Let's Discuss Smoky!

[genak138 950]

shall i start a thread for smoky users in the conversation clubs section?

I don't think that's allowed. There was a Rico users thread there, and it got locked. Let's just talk here. :)

[M4D_GENiUS 266]

Why are you quoting a post from nearly two years ago...

Because people starting discussing about the topic how thunder or smokey is better above my comment so i made a\an demonstration, so they could see it, i know i quoted a post from 2 year ago.

 

here are the other posts above mine..

 

i think you sucks lol

 

we cant judge whether smoky or thunder is better cuz players will have different opinions 

it mainly depends on the players skill & also the map matters

:) but thanks for asking me!!! :)

[dilsharox 2,395]

I don't think that's allowed. There was a Rico users thread there, and it got locked. Let's just talk here. :)

ik & it was created a ricoqueen so i was suprised to see that it was close

[greyat 2,972]

When I used Thunder, it only took one person with cedar to completely cripple my efficiency. What if that person was on a killing streak with drugs? What if the person was capturing the flag? I could do close to minimal damage on the target, but I was relying on others to kill the person for me. What could I do? Switch for M1 Smoky? It has no MUs. Switch to M1 Firebird? If the person was drugging Nitro and using Hornet, forget it. *Reads back over* What a misleading topic sentence, why did I ONLY skim. >.>

That's odd... Thunder paints fail to deter me. M2 Dictators get 3-KO'd while I'm on drugs even when they use Cedar, and tanks with Emerald still suffer significant damage.

[Loackie 269]

That's odd... Thunder paints fail to deter me. M2 Dictators get 3-KO'd while I'm on drugs even when they use Cedar, and tanks with Emerald still suffer significant damage.

I feel silly now. I'm still getting M3 Hammer first if funds limit me though. Hammer is absolutely great imo, it rivals Firebird.

[coolhmm 2]

What hull should I get to m1 first,

 

Hornet or Viking

 

Please tell me your answer and why.

 

Also if you can, please tell me which paint is the best for the hulls (in the warrant officer ranks) or what kind of protection 

I should aim for.

 

Thanks in advance

 

P.S i use m1 smoky (duh)

Edited March 1, 2015 by coolhmm

[Thekillerpenguin 1,731]

What hull should I get to m1 first,

 

Hornet or Viking

 

Please tell me your answer and why.

 

Also if you can, please tell me which paint is the best for the hulls (in the warrant officer ranks) or what kind of protection 

I should aim for.

 

Thanks in advance

Questions like this are better asked in the "What to Buy, Which is Better" thread in the Gameplay section, but if you want my opinions:

-Hornet and Viking are both decent, but I would recommend considering Wasp, Dictator, or Hunter instead. Wasp is about as good as Hornet but half the price, Dictator is more expensive but very effective, and Hunter costs quite a bit, but it's completely superior to M1 Viking and will remain effective for a long time.

-Protection paints are mostly up to you. Pick the ones with significant (>20%) protection.

Edited March 1, 2015 by Thekillerpenguin

[coolhmm 2]

Questions like this are better asked in the "What to Buy, Which is Better" thread in the Gameplay section, but if you want my opinions:

-Hornet and Viking are both decent, but I would recommend considering Wasp, Dictator, or Hunter instead. Wasp is about as good as Hornet but half the price, Dictator is more expensive but very effective, and Hunter costs quite a bit, but it's completely superior to M1 Viking and will remain effective for a long time.

-Protection paints are mostly up to you. Pick the ones with significant (>20%) protection.

Thanks, I couldn't find the "What to buy,Which is better?" thread so yeah...

[genak138 950]

Thanks, I couldn't find the "What to buy,Which is better?" thread so yeah...

It's in "Gameplay" 

In fact, here's a link right to it: Click me

[J.G.S.D.F 73]

I have posted a couple of massages to see should I acquire M1 Smoky during the sale in February; I was using M0 Smoky before the sale and I was having a hard time recently. Finally, I bought a M1 Smoky, M1 Viking and the Dirty paint in the sale and then I did a few MUs on the Smoky and Viking with the rest of my remaining crystals. I then play battles since then and now I would like to share one of my amazing stories last week.

