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[Person_Random 4,991]

Welcome Back, Tankers!  Have you finished March’s Gender War and wondered, “How could I use all those extra crystals”?  Then this Kit Review is right for you!

 

❄ Product Specs

If you're in a rush, there's no need to read on. Here's a quick summary.

 

This Package Includes: Freeze M2, Hornet M2, Cedar, Badger M2 at a discount of 55%

Available at to in the garage for 107,955 or be a buyer and purchase at to for 18.99 USD/12.99 EUR

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❄ Unboxing the Contents

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Freeze M2

 

To be honest, the only reason I bought this kit was for the Freeze.  I had always wanted a Freeze from the beginning of my Tanki career, but I was too poor to afford the M0 Micro-Upgrades. Gee what a nice sob story so Flexoo ples pay me. Instead, I just watched and waited atop my budget-friendly Firebird M1. A few months prior to purchasing this, I was a Warrant Officer 2 playing as a Fire-Wasp. Then, on my free day, Friday, I worked on noobenizing my “Write for the Tanki Newspaper” Contest entry, played a few MM battles, and watched V-Log 175.  This was when I had noticed that the Freeze turret would soon be buffed greatly. A few days later, I started to notice a ton of Freeze M1’s, mostly in the form of the popular “Cupid” Kit, and I saw them dominating on the battlefield both because of the high damage and the excessive drugging following the MM updates.  It soon became my goal to buy Freeze M2, to beat out the competition of the lowly M1-wielding Sergeants and Warrant Officers. After weeks of waiting for the kit rotation, I finally got my dream Freeze M2, and I set out to MU it so I could truly dominate the battlefield. After a few thousand crystals spent upgrading this thing and a rankup, I started using my Freeze, now M2 4/10 to get into the winter season. While it was easy to work with and quite a force, even against M3s, I didn’t like the fact that there was no afterburn, which really made me frustrated in the early battles where I had used Freeze. However, it’s pretty easy to get used to, and Freeze can be a destructive force on the field, eating away viciously at the opposing team’s defense without missing a single beat.  I’d definitely give this somewhere close to a 8.375/10, knowing that the versatility and damage far outweigh the fact that the after-effect isn’t one to brag about.

Hornet M2

 

I remember playing on my friend’s account as a Hornet a while back, but Wasp was still my favorite, fast and furious, all-knowing of where to go.  Once I bought the kit though, the Hornet actually performed well for XP/BP battles for someone of my caliber. (To find an XP/BP player like me, take a random tanker, blindfold him/her, and make him/her play on Mobile Tanki with the screen sideways)  As I took this to the battlefield, mostly by accident after forgetting to change equipment. However, when put on the battlefield, Hornet’s drifty nature can drive your tank off the wrong path or swerve into the walls in cramped maps such as Iran, causing unnecessary delay and damage done to your tank. Occasionally, I’ve had several issues with lag and Hornet, which only makes it a lot worse! After a few games that started off on the wrong foot, I gave up Hornet, disappointed in its rather poor performance. After all, I had a fully Micro-Upgraded Wasp M1, and its health was a good one hundred HP more than the Hornet.  Once in a while, I take it out and brush off the cobwebs, but it only makes me want to stop using it more. While for most people, Hornet might appeal to them, but for me, Hornet’s just not my cup of tea. I could only give this a 5.5/10 out of the kindness of my heart towards its somewhat prettier than Wasp aesthetics.

Cedar

 

You can’t say this is a pretty paint, but it isn’t ugly, either. It’s relatively cheap, at a comfortable 5,500 crystals, pretty much the same as any one of those faction paints, but hey, at least it’s permanent. The first time I took this paint out for a spin on my Fire-Wasp build, it performed like a beast and I finished 31/4 and with 555 points.

On various other times, it has never outperformed this one instance, but it’s always been there, no matter what happened.  (This may be due to the fact that I played MM while challenges were occurring) In fact, while I was just playing around one day, I sent in the whole combo in for a quick little run on the battlefield, I was just amazed.  I’ve had a few good days with Emerald, but this little paint turns the whole battle situation around. If it’s stuck in a crazy terrible losing round with three minutes left, it just unleashes everything it’s got, kind of like one of my childhood toys, a Hyper Strike Cosmic Pegasus Beyblade with the Final Drive kicking in and knocking out half of its opponents.

Cosmic Pegasus, for reference.

It knows that it’s going to die. It knows that the game is going to end soon. Before you know it, it’s running itself like a whirlwind, seeking kills and scoring, inhaling every drop of adrenaline. It’s almost fascinating how this paint just ends up doing the whole job, not me. I’ve been stuck in losing situations and had a breakthrough a time or two with Emerald or Mosaic, but this thing almost has a taste for its final drive. I can’t imagine a single battle without this paint. If this isn’t a 10/10, then I don’t know what is.

Disclaimer: Paints do not have personalities.

Badger M2

 

This module has served me well; it has been one of the first modules I obtained, starting with the M1 version.  Once I upgraded to M2, I combined it with a well-worn Fox M1 and a newly acquired Grizzly M2 (my current combo).  This module works really well when preventing the freezing effect, but it is barely noticeable when talking about damage. Still, you have to be grateful. Once, in a Serpuhov RGB, I froze a Titan-Smoky with double armor to the point that he turned white with a cover of frost on him, and he took a full thirty seconds to start moving again.  Guess he should have used some Freeze protection. Bottom line, it’s a great module as long as you don’t die, because you will be up and on your feet in less time than the tanker next to you. Rate: 7.75/10.

 

❄ In Battle

Unfortunately, the video I made did not work, so we'll have to do with textwalls.

