Review [Issue 36] Top Ten Tanki: Beast Moments

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This was a really enjoyable read and I can relate to most of it. Wonderful article. Awesome pictures. Overall, +1 thumb up & +1 follow. Good luck and keep up the good work. 

 

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Top should be ranking to generalissimo and joining the game again this time as a recruit , and do better :)

No, that would be very tiring.. you wouldn't realize it now.. but soon you'll realize why some  don't want that. 

[Zev_merkava 63]

 

12) A new gold box for my small collection...

 

Brest CTF. Shaft M2 (I try to do about 200 xp/day with Shaft to justify all the trouble I went through to get the rank and crystals to buy it at the year-end sale - and it's fun) on M2 Hunter, with Tundra paint.

 

The siren went off, and I decided to wander around a bit to see if I could find the drop zone, and there it was! No one else was around, so I just tried to be inconspicuous and wait, and it came to me.

 

Again, as usual, I didn't have the presence of mind to look at my crystal count before to verify that Tanki actually gave me the 1000 crystals - but I did see my name at the top of the screen, so I'm happy this time too...     :)

 

Colonel (that's right, the whole chicken!) Zev_Merkava, Mon., 13 Feb 2016 23:20 IST

Edited February 23, 2016 by Zev_merkava

[Zev_merkava 63]

13) Gold box mission...

 

Freeze M2 on Wasp M1, Tundra paint. Island 1 vs. 1. (OK, I had help on this one...   :)   )

 

Usually, I trade away gold box missions, especially if the reward isn't crystals. Today, all my missions had non-crystal rewards, so, as usual, I traded away the one that offered the fewest drugs in the hope of getting something with crystals.

 

Well, I got a crystal reward... 3600 of them. The catch was I had to get a gold box, which, as you know if you've been following me here, would take about a month... trading would have cost me 600 crystals, so I decided to try for a GB today, and if that didn't happen, trade it tomorrow for free.

 

With a little (OK, a LOT) of help, I got the Au box and the reward.

 

And I still forgot to check the crystal meter before the catch...   :/

 

Colonel Zev_Merkava, Tues., 23 Feb 2016 17:55 IST

[guts123456 0]

What is a mystery gold box? -_-

[Zev_merkava 63]

14) Gold box mission (Wed., 9 Mar 2016)...

 

Firebird M1 on Wasp M2, plain green paint. Island 1 vs. 1. (OK, I had help on this one, too - you know who you are and I thank you...    :)   )

 

Yet again I traded into a gold box mission, with a reward of 3825 crystals... and it was the last day of the Women's Day 3000 crystal gold boxes.

 

So I went for it.

 

This time I actually remembered to check the crystal meter before the catch, and it registered my 3000 crystals correctly.   :)

 

Brigadier General (yay! flag rank!) Zev_Merkava, posted Thurs., 10 Mar 2016 01:25 IST

Edited March 10, 2016 by Zev_merkava

[Zev_merkava 63]

15) Gold box mission (Mon., 11 Apr 2016)...

 

Firebird M1 on Wasp M2, plain green paint. Island 1 vs. 1. (OK, I had help on this one, yet again - you know who you are and I thank you...     :)   )

 

Yet again I traded into a gold box mission (the one I traded had a 3 hour premium reward), with a reward of 12 repair boxes and 40 dd boxes.

 

Forgot to check if the 1000 crystals registered... but I assume they did.

 

This time, both players had gold box missions, and almost immediately after I got mine, he got his.   :)

 

And we both got lots of xp and crystals.

 

4 more to get the "Gold Box?" medal?

 

Brigadier General Zev_Merkava, posted Mon., 11 Apr 2016 19:45 IDT

Edited June 8, 2016 by Zev_merkava

[Zev_merkava 63]

16) (Wed., 8 Jun 2016) (Tanki's 7th birthday celebration)...

 

Isida M3 on Hornet M3 (starting micro-upgrades), Tundra paint. Esplanade CTF.

 

I had created the map as part of my slow alphabetical tour of the various maps in the game. It was a "Pro" battle - I had bought my first pro pass without realizing that my M1 Railgun would keep me out of an awful lot of Pro battles (xp, bp...) and I wasn't about to blow 96k to get M2 to justify buying a 5k pass... If I do get an xp/bp qualified Railgun, I'll probably wait for the M3, and that's likely to take a back seat to mu's of the M3's I already have...

 

There was only one other player, who kept joining and leaving - I guess they were having computer problems.

 

The battle fund was a whole 8 crystals - probably from a flag I had captured. But that was enough to cause a gold box to fall. I heard the siren, and started scurrying around trying to find the drop zone. I finally saw the box falling on the large open area of the map, with the other player heading for it, much closer than I was. And then they left the map again, just short of the gold box! So I went ahead and grabbed it.

 

I remembered to check if the 1000 crystals registered... and they did.

 

There was some sort of glitch, and I ended up with zero points in the game, so when it ended, no one got any of the 8 crystal battle fund... Oh, well...   :)

 

3 more to get the "Gold Box?" medal?