 

It was a CFT battle.  I was having full health and saw a M1 Firebird + M1 Hornet (with Magma paint) moving perpendicular to my direction in a distance of about approximately 7 to 8 the hull length of a Viking. I fired a shot and hit it. It was aware and spotted me and then turned to my direction. I hit it again during it was turning. It then move towards me and I started to back off. I hit it again; it was not destroyed. When the distance became shorter, it started to throw the flame. I kept backing off and hit it again (the 4th hit); it was not destroyed. I started to turn away from it during my back off and hit it again (the 5th hit); it was not destroyed. When I was turning, I press the spacebar for my 6th shot on it…BOOM ! Yeah ! Finally I got it …Oops. I have been blown up, in fact, before I could fire my 6th shot! See how amazing it is to have a Smoky tank.

 

Someone may say “You don’t have good skills”; “You don’t know how to use Smoky” or `You shouldn`t shoot a tank in such a distance` etc. I hit it 5 times ! Even my skills are no good or the distance is no good for me; I hit it 5 times ! M1 Smoky hit a M1 Hornet 5 times and could not destroy it but got killed. May be I had really bad luck in that fight because none of the hits was critical hit but you can see how pathetic the Smoky is. It doesn’t matter whether the skills or how to use it because most of the time, including the time when I was using M0 Smoky, I hit the enemy tanks many times but just couldn’t destroy them. On the other hand, other weapons can kill much easier than Smoky, at least for M0 and M1. I believe the Firebird+Hornet that I met in the battle knew it and that’s why it didn’t afraid of my tank. It took one hit; turned, took another hit; ran into me, took the 3rd hit; started burning; took the 4th hit; continue burning, took the 5th hit; survived and destroyed my tank. I am just stupid enough to believe that my Smoky can kill it. May be I should buy some Firebird protection paints and they would help a bit (15% to 25% ?). That means I might have a chance to destroy that Firebird+Hornet with, if I could fire, the 6th shot and I would have about 1/5 of my health left. May be that Firebird+Hornet had everything fully micro-upgraded. May be I should do further MUs on my tank. May be I should get a Mammoth so that I can, at least, kill some. May be I should use drugs as long as I have. May be that Firebird+Hornet actually had the double armour drug on but just somehow the icon didn't show up. May be there was lag. May be it was just my unfortunate event (I know it was not because similar things happen all the time). I am totally frustrated.

 

You may consider what I just told is some kind of funny story. However, for those who would like to buy higher ranking Smoky better think about it carefully. Every tank got knocked out in battles; I don’t mind my tank KIA but just not in this way. I acquired higher ranking turret and hull, fought well, hit the enemy tank many many times then oops !

P.S. I didn’t see it using any drugs during the fight; I didn’t use any.

 

At the end of this post, I would to ask a question: “What would be destroyed sooner than your tank equipped with Smoky?”

 

Answer: the spacebar on your keyboard

Edited March 2, 2015 by J.G.S.D.F

[Strawwitz 86]

Smoky M1  does about 25 damage per hit. Less at 44m+, so yea 5-6 hits against M1 hornet (118 health basic)would be right. With a critical in there , it would die in 4. An anti-smoky paint would add one hit.

 

IMO- Smoky really does not deal out enough damage for me. At closer ranges (20m-)you are dead, before you can crank off enough rounds and  at longer ranges(45-105) its damage drops to the extent of just annoying people (5-7 damage/shot).

 

I think your decision to buy M1 smoky was right because it is much better than M0, but there are still the basic limitations that make Smoky, Smoky, and keeps its faithful users a fairly small crowd. 

Edited March 1, 2015 by Strawwitz

[michael470 13]

Next time when the firebird is chasing you, lay a mine before you back off in front of you. Also, make use of geographical advantages such as turning around corners with a nitro when backing off.

I have posted a couple of massages to see should I acquire M1 Smoky during the sale in February; I was using M0 Smoky before the sale and I was having a hard time recently. Finally, I bought a M1 Smoky, M1 Viking and the Dirty paint in the sale and then I did a few MUs on the Smoky and Viking with the rest of my remaining crystals. I then play battles since then and now I would like to share one of my amazing stories last week.

