A Lieutenant's Perspective - Supplies

[M-axis 589]

   Hey there all! This is a new series which I hope to embark on to both improve my horrible writing skills and to enlighten the community on my thoughts about Tanki...I aim for this to be both tips and 'perspective' on various things from hulls and maps and turrets to gold boxes, please feel free to share my mistakes and wanted subject in the comments! Think I need more pictures? Any suggestions to make this article brighter and "funner"? Hand em on over!

 

Supplies

 

   Supplies, the thing that every tanker dreams dreams of the most...battling through riches and glory, hitting tanks far and right with your newly acquired Railgun. Till suddenly.... DRUGGER ALERT!! goes the chat...and every tanker turns round to find a double damage blasting Firebird trailing them just as they are about to capture that winning flag. "Boo hoo" you go, and then rage quit as the drugger ignores every plea from your team to stop pressing that '1' key.

 

  Drugs and supplies are a common part of Tanki Online. As a lieutenant, I more often than not meet a big time drugger every few battles. But why is drugging so big and bad in the eyes of most peeps? I myself would pop the odd double armor every now and then! Yet tankers still yell out DRUGGER!!1 when I do that! Of course I reply with the "Hey there mate, I got 600 supplies from missions in the past month, I ain't letting them rot!" and very true thing for me. And true for most players of Tanki! Now there's your reasons for us players popping the odd one here and there! 

   

   "But what about those infernal crystal buyers kit buyers, drug buyers, and MU buyers combined" you may ask. Well, although they definitely make the game rather unfair for most of us, buyers are what keeps Tanki going and going and running and running! No money = No devs = no Tanki! Ever thought of it that way? Mmm, thought you hadn't. But not to worry, you have 600 supplies from your missions! NOW IS THE TIME TO USE THEM!! Use em, and drug hard...if you've never pressed the 1-5 keys before in your life, then its time you learned to do so! There is an awesome article by Night-Sisters titled The Pathological Drugger  which will totally teach you how to drug! (I'm her #1 fan, that's how I know :wub: )

 

  Here's my short guide of when to use what:

 

  Repair kits - use 'em when getting out of that blue base in Noise with the flag or when catching that gold. I do believe somewhere in the archives you will find a quote from a GeneralWasteHisTimeImmo that says not to use repairs when catching golds, that its a waste of time. Remember peeps! This is the perspective of a LIEUTENANT! Use repairs when catching golds, and you will catch it. (Unless of course the gold is dropping right away on the other end of the map and you are on 50 health when you drug....THAT would be a waste.)

 

   Double Damages - DM and DM alone, lay waste those infernal Railguns with your DD'd Firebird!

 

   Speeds -  Not quite sure what to say about this. This is my least used supply and the one that I have 800 of...maybe...use them when you have a Double Armor and want to capture a flag? Oh wait...I have it! Use em when playing Monte Carlo :P

 

   Mines - These are awesome when you are a titan defending a base, just lay em around the flag and the enemy won't see it for dust explosions and pebbles! This is I think my most used supply cause my friend persuaded me to waste them on save the repair kit....that's what friends are for I suppose!

 

   Double Armors - all the time.

Literally. All. The. Time.

 

 

    Golds - The newly added supply! I must say, it is being TERRIBLY wasted by some foolish tankers! Who on earth would drop a gold full of tankers and let some drugging noob pick it up...no! Go into a match by yourself, drop it, and reap the reward of your hard earned parents money. :o

 

 

Or maybe it was your own paper route money? Good for you man, an honest person at last!

 

 

 

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I hope you enjoyed my first article! Tell me what you think of it and how I could improve it. Definitely needs improving by a long shot,no pictures no humor no nothing! It was the best article every to be bestowed by a TO tanker and will receive its praise and glory once moderated by that to-be jealous GoldRock when I am promoted into his position. Muahaha....Lieutenant and out. 

 

No offense GoldRock, my article needs way more improvement and I'll accept all the help I can get :D

 

Edited August 7, 2016 by tweezers

[tweezers 1,034]

-Please capitalize names consistently

 

This might come in handy next time Forum tags

[ToHoYoNTaDa 1,147]

Gud!

[BLASTER872 1,892]

Maybe include the cooldowns? Drug a double armour before a health box. You should include the supply cooldowns. Humourous though, liked your style

[Blackdrakon30 2,943]

lmao I totally get what you mean!  :lol:

I may have Minotaur, but its still so annoying having to do full counterdrugs on those people who sit there trying to run over your team.

[M-axis 589]

-Please capitalize names consistently

 

This might come in handy next time Forum tags

Will do, thanks.

 

Gud!

Thanks mate, its a first try so hopefully next time it'll be better :)

 

Maybe include the cooldowns? Drug a double armour before a health box. You should include the supply cooldowns. Humourous though, liked your style

I would have included that had I a bit more time, I've got limited computer time and my time was running out, and unlike chess.com, these forums have no save button! Thanks anyway for the tip  ;)

 

lmao I totally get what you mean!  :lol:

I may have Minotaur, but its still so annoying having to do full counterdrugs on those people who sit there trying to run over your team.