 

If you are planning to use this kit in your everyday MM battles, then you need to think strategy. As an attacker, it can be deadly, but the speed and drift of a Hornet can make this a moveable supporting attacker for the team. As a highly mobile combo, this tank can start on one side of Brest and be on the other in no time flat, enabling for easy capturing the flag or distracting the enemy when a fellow teammate is doing the job. In short, you'd be an excellent contribution to your team as long as you know how to apply your tactics.

 

First, let's think protections and drones, which can greatly affect gameplay for a hefty amount of crystals. The Firebird protection should be one of the first equipped, followed by Thunder. The third module? Well, that's up to you. If you don't have anything else, use the Freeze M2, or equip anything from a Mine resistance to a Shaft module. When considering drones, I'm assuming that whoever is buying this is about the ranks of to , so you might have the second wave of drones available for use. If you do, the Engineer Drone is probably a way for you to be remembered as the trademark Full Drugs Freeze, as it increases the active time of supplies, intensifies damage and increases armor and speed. However, if not at the right rank, the Assault Drone is a pretty good beginner's drone, especially in the hands of a potent Freeze. Let's actually get to real battle tactics.

 

For a build such as this, the Freeze is very effective in a short-range combat against a multitude of enemies.  Yes, I said, “a multitude of enemies”. Using the strategy of circle-strafing, a well-known concept that is hard to learn, one can literally “lasso in” a group of enemies and finish them off easily. This means you can stop a stampede of Viking/Thunders who all bought the Matrix kit from eating away at the health of a Fire-Wasp trying to score a goal in Rugby. As a Freeze, you can turn the tides of a 3v1 at the base of a CP into an easy victory without having a meddlesome teammate come and steal all the glory. However, as this is a win-or-lose situation, if you can't beat them, you're the one getting beat, over and over again. So I suggest practicing your circle-strafing before you actually try it out on the battlefield, because I don't want any lawsuits coming back at me saying that I taught you incorrectly. You'd lose anyways, and I need my precious time to get to work on my next article.

 

Once you think you've got the concept down, it's time to try your new kit out on some unsuspecting M1s.

That's all for today! Have fun annihilating your opponents in MM, and don't sue me if you lose!

See you on the battlefield, or maybe not…

 

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Edited July 16, 2019 by Person_Random

[Flexoo 6,980]

Approved.

 

Edits:

- few minor grammar fixes and spacing fixes

- a little format adjustments

 

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Not a bad review, although for me the humor in this case took away some of the value. For example, the Paint segment was perhaps too much about the humor rather than actually reviewing the paint. I know there isn't really much to talk about paints now other than looks and possibly camo, still for me personally this would be more than enough.

[Person_Random 4,991]

Wait... why did it say Editorials (with the question mark)?  The juxtaposition of my email notification was quite funny though.  I'd like to know why the notification says "Editorials", just for kicks.

[Flexoo 6,980]

Someone marked is a potential editorials material, but we already similar material to this and although it was good I don't think it was an editorial material, so I approved it and edited the title.

[AncientFire 1,894]

nice

[Unregular 27]

Good.but I love hornet :-(

[Person_Random 4,991]

Someone marked is a potential editorials material, but we already similar material to this and although it was good I don't think it was an editorial material, so I approved it and edited the title.

Heh... had me excited for a moment.  Well, I gotta work on my Reminiscence.

 

nice

Thank you!  Do you own this kit?

 

Good.but I love hornet :-(

I am sorry about being upset about Hornet.  Each of us have our own favorites and, ahem, not so very favorites.  I guess Wasp just suits me more.  Sorry.

[Person_Random 4,991]

Approved.

 

Edits:

- few minor grammar fixes and spacing fixes

- a little format adjustments

 

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Not a bad review, although for me the humor in this case took away some of the value. For example, the Paint segment was perhaps too much about the humor rather than actually reviewing the paint. I know there isn't really much to talk about paints now other than looks and possibly camo, still for me personally this would be more than enough.

Wait for "Paint Mojos", coming very soon to a theater near this forum.

[AncientFire 1,894]

Thank you!  Do you own this kit?

no but i did have the exact same combo as m1 on WO3 I think? anyways it did really good in battles :p

[Person_Random 4,991]

cri

Yeesh.  I wrote this to be read, not to be put in a corner collecting dust.  Please, the lord of the AWC and everyone else, forgive me that I had not thought of reviewing kits that i currently don't own.  Sorry for being a three week debate

Edited April 30, 2019 by Person_Random

[NathanieI 41]

hehe i like your style, keep it up.

 

would read more of these^^

[Person_Random 4,991]

hehe i like your style, keep it up.

 

would read more of these^^

Hmmm... sounds like a mod that used to read my work.

[Initiate 1,306]

Nice.

[Viking4s 10,791]

Hmmm... sounds like a mod that used to read my work.

not me :)

[Person_Random 4,991]

criiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii i no got none of the cupcakes with the money i paids for oh well....

Edited May 24, 2019 by Person_Random

[Viking4s 10,791]

criiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii i no got none of the cupcakes with the money i paids for oh well....

You are not following your article ?!?!

[Cyber2_O.o 64]

Wow, great guide  :)  :) . I would definitely have gotten that kit... if only I didn't have the Freeze M2 already  ;) .

Question: How did you put the pictures in the article? I've been trying to put some into one of my pieces of writing, and I have no idea how  :blush:  

[Person_Random 4,991]

Wow, great guide  :)  :) . I would definitely have gotten that kit... if only I didn't have the Freeze M2 already  ;) .

Question: How did you put the pictures in the article? I've been trying to put some into one of my pieces of writing, and I have no idea how  :blush:  

Thanks for the feedback!  For images, there are two options: either you use img command, or you can press the image icon on the toolbar and paste your image link.