 

It was a CFT battle. I was having full health and saw a M1 Firebird + M1 Hornet (with Magma paint) moving perpendicular to my direction in a distance of about approximately 7 to 8 the hull length of a Viking. I fired a shot and hit it. It was aware and spotted me and then turned to my direction. I hit it again during it was turning. It then move towards me and I started to back off. I hit it again; it was not destroyed. When the distance became shorter, it started to throw the flame. I kept backing off and hit it again (the 4th hit); it was not destroyed. I started to turn away from it during my back off and hit it again (the 5th hit); it was not destroyed. When I was turning, I press the spacebar for my 6th shot on it…BOOM ! Yeah ! Finally I got it …Oops. I have been blown up, in fact, before I could fire my 6th shot! See how amazing it is to have a Smoky tank.

 

Someone may say “You don’t have good skills”; “You don’t know how to use Smoky” or `You shouldn`t shoot a tank in such a distance` etc. I hit it 5 times ! Even my skills are no good or the distance is no good for me; I hit it 5 times ! M1 Smoky hit a M1 Hornet 5 times and could not destroy it but got killed. May be I had really bad luck in that fight because none of the hits was critical hit but you can see how pathetic the Smoky is. It doesn’t matter whether the skills or how to use it because most of the time, including the time when I was using M0 Smoky, I hit the enemy tanks many times but just couldn’t destroy them. On the other hand, other weapons can kill much easier than Smoky, at least for M0 and M1. I believe the Firebird+Hornet that I met in the battle knew it and that’s why it didn’t afraid of my tank. It took one hit; turned, took another hit; ran into me, took the 3rd hit; started burning; took the 4th hit; continue burning, took the 5th hit; survived and destroyed my tank. I am just stupid enough to believe that my Smoky can kill it. May be I should buy some Firebird protection paints and they would help a bit (15% to 25% ?). That means I might have a chance to destroy that Firebird+Hornet with, if I could fire, the 6th shot and I would have about 1/5 of my health left. May be that Firebird+Hornet had everything fully micro-upgraded. May be I should do further MUs on my tank. May be I should get a Mammoth so that I can, at least, kill some. May be I should use drugs as long as I have. May be that Firebird+Hornet actually had the double armour drug on but just somehow the icon didn't show up. May be there was lag. May be it was just my unfortunate event (I know it was not because similar things happen all the time). I am totally frustrated.

 

You may consider what I just told is some kind of funny story. However, for those who would like to buy higher ranking Smoky better think about it carefully. Every tank got knocked out in battles; I don’t mind my tank KIA but just not in this way. I acquired higher ranking turret and hull, fought well, hit the enemy tank many many times then oops !

 

P.S. I didn’t see it using any drugs during the fight; I didn’t use any.

 

At the end of this post, I would to ask a question: “What would be destroyed sooner than your tank equipped with Smoky?”

 

Answer: the spacebar on your keyboard

Next time when the firebird is chasing you, lay a mine before you back off in front of you. Also, make use of geographical advantages such as turning around corners with a nitro when backing off. Also, a little personal advice, use MUed wasp m1 with smoky instead of using Viking. Though you have less armour, you can avoid close-range battles using your speed. Edited March 2, 2015 by michael470

[J.G.S.D.F 73]

Smoky M1  does about 25 damage per hit. Less at 44m+, so yea 5-6 hits against M1 hornet (118 health basic)would be right. With a critical in there , it would die in 4. An anti-smoky paint would add one hit.

 

IMO- Smoky really does not deal out enough damage for me. At closer ranges (20m-)you are dead, before you can crank off enough rounds and  at longer ranges(45-105) its damage drops to the extent of just annoying people (5-7 damage/shot).

 

I think your decision to buy M1 smoky was right because it is much better than M0, but there are still the basic limitations that make Smoky, Smoky, and keeps its faithful users a fairly small crowd. 

Thanks for the math. I now figure out one thing: at a realitively longer distance, Smoky damage reduced; at a relatively shorter distance, my tank easily gets killed by some weapons such as Firebird, Hammer etc. I can see that when I see Shaft and Railgun on far side, I better run away because it is too difficult to take them out at such a long distance. When I see Firebird, Freeze, Hummer and Isida at a short distance, I better run away because these tanks have high damage power. When I see Ricochet, Thunder, Vulcan and Twins at short to mid-distance, I better run away because they have higher damage power and fireing rate. In addition, I better run away when I see any heavy hull tanks because it is high likely I cannot destroy them but get killed. The only case I can fight is when I am facing another Smoky, on a light or midium hull. I may even need to pray before I fire: "Oh Lord, please give me a critical hit". These conclued that I better run away in most of the time.