 

Major General Zev_Merkava, posted Wed., 8 Jun 2016 21:40 IDT

[Zev_merkava 63]

17) Thurs., 14 Jul 2016

 

Isida M3 (5/50) on Viking M3 (5/50), Tundra paint (2/15). Rio CTF.

 

The box fell near the beach on the blue side. A few other tanks were close to it, but they got blown up, so I cruised in and got the 1000 crystals.

 

2 more to get the "Gold Box?" medal?

 

Lieutenant General Zev_Merkava, posted Thurs., 14 Jul 2016 01:55 IDT

 

 

[ELEMENTtanker_2016 0]

against a good defense of blue team in noise score was 2 and 4 1 min was left and i was in red team i had two captures and made it tie felt pro after doing that

Edited July 17, 2016 by ELEMENTtanker_2016

[Zev_merkava 63]

18) Sun., 14 Aug 2016, about 02:00 local daylight savings time (Sat., 13 Aug 2016 23:00 UTC)

 

I don't remember too well what equipment I was using - probably Isida M3, Viking M3, but that's not too relevant, as you'll see...

 

Yet another annoying "collect a gold box" mission. With a trusted friend (thanks!) in an Island 1 v 1 CTF, I dropped the gold box I had received as a reward for a mission about a week before. He let me take it, and the mission registered. :) I then abandoned the game, it being crazy o'clock.

 

Be aware that the gold box may count toward the mission only if you have competition (similar to the way supplies don't count in scavenger hunt missions if you don't have competition).

 

For more details about dropping gold boxes to complete missions please see

http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showtopic=329329&hl=

 

I forgot to check whether I actually got the 1k for the gold box, but I did get more than 4k for completing the mission.   :)

 

1 more to get the "Gold Box?" medal?

 

Lieutenant General Zev_Merkava, posted Tues., 16 Aug 2016 01:05 IDT

[Zev_merkava 63]

19) Tues., 16 Aug 2016, about 19:20 IDT (16:20 UTC)

 

Alexandrovsk DM, M1 Railgun 1/50 (free mu during sale...   :)   ), M3 Viking 8/50, Storm LGC-14 protection 5/10, Green paint (the stuff you get for free as a Recruit - good camouflage).

 

I was trying to learn how to use rail effectively, as I'm hoping to get the M3 during Tankers' Day, so that getting Pro Pass will make sense. I usually avoid DM, but I was in it because it's not considered fair to use M1's in team games at this rank. Total noob perfomance - maybe 3 kills in a 15 minute game, way down at the bottom of the scoreboard.

 

The siren went off, and I started looking for the drop zone, ignoring the supposed "no-kill" rule (see no-kill during gold survey: http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showtopic=305255&hl= ). Some mammoth was sitting on the drop zone. I shot my little railgun, and, surprise, surprise, actually scored a kill. Then it was just a matter of pushing through the wreckage of the mammoth before the rest of the gang, and watching my name up at the top of the screen.

 

Again I forgot to check whether I actually got the 1k for the gold box, but some quick calculations indicate that I did get it.    :)

 

And I now have the "Gold Box?" medal!

 

Lieutenant General Zev_Merkava, posted Tues., 16 Aug 2016 18:00 IDT

[Zev_merkava 63]

20) Wed., 7 Sep 2016, about 17:30 IDT

 

Serpuhov CTF, about 10 v 10, on the bridge (near blue side).

 

M3 Viking 14/50, M3 Isida 14/50, Storm LGC-14 10/10 or Tundra LGC-26 10/15 protection (don't remember which - most likely Tundra), good old Noob Green paint.

 

I needed the gold box for a daily mission (5th day of the mission). I usually trade out "collect gold box" missions, but this time I let the 4350 crystal reward seduce me. Remind me not to do that next time...

 

After days of several friends helping me try to get a gold in 1 v 1 battles to no avail, and maybe a few near misses in other battles, I joined this battle for my other missions - experience on Serpuhov, and capture two flags. I was the second-highest rank allowed in the battle, so I figured I would get the two flags fairly easily. Didn't happen - got them someplace else.

 

Just joined the crowd shoving toward the box, saw my name displayed, and noticed that the mission-completed indicator was on :) .

 

Forgot to check the 1000 crystal uptick... but calculations show i probably got it.

 

General (four star, with  no  qualifications - you can read that either way...   ;)   ) Zev_merkava

Edited September 8, 2016 by Zev_merkava

[Zev_merkava 63]

21) Fri. 23 sep 2016 appx. 16:00

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i think this was just use of a reward gold box to complete a "collect gold box" mission

Edited October 29, 2016 by Zev_merkava

[Zev_merkava 63]

22) 20 oct 2016 sun 00:40

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about a week ago(?) got a gold box someone dropped... didn't get around to writing it up until the details are a distant blur... what i do remember was that i saw the drop zone, and there was little or no competition in the area.

Edited October 29, 2016 by Zev_merkava

[Zev_merkava 63]

23) 5 nov 2016 sat 21:30

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gold box during extra day of 31 october celebration (they gave an extra day to compensate for technical problems during the main celebration last week).

