Ranked: Top 10 Stereotypes in Tanki that Need to Die

[AverageDavelaar 89]

So you don't get bored of m1 fire? That is what most of the noobs use in early ranks, not saying you are one, because it is cheap, and EASY to use. Although isida is quite good, if you would like a challenge, maybe try railgun, freeze or some other difficult turret to master/play with.

 

Yeah I like to challenge myself with freeze and isida sometimes..

[Lewis.Hamilton 1,110]

Agreed. But 10 should be that Boys need Girlfriends :D

[Heles 9,220]

Lol.

Nice article 

[r_I_already_won0 2,339]

4. Agree! Shaft uers dont have a skill! About what kind of laser hiding skill you talk?

Take mouse, aim at corner of house, press right mouse button, aim at target and shoot!

Do u think its skill to do that?

 

3. Yes they do! e-sports Commentators earn alot for montage what is posted as "Life stream" 8 hours later.

 

2. Mayors in my ranks are bad!

They think they can own WO players but die alot joining battles where they are the hightest ranks and still die.

Sometimes im getting mad that, when i die next to major with flag, they just back away from it saying they are defenders so enemys get their flag back even if we are loosing!

Use shaft in higher ranks without drugs, and I GUARANTEE YOU that you will admit you need skill to be good with shaft.

[r_I_already_won0 2,339]

No Majors ARE noobs.

 

No shafters have no skill.

 

I don't care how many upgrades you have or what turret or hull or how many drugs you have a Major is a one-shot kill for me. Unless you have spent thousands of dollars you just don't have  the necessary tools to fight Gismos. And even if you did spend thousands, you don't have the experience.

 

Shafters are cowards who need to get a gun, any gun and go fight the enemy instead of hiding. Shafts are always the first ones you kill in any map. I have no patience for them at all and do not want them on my team or in my game.

My other shaft account helps the team SO MUCH.  A shaft can be the difference between winning and losing, if they're in a good spot.  Ur just annoyed because you get pwned by them, even if they have a underpowered gun.  It's easy to kill shafts, if you can't, then that's your problem.  Vulcan users are more noob and more annoying, and they have a more overpowered gun.

[Lethal_Injection 586]

You forgot the one biggest stereotype: Ricochet-Hornets are incapable of turning their turrets. Otherwise good article :D

Edited October 11, 2016 by Lethal_Injection

[marc.jp_44 20,837]

You forgot the one biggest stereotype: Ricochet-Hornets are incapable of turning their turrets. Otherwise good article :D

bydo  :ph34r:  pro bump okei, haven't seen this topic in forever

Edited August 17, 2017 by Marc

[Hex 11,520]

 

Please refrain from bumping posts (because they cause older topics to come above the newer ones, which makes the discussion cease; and besides, it is bannable if you do it consecutively) or we will have no choice but to remove them! 

[HAPPSHOT 2,029]

"thank god contradiction is a reporter now" ( not know edit that ) 

Awesome article

[GuidoFawkes 2,361]

I am a Shaft-ONLY user. I started with Thunder when I first played tanki, then the shaft came out. I didn't had enough crystals to buy back then, but i have read and saw their power. So, I saved up my crystals and bought the Shaft M0. I love it, and has played on Shaft+Viking ever since for almost 5 or 6 yrs now (on and off, i didnt play Tanki often back then). I absolutely DO NOT drug often, only pick-ups (check my profile for drugging, at my current rank i totally used damage 304, armor 273, speed 249, medic 102, mine 151).

 

Therefore, I have developed an unique set of Shaft skills. Im not here to argue, I'm just post a picture the battle glory of Me and My Shaft in recent DM Tournament to proof a real Shafter has tremendous skill set.  

 

About the Battle of the picture, 1st of all, It's a DM, so you cannot camp. You have to have skills. 2nd, its drug disabled DM, pick-up only for some reason LOL (i thought it was no pick-ups at all when i entered, oh well). I came out #2 in that battle, the 1st guy was 2 ranks higher than me with better Prodigi protection (LGC-58) than i have. I ONLY and ALWAYS have Lead paint (LGC-07) with shaft  protection of 23%.

 

Enjoy! and Please don't insult Shafters again. Shaft is a great Weapon requires unique skill set just like any other turrets. Shaft is not for Everyone, its built for the Elite. :P

 

shaft does take no skill. it is soo easy to use. that's why i've spent 799 hours on it. i can easily blast full m4 drugers using m2 shaft at some maps and give them k/d lower than 0.05. even m0 shaft can kill m4 dictator in one shot all you have to do is pick up a double damage. any shaft protection lower than 30% can be countered with it's m2 alteration as long as the shaft can hide while reloading.

Edited September 8, 2017 by GuidoFawkes

[GuidoFawkes 2,361]

Use shaft in higher ranks without drugs, and I GUARANTEE YOU that you will admit you need skill to be good with shaft.

 

 

that is excatly what i do. it is soo easy blasting generalissimos with shaft. check my profile and you'll see i never ever drug. and this is a regular drug battle.

[marc.jp_44 20,837]

that is excatly what i do. it is soo easy blasting generalissimos with shaft. check my profile and you'll see i never ever drug. and this is a regular drug battle.

Your EXP/hour ratio with Shaft also isn't great. I'm not sure how often you actually play competitively play with Shaft but still ...

[GuidoFawkes 2,361]

Your EXP/hour ratio with Shaft also isn't great. I'm not sure how often you actually play competitively play with Shaft but still ...

well i'd say 40% of my time has been spent in parkour. i rarely actually do any parkour, i mostly just join parkour battles to talk and do nothing.

 

what has exp:hour ratio has to do with any of this anyway?

Edited September 9, 2017 by GuidoFawkes

[InfamatiEtObliterati 182]

 

what has exp:hour ratio has to do with any of this anyway?

How much EXP you earn per hour is relevant to how active you are in battle. For example, a 15-minute, well-balanced game comes to an end. And outcomes the scoreboard showing first - second - third - etc. The player in the first place gained more EXP than everyone else in his/ her team even though they all had the same time to play. Basically, what I'm trying to say is;  some tankers can gain far more EXP per hour than others may, meaning they're more active in the battle, and it often has something to do with their equipment. And in this case, Shaft may present a great DL for its user, it's not always the fastest way to gain EXP.

[Skills.n.Girls 767]

You talk in your point of view, though.

We all have our own opinions. I agree to some while I can't blame but only hate the things you mentioned there in no-one's profit.

[GuidoFawkes 2,361]

How much EXP you earn per hour is relevant to how active you are in battle. For example, a 15-minute, well-balanced game comes to an end. And outcomes the scoreboard showing first - second - third - etc. The player in the first place gained more EXP than everyone else in his/ her team even though they all had the same time to play. Basically, what I'm trying to say is;  some tankers can gain far more EXP per hour than others may, meaning they're more active in the battle, and it often has something to do with their equipment. And in this case, Shaft may present a great DL for its user, it's not always the fastest way to gain EXP.

yeah but we get 0 exp in parkour no matter what we do there.

 

and if you look at my screenshot i might only have gotten 210 exp but i was the lowest rank and my team was a bunch of noobs(i finished 3rd so most of them definately were). for the whole match each time i wanted to shoot just one enemy i had to risk getting shot by 6-8 enemies spread all accross the other side of the map that's how i only got 210. I really doubt i could get a better score with any other turret in a generalissimo battle without drugs. but because i used shaft, i could.

Edited September 9, 2017 by GuidoFawkes

[InfamatiEtObliterati 182]

yeah but we get 0 exp in parkour no matter what we do there.

 

and if you look at my screenshot i might only have gotten 210 exp but i was the lowest rank and my team was a bunch of noobs(i finished 3rd so most of them definately were). for the whole match each time i wanted to shoot just one enemy i had to risk getting shot by 6-8 enemies spread all accross the other side of the map that's how i only got 210. I really doubt i could get a better score with any other turret in a generalissimo battle without drugs. but because i used shaft, i could.

Everyone has his/ her own favourite turret that they excel on. So surely they can round up impressive tactics and strong points with those turrets. Yours is Shaft, and I respect that.

I believe some players have mistaken the intentions of my reply. Belittling Shaft wasn't my aim, the 'example' I've given exists in a perfect world where all is fair and there are no supplies and everyone's at the same rank (presumably same equipment modifications, skill level and so on) there a Shaft, though effective, wouldn't cause the enemy as much harm as would a Smoky, per se. As the Shaft user isn't supposed to obtain an attacking position rendering it unpractical, same goes for capturing flags. And thus in this imaginary battle, the Smoky's score would eventually surpass that of Shaft's.

 

You talk in your point of view, though.

We all have our own opinions. I agree to some while I can't blame but only hate the things you mentioned there in no-one's profit.

The things that I've mentioned weren't written to 'profit' anyone. If you take another read at the content of my reply, you'd further understand what I said. Here's a comprehensive "in-a-nutshell"  version of it. "Some players can gain more experience points per hour than others. And often that has to do with their equipment."

[GunslingerMongoose 198]

Ranked: 10 Stereotypes in Tanki that need to die.

Today will be the dawn of a new series that I'm starting to write. It's called 'Ranked,' in here I will state my opinion on things in Tanki and rank them. Today, it's on Tanki stereotypes, enjoy!

 

10. All Girls who play Tanki want a Boyfriend.

I don't know whether it's the increasing amount of 10 year old kids playing Tanki or just me but there are just too many little boys asking if girls need a boyfriend. I feel like it's a bit offensive, in fact, towards girls and I feel that it's even a bit sexist. That doesn't stop me, however, to unleash my inner Troll. How, you ask? Simple, find a little boy who wants a girlfriend (that shouldn't be hard, just look through EN3/4 lobby) and invite them to a Map, to help you finish your missions. It's pretty funny, actually, just start up a conversation and finish your missions at the same time! Works every time!

 

9. All Famous YouTubers are Pro.

This has to be one of the biggest stereotypes in Tanki. For some strange reason, people just assume that because YouTubers are famous, they are Pro. For example, uses THOUSANDS of supplies in battles. I've seen first hand the amount of drugs this kid uses. I was in a Parkour battle in Rio and people followed him to the beach, of course he had all his drugs activated, too and some guy shot at him, so he ran across the whole Map, killing this guy and mining every single step he took. He doesn't seem to be able to do well without drugging. I have nothing against drugging but drugging to that extent is crazy.

 

8. Gold Hunters are Mults.

For some strange reason, people seem to think that people who hunt for Gold Boxes and take lots of them, are mults. Take a look at 's Profile, he has almost 10 Million EXP. That takes years but he has still been able to take Golds. Take a look at @lukey0's Profile - minimal drugs, 3 Million EXP and a respectable D/L, how can you say that he's a mult? In fact, going by this week's Number 1 Gold Catcher - MLMCORE, he, also, has a good D/L, almost 9 Million EXP and used minimal drugs, considering the amount of time he's played for.

 

7. All Tankers who get on top of other tanks are Laggers/Hackers.

It's pretty funny how people assume that because you got on top of them, you're a lagger! Sure, in some cases this is true (like this one, I'm not complaining, though, it resulted in me getting an easy 3k!) but not in all. Due to Tanki's Physics (trying to act all sciencey here), the front of Dictator can actually flip upwards, allowing you to easily get on top of Tankers, sometimes this caused by lags but not always. Viking also, sometimes does this. Another way is by using ramps or corners to jump up and on to other Tanks, like using the crate in the middle of Polygon CP, to get Golds. Whenever a Dictator gets on top of a group of Tankers and grabs the Gold, the chat is often spammed with expressions such as 'noob lagger!' 'fly-hacker,' etc.

 

6. People who use Dictator are all noob Gold Hunters.

No, this totally not because of 's post! I feel like too many people assume that Dictator users are noobs and only get Dictator for Gold taking. Not true, at all. I bought Dictator because I wanted a sturdy M2 Hull and didn't like Viking much at the time, I also bought it for its imposing height and because I had a good discount on it. Dictators also have great pushing power.

 

5. All People with OP Garages are Buyers.

Another annoying stereotype - people assuming that Tankers who have great garages are also buyers. This is not at all true, if you efficiently use your crystals, by buying equipment only during sales and buying kits, you could also be OP, all you need it the brains, crystals and time. People like @Contradiction is super OP, as you can see, because he won lots of Tanki Newspaper Contest, (thank God he's a Reporter know, so he can't win anymore!) he has a great Garage for his rank. Buying Kits (better yet, during Sales) can help you acquire a great Garage at low ranks.

 

4. Shaft-Users have no Skills.

I hate that people think that people who use Shaft have no skill. It is completely incorrect. In fact, I can somewhat agree with these people back when Shafts had no lasers, it provided no balance because the Shaft was much too OP. Without a laser, Shafts have countless obstacles. One is hiding their laser, so that people don't see it and run away. It's actually very difficult to hide your laser but still have enough time to hit your enemy. Another difficulty is choosing the right hull. I, personally, hate heavy hulls on Shaft, I feel like it takes too long to get to your position and doesn't allow you to take cover or run away from a quickly approaching enemy with drugs. Shaft users have to hide from enemies, stay stealthy, observe surroundings, etc. Some Shaft users are very good, others, not so much but Shaft does require quite a substantial amount of skill to be used effectively.

 

3. Tanki Staff Members receive too many perks.

The announcement of Tanki's best Helpers of 2015, getting Premium for a year and XT's of their choice, sparked an outrage. People were annoyed that Tanki Staff Members, who work very hard, indulge in too many perks. To name a few, @Lhamster, @Issho_Fujitora and , are extremely hard workers and deserve every last bit of their rewards. Issho works extremely hard, occupying some of the most gruelling roles, spending hours on Wiki work, Shad0w likewise. Lhamster spends hours co-ordinating all the Reporter's Articles for us to enjoy, I, first hand, know how hard it is to write an Article, even just one. It takes hours and hours of your time, hours that these people have dedicated to the greater good of Tanki. People also think that in-game Mods are paid for Bans, total and utter lies! They get minimal for the work they do but they do it for us, we should be grateful, not critical.

 

2. Majors are a nuisance in Gissmo XP/BP Battles.

Too many people think that Majors are a dead weight. When I was Major (and Lieutenant Colonel) I entered many battles, where I was greeted by a 'noob Major' or 'out plz noob marcjp.' Majors are underrated, which can sometimes give them the advantage. Sometimes, people see a Major and immediately assume that they are noob, so won't think much of them and then are horrified by the fact that they're getting rekt by a Major. There is also significant pressure upon Majors, to perform or get grilled by harsh comments. If we do well in team battles, there's no comments but if we do badly, we're immediately bombarded by ban threats and requests to leave. It is annoying and we don't like it! Everyone was a Major at some stage, Ye all faced these problems but the issue is never solved, snobby Gissmos refuse to change their selfish ways. If they don't like Majors playing in their team, either don't join the battle or don't make the rank limits to allow Majors to play.

 

1. Laggers are Noobs.

Ok, I confess, there is a slight bias here, considering I do lag but it isn't my fault, it's my location, living so far away from Tanki Servers. Anyways, going back to the point, I completely disagree that people who lag are noobs. Going by first hand experience, it's actually harder playing with lag, than playing without it. I have countless experiences of those 1 second lag outs, where it lags when I'm about to shoot and I miss, countless amounts of times I've been shot through walls, countless times I've missed a Gold or Supply Box, due to my Ping being bad, countless amounts of times I've been shot after I kill someone or I get killed before the other person, even though they should have been killed but my Ping caused me to die first, the list goes on. This is a stereotype that I hate a lot, people think I'm noob because I lag but truly, it's much harder for me due to my lag.

 

Well, that's all Tankers, thank you for taking your time to read this long Article! I hope you enjoyed it, as I spent several hours on it but enjoyed writing this Article a lot! I also hope that this series can expand into a long series! Thanks!

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#10: Because 10yo boys are fueled by hormones and stupid.

#9: Couldn't tell you, I'm too low ranked.

#8:Bahahahahahaha I'd like to see that one. Most gold box hunters are fairly active in a battle (How else are they gonna get a gold)

#7: And my mom's from Narnia. Get real, have you ever seen parkour or ramp-pushing or a Viking ramming?

#6: And old pro e-sports players and Railgun snipers, and Shafters. Dictators are just as used as every other hull.

#5: Mmhm I'm 3rd Lnt and I have 9 M1s and not a single one is bought.

#4: To ye who claim Shafters have no skill, I claim to ye that yall are panzybum snowflakes who don't know how to stay in cover lmfao

#3: And Santa Claus works 24/7. Get real, helpers get such insignificant perks that I can't see them being better than anyone else.

#2: Again, not high enough ranked.

#1: Laggers aren't noobs. They just lagging too hard to be useful. You try living in North America, more than a thousand miles from the nearest server farm. You'll get horrific ping too.

[Skills.n.Girls 767]

 

I was talking to the whole topic and if I was to talk to you, I'd probably quote your reply therefore. So, no thanks.

Edited September 12, 2017 by Skills.n.Girls

[InfamatiEtObliterati 182]

I was talking to the whole topic and if I were to talk to you, I'd probably quote your reply therefore. So, no thanks.

Oh, pardon me then. :P

It's just that your reply came in between a discussion the gent and I were having, he also disagreed with my post so I couldn't help but figure.

Edited September 11, 2017 by InfamatiEtObliterati

[GuidoFawkes 2,361]

Oh, pardon me then. :P

It's just that your reply came in between a discussion the gent and I were having, he also disagreed with my post so I couldn't help but figure.

acrually i, too, was talking to marc and not you...

[r_I_already_won0 2,339]

 

that is excatly what i do. it is soo easy blasting generalissimos with shaft. check my profile and you'll see i never ever drug. and this is a regular drug battle.

Now, posting your best battle isn't that hard. ;)

[I3.R.0 1,700]

Damn so true. Each and every fact over there is pin point correct. How did I miss this OMG. Perfectly said Marc

[GuidoFawkes 2,361]

Now, posting your best battle isn't that hard. ;)

so you want more? careful what you ask for. the more i post the more you'll look like a fool. this is far far far from my best.

Edited September 16, 2017 by GuidoFawkes

[GuidoFawkes 2,361]

Now, posting your best battle isn't that hard. ;)

 

7 vs 3. look at the ranks.   this is what i can find for now. still want more? I don't have any more but i'll take screen shots later on or tomorrow when i play. just because it's hard for you to use shaft doesn't mean it is hard.