"No-kill" rule during gold box drop

[jason123014 14]

Poll: "No-kill during gold box" rule

Should there be a "No-kill during gold box" rule

1.  Yes           ​100%
2.  No
3.  Undecided
4.  Don't care
5.  None of the above
6.  The rule has always been there. Don't you know ANYTHING?

Do you kill during gold box drop?

1.  Yes
2.  No
3.  I only shoot at those who shoot at me      100%
4.  I only shoot if fired upon, but then I shoot at anyone
5.  Undecided, don't care, none of the above, whatever...

 Show Results

 

[applications 993]

I started this survey because I could see both sides of the issue and I was curious about how other players felt. I was rather surprised to see the opinions of those who said that not shooting during the drop constitutes sabotage/treason, but I see their point.

 

Based on what I've seen here, I've shifted my behavior toward shooting, but I still hardly ever get the Au box...

 

Enjoy your hunt for the elusive cube...

 

Colonel Zev_Merkava, Tues 23 Feb 2016 18:15 IST

Trust me this "NO kill" carp is just so noobs actualy get a chance at gold, when it drops kill everyone and watch the mults waste their time and rage

[donaldo9000 1,342]

I love to freeze all of my enemies during a gold drop and see them calling me noob afterwards in the chat :D

[austen_pierce 1,948]

I love to freeze all of my enemies during a gold drop and see them calling me noob afterwards in the chat :D

I hate you so much right now... ;)

 

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[Amagi 1,728]

Gold is dropping?

 

*equips double power*

 

Let the hate begin! 

[Bugs.meeny 1,013]

I usually try to keep peace when searching for the drop zone, because if i kill someone all their team kills me. When the gold starts to fall, I dont worry about killing at all, I shoot whoever gets in my way

[Jwimmer 2,835]

The worst of people killing in golds is when there is a shaft who drugs a DD and keep sniping, and just so happens to get you. Like they aren't even going for it but they kill anyways... I understand killing and being killed if actually going for the gold, but when you kill and don't even make an attempt for it, it is downright annoying

[LaserShark 2,095]

The worst of people killing in golds is when there is a shaft who drugs a DD and keep sniping, and just so happens to get you. Like they aren't even going for it but they kill anyways... I understand killing and being killed if actually going for the gold, but when you kill and don't even make an attempt for it, it is downright annoying

Which makes it all the more fun, I aim for anyone with gold paint first, then maybe anything smaller if there is no gold paint to be seen. I don't usually play shaft, but when I do, gold box drops are always fun.

[cyclops007 0]

Killing  tanks is the fundamental part of Tanki. Do we all just want to drive around and say "Hi". The one thing that will make it fair for all gold box hunters is to stop marking the drop zone. This will make it more exiting, racing around trying to be in the right spot at the right time. Tankers will be more concerned with finding the gold this way, rather than killing.

[austen_pierce 1,948]

Hmm... Tanki made the drop zones and then lengthened the countdown between the announcement and the actual drop. The football style pileup at the drop zone seems to be exactly what they want.

[sonofchrysalis3 3,719]

Heh heh. Honestly, the only reason to scream "NO KILL!!" is because you wouldn't have a chance if sometanki fired a shot.

 

And to be just as honest, I pay close attention to who says that in battle. Then, if I see them, I destroy them first when the gold drops.

[Flexoo 6,980]

"No kill" can be sometimes freely translated as "I have no repair kit, kill me first!"

[taiefah 1]

 

no kill

Oh, no way* 

 

 

 

thirty seconds

 I thought it was longer comme 5mins

[general_abrams 424]

The made-up, sometimes-followed law of "No kill" during a Gold not only doesn't exist officialy, but is just bad for competition. If such a rule/mechanic did exist for this purpose, it would be awful. Drugging Mammoths/Titans would sit on the gold spot and anyone with a light hull wouldn't stand a chance unless they were lucky enough to get (and stay) on top of them.

 

Anytime someone screams at me for killing them during a Gold Box session, I just tell them to ​"Find the rule that says 'Killing while a Gold Box is dropping is forbidden' then report me if need be."

[The-Operator219 1,929]

The few golds I've caught involved me fighting off swarms of Dictators with one hand and sipping Dr. Pepper with the other, so killing is definitely a part of a Gold Box dropping.

[austen_pierce 1,948]

Since I started reading this thread, I've started killing more during drops.

 

Of course, everyone has Double Armor, so yeah, killing is fair game.

[george_ace 57]

I used to fire only if fired upon, but found out that it is pointless since the tanks always drug and attack me. I have gotten two gold boxes in my entire Tanki career. The first came when I was a Sergeant-Major, and the second one came more recently when I was a First Lieutenant. I have learned that it is pointless to drug much even in the presence of gold boxes because I am unlikely going to get it and the costs of the drugs far outweigh how many gold boxes I get. Instead I use that time as an opportunity to kill a bunch of tanks with my Firebird M2 and increase my score, which gives me crystals.

[dj112_TURBO 388]

sonny it is not gonna work if u don't kill tanks around the spot there will be much more of what you call competition

[Lord-of-the-Snipers 1,620]

I used to fire only if fired upon, but found out that it is pointless since the tanks always drug and attack me. I have gotten two gold boxes in my entire Tanki career. The first came when I was a Sergeant-Major, and the second one came more recently when I was a First Lieutenant. I have learned that it is pointless to drug much even in the presence of gold boxes because I am unlikely going to get it and the costs of the drugs far outweigh how many gold boxes I get. Instead I use that time as an opportunity to kill a bunch of tanks with my Firebird M2 and increase my score, which gives me crystals.

Good choice. I only join the party when it 's one of those Gold boxes which droppoint is detected late by the other players.

 

If not it 's fire at will, capture whatever is there to capture or whatever I was planning/doing before the battle got interrupted

by the Goldbox signal.

In some occassions it even meant the difference between winning and loosing, so I rather choose those battlefund crystals

instead of the slim chance of getting the Goldbox crystals.

[Benefactor 6,888]

I ignore the main crowd (they usually head towards the middle) and look around the peripherals of the map for the drop zone. Worked out well for me a few times. 

[SpeedyRailgun 183]

All who clicked

No, they kill during GB... They are LOW....

Who respect this rule are Awsome!

[The-Operator219 1,929]

^^^^

 

You're gonna love me. :p

It's the only reason I own Mammoth M1.

[DragonOfStorms 2,706]

I usually don't kill unless it would increase my chances. You attacked me? You are dead. You and me are the only tankers nearby and you aren't on my team? You are dead if I think I can kill you. You are the only dictator among a crowd of Hornets? You are my first target.

[The-Operator219 1,929]

Even if I do attack, I try to not be a dooche about it and congratulate the one who survived.

[r_P1zZa1230 2]

Oh, this topic reminded me of the best gold box I've ever caught. Once a GB alarm went off in Polygon CP, but i was very low on HP. So then I tried shooting at everyone to get them to shoot ME, but out of ALL times, they just decided to leave me alone! When the gold box actually started dropping, somebody FINALLY killed me, right after this I was just simply hopeless. Somehow, I miraculously respawned right by the drop zone. (By the way, the drop zone in Polygon was where the red flag would've been in CTF mode, so that anybody on the white little house could simply drop off of there to take the gold). By this point, the gold was only worth the height of 3 stacked Dictators. As I was just sitting there, hopeless, I watched all of the tanks perched on this little-white-house go flying everywhere off of the edge, but none would take the gold. While this happened, my tank finished respawning, and at the last minute, I was glitched to the top of a Dictator driving towards the gold.

It was mine :3