Review [Issue 21] The History of the Kits

[Raphael2 3,263]

What are kits?

A kit is several goods combined into one. Together, they cost half the price of the same goods bought separately. Moreover, some items from kits may not be available at your rank, but you can already buy them as a part of a kit. Finally, buying a kit you can get a weapon or a hull without having to purchase all its previous modifications first. 

 

 

Kits are the best way to get good stuff cheaply and quickly, as well as before the ranks they are usually available. Nowadays, they are ordinary. Did they always exist? Of course not. Let's have a look at their history.
 
The first kits were introduced in the game on the 9^th of April 2013. At this time, four kits were created. The first three weren't that interesting as they were the Heavy Tank, Medium Tank and Light Tank M0 kits. They respectively cost 18,500, 15,000, and 10,200 crystals and weren't available after the rank of Staff Sergeant. Thus, they weren't popular at all as they were expensive and not that good - especially due to the fact that very few low-ranked players bought crystals.

 

 

 

However, the fourth kit interested everyone; as it was available until Generalissimo. It marked the beginning of non-ending supplies battles; it is the Supplies kit! Drugging became even more common after its launch as supplies became available at a discount price.

 

It was said that M3 kits would be introduced later, but most of the tankers forgot about it until the 29^th of September, when M1, M2 and M3 kits have been added, along with another Supplies kit, containing 1000 supplies of each.
Most of the Tankers hated this update, they were afraid of having a broken gameplay as the first post's number of likes confirms us.
 

Even after pages of complaints and tears, the Tanki Online team did not change anything.  Mammoth M2, Rico M2 and Inferno would stay available at Second Lieutenant.
Right after the update, Generalissimos were really angry, as the ranks limits have been limited to Commander, letting them unable to buy the new kits while Brigadiers could get M3 stuff really cheap. Thanksfully, it was quickly changed.
The most popular kit was indisputably the Medium Tank kit M2: affordable, with extremly good stuff at First Lieutenant. A considerable amount of bored Generalissimos started a new account to buy it.

M3 kits were not as popular as they could have been, mostly due to their expensiveness: the Heavy Tank M3 kit cost 600k crystals! The Light Tank M3 kit was by far the most popular M3 kit - it was expensive, but less than the two others, and it was really attractive. Some of the players who started another account to get the Medium Tank M2 kit kept playing and got it later on.
 

 

 

A few month passed, and the kits were common. On the 14^th of December, devs removed unpopular kits and replaced them with a new kind of kits, "theme" kits. The M0 kits were replaced with the Starter kit and the Starter kit XL. The Medium Tank kit M1 was removed and the Turret kit appeared. The Light Tank M2 kit was shifted with the Hull Kit, and the Paint Kit was released.
The Starter kits were a huge move forward, they were quite cheap and newcomers could actually buy them without paying real money. The Turret kit and Hull kit started a new wave of new accounts made by experienced players in order to dominate newbie's battles (like ). The latest kit, the Paint kit, was not popular at all - it cost an arm (500k crystals) - and most of the players were not ready to pay this for a few paints. Even if the paints in it are really good.
 

 

More recently, on the Valentine's day, devs made an interesting change: they updated all the M3 kits and the Paint kit.
The M3 kits went from Wasp/Freeze, Dictator/Railgun, Titan/Smoky to Hornet/Railgun, Hunter/Smoky, and Mammoth/Twins. More interestingly, the prices went from 400, 500 and 600k to 300, 400 and 450k crystals. The price change mainly comes from a change in the paints; the old kits used to have three expensive paints (e.g. Needle/Clay/Picasso) while the new ones have only an expensive and an average paint (e.g. Picasso/Digital).

 

 

The Paint kit was split in two; a "M1" and a "M2" Paint kit. Those were more interesting; as the M2 kit gives you an excellent paint (Prodigi) and two good paints (Rustle and Spark) for only 200k crystals.

 

 

 

 

 
You must be confused, I've talked too much about ghosts. Here is a list of all the actual kits so you don't mix them up with outdated kits.
 

"Medium Tank M3"
Available from General [26] to Generalissimo [30].
Price: 399 900 crystals.
Hull: Hunter М3.
Turret: Smoky М3.
Paints: Picasso, Digital.
50 of each supply.
 

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"Heavy Tank M3"
Available from Lieutenant General [25] to Generalissimo [30].
Price: 449 900 crystals.
Hull: Mammoth М3.
Turret: Twins М3.
Paints: Prodigi, Taiga.
100 of each supply.
 

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"Light Tank M3"
Available from Brigadier [23] to Generalissimo [30].
Price: 299 900 crystals.
Hull: Hornet М3.
Turret: Railgun М3.
Paints: Needle, Spark.
25 of each supply.
 

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"Medium Tank M2" kit
Available from First Lieutenant[18] to General[26]
Price: 299 900
Hull: Viking M2
Turret: Thunder M2
Protective paints: Prodigi, Emerald, Sandstone
50 of each supply.
 

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"Heavy Tank M2" kit
Available from Second Lieutenant [17] to Major General[24]
Price: 249 900
Hull: Mammoth M2
Turret: Ricochet M2
Protective paints: Inferno, Urban, Spark
50 of each supply.
 
 
 

"Paint Kit M2"
Available from Second Lieutenant [17] to Fieldmarshal [28].
Price: 199 900 crystals.
Paints: Spark, Rustle, Prodigi
150 of each supply.
 

