Guide [Issue 3] All You Need To Be a Pro - Paints

[wertweuri 76]

^ hes right

 

I see more acid paint than paints of mods and consultants and reporters. that is because i play NS games and because mods dont have to much time to play, they need to work on forums and hackers, etc... reporters need to work on the newspaper and provide stories and issues and ideas. etc...

 

that`s my opinion.

[awesomealex87 0]

this is cool :D

[r_nuclearbom0 62]

All you need to be a pro? Uhm, just with all M3 you also are a pro...

[chriswu 25]

I'm getting there...patience young padawan. 8)

[RockandRide 12]

right now i got storm and m3 hornet and im gonna get the m3 freeze when i rank up so when i get to wo5 should i buy the inferno? (i spend a lot so price is not a worry for me)

[r_zooooz0 1]

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

[RockandRide 12]

um..? is that a yes?

[r_IqLoose0 0]

so what is the best paint?

[r_nuclearbom0 62]

so what is the best paint?

 

You can choose your own best paint ...

[ALEXBOOT 0]

so what is the best paint?

Holiday is the best paint. You never know when it transforms. :D

(Some guy in the chat told me that once his holiday transformed into the champion paint. I'm pretty sure he lied though.)

green is only if you can't afford holiday (if you have negative crystals :? ) or if you like classic style tanks.

anyone can win with 15k paints but it requires much more skill to win with green or holliday.

[jvpski3 0]

Nice news thread chris <,> !

 

What next are you going to do? "Protective hulls" or something like that or something to do with turrets?

 

However, well done, well done, boi.

[r_IqLoose0 0]

what paint has most protection for rico and railgun?

[r_IqLoose0 0]

so what is the best paint?

Holiday is the best paint. You never know when it transforms. :D

(Some guy in the chat told me that once his holiday transformed into the champion paint. I'm pretty sure he lied though.)

green is only if you can't afford holiday (if you have negative crystals :? ) or if you like classic style tanks.

anyone can win with 15k paints but it requires much more skill to win with green or holliday.

whats so specail about the champion paint?

[FederalBureauFBI 2,881]

20% protection of all guns.

[jlsluvva123 0]

What's so special about the Acid and Reporter paint?

(Just carrying on the trade.)

[FederalBureauFBI 2,881]

Acid - 20% protection of everything.

Reporter - looks great.

And the most important - you can't buy it.

[jlsluvva123 0]

Not if I become one of the things.

Poor reporter, the only special paint that has no protection.

[xxMILLERxx 0]

Poor reporter, the only special paint that has no protection.

Champion - 20% protection of everything (Clan Championship winners)

Acid - 20% protection of everything (TOF winners)

Reporter - no protection (reporters)

Chip - no protection (consultants)

Alligator - no protection (moderators)

[FederalBureauFBI 2,881]

Poor reporter' date=' the only special paint that has no protection.[/quote']

 

Microchip (Consultants)

Alligator (Mods)

 

Have no protection too...

[jlsluvva123 0]

SORRY! I'm not perfect you know...

[FederalBureauFBI 2,881]

Don't worry, nobody is. :roll:

[anti-venomer 1]

derp* derp* derp* derp*

[saha380669749406 0]

 

In the post-sale season, I'm sure you see some of your friends parading around in their newly bought protection paints, boasting about their new resistance to different guns. You may be thinking that they chose poorly in their selection, or you may not. Indeed choosing the best paint is difficult. Here's a guide which will help the relatively low budget buyer to decide.

 

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There are many characteristics and factors which affect a protection paint's appeal. Depending on your particular interests, you will choose your paints accordingly.

 

~designed by chriswu

 

Visual Appeal

 

The first thing, obviously, is if you like how a certain paint looks. It's clear that some paints are more decorative than others, even within the same price range. For example, Rock is not nearly as colorful as Clay.

Visual appeal also is closely related to your personal taste. I love the look of Inferno, but I've heard comments saying that it's a little "cartoonish".

 

Low cost Protection

 

Assuming you don't have all the money in the world to spend on paints, the first things to consider in your earlier Tanki days are cheaper protection paints. In my opinion, it's not worth your money buying protection from teir 1 weapons, as they aren't particularly deadly in battle. Invest instead on protection against tier 2 weapons.

If you still want to buy a cheaper protection paint, buy one which also has good camouflage. Camouflage can actually help you more under the right conditions than a protection paint contrasting starkly with its surroundings. Some good camouflage protection paints on the cheaper end include Swamp, Dirty, and Tundra, and Dragon (depending on map). Since camouflage can be so helpful, you may end up buying a paint with good camouflage but NO protection like Forester.

