What to buy? Which is better?

[Tekken 374]

On 11/9/2024 at 9:26 PM, Rydge said:

Currently my main combo is [VAT Vulcan + HI Ares + Crisis], sometimes switching to Incendiary Band and Heat Resistance. Those are all Max'd except for Crisis which is Lvl 19.Other Mk7-0's I got are Paladin, Isida, Gauss and Scorpion. For Modules, I got Vulture at 40%; Wolf, Lion, Grizzly, Owl and Eagle at 30%; Orca, Falcon and Griffin at 25; and everything else is at 20 (except Armadillo at 5%).
I usually play at Mid to Long ranges, and tend to stick to more defensive/support roles, so I rarely go for flags or rush the enemy base unless I feel like I need to. Short range is not for me unless I'm playing with Isida (in which case I'm playing as a Healer and not as Damage Dealer anyways), or if the map is small and I just have to deal with it. With that, I'd like to know if people have any suggestions on what to upgrade next, since we're in a 30% sale, or if should simply wait for a 50% one which we never know when will happen.

I was thinking about getting Twins at some point, since I don't have a Short Range Turret yet and already got Pulsar for it, but with the current 30% sale I can only upgrade up to Mk6-0 and don't know if that's good enough when everyone is Max'd Legend at this point.

I was also thinking about getting Defender just so I can keep boosted defense with damage supply for the Incendiary Band but, again, I can only upgrade it up to Lvl 10 with the current sale, and at that level I think even Brutus is better.

Finally there's Modules, and that's the real crystal killer. Idk what are the recommended thresholds for each Module without having to upgrade them to 50% - which is super expensive - nor which ones I should prioritize. I'm more focused on the Mid to Long Range Modules, since Short and Melee Turrets you can avoid completely by staying out of range.

Sorry  for late response but if you are waiting for 50 % sales maybe this will be helpfull. 

Dpeneds on how many crystals do you have, but if you wanna upgrade drone then do it fully. If you can upgrade only to 10 lvl do not upgrade it, it wont be usefull in match and you will waste crystals on something you cant use. But defender is good idea.

Twins is also good idea, pulsar is decent, and twins overall is good, again its all about priorities, do you like isida,gauss,scorp more? If yes upgrade them to Mk7-10 (I do not suggest upgrading more than that, because its expensive and difference is not that big, only exceptions are drones and maybe if you really like one specific combo) For start its better to have variety over a little dmg and reload buff for  fully upgraded turrets. 

You have pretty decent protections, if you feel like there is a turret that is making you troubles and you dont have prot against it then maybe you should upgrade at least 20-25 % for such turret, or more. 

You have crisis drone so maybe its good idea to upgrade gauss/scorpion rather than twins, crisis is not good agressive drone, you have to have very specific combo for it to work (and protections, lifeguard etc) Twins does not have such combo.  

You should upgrade paladin (or other medium hull to mk7-10 so you can have better variety) If you like paladin then thats good. It goes well with your isida. 

If you want turret suggestion ,  vulcan is  a medium range but its not as good at medium range than other 3 turrets for that range, its more deadly at short range so if you have some good augments for other 3 turrets and you kinda like that style you might try to upgrade. But its not high on your priority list thats maybe a suggestion for future.  Drone, prots or already upgraded turrets are higher priority. 

 

[Federation 4]

I have a LVL-11 brutus drone, but i also have LVL-3 trickster and booster. Assuming I usually play with firebird+viking, which would be the better drone to use?

[TheCongoSpider 8,942]

On 12/11/2024 at 8:59 AM, Federation said:

I have a LVL-11 brutus drone, but i also have LVL-3 trickster and booster. Assuming I usually play with firebird+viking, which would be the better drone to use?

Fully upgrade your Brutus drone and use that only. The other drones are luxury drones that you are not ready to use yet or for a long time. 

[NikmanGT 4,362]

On 12/11/2024 at 6:29 PM, Federation said:

 

Topic Merged

[Federation 4]

On 12/11/2024 at 3:10 PM, TheCongoSpider said:

Fully upgrade your Brutus drone and use that only. The other drones are luxury drones that you are not ready to use yet or for a long time. 

Is there any specific reason as to why I should be using only brutus? Playing with trickster hasn't been half bad, how is playing with brutus better for me?

[ChewBoonHao 6]

On 12/12/2024 at 9:47 PM, Federation said:

Is there any specific reason as to why I should be using only brutus? Playing with trickster hasn't been half bad, how is playing with brutus better for me?

I think this depends on how much supplies you are willing to use. Brutus is good if you dont have a large pool of supplies, trickster consumes more speed supplies. Unless you have a large pool of supplies waiting, brutus is typically recommended for f2p players

[TheCongoSpider 8,942]

On 12/16/2024 at 7:07 PM, ChewBoonHao said:

I think this depends on how much supplies you are willing to use. Brutus is good if you dont have a large pool of supplies, trickster consumes more speed supplies. Unless you have a large pool of supplies waiting, brutus is typically recommended for f2p players

It is not only that. To fully upgrade those drones is 10x the price of Brutus. And using them at low upgrades is a downgrade to Brutus. 

[ok_hand 95]

In your opinion is it right for me to not prioritize modules as they don't directly contribute to the way I play? My thinking is to go for the things that'll make Tanki as enjoyable as possible...? Although I'm a midrange player, I think it'd be fun to play with every "cheap" drone and some medium and heavy hulls for their more "teamwork"-based ODs. 

[Jeers4U 665]

Seeing as how no one has actually posted to this pinned topic in 4 months, I can only conclude that it is better to buy nothing than something.

[ok_hand 95]

Hyperion or Crisis?

[WHalt11 9]

On 12/18/2024 at 7:24 AM, ok_hand said:

In your opinion is it right for me to not prioritize modules as they don't directly contribute to the way I play? My thinking is to go for the things that'll make Tanki as enjoyable as possible...? Although I'm a midrange player, I think it'd be fun to play with every "cheap" drone and some medium and heavy hulls for their more "teamwork"-based ODs. 

Modules make a lot of difference. Right now, if you got a good magnum or tesla player against you with OP augments, battle will be a lot of suffering.

Definitely buy upgrades for them when they're in sale. 

 

On 4/20/2025 at 9:18 AM, ok_hand said:

Hyperion or Crisis?

Crisis is good with heavy hull and magnum. Hyperion better for everything else, although defender & booster are better than hyperion IMO.

[ok_hand 95]

nevermind

Edited April 24 by ok_hand

[Hypersomnia 1,695]

On 4/20/2025 at 6:48 AM, ok_hand said:

Hyperion or Crisis?

(Hyperion unironically is more expensive to maintain than Crisis these days)

You use the following:
 

Spoiler

Shaft
Gauss
Magnum
Railgun
Scorpion
Thunder (HYPERSPEED)
Striker (TANDEM)
Smoky (HYPERSPEED)

Then Crisis.
If you mostly use things that are not in this list then Hyperion.

 

On 4/20/2025 at 7:45 AM, WHalt11 said:

although defender & booster are better than hyperion IMO.

flat out wrong.

Hyperion and Crisis completely GAP the rest of the drones.

[Jeers4U 665]

On 4/19/2025 at 11:48 PM, ok_hand said:

Hyperion or Crisis?

Thank goodness this thread was pinned just for you guys to have this vital conversation.

Edited June 1 by Jeers4U
flat earthers

[ok_hand 95]

On 4/24/2025 at 5:54 AM, Hypersomnia said:

Hyperion and Crisis completely GAP the rest of the drones.

Wow that's a hot take. Please explain -- especially how 90% reduction from Defender is bad in comparison.

Edited April 25 by ok_hand

[POWER-OF-ONE 164]

On 4/25/2025 at 11:07 PM, ok_hand said:

Wow that's a hot take. Please explain -- especially how 90% reduction from Defender is bad in comparison.

What drone you use depends largely on the combo you use and the mode and the map and the style of play you enjoy the most.

I use either sab or crisis with either Magnum or Gauss.

If I want revenge on some trashcan then I might go Hunter/twins/freeze/rico, but always with Defender as it has a higher chance of surviving with DA than Hyperion, in my opinion.

[Jeers4U 665]

a ham sandwich is better to buy than anything you'll find here.

[Hypersomnia 1,695]

On 4/26/2025 at 1:07 AM, ok_hand said:

Wow that's a hot take. Please explain -- especially how 90% reduction from Defender is bad in comparison.

well remember im talking with conditions that are that make you have 'infinite' supplies and you're highly skilled.

if you're average player you'd likely survive for longer with Defender but if you're above average then Hyperion is a no brainer. 

12s repair kit cooldown and instant supplies make it on another level compared to Defender. Just like Crisis it technically have the same instant supplies just in another form and reduced Repair Kit cooldown. 

With Defender many times i'd survive long enough to have my supplies run out so now I just have armor and 15 seconds left before I could use a repair kit and 10 before I could use any supply because there were no boxes nearby. I'm just a fish in the battle in this window might as well self destruct. Hyperion completely removes this major weakness. 

There is a reason why Hyperion is so expensive and is locked behind Legend rank or whatever.

[ok_hand 95]

On 4/26/2025 at 2:26 AM, Hypersomnia said:

well remember im talking with conditions that are that make you have 'infinite' supplies and you're highly skilled.

if you're average player you'd likely survive for longer with Defender but if you're above average then Hyperion is a no brainer. 

12s repair kit cooldown and instant supplies make it on another level compared to Defender. Just like Crisis it technically have the same instant supplies just in another form and reduced Repair Kit cooldown. 

With Defender many times i'd survive long enough to have my supplies run out so now I just have armor and 15 seconds left before I could use a repair kit and 10 before I could use any supply because there were no boxes nearby. I'm just a fish in the battle in this window might as well self destruct. Hyperion completely removes this major weakness. 

There is a reason why Hyperion is so expensive and is locked behind Legend rank or whatever.

Ah true, didn't think about the repair cooldown

[WHalt11 9]

On 4/26/2025 at 11:56 AM, Hypersomnia said:

well remember im talking with conditions that are that make you have 'infinite' supplies and you're highly skilled.

if you're average player you'd likely survive for longer with Defender but if you're above average then Hyperion is a no brainer. 

12s repair kit cooldown and instant supplies make it on another level compared to Defender. Just like Crisis it technically have the same instant supplies just in another form and reduced Repair Kit cooldown. 

With Defender many times i'd survive long enough to have my supplies run out so now I just have armor and 15 seconds left before I could use a repair kit and 10 before I could use any supply because there were no boxes nearby. I'm just a fish in the battle in this window might as well self destruct. Hyperion completely removes this major weakness. 

There is a reason why Hyperion is so expensive and is locked behind Legend rank or whatever.

Repair kit cool down means nothing when there are so many augments that can one shot you. And don't forget enemies using EMP which won't let you use your repair.

 

[Hypersomnia 1,695]

On 5/8/2025 at 9:24 AM, WHalt11 said:

Repair kit cool down means nothing when there are so many augments that can one shot you. And don't forget enemies using EMP which won't let you use your repair.

 

well by this logic then just dont even upgrade anything. stay at mk1 at legend and call it a day. yeah there are augments that one shot you through armor or whatever. doesn't mean that every death is by a one shot and you'll thank the repair kit cooldown reduction a lot when youre low on HP and your repair kit resets in 5 seconds instead of 19 more seconds.

[BL_AZE 1]

Months ago, it was mentioned in the vlogs that there would be changes to the drone and supply system. But there is no other information yet. Now, which drone do you think I should upgrade? Crisis, Defender or Hyperion? I think the Defender drone will be useless if a new drone and supply system comes along. 

[Positive 1,136]

On 5/15/2025 at 9:46 AM, BL_AZE said:

 

Topic merged.

[ok_hand 95]

smoky assault rounds or thunder subcal?

[ok_hand 95]

thunder nanotech or vulcan explosive band?