Game Rules

Hover Tank Soccer With Guns

The only way to win is by scoring. Your team scores a point by delivering the ball to the enemy’s goal. The goal is a circled mound deep in enemy territory, and the ball must be taken to the colored area at the center to score. With a maximum of 6v6 teams of player or AI controlled tanks, this is easier said than done. All tanks carry a gun, and guns make things get awfully sploadey.

Carrying The Ball To A Goal

In every level, the ball is dropped on a mound located in a neutral position on the map. No current map gives either team a head start or advantage. To pick up the ball (Indicated on your HUD) simply drive into the ball. The ball will then rest at the front of your tank. Occasionally in large battles, you may pick up the ball when another tank explodes or passes it to you, so pay attention. Your tank suffers a 30% reduction in speed when it carries the ball. Your HUD will change to show the direction of the enemy’s goal.

Combat

Destroying enemies is the best way to assure a goal for your team, or prevent a goal from being made against you. Points are also awarded for kills with bonuses for offense kills (kills near the enemy goal), defense kills (kills near your own goal), and kill streaks. Each gun is very different, so review them at the Weapons page. Each gun boosts your power bar when your shots hit an enemy tank, and each hit against a friendly reduces your power bar. Though you will not damage your teammates, the effects of the weapon will disrupt their tank. The Shock Cannon is an excellent example of disrupting all tanks. Weapons will damage shields first, with the exception of the Artemis Cannon, before armor is damaged. Once a tank’s armor is completely depleted, it is destroyed and must wait ten seconds to respawn. Tanks will slowly regenerate shields. Repair Pads and Auto Repair will repair a tank’s armor.

Tank Combinations

When spawning, tanks may take on any combination of one weapon and one upgrade allowed by their current level. Tanks must be destroyed either through damage or self-destruct to select a new combination or will automatically re-spawn with the last selected combination. Any weapon may be used with any upgrade.

Global Stats

Global Stats are recorded for games with 4 or more players. It is a simple stats recording page Displaying the top 1-20 by default, and descending down the rankings by 20 per page. The Global Stats page is hosted at MetalDrift.com.