 

Choosing A Paint With Good Characteristics

 

Here's some advice on choosing a good protection paint.

 

First, what do you use as your primary weapon? It's wise to buy paints which protect you from the gun you use. For example, if you have rico, and you are fighting a freeze, you can use rico's relatively long range to defeat the freeze. Or, if you're a freeze attacking a thunder, you can slow down the enemy tank and destroy it. However, if you have freeze and are fighting another freeze, it's only a matter of who has more hitpoints. Because of each gun's specialty, there are ways to defeat tanks with different weapons, but it's hard to fight someone with the same configuration. Invest in a paint with protection from your primary weapon.

This is especially helpful for thunders or ricochet's who can inflict self damage.

 

The second component in terms of actual tank hardware is what hull you use. Make sure you do your math before buying a paint for you hull, otherwise your paint won't make a difference. For example, a fully discharged isida m3 can destroy a hornet even with isida protection paint. Another example is how shaft protection on a weak hull like hornet or dictator doesn't make much of a difference, because an m3 shaft can still kill you in one shot either way. Make sure your paint is appropriate to your hull by doing the math before buying.

 

Playing Style

 

Lastly, choose a paint which suits your playing style. If you enjoy camping at your base with a large hull such as mammoth, pick a paint which protects you from shorter ranged weapons which typically charge the enemy base, such as freeze or ricochet. On the other hand, if you are more of an attacker, select paints which will protect you from long range snipers, like railgun, thunder, and shaft. These weapons can easily pick off approaching targets under good conditions (have you ever played in a shaft infested Kunger?).

 

 

 

In the post-sale season, I'm sure you see some of your friends parading around in their newly bought protection paints, boasting about their new resistance to different guns. You may be thinking that they chose poorly in their selection, or you may not. Indeed choosing the best paint is difficult. Here's a guide which will help the relatively low budget buyer to decide.

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

There are many characteristics and factors which affect a protection paint's appeal. Depending on your particular interests, you will choose your paints accordingly.

 

~designed by chriswu

 

Visual Appeal

 

The first thing, obviously, is if you like how a certain paint looks. It's clear that some paints are more decorative than others, even within the same price range. For example, Rock is not nearly as colorful as Clay.

Visual appeal also is closely related to your personal taste. I love the look of Inferno, but I've heard comments saying that it's a little "cartoonish".

 

Low cost Protection

 

Assuming you don't have all the money in the world to spend on paints, the first things to consider in your earlier Tanki days are cheaper protection paints. In my opinion, it's not worth your money buying protection from teir 1 weapons, as they aren't particularly deadly in battle. Invest instead on protection against tier 2 weapons.

If you still want to buy a cheaper protection paint, buy one which also has good camouflage. Camouflage can actually help you more under the right conditions than a protection paint contrasting starkly with its surroundings. Some good camouflage protection paints on the cheaper end include Swamp, Dirty, and Tundra, and Dragon (depending on map). Since camouflage can be so helpful, you may end up buying a paint with good camouflage but NO protection like Forester.

 

Choosing A Paint With Good Characteristics

 

Here's some advice on choosing a good protection paint.

 

First, what do you use as your primary weapon? It's wise to buy paints which protect you from the gun you use. For example, if you have rico, and you are fighting a freeze, you can use rico's relatively long range to defeat the freeze. Or, if you're a freeze attacking a thunder, you can slow down the enemy tank and destroy it. However, if you have freeze and are fighting another freeze, it's only a matter of who has more hitpoints. Because of each gun's specialty, there are ways to defeat tanks with different weapons, but it's hard to fight someone with the same configuration. Invest in a paint with protection from your primary weapon.

This is especially helpful for thunders or ricochet's who can inflict self damage.

 

The second component in terms of actual tank hardware is what hull you use. Make sure you do your math before buying a paint for you hull, otherwise your paint won't make a difference. For example, a fully discharged isida m3 can destroy a hornet even with isida protection paint. Another example is how shaft protection on a weak hull like hornet or dictator doesn't make much of a difference, because an m3 shaft can still kill you in one shot either way. Make sure your paint is appropriate to your hull by doing the math before buying.

 

Playing Style

 

Lastly, choose a paint which suits your playing style. If you enjoy camping at your base with a large hull such as mammoth, pick a paint which protects you from shorter ranged weapons which typically charge the enemy base, such as freeze or ricochet. On the other hand, if you are more of an attacker, select paints which will protect you from long range snipers, like railgun, thunder, and shaft. These weapons can easily pick off approaching targets under good conditions (have you ever played in a shaft infested Kunger?).

 

 

[canucks1 11]

Well done:)

 

[B.FES 2]

My best paint is tundra :(