Crystal System Needs Fixing

[Guest Tinypineappl]

I am new here and so I have the incredibly weak standard tank and I'm always losing to those with the better tank and it seems as if only the top player in each game gets ALL the crystals. This is very unfair to those that need it, this game is more about who has bought the most crystals rather than the most skilled.

I think that the top player still gets most of the crystals but at least give one to those that participated because honestly how many people are out there that are stuck with the beginner tank and have 0 crystals to upgrade. I know, this is to encourage buying crystals but I see many of my friends qutting the game because of this.

[Ultradc 9]

you will have to join ganes where you are the highest rank. good ones are ping pong or massacre if you are at least a private.

 

trust me, im a warrant officer 4, and it gets a lot easier to get crystals. ive gotten about 10000 in my time ive played tanki (wealth in the hall of fame is only crystals you've earned in battles). Hope this helped. ;)

[cablaz 32]

^ i agree

 

when ur like me a 2nd lieutenant u can get like around 250 crystals a day if u play alot :)

[panzer-runner 2]

^ i agree

 

when ur like me a 2nd lieutenant u can get like around 250 crystals a day if u play alot :)

 

Thats true, but only if by "alot" you mean hours / day of playing and winning!

 

It's still just a greedy system that really just wants noobs to BUY crystals rather than making it reasonable for those that earn them to ever get enough for the big toys!

[r_R3APER0 16]

in my experience you don't need to WIN, just be in the right place at the right time, major battles aside, small battle usually drop more crystals than the fund, if you have 4+ players and the battle fund is over....6? idk, but in madness, 5 or 6 drop at a time, and keep droppping

[r_Tethys0 0]

From my various testing, I found that by far the easiest way to get a high enough score to earn crystals (early on) comes down to a few things:

 

1) Use a smoky. (Twin and Fire need a VERY fast chassis to be truly useful, and even then it's tough)

2) Upgrade the smoky every chance you get. Big gun is better than big chassis.

3) Don't "waste crystals". That is, don't buy a lot of paints, extra weapons, chassis... Stick with the smoky, and the chassis of your choice.

4) Develop your skills. You may even want to start a new account at some point, to be able to use your skill from the very first rank.

5) Tactics...

 

Tactics:

1) Don't join games that have enemies who are higher rank than you. (at least not more than 1 or 2 ranks higher)

2) Don't engage anyone you can't kill. Slip away if you can.

3) It's always best to shoot people in the back - you get 3-4 shots in free before they can aim at you.

4) Learn to aim a bit off center with the smoky. With some skill, you can knock his sights off - and he'll miss his next shot. Excellent against railgunners.

5) Use the turret. You see lots of players that only rotate the tank, and don't touch the turret - bad idea. Learn to fire sideways, while traveling at full speed. Learn to circle enemies while firing. Learn to swing your turret around BEFORE you go around corners, etc, etc. By turning tank and turret at the same time, you can swing your aim around in half the time.

6) Choose your engagements. For example, the easiest kill you will ever get is a damaged enemy. If you see two tanks fighting - help out and kill one of them, preferably the one that can see you (50% chance you get the kill) and then finish off the other tank for a guaranteed kill. That one and a half kills on average, most likely without taking any damage at all. This works very well in a rookie tank, against players driving around in Titans.

7) Learn the weaknesses of the enemy weapons. Fire has low range - so kill them from over 20 meters. Twin has much more range, but over 30 meters they lose a LOT of power - so kill them at range as well. Railgunners... well, they usually can't fight very well and die fast enough if you get close.

 

As long as you win a fair amount of matches, you'll be able to upgrade your smoky quickly, and stay ahead of the opposition - giving you "easy" wins in the future. If you lose a lot, or waste crystals on non-essentials... well, your rank keeps rising regardless. If your rank goes up, without you earning crystals - you'll be facing tougher players, and you won't have the gear to do well against them. This is important. If your rank rises too much, you will find it extremely hard to get your hands on the important Mk3 Smoky.

 

Earning enough crystals to get by is doable, but it's not necessarily easy. It takes experience, luck (some days, you always spawn next to a tank with a flame thrower...) Most likely, it'll also take a new account once you have learned to play well.

[r_mehdadoo0 0]

Tips for getting easy crystals

 

1) Don't join games that have enemies who are higher rank than you. (at least not more than 1 or 2 ranks higher)

The only way for getting easy crystals is to join battles with tanks with higher ranks than you.

[Ultradc 9]

I join games up to marsial, and im only warrant 4, but I have an m2 isida and m1 hornet, so I usually get first in those games.l ;)