What to buy? Which is better?

[Poppy 422]

2 hours ago, TheCongoSpider said:

What other drones do you have and what are their upgrade levels?

Oh I maxed it, but I do have defender, booster, lifeguard and crisis maxed.

[Incorp 2,084]

I am deciding whether to buy wasp or hornet for spiderhiest, where I mainly use railgun. Which is best?

[NikmanGT 4,362]

7 minutes ago, Incorp said:

I am deciding whether to buy wasp or hornet for spiderhiest, where I mainly use railgun. Which is best?

Definitely hornet, without a doubt.

[Shadows_3000 58]

I have reached the legend rank and I'm not sure what I should focus on. What would you recommend?

My own thoughts are:

• Try making everything Mk7 first (if so, which should I focus on? Buying kits for crystals or buying items individually on sales? (potentially %50 sales))
• Try buying ultracontainers and get some legendary augments and drones (not sure if I can afford for now)
• Microupgrade the combos I already own.
• Coinboxes?!

And so on...

Edited October 29, 2021 by Shadows_3000

[Okami 3,041]

On 10/29/2021 at 12:38 AM, Shadows_3000 said:

I have reached the legend rank and I'm not sure what I should focus on. What would you recommend?

My own thoughts are:

• Try making everything Mk7 first (if so, which should I focus on? Buying kits for crystals or buying items individually on sales? (potentially %50 sales))
• Try buying ultracontainers and get some legendary augments and drones (not sure if I can afford for now)
• Microupgrade the combos I already own.
• Coinboxes?!

And so on...

I'm not sure what you have or don't have (your profile is hidden), but first and foremost you should upgrade the Mk7 items you already own and enjoy using. You especially should upgrade drones, because you could have a maxed out combination and still not reach your full potential strength if you don't have a drone equipped. 
Upgrading your equipment quickly is also a must for any new Legends. I went through the Marshal-Generalissimo stretch of ranks with Firebird, Shaft, Hunter, Hornet, and Dictator. They were decently upgraded but still not great compared to enemies with over 9000 GS while my tanks were in the 7000 GS area. I was always at a disadvantage but with upgrading consistently, I started feeling like I was evenly matched (this happened at around 8000 GS)

I wouldn't recommend upgrading EVERYTHING to Mk7 because you're not going to use EVERYTHING right now. Going up and then out is the way to go, because I have every turret and hull Mk7 but I upgraded the miscellaneous stuff after I already had my favorite turrets and hulls as Mk8s.

Like all RNG-dependent items, Ultra Containers are very inconsistent. Buying them outright isn't the best thing you can do with your money, so instead I would recommend this if you are a buyer: Buy the Daily Tankoin Pass. It's affordable compared to buying 5000 Tankoins outright. Using those Tankoins, buy Battle Passes. Battle Passes are a good investment, because you get a pretty good amount of crystals, supplies, and Containers. While Nuclear Energy supplies aren't really that great, a guaranteed UC-exclusive augment is pretty good. I wouldn't recommend buying EVERY Battle Pass though. This current one is notably subpar, and you should focus on getting Battle Passes that have augments for your turrets/hulls.

Coinboxes are a scam and should be avoided.

Edited November 2, 2021 by GrayWolf8733

[Incorp 2,084]

13 minutes ago, GrayWolf8733 said:

I wouldn't recommend upgrading EVERYTHING to Mk7 because you're not going to use EVERYTHING right now. Going up and then out is the way to go, because I have every turret and hull Mk7 but I upgraded the miscellaneous stuff after I already had my favorite turrets and hulls as Mk8s.

Actually I suggest upgrading a turret and hull for each section. So upgrade a turret from melee range, short range, long range.

Also upgrade hulls from each of the categories, light heavy and medium, because special missions usually requires for at least one turret of each category and get kills with them.

That being said I recently started a new account (not spiderhiest)

I plan to collect crystals, lots of them before I start playing there so I'd get a good start. I plan to get a turret and hull for each category. I need advice for which turrets to choose.

• Melee range I chose isida
• Short range I chose hammer, but I need confirmation it is good for killing. I need advice for this.
• Long range I choose either shaft or gauss or railgun I need advice on this category.
• Light hull I chose hornet
• Medium hull I chose dictator
• Heavy hull I chose ares

So I need some advice...

Edited November 2, 2021 by Incorp

[Arjun24 156]

52 minutes ago, Incorp said:

Actually I suggest upgrading a turret and hull for each section. So upgrade a turret from melee range, short range, long range.

Also upgrade hulls from each of the categories, light heavy and medium, because special missions usually requires for at least one turret of each category and get kills with them.

That being said I recently started a new account (not spiderhiest)

I plan to collect crystals, lots of them before I start playing there so I'd get a good start. I plan to get a turret and hull for each category. I need advice for which turrets to choose.

• Melee range I chose isida
• Short range I chose hammer, but I need confirmation it is good for killing. I need advice for this.
• Long range I choose either shaft or gauss or railgun I need advice on this category.
• Light hull I chose hornet
• Medium hull I chose dictator
• Heavy hull I chose ares

So I need some advice...

Hammer is fine, but I would recommend ricochet if you want. I have upgraded it to max on my second acc and it's pretty fun and also pretty good.

Long range, I would recommend shaft or gauss because railgun has very low damage right now and it's also hard to get kills with it.

It's still your choice though.

[NikmanGT 4,362]

Well ricochet is working well with booster , considering your base damage is increased for the whole 30 sec and I might say to keep an eye on striker as well as it being in trend now, with the hornet crits making it a killer turret. Also in light of recent events, many long-range turrets have been nerfed in different parameters, so yeah I also suggest trying out gauss.

[Iron_Man 2,376]

1 hour ago, Incorp said:

• Short range I chose hammer, but I need confirmation it is good for killing. I need advice for this.
• Long range I choose either shaft or gauss or railgun I need advice on this category.

Hammer for short range is cool. I totally support that choice of yours.

Now long range, if you have any of Status augments for Gauss, Gauss fares way better than any of Railgun augments. But if you don't, and you are very good with Railgun and its mechanics, then you should go for Railgun. Railgun is a beast right now. Round Destabilization and EMP rounds for Railgun, are just really strong and you just need Brutus to just dominate on a huge scale.

If there's any turret about whose performance tips and tactics you can trust me on, blindly, it is Railgun. It is just my most used and favorite.

[Incorp 2,084]

I chose shaft or gauss because I got it on two accounts and I want a change of style. Thanks for advice too! 

[Incorp 2,084]

@MysticBlood I did the calculation and you can upgrade crisis to max with 1200k crystals in this week's micro upgrade sales. So yeah

[readyfireaim 369]

I have a couple hours to decide... what's the best purchasable Hammer augment? Someone give me some advice real quick please?

[Newnewnew 92]

1 hour ago, readyfireaim said:

I have a couple hours to decide... what's the best purchasable Hammer augment? Someone give me some advice real quick please?

If you are thinking of any augments under legedary, I would opt for none of them. Hammer simply isnt good enough without these premuim augments and there are loads of people with hammer protection. Tanki has become crap lately regarding wepon balance in high ranks so I would tell you to steer clear from the turret unless you have a legendary or higher aug. 

[readyfireaim 369]

9 minutes ago, Newnewnew said:

If you are thinking of any augments under legedary, I would opt for none of them. Hammer simply isnt good enough without these premuim augments and there are loads of people with hammer protection. Tanki has become crap lately regarding wepon balance in high ranks so I would tell you to steer clear from the turret unless you have a legendary or higher aug. 

I see. But sadly I'm a F2Per, so I kinda have to just get along with what I've got... I feel like I should maybe get Dragon's Breath cause that's the most similar to the P2W augments?

[Newnewnew 92]

2 minutes ago, readyfireaim said:

I see. But sadly I'm a F2Per, so I kinda have to just get along with what I've got... I feel like I should maybe get Dragon's Breath cause that's the most similar to the P2W augments?

Understood, I would stick to a turret or hull combo and keep grinding it out to mk8. At the rank of legend you will see a lot of pay to win people and in some battles, it will be almost impossible to reliably get kills. And mk7 un upgraded equipment might not even be enough. So just pick a combo that you really like: isida, viking. and grind it out. No I would not buy dragons breath since heat resistance greatly negates its effect and a lot of people have heat immunity. Dont waste your crystals on augs for now but use them for upgrades.

[readyfireaim 369]

1 minute ago, Newnewnew said:

Understood, I would stick to a turret or hull combo and keep grinding it out to mk8. At the rank of legend you will see a lot of pay to win people and in some battles, it will be almost impossible to reliably get kills. And mk7 un upgraded equipment might not even be enough. So just pick a combo that you really like: isida, viking. and grind it out. No I would not buy dragons breath since heat resistance greatly negates its effect and a lot of people have heat immunity. Dont waste your crystals on augs for now but use them for upgrades.

Awesome, thanks so much for the advice. (This is my alt account I'm talking about here, but hey, it's all good.)

[Newnewnew 92]

2 minutes ago, readyfireaim said:

Awesome, thanks so much for the advice. (This is my alt account I'm talking about here, but hey, it's all good.)

Yw, well in that case, if you are playing on an alt, you can get the db aug. It kind of sad to see such a huge difference in the meta gap between low and high tiers. Its just the fact that standard augments lose their effectiveness at the high ranks. If you find a certain aument you are using lose its effectivenss its not your fault, its the devs for continuously adding overpowered equipment to the game completely ruining the f2p experience. Anyways, sorry for ranting. Good luck regarding your choices. 

[Incorp 2,084]

3 hours ago, readyfireaim said:

Awesome, thanks so much for the advice. (This is my alt account I'm talking about here, but hey, it's all good.)

I suggest you save crystals and play with your legend account first. Then when you saved enough crystals to buy your alt a few levels of turret and hulls you start playing on the alt. That’s the strategy I’m using for my new alt and i get to save up enough for a heavy light and medium hull a melee  short medium and long ranged turrets. Works well.

[readyfireaim 369]

On 11/6/2021 at 8:00 PM, Incorp said:

I suggest you save crystals and play with your legend account first. Then when you saved enough crystals to buy your alt a few levels of turret and hulls you start playing on the alt. That’s the strategy I’m using for my new alt and i get to save up enough for a heavy light and medium hull a melee  short medium and long ranged turrets. Works well.

Cool, thanks. (My main isn't actually Legend, just Generalissimo.) I will do that.

[Incorp 2,084]

7 minutes ago, readyfireaim said:

Cool, thanks. (My main isn't actually Legend, just Generalissimo.) I will do that.

You can be a little like pay to win without actually buying because you can max brutus which really helps.

[Desghidorah 58]

For me Ares plus Vulcan/ Striker is the best combination. Any other suggestions.

[SQUISHYFACE736 40]

What augment to buy:

Heavy Plasmagun

Hyperspace rounds

Duplet

Incenedary band

or

Mortar?

[NikmanGT 4,362]

4 minutes ago, SQUISHYFACE736 said:

What augment to buy:

Heavy Plasmagun

Hyperspace rounds

Duplet

Incenedary band

or

Mortar?

Based on the above option, duplet isn't that good for MM, only very short range. Mortar is a no because it's definitely straight camping,  Hyperspace isn't that good elsewhere except siege because of the current rail situation and abundant protections against it.

I would say choose either Twins or Vulcan based on your playing style and go for either of them, both are fantastic.

[Cleric 1,385]

44 minutes ago, SQUISHYFACE736 said:

What augment to buy:

Heavy Plasmagun

Hyperspace rounds

Duplet

Incenedary band

or

Mortar?

None!!! Because some useless augments may suddenly become OP and those are powerful may suddenly become trash thanks to those "balancing changes". It all depends on the Devs's mood.

[wild001 1,422]

2 hours ago, SQUISHYFACE736 said:

What augment to buy:

Heavy Plasmagun

Hyperspace rounds

Duplet

Incenedary band

or

Mortar?

first, I have all crystal augments (just to increase hull augment drop rate in container), but I use those container only augment most time;
second, at your rank (3 gold star), I would say none, since later in Challenge, you can get far better augmnet (even free one in silver tier) and will not use those in the end.
better get maxed gun and hull and module first,
then better focus MU drone like brutus, miner, blaster (free player friendly and dont cost too much supply)

crystal augments will be outdated soon or later (and sometimes free from container's purple color reward + challenge silver tier ) once you got Status Effect augment (like fire twins, ap rail, critical/emp/stun hammer, bounce vulcan, ap magnum)
(Adrenaline augment never show in challenge, so those are safer buy, especially they are pure good than stock)

Edited December 8, 2021 by wild001