Aye! Time to enlighten the world on us lieutenant problems.... :D  :lol:

[mydoom.exe 5,154]

Great article, fun to read! :D

 

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But, you wanted tips, right..?

 

• I personally don't include background colours for a reason - they look rather ugly to be honest.
• Try to make font colours more consistent. You don't want a rainbow of titles and subtitles.
• Try to write a little more formally. Informal is fine I suppose with opinion articles, but in general, I find it a nice exercise to try and make sure I have at least a semi-serious output when writing anything. For example, using unfinished words like "'em", going for one too many funny strikethroughs, and lots of caps lowers the quality somewhat, in my perspective anyways. Again, if you're intentionally going for something like an interview or comedy article, it's fine, but otherwise at least semi-formality would be great.
• Fonts. Sometimes, the right font makes all the difference. Agency FB gets a spy-thriller feeling, which Masquerade uses to its full potential. Times New Roman gets something more like an old-time epic, a favourite of mine. Trebuchet is in general a nice font to use, since it isn't sans-script, unlike Arial. Comic Sans is, of course, good for informal pieces, but try not to spam it. And etc. Get the feel for fonts, and know when to use them.
• I don't generally use them for anything, but pictures almost always help an article look better. The only reason I don't have pictures in my articles is usually because I'm too lazy to search for anything that will actually help me. However, if you have the time to do so, capturing screenies and/or getting cool pics off the internet is something worthwhile doing.

[need.higher.rank 3,491]

Drugger

 

me :)

 

But good

[Boeing_787 1,455]

Nice article!

I usually try to get full supplies, rush into their base to take the flag, massacre tanks, and speed off back towards my base to cap. Mines are also very helpful in those situations, just plop one down while running and you can confuse enemies.

[M-axis 589]

 

Great article, fun to read! :D

 

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But, you wanted tips, right..?

 

• I personally don't include background colours for a reason - they look rather ugly to be honest.
• Try to make font colours more consistent. You don't want a rainbow of titles and subtitles.
• Try to write a little more formally. Informal is fine I suppose with opinion articles, but in general, I find it a nice exercise to try and make sure I have at least a semi-serious output when writing anything. For example, using unfinished words like "'em", going for one too many funny strikethroughs, and lots of caps lowers the quality somewhat, in my perspective anyways. Again, if you're intentionally going for something like an interview or comedy article, it's fine, but otherwise at least semi-formality would be great.
• Fonts. Sometimes, the right font makes all the difference. Agency FB gets a spy-thriller feeling, which Masquerade uses to its full potential. Times New Roman gets something more like an old-time epic, a favourite of mine. Trebuchet is in general a nice font to use, since it isn't sans-script, unlike Arial. Comic Sans is, of course, good for informal pieces, but try not to spam it. And etc. Get the feel for fonts, and know when to use them.
• I don't generally use them for anything, but pictures almost always help an article look better. The only reason I don't have pictures in my articles is usually because I'm too lazy to search for anything that will actually help me. However, if you have the time to do so, capturing screenies and/or getting cool pics off the internet is something worthwhile doing.

 

It hurts my pride to see this, but since its my first article I'll say thanks anyway! Really appreciate all the tips and will try to follow them. Except for the 'formal' tip. Formal just ain't me style :unsure:

 

Drugger

 

me :)

 

But good

:D  :D

 

Nice article!

I usually try to get full supplies, rush into their base to take the flag, massacre tanks, and speed off back towards my base to cap. Mines are also very helpful in those situations, just plop one down while running and you can confuse enemies.

Thanks friend, nice summary :)

[mydoom.exe 5,154]

It hurts my pride to see this, but since its my first article I'll say thanks anyway! Really appreciate all the tips and will try to follow them. Except for the 'formal' tip. Formal just ain't me style :unsure:

Sorry if I made you feel that way - it wasn't meant to be offensive in any way whatsoever.

[M-axis 589]

Sorry if I made you feel that way - it wasn't meant to be offensive in any way whatsoever.

No offense meant and none taken! I really appreciate your tips ;)

[KillerGnat 3,135]

Great first article, Max! Lookin' forward to more :). 

[M-axis 589]

Great first article, Max! Lookin' forward to more :). 

Thanks man! The second one "A lieutenant's perspective - Tanki Online vs Pokemon Go" has been waiting to be approved for about 24 hours now. Another two days and I'm going to write and see if they recieved it or not!

[TTK_229 1,080]

I drug too much. It's just when, I see a friend offering me some, I can't resist. I should get counseling. *sniff*

[M-axis 589]

lol

[M-axis 589]

:(

[M-axis 589]

You'll improve, don't worry! And once you might even take over the mults newspaper! (jk) just keep up le work and gl. :)

lol, sure hope so  :lol: