Playing Tanki without Buying Anything

[Critical_Mass 50]

I have created an alt account where I play Tanki without buying anything. I’m not talking about just not buying crystals with money, I mean I don’t buy Turrets, Hulls, Paints or Supplies – nothing! I have a nice green smoky hunter tank which I just micro-upgrade. Once it has been fully micro-upgraded and I reach the unlock rank I get the next modification for free  :)

 

So what are the advantages / disadvantages? Well the obvious disadvantage is the cost of micro-upgrades is twice the price of just buying the next modification. But I would argue it’s not as bad as it first appears. You see I don’t have to save my crystals to buy the next modification, as soon as I can afford the next micro upgrade I buy it. Therefore I have a much better tank than I would have just saving the crystals.

Better tank -> more kills -> more experience -> higher score -> more crystals.

 

So how is it going? Well so far so good. Currently k/d of over 2.5 without being a heavy camper. I regularly come in the top 3 places in my team in battles, often first place. Now at the early ranks this could be because I’m not a total noob, but I’m no pro either, on my main account I’m at General rank. And I do drug, not excessively, I do try to use them tactically rather than just automatically applying them as soon as I can. Of course I don’t buy supplies, just get them from completing missions.

 

Another advantage is I can get the equivalent modification before I reach the rank it becomes available. (Although kits so far would have been available at similar ranks) See below for my progress so far.

 

                Modification      Unlock              Reached Full Micro-Upgraded     No. of Ranks Early

Smokey          M1           1st Sergeant              Master Sergeant                               1

Hunter            M1               WO 4                         WO 2                                             2

 

I will see if I can continue to get them fully micro upgraded before the unlock rank.

 

What about no paint? Well at low ranks it’s not a problem. The protection they give is quite low and only against one or two turrets. And a micro upgraded Hunter is much better than any paints. M0 Hunter has 105 hp whereas a fully upgraded M0 has 173.8 hp – 65% better! And this will give you protection from ALL turrets and mines. Although it takes time to reach full upgrade, for a large part of the time it will be better than any paint.
The other thing with low rank paints is you will probably replace them at higher ranks and they will sit in your garage un-used and un-loved, just wasted crystals. The only disadvantage is when I unlock the next modification if I had a paint I would immediately get the protection whereas I have to wait to micro-upgrade.
The other thing I’m not sure of is at higher ranks will players see a green tank as a mult and want me to leave, or an easy target to pick on? I don’t know, I will find out later how it goes.

 

So would I recommend other people doing something similar – YES! You don’t have to stick with smoky-hunter pick your own combo but then micro upgrades only. I would also say this works best as an alt account. When you start out you want to try all turrets and hulls to see what they can and can’t do and to find your own playing style. Also it’s nice to have different combos to keep things fun.

 

Have you done anything similar? Will this still work at higher ranks? Let me know your thoughts.

 

 

 

[The.Hazard 94]

Nice Idea

[Quarks 2,255]

Very cool, a very interesting read.

[Nullf0x 34]

Mee too. I just stick with one tank, and very rarely buy paints.

[smarty147 171]

i was thinking about doing that. i totally think it is a great idea

[Hex 11,520]

 Nice article. I kind agree. But I like to see you M4 your combo ;)

[III_Dope_III 319]

lol at the start you must have found it extremly diffuclult and smoky and hunter ameplay is pretty slow, look at me.

i only bought 40k and now look where i am, thrashing everyone xD and i have bought 3 kits xD

[Critical_Mass 50]

Thanks for all the positive comments about the article everyone.

 

 Nice article. I kind agree. But I like to see you M4 your combo ;)

Yes me too  :) but it's a long way off. It will be interesting to see if it still works at higher ranks.

 

lol at the start you must have found it extremly diffuclult and smoky and hunter ameplay is pretty slow, look at me.

i only bought 40k and now look where i am, thrashing everyone xD and i have bought 3 kits xD

Yes M0 hunter is rubbish. And M1 unlocks at a high rank compared with the other hulls. But each micro upgrade step is quite large so it gets easier to play as you approach M1

Smoky M1 unlock early so that wasn't too bad.

[LEGEND_OF_XP 43]

Doing also something like this, you can check my Profile :D .

 

I just bought XP, not going to buy any other turrets or hulls. That's why my nickname is LEGEND_OF_XP :p

Paints only.

 

Once I reach Generalissimo and I got M4 XP, I may buy other turrets and hulls.

Edited June 15, 2016 by LEGEND_OF_XP

[LinuxH4cker 236]

I bought a kit with Freeze M2 and Hornet M2 at WO4 rank. After few frozen tanks I ranked up.

Now I'm microupgrading Hornet M2.

Hope to get it microupgraded to M3

Also when I get to 20/50 (I'm now on 10/50 :D), I'm gonna wait for sale, if that will be before 8th of September (Tankers day).

 

I'm 2 ranks before I can actually buy Hornet M2 without purchasing kits, so yeah,

that is the reason why I have decided to start microupgrading it.

 

Cya

Edited June 15, 2016 by LinuxH4cker

[Drunk 29]

Have you done anything similar? Will this still work at higher ranks? Let me know your thoughts.

I should keep playing (similar idea) but really haven't the time the past few months. Glad to see I am not alone in this.  :)

 

 

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It's fun! And challenging without drugging. I do not drug but I do use the "hardware" available (mines). Mines do not enhance my turret, hull or health, so I do not consider it a drug. I find them useful when being pursued on the move or for covering a blind spot when camping. The only luxury I will allow myself is any upgrade for the Smoky turret or Hunter hull. I will not use any special paints. I will force myself to maneuver as it will be my main protection - not being there when the shot comes. It is a balance of cover and shot accuracy when using this combination without special protection or enhancements. Eventually, this combo will rise and fall when new ranks are achieved and better weapons are faced. But it's OK. This experiment is turning out to be a fun challenge. 

 

[BatmanX9 45]

Cool, I like it. Another upside is since it's your alt you don't have to worry about the time it takes to MU stuff, just play on your main! I'll try it out, sounds like fun :).

[Amateur 829]

Cool Idea and well-written article :)

[TTK_229 1,080]

Hmm. I have never thought of doing this. Although I have refocused on saving for thunder/viking m2, I had never considered MUing past 20/50. I might create an alt and do the same thing :) but I disagree with your opinion on paints...

[Cyborg 3,189]

It won't work at these ranks. The prices are crazy.

[L.7 1,452]

I wouldn't mind to give it a try! very interesting :D

[applications 993]

I have created an alt account where I play Tanki without buying anything. I’m not talking about just not buying crystals with money, I mean I don’t buy Turrets, Hulls, Paints or Supplies – nothing! I have a nice green smoky hunter tank which I just micro-upgrade. Once it has been fully micro-upgraded and I reach the unlock rank I get the next modification for free  :)

 

So what are the advantages / disadvantages? Well the obvious disadvantage is the cost of micro-upgrades is twice the price of just buying the next modification. But I would argue it’s not as bad as it first appears. You see I don’t have to save my crystals to buy the next modification, as soon as I can afford the next micro upgrade I buy it. Therefore I have a much better tank than I would have just saving the crystals.

 

Better tank -> more kills -> more experience -> higher score -> more crystals.

 

So how is it going? Well so far so good. Currently k/d of over 2.5 without being a heavy camper. I regularly come in the top 3 places in my team in battles, often first place. Now at the early ranks this could be because I’m not a total noob, but I’m no pro either, on my main account I’m at General rank. And I do drug, not excessively, I do try to use them tactically rather than just automatically applying them as soon as I can. Of course I don’t buy supplies, just get them from completing missions.

 

Another advantage is I can get the equivalent modification before I reach the rank it becomes available. (Although kits so far would have been available at similar ranks) See below for my progress so far.

 

                Modification      Unlock              Reached Full Micro-Upgraded     No. of Ranks Early

Smokey          M1           1st Sergeant              Master Sergeant                               1

Hunter            M1               WO 4                         WO 2                                             2

 

I will see if I can continue to get them fully micro upgraded before the unlock rank.

 

What about no paint? Well at low ranks it’s not a problem. The protection they give is quite low and only against one or two turrets. And a micro upgraded Hunter is much better than any paints. M0 Hunter has 105 hp whereas a fully upgraded M0 has 173.8 hp – 65% better! And this will give you protection from ALL turrets and mines. Although it takes time to reach full upgrade, for a large part of the time it will be better than any paint.

The other thing with low rank paints is you will probably replace them at higher ranks and they will sit in your garage un-used and un-loved, just wasted crystals. The only disadvantage is when I unlock the next modification if I had a paint I would immediately get the protection whereas I have to wait to micro-upgrade.

The other thing I’m not sure of is at higher ranks will players see a green tank as a mult and want me to leave, or an easy target to pick on? I don’t know, I will find out later how it goes.

 

So would I recommend other people doing something similar – YES! You don’t have to stick with smoky-hunter pick your own combo but then micro upgrades only. I would also say this works best as an alt account. When you start out you want to try all turrets and hulls to see what they can and can’t do and to find your own playing style. Also it’s nice to have different combos to keep things fun.

 

Have you done anything similar? Will this still work at higher ranks? Let me know your thoughts.

Meh I get crystals by drugging against low ranks to complete super missions... about 100 supplies gets you 1,000 kills

[emrakul 7,801]

Interesting. You'll have tough times once you'll reach captain, major ranks. Good luck ^_^

[THE.LAST.AVENGER 585]

Interesting. You'll have tough times once you'll reach captain, major ranks. Good luck ^_^

i'm regretting after wasting 80k+ on dict so it's for sure that he will leave tanki before that as the way he is moving will force him to buy crystals in future

[asifmehmood 1,576]

Good

[Indian_Tanker 468]

This makes a lot of sense 

[Dalek135 2]

I agree. I've finally found a favorite turret- shaft. Now I will begin to MG it. 

[Magenta 5,165]

congo

[r_Tellurium1 9]

I agree. I've finally found a favorite turret- shaft. Now I will begin to MG it. 

Shaft is not very versatile 

[BLASTER872 1,892]

Hilarious idea!