 

Before I have reached the rank of Master-Sergeant, I used to shoot at mid-distance while I am running around; similar to how the German tanks took out the British tanks in the desert in World War Two. I have good hit rate and I usually could knock out enemy tanks in this way. I later realised that it won't work because I need to hit enemy tanks so many times and it takes too long to do; I was knocked out before then.

 

I can see many Smoky users like to put it on a light hull and do the shoot and run. I, however, have seen a Smoky on a Wasp hull popped up back and forth from behind a wall to shot a Thunder a couple of times then it was finished by 2 shots from that Thunder. If my way of using Smoky is not correct; so is this pop-up method. It looks like there is no way to use Smoky effectively, unless you are willing to be knock out quickly again and again and again but destroy just a few tanks in every battle; in another word, being a "victim" of a "Turkey Hunt".

 

I don't know what I can do. I already bought everything I thought they would help but in fact I am stiil being a "victim".

Edited March 2, 2015 by J.G.S.D.F

[J.G.S.D.F 73]

Next time when the firebird is chasing you, lay a mine before you back off in front of you. Also, make use of geographical advantages such as turning around corners with a nitro when backing off. Also, a little personal advice, use MUed wasp m1 with smoky instead of using Viking. Though you have less armour, you can avoid close-range battles using your speed.

Yes, I know this technique. Thanks. I was once very rely on drugs to survive, which I really don't like to. I am very near to run out of supplies now.

 

In that fight I mentioned, I was just stupid enough to believe my Smoky could do its job. During the last seconds, I thought that I have already hit it 4 times and I have confidence that I can do one more shot and finish it. I was wrong, totally wrong. The worst thing is not just I couldn't destroy a M1 Hornet with 5 shots; I was killed by it, without using drug, in only 2, may be 3, seconds and it never afraid of me and didn't care to take my shots. The Firebird had started flaming me right before I hit it the 4th time, I was still backing off and keeping a certain distance from it, it killed me before I fired the 6th. This shows how fast it can kill a M1 Viking.

 

When I was still using M0 at the rank of around Sergeant-Major (I didn't have enough crystals for a M1 at that time), even Isidas (mostly M1, some M0s) just ran into me face to face to kill me !

Edited March 2, 2015 by J.G.S.D.F

[J.G.S.D.F 73]

I think your decision to buy M1 smoky was right because it is much better than M0, but there are still the basic limitations that make Smoky, Smoky, and keeps its faithful users a fairly small crowd. 

I am also thinking about this. How many Smoky, or I should say how many percent of the tanks are Smoky we usually see in a battle?

 

When they up-powered the Firebird, Ricochet, Twins etc last month, they have mentioned that they wanted more tankers to use these turrets cuz they seem not very popular at that time. If you have watched their latest video V-LOG ep35 on YouTube, you can see that they will up-armour the medium and heavy hulls soon. Why? Because it is realised that mnay tankers are using light hulls (Hornet and Waps) so that this upgrade will be made in order to attract tankers to use other hulls. Now, with such small percentage of tankers are using Smoky, why they don't up-power Smoky but reduced the impact force in January? I don't really care the reduction of the impact force but after many turrets were up-powered, Smoky was actually "down-powered", relatively. Would a down-powered weapon attract people to use it more?

 

I am also thinking to switch to M1 Thunder when I reach WO4. I have got the M0 for practicing a bit for the moment. I will see which turret I will stick with in the higher ranks.

 

P.S. If I remember it correctly, Firebird has been doubled the damage. Doubled ! Think about if Smoky could be 20% (no need to be doubled) up-powered, how good this weapon and happy the faithful users would be.

[iamthebadboy2 168]

I have posted a couple of massages to see should I acquire M1 Smoky during the sale in February; I was using M0 Smoky before the sale and I was having a hard time recently. Finally, I bought a M1 Smoky, M1 Viking and the Dirty paint in the sale and then I did a few MUs on the Smoky and Viking with the rest of my remaining crystals. I then play battles since then and now I would like to share one of my amazing stories last week.

 

It was a CFT battle. I was having full health and saw a M1 Firebird + M1 Hornet (with Magma paint) moving perpendicular to my direction in a distance of about approximately 7 to 8 the hull length of a Viking. I fired a shot and hit it. It was aware and spotted me and then turned to my direction. I hit it again during it was turning. It then move towards me and I started to back off. I hit it again; it was not destroyed. When the distance became shorter, it started to throw the flame. I kept backing off and hit it again (the 4th hit); it was not destroyed. I started to turn away from it during my back off and hit it again (the 5th hit); it was not destroyed. When I was turning, I press the spacebar for my 6th shot on it…BOOM ! Yeah ! Finally I got it …Oops. I have been blown up, in fact, before I could fire my 6th shot! See how amazing it is to have a Smoky tank.

 

Someone may say “You don’t have good skills”; “You don’t know how to use Smoky” or `You shouldn`t shoot a tank in such a distance` etc. I hit it 5 times ! Even my skills are no good or the distance is no good for me; I hit it 5 times ! M1 Smoky hit a M1 Hornet 5 times and could not destroy it but got killed. May be I had really bad luck in that fight because none of the hits was critical hit but you can see how pathetic the Smoky is. It doesn’t matter whether the skills or how to use it because most of the time, including the time when I was using M0 Smoky, I hit the enemy tanks many times but just couldn’t destroy them. On the other hand, other weapons can kill much easier than Smoky, at least for M0 and M1. I believe the Firebird+Hornet that I met in the battle knew it and that’s why it didn’t afraid of my tank. It took one hit; turned, took another hit; ran into me, took the 3rd hit; started burning; took the 4th hit; continue burning, took the 5th hit; survived and destroyed my tank. I am just stupid enough to believe that my Smoky can kill it. May be I should buy some Firebird protection paints and they would help a bit (15% to 25% ?). That means I might have a chance to destroy that Firebird+Hornet with, if I could fire, the 6th shot and I would have about 1/5 of my health left. May be that Firebird+Hornet had everything fully micro-upgraded. May be I should do further MUs on my tank. May be I should get a Mammoth so that I can, at least, kill some. May be I should use drugs as long as I have. May be that Firebird+Hornet actually had the double armour drug on but just somehow the icon didn't show up. May be there was lag. May be it was just my unfortunate event (I know it was not because similar things happen all the time). I am totally frustrated.

 

You may consider what I just told is some kind of funny story. However, for those who would like to buy higher ranking Smoky better think about it carefully. Every tank got knocked out in battles; I don’t mind my tank KIA but just not in this way. I acquired higher ranking turret and hull, fought well, hit the enemy tank many many times then oops !

P.S. I didn’t see it using any drugs during the fight; I didn’t use any.

 

At the end of this post, I would to ask a question: “What would be destroyed sooner than your tank equipped with Smoky?”

 

Answer: the spacebar on your keyboard

Firebird is so diffrent, and in my opinion WAY OP. If you where facing a railgun and hornet M1 like you said, you would have won becuase he would never hit you. You would just knocw off his aim. So I would say that

 

1. You need to learn how to operate Smoky better

2. Use a lighter hull

3. Know where to run.

 

I in all my days have NEVER been let down by Smoky ACCEPT by firebird in small maps. That really is the only time. I, right now, have M2 Smoky and M1 Wasp (I sometimes use M2 Hornet) and I can win against any tank practically...Well not a M3 Mammoth Smoky With drugs, but if you have that you really don't have any skill...

 

The Blue Crew

Leader

Trainer/Co-Leader

War Leader @iamthebadboy2

Edited March 2, 2015 by iamthebadboy2

[Strawwitz 86]

 

 

 

I am also thinking to switch to M1 Thunder when I reach WO4. I have got the M0 for practicing a bit for the moment. I will see which turret I will stick with in the higher ranks.

 

 

With your experience with Smoky, Thunder would be an extremely deadly weapon. I worry about M1 thunders with my rico/titan combo . But there are so few people who know how to use thunder and also have M1, I don't even bother with a paint like corrosion. Which is a good paint for a Thunder user even more.

 

M2 Thunder  is really deadly , which is why I don't fight with "stars" ie. captains as they can have that thing. Of course even at double dime , most people can have or have some pretty serious weaponry. Strangely M2 smoky is the last available , so IDK that.

Edited March 2, 2015 by Strawwitz

[J.G.S.D.F 73]

With your experience with Smoky, Thunder would be an extremely deadly weapon. I worry about M1 thunders with my rico/titan combo . But there are so few people who know how to use thunder and also have M1, I don't even bother with a paint like corrosion. Which is a good paint for a Thunder user even more.

