Thanks for the reply, but... - minigames such as Snow Trap require all sort of hulls and turrets that I do not have - paying tankoins to participate in mysterious events (probably other MM battles full of buyers) that do not guarantee the fourth protection, does not seem to make sense, taking in consideration the major difficulties in putting together the 5000 required (about 10 years for a Free Player...). - there are not "many" F2Pers in Tanki Online ?

Tell me again how to get the 4 prots as a f2p... possibly without having to go through too many disgusting MM battles where free players get massacred (especially the ones not having long range turrets).

Nice analysis. Still... have you ever killed more than one tank with Hunter's OD? Stole a flag thanks to Hunter's OD? It works better in defense, when you can eliminate attacking wasp OD, but in attack it is not effective at all, except for Wave scenario. Firebird will kill you in less time than OD kicks in. Viking (killing many), Titan (with a dome protecting all), Wasp (with a bomb killing all even behind walls) and the flying hulls OD (taking and capping flags without nothing others can do) are way more efficient. I do not have them, but I see them. But again, I am playing Pro Battles. If you play MM and you are a buyer with 4 protections, one of those super drones, etc. etc. keeping you alive much longer, maybe it works better for you.

Why would you capture points with magnum and not a short range turret? In CP a couple of magnums remotely placed are good, keeping banging the same spot. The problem comes when a third of the team, or more, is magnums. It is a smart reaction to the Pay-to-Participate MM engine. But in Pro Battles I would curse you ?

I do agree and love all the other qualities of Hunter. But does your OD kills anyone beside light hulls and half damaged medium hulls? Do you find the range of stun big enough? You need to get close and a firebird or a freeze will kill you before the OD takes place. Which is another defect: other ODs remain after death, this one does not even start. I disagree about Dictator OD, but I guess you play MM battles - where everyone has supplies on anyway -, while I play Pro Battles, and the supplies make all the difference. I do not have other hulls, but most other ODs seem many times better than Hunter's.

I find it absurd that Hunter OD is so weak that it does not even kill a healthy reinforced medium hull. And a firebird can kill you in much less time than Hunter OD starts to work. New equipment for buyers is always x10 better than whatever equipment a free player finally manages to reach.

Every MM battle I guess (not Pro Battle for sure). I have never saw it, but thanks for the tip.

Pro Battles: magnum is the worse teammate possible. Will not attack, unable to defend. Sure there are (one or two...) players capable, but the vast majority will hide and never react to the sound of a flag. If the team is losing, they never care. All they seem to care is their K/D, but when the team is losing 13-0, one wonders what is wrong with these magnum players.

Thank you for the very detailed reply! Being a free player, I have no premium for the challenges, no turrets/hulls for the third and I am not sure in which battles it is coming as a bonus, as I have never seen it. No idea how to get to the elite pass level... but judging from the color, it might be another premium thing. Guess I will pass on the weekly mission. Happy New Year.

Sorry, I still do not get it. Is Nuclear Energy an item? In Garage I have the 4 supplies and the golds, nothing else. I do remember using few in one single battle (no idea how I could have them), then nothing else. I thought it was something "generating" over the course of a battle. And the shop does not seem to mention them. So no way to complete this mission...

Even if battle crystals would be 5 times what they are, I would not play MM, if it was not for the missions generating augments that I can use in Pro Battles. Honestly, I would not play MM even if they paid me! And with that K/D 21-0... you are a camper ?

Another question from a nonsavvy MM player. How do you get Nuclear Energy to work? I understand you suppose to press and hold the OD button once you have it. But how do you get it?

I am just wondering how can someone play from a small screen. If you are home, obviously a big screen should be the choice. Do they play while they are sitting with friends or when they are at school/work? Honestly I cannot envision one smart reason, but at least I understand a bit better why so many players are terrible.

The only enjoyable battles...

Lag is a time differential. If you cross a box over and over without picking it up, that is a software bug, as the others I mentioned. And I did not write that buyers do not have that problem.

You know how often you cross through a supply box and cannot pick it up? Well, today it happened with a flag. Killed the enemy holder in his base, crossed through the flag with my entire tank, but the spotless software decided it was not enough. Then of course there is a moment you no longer can turn left, and you need to turn right to make it working again. Same thing with going forward, getting stuck till you go back first... But the important thing is to keep adding stronger equipment for buyers...

I did not win! Oh... wait... did I have to participate?

I literally have no idea who would like Matchmaking battles. Less than 13 minutes. 1 minute to start (flags, jug, points, etc.). 30 seconds to visit the garage to adjust to the scenario. Most teammates and enemies unknown. No chat. If you are in the buyers team you win. If you are in the campers team you lose. If you are a buyer you will kill a ton of free players. If you are a free player you will get crashed all time. End of the battle. Watching grass growing is funnier.

Players are to be blamed. Prices increase 300%? They keep paying. Pro Battles allow to learn skills? None plays them. Tanki constantly decrease the power of the equipment already bought, directly and indirectly? No complain, except for few users in the forum.

Two different matters. 1) I was asking why Isida should not get the same points when healing Jug. I am pretty sure Hazel meant "because you suppose to attack, not defend". And in that case I am wondering why everybody else (magnum, gauss, striker, shaft, rail, etc.) can camp and make a bunch of points. Beside that, it does not make sense for a non-vampire isida to attack, as everybody is pressing 1 for health. 2) I do not agree that Jug is too strong. With all the latest equipment (flying hulls), augments (triple armor) and drones (infinite supplies), and the self damage of the jug, I have been seeing many times lone buyers killing full-health jugs.

MM battles are simply disgusting. I have hard time to finish one. There is not a single good aspect in them. The only reason sometimes I do them, are missions and crystals, trying to keep up with the augments that are carried onto Pro Battles. But while a Free Player grows at a speed of 10, Buyers grow at a speed of 100. Game developer has been honest in saying "my job is to get most money possible from players" and that is ok. Problem are the 90% players that heavily feed that request so that nothing changes. The life of a Buyer: pay 5, 8, 10, 100, 300 euro/dollars a month to buy container packages to keep their garage full. Participate in 12 minutes MM battles with other unknown players and win 50% of the battles, but none to brag about with, nothing to remember from such short experiences. Chat is mute most time. The life of a (rare) Free Player: play long hours Pro Battles, where everyone is pretty much known, team discussions and strategies. You win a 6 hours game and you will be smiling all day long. Or lose and get angry to the usual magnum campers, but it is still about team skills, in spite of the ever increasing augments. Unfortunately free players are forced into MM battles more and more... awfully getting crashed by buyers over and over. Pity... sad... absurd...

So, any idea why healing Juggernaut is penalized?

What is the purpose of isida, if not healing?

I completely disagree. One minute is a lot of time during which enemy tanks already cap one flag. Tired of teammates not ready at start or wasting most time in garage.

Thank you. About Pro Battles I know pretty much everything, as I am playing them regularly. But on MM there are plenty of things I do not know, and Hyperion was one of them. Appreciated.