regardless which mode they go into. We all await your well thought out answer to this question. A question we have been asking for months now.....with no reply. How about it MARCUS, why are the devs allowing this obvious OP flying hull, along with hornet to remain so OVER POWERED.

And yeah i no i spelt ...KIDDIE... wrong, but no one is perfect, accept riddler, who in my opinion should deff have a animated green paint named after him.