 

M2 Thunder  is really deadly , which is why I don't fight with "stars" ie. captains as they can have that thing. Of course even at double dime , most people can have or have some pretty serious weaponry. Strangely M2 smoky is the last available , so IDK that.

Thanks for the reply. I will try on my M0 Thunder and see how it will do. I still have time to try and think about it.

[J.G.S.D.F 73]

Firebird is so diffrent, and in my opinion WAY OP. If you where facing a railgun and hornet M1 like you said, you would have won becuase he would never hit you. You would just knocw off his aim. So I would say that

 

1. You need to learn how to operate Smoky better

2. Use a lighter hull

3. Know where to run.

 

I in all my days have NEVER been let down by Smoky ACCEPT by firebird in small maps. That really is the only time. I, right now, have M2 Smoky and M1 Wasp (I sometimes use M2 Hornet) and I can win against any tank practically...Well not a M3 Mammoth Smoky With drugs, but if you have that you really don't have any skill...

 

The Blue Crew

Leader

Trainer/Co-Leader

War Leader @iamthebadboy2

Thanks for the reply. It looks like I need to know how to hit an enemy tank 6 hits (Hornet) or more (other heavier hulls) without being killed. I can imagine how tire it would be. If it is how the way Smoky should be, I will pick another turret; Smoky is under-powered. Why stick to an under-powered weapon while other tankers are using normal weapons. I am not asking for an ultimate weapon but at least it should not be specially under-powered.

 

I like to play CTF and CP battles because I like team works and I would like to contribute to my team. However, I cannot do it because my tank is too weak now. In the CFT battles, I am not able to handle the enemy tanks protecting their flag so that I am not trying to capture flag anymore; I even cannot tell my teammates "Go get the enemy flag, I am staying back here to protect ours" because I am not able to do it with my tank. What I can do is "wandering" the battle field, shoot an enemy tank once then run away, find another tank to shoot once and run away. When these tanks, which are hit by me, got killed by my teammates later, I get some XP. In the other word, I am "stealing" XP from my teammates. I thought I could contribute to my team but it turns out I am stealing efforts form my teammates; I became a "thief". That's how I got promoted to WO2 since I have reached Sergeant-Major. I know some tankers only care about how many XP and crystals they get and they just do happy shootings in CFT battles. These tanker don't care about how their teams do; it is not my style.

 

I admitted that I have made a wrong decision in the last sale; however, you won't know until you try it out. I have started to practice Thunder and I will see how it performs.

[michael470 13]

Yes, I know this technique. Thanks. I was once very rely on drugs to survive, which I really don't like to. I am very near to run out of supplies now.

 

In that fight I mentioned, I was just stupid enough to believe my Smoky could do its job. During the last seconds, I thought that I have already hit it 4 times and I have confidence that I can do one more shot and finish it. I was wrong, totally wrong. The worst thing is not just I couldn't destroy a M1 Hornet with 5 shots; I was killed by it, without using drug, in only 2, may be 3, seconds and it never afraid of me and didn't care to take my shots. The Firebird had started flaming me right before I hit it the 4th time, I was still backing off and keeping a certain distance from it, it killed me before I fired the 6th. This shows how fast it can kill a M1 Viking.

 

When I was still using M0 at the rank of around Sergeant-Major (I didn't have enough crystals for a M1 at that time), even Isidas (mostly M1, some M0s) just ran into me face to face to kill me !

I just wonder how many MUs have you invested in smoky. You do realise that you should do some serious MUs on m1 smoky to make the gun effective, right? Basically, in my view, thunder m1 worths 37k while smoky m1 worths 11k, so you cannot expect smoky to be as powerful as thunder considering the raw damage. However, after investing in about 6-7 steps in both critical chance and critical damage only, I believe your worries can be resolved.

[J.G.S.D.F 73]

I just wonder how many MUs have you invested in smoky. You do realise that you should do some serious MUs on m1 smoky to make the gun effective, right? Basically, in my view, thunder m1 worths 37k while smoky m1 worths 11k, so you cannot expect smoky to be as powerful as thunder considering the raw damage. However, after investing in about 6-7 steps in both critical chance and critical damage only, I believe your worries can be resolved.

 

I know you point and it is what I have in my mind; that's why I made 6 steps on critical damage and 5 steps on chance (16%) not long after I have aquired my M1 Smoky. I feel like I have critical hit, generally, at the 6th or 7th shot; it is reasonable.