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“Hull Kit”
Available from Warrant Officer 5 [15] to Lieutenant Colonel [21]
Price: 199 900
Hulls: Hornet M2, Mammoth M2, Viking M2, Hunter M2
170 of each supply.
 

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“Turret Kit”
Available from Staff Sergeant [7] to Warrant Officer 4 [14]
Price: 84 900
Turrets: Twins М1, Railgun М1, Smoky М1, Firebird М1, Thunder М1
150 of each supply.
 
 

"Light Tank M1" kit
Available from Staff Sergeant [7] to First Lieutenant [18]
Price: 79 900
Hull: Wasp M1
Turret: Firebird M1
Protective paints: Lava, Cedar, Spark
50 of each supply.
 

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"Paint Kit M1"
Available from Sergeant [6] to Third Lieutenant [16]
Price: 49 900 crystals.
Paints: Dragon, Dirty, Tundra, Python 
 

"Heavy Tank M1" kit
Available from Sergeant [6] to Third Lieutenant[16]
Price: 99 900
Hull: Titan M1
Turret: Shaft M1
Protective paints: Tundra, Python, Electra
100 of each supply.
 

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"Lots of Supplies" kit
Available from Private [2] to Generalissimo [30]
Price: 99 900
1000 of each supply.
 
 
 



"Supplies" kit
Available from Private [2] to Generalissimo [30]
Price: 17 500
100 of each supply.
 

"Starter Kit"
Available from Private [2] to Major [20]
Price: 5 990
Hulls: Wasp М0, Titan M0
Turrets: Firebird М0, Railgun М0, Twins М0
Paints: Swamp, Carbon, Lead
40 of each supply.
 

"Starter Kit XL"
Price: 8 900
Available from Private [1] to Warrant Officer 1 [11]
Hulls: Hornet M0, Viking M0, Mammoth M0
Turrets: Freeze M0, Ricochet M0, Thunder M0
Paints: Dragon, Storm, Dirty
50 of each supply.

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If you want to have a look at official topics - here you go.
Update 138 — Product kits (09/4/2013) M0 kits + Supplies Kit
Update 186 — Product kits for all ranks! (29/09/2013) M1, M2, M3 Kits, Lot of supplies Kit
Update 207 — New product kits (14/12/2013) Paint, Hull, Turret, Starter, Starter XL Kits
Update 227 — New product kits (14/02/2014) M3 Kits, Paint Kits Edited July 31, 2017 by Hexed

[gazatron30 513]

Good job!

[meronnatu 151]

Help full topic ))

[Valletta 834]

 

It should be Kits' History :3

 

[Finesse 968]

It should be Kits' History :3

 

:lol:

[DynamiteBang 119]

 

What are kits?

It was said that M3 kits would be introduced later, but most of the tankers forgot about it until the 29^th of September, when M1, M2 and M3 kits have been added, along with another Supplies kit, containing 1000 supplies of each.

Most of the Tankers hated this update, they were afraid of having a broken gameplay as the first post's number of likes confirms us.

 

 

 

I stopped reading after this bit :3 nice article cuz it includes me and the noob kits ;D

[GoldRock 6,165]

Very well written Raph, a good read ;)

[HirunMeepage 763]

You are a good history journalist ;)

Good Job!

[GWLGUPTA 511]

Good I was interested in this more than my chemistry book !! :D :P

[magnaboy2 656]

 

 

M3 kits were not as popular as they could have been, mostly due to their expensiveness: the Heavy Tank M3 kit cost 600k crystals! The Light Tank M3 kit was by far the most popular M3 kit - it was expensive, but less than the two others, and it was really attractive. Some of the players who started another account to get the Medium Tank M2 kit kept playing and got it later on.

 

 

 

 

YOU FORGOT MEDIUM M3 KIT D:

[rokar123 11]

Nice.

[blasterbros 7]

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Edited March 5, 2014 by blasterbros

[ArimaKishou 21]

:3 not bad very interesting.

[MR_KSA_KSA 51]

kits are nothing to benefit buyers crystais. why?, are too expensive and a player who does not buy crystals will hardly get crystals to buy a kit unless of course the M3 kits in battles over auto rank the background is larger (pro battle with clear crystals and drugs off) and easier to collect crystals, alendo is most unfair! a buyer should not take advantage just because a buyer. tanki online this put us against the wall to make the purchase of crystals I buy crystals that do not have much time to play anymore I should not have advantage that I buy.

[MR_KSA_KSA 51]

kits are nothing to benefit buyers crystais. why?, are too expensive and a player who does not buy crystals will hardly get crystals to buy a kit unless of course the M3 kits in battles over auto rank the background is larger (pro battle with clear crystals and drugs off) and easier to collect crystals, alendo is most unfair! a buyer should not take advantage just because a buyer. tanki online this put us against the wall to make the purchase of crystals I buy crystals that do not have much time to play anymore I should not have advantage that I buy.

completing what I said above is also taking the balance of the game river.

[WarriorNo.1 0]

can you make 80% discount on turrets kit plz 

[GreaserMob 0]

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Edited March 9, 2014 by JL6H

[AbsoluteAlphaZero 2,027]

Shall i get heavy kit m3?

[Real_Uchiha_Sasuke 189]

It should be Kits' History :3

 

NOTE :- All people below the age of 15 please read this  :rolleyes: 

[D.A.R.K.N.E.S.S 432]

1st page

[jazz20 1,181]

I remember when kits were actual saves when buying them. Now......they're just an accumulation of hull, turrent, and sometimes paint with a big red seal slapped on 'em with a "sale" sticker......you'd save more waiting for a 50% (a real) sale.