31 october map, M3 Viking 19/50, M3 Isida 19/50, Tundra LGC-26 11/15 protection, black paint (night map, so good camouflage).

 

Saw the box coming down, shot at whoever was in my way, and, for once, got the box (pumpkin, to be more precise...).

 

Forgot to check the 1000 crystal uptick... but calculations show i probably got it.

 

General (four star, with  no  qualifications - you can read that either way...    ;)   ) Zev_merkava

Edited December 22, 2016 by Zev_merkava

[Zev_merkava 63]

24) 23 dec 2016 fri 01:30 IST

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gold box. polygon cp. up on that little place past the opening in the wall, where you sometimes spawn but almost never go..

finishing up 50 kill mission.

M3 Viking 26/50, M3 Freeze 4/50, Storm LGC-14 10/10 protection, noob green paint.

just joined the crowd - mostly from my team (it was a lopsided win - i actually came out of it with something like a d/l or 2.19 for the game...) and pushed my way through, and say my name at the top center. :)

Forgot to check my crystal count, but later calculations indicate i got the 1000 cry.

Marshal Zev_merkava

[Zev_merkava 63]

25) 29 dec 2016 thu 21:00 ist

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gold box. wave ctf. missions completed - dd boxes and finish first.

when box dropped, my team knocked off the opposition we pushed and shoved each other, and i got lucky...   :)

M3 Viking 26/50, M3 Isida 26/50, don't remember what protection or paint.

Forgot to check crystal count again, but calculations indicate that tanki paid off on it as expected...   :)

Marshal Zev_merkava

[Zev_merkava 63]

26) Sun., 22 Jan 2017, about 14:50 IST

 

Siege DM.

 

M3 Viking 31/50, M3 Railgun 5/50,  Tundra LGC-26 11/15 protection, good old Noob Green paint.

 

Siren sounded, drop zone right near me, one other tank nearby... opened fire and shoved my way onto the drop zone, and saw my name displayed  :) .

 

Forgot to check the 1000 crystal uptick (again...) but calculations show i probably got it.

 

Marshal Zev_merkava

[Zev_merkava 63]

 

27) Thurs., 9 Feb 2017, about 15:30 IST

 

Wolfenstein DM (winter).

 

M3 Viking 32/50, M3 Freeze 5/50, Storm LGC-14 10/10 protection, White paint.

 

Siren sounded, no one else in the area, a short sprint to the drop zone.

 

Remembered to check the 1000 crystal uptick and i got it.

 

Marshal Zev_merkava

 

 

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[Zev_merkava 63]

28) Sat., 4 Mar 2017, about 23:00 IST

 

Island CTF. A friend and I both had "collect gold box" missions, so I dropped one for myself and one for him (I got the droppable boxes from missions and/or some tanki promotion). Got the 1000 for the box, plus 4500 for the mission. Good thing I wrote this up now, because it reminded me to claim the mission reward...   :)

 

Marshal Zev_merkava (47 xp to rankup!  :)  )

[Zev_merkava 63]

29) Sat., 11 Mar 2017, about 22:00 IST

 

Fort Knox CP.

 

M3 Viking 35/50, M3 Railgun 6/50,  Tundra LGC-26 11/15 protection, White paint (don't remember if winter map, or this was just left over from another one).

 

Siren sounded, drop zone right near me, shot into the crowd and shoved my way onto the drop zone, and saw my name displayed   :) .

 

Forgot to check the 1000 crystal uptick (again...) but calculations show i probably got it.

 

Field Marshal Zev_merkava

[Pyre 3,485]

reminds me when i got my first goldbox

i thought i really did have a heart attack

me to, actually

[Skills.n.Girls 767]

Nice! :)

[Zev_merkava 63]

 

30) Fri., 14 Jul 2017, about 16:40 IDT

 

After a four month drought...   :)

 

Polygon CP XP/BP pro, drug-free, during 3 hr. premium reward for mission.

 

M3 Hornet 17/20, M3 Railgun 7/20,  Tundra LGC-26 15/15 protection, Noob green paint.

 

Siren sounded, drop zone at the little bridge, got blown up, came back, pushed and shot my way toward the drop zone, and, somehow, my name showed up...  :) . I was so surprised I got it, I said "how? :)" in battle chat...

 

Forgot to check the 1000 crystal uptick (again...).

 

Commander Zev_merkava

 

 

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[Zev_merkava 63]

31) Sun., 16 Jul 2017, about 00:20 IDT

 

Not even two days later...    :)

 

Alexandrovsk CTF pro, during 3 hr. premium reward for mission (again...).

 

M3 Viking 17/20, M3 Isida 17/20,  Storm LGC-14 10/10 protection, Noob green paint.

 

Siren sounded, drop zone on the long bridge, blew up some poor enemy tank and waited, unopposed, for the gold box.

 

Saw the crystals number flash, but didn't catch the numbers... I assume Tanki gave me the right amount. (Do you get double crystals for gold boxes in premium?)

 

Commander Zev_merkava

Edited November 3, 2017 by Zev_merkava