 

I am not expecting an 11k M1 Smoky would be as powerful as a 37k M1 Thunder; plus the M1 Smoky is unlocked much earlier than M1 Thunder. Even a M0 Thunder can give approx 30-40 damage every shot, on the other hand, a M1 Smoky can only give approx 20-30 damage each standard shot. This tells that if there is no critical damage occurs in the first 5 shots in a fight, M0 Thunder is way far better than a M1 Smoky. If you have read my story, which I posted hours ago, you would have seen that I hit the enemy tank 5 times with my M1 Smoky but none of them was critical hit. I was then burned dead in less than 2-3 sec; none of us used drug in that fight. I initially thought that the M1 Smoky would be better than what I actually have. In fact, it is not what I am expecting after I put it in battles.

 

Anyway, thanks for your suggestions. I will make a few more steps MUs on my M1 Smoky on the coming weekend while there is the MU sale. I will see how it will do after the MU.

Edited March 2, 2015 by J.G.S.D.F

[GurmitSingh 27]

I don't know about you guys, when I'm using my Titan M1/Smoky M1, I'm having a bit of problem with Ricos. I keep getting blasted out of hiding with the bouncing balls...  -_- I tried knocking off the opponent's aim, but failed miserably. Same with rails. It's probably easier with M2s, but that's a long way to go. I'm constantly top 5 with smoky, but I want to use it better.  :ph34r: Titan lasts longer, but harder to get to the CP quickly without nitro.

Edited March 2, 2015 by GurmitSingh

[samlauncher 106]

I don't know about you guys, when I'm using my Titan M1/Smoky M1, I'm having a bit of problem with Ricos. I keep getting blasted out of hiding with the bouncing balls...  -_- I tried knocking off the opponent's aim, but failed miserably. Same with rails. It's probably easier with M2s, but that's a long way to go. I'm constantly top 5 with smoky, but I want to use it better.  :ph34r: Titan lasts longer, but harder to get to the CP quickly without nitro.

get another turret and hull combo, titan smoky m1 will get outdated quickly

[coolhmm 2]

I don't know about you guys, when I'm using my Titan M1/Smoky M1, I'm having a bit of problem with Ricos. I keep getting blasted out of hiding with the bouncing balls...  -_- I tried knocking off the opponent's aim, but failed miserably. Same with rails. It's probably easier with M2s, but that's a long way to go. I'm constantly top 5 with smoky, but I want to use it better.  :ph34r: Titan lasts longer, but harder to get to the CP quickly without nitro.

I am a smoky user myself and ricos is the worst enemy of the smoky. Like he said ^^ titan m1 gets outdated very quickly. I would recommend a wasp for juking and getting into a good position very quickly.( I use the wasp m1) Another option is the Hunter. A fair hull with good mobility.  

Also don't forget to MU your smoky ( like 4-5 in each except for the damage MU). Once you put a couple points in impact force you can start screwing the aim on all hulls except for titan and mammoth 

 

Sorry if my response sucked, its the best I could do.

[GurmitSingh 27]

get another turret and hull combo, titan smoky m1 will get outdated quickly

True, I hope I can rank up fast for next kit, but my progress is hindered by daily life.  :( (I'm waiting to rank up to 3 Diamonds and get a boar kit, gotta suffer for now  :( )

 

 

I am a smoky user myself and ricos is the worst enemy of the smoky. Like he said ^^ titan m1 gets outdated very quickly. I would recommend a wasp for juking and getting into a good position very quickly.( I use the wasp m1) Another option is the Hunter. A fair hull with good mobility.  

Also don't forget to MU your smoky ( like 4-5 in each except for the damage MU). Once you put a couple points in impact force you can start screwing the aim on all hulls except for titan and mammoth 

 

Sorry if my response sucked, its the best I could do.

My current Smoky M1:

 

http://i61.tinypic.com/2q3u5hy.jpg

 

 

Recent Battles with it:

 

http://i62.tinypic.com/wa2334.png

 

 

http://i58.tinypic.com/r1lfup.png

 

 

http://i60.tinypic.com/v4mkuv.png

 

 

Maybe I should MU Impact force next? Or stop MUing? I feel like I need more improvement somehow. I also tried Hornet M1 with Smoky M1, but I'm bad at running away :(

Edited March 2, 2015 by GurmitSingh