Navyist

The Navyist is a Tier 3 Tank that upgrades from the Director at level 30.

Design
The Navyist has a circular body with a drone spawner in front with a base of nearly the same size.

Technical
The Navyist is a drone tank that controls drones instead of firing bullets. Unlike other drone tanks, though, its drones have Machine Gun-esque guns on their backs that fire and propel them forwards.

The bullets from its drones are extremely weak, to the point of effectively not dealing any damage at all. The Navyist's drones themselves are of regular power, but have higher speed thanks to their guns.

It can control a maximum of 5 drones and has an increased FoV, like other drone tanks.

Upgrades to

 * (Lv. 45)
 * (Lv. 45)
 * (Lv. 45)
 * (Lv. 45)
 * (Lv. 45)
 * (Lv. 45) (Removed)

As the Navyist

 * Use your drones' increased speed to surprise enemies and evade their fire.
 * Although the guns of your drones can be a huge bonus, it comes with the disadvantage of not being very stealthy anymore, as the bullets from your drones can be seen by anyone.
 * Put 2 points into reload and bullet speed; otherwise, your drones will either be too slow or too hard to control. Maximize damage, penetration, and bullet health to ensure you can kill enemies with one blow.
 * Your drones have low penetration and health but can eliminate most tanks if all drones hit the enemy. As such, it is advised to always have the maximum number of drones, and then charge at the enemy from a flank.
 * You are vulnerable if you have no drones or protection, and drones can be easily penetrated. It is advised to stay in the base or near teammates if you run out of drones.
 * The Navyist should be used with a "hit-and-run" strategy. You get the maximum number of drones, you find a target, and you kill it. Then, you come back to the base.
 * Catching your enemies in battles where they are outnumbered is an easy way to kill them, as they will be defenseless against your drones.
 * By staying out of AIs FoV, you can easily kill them without them noticing you.
 * When fighting with another Navyist branch tank, try to keep your drones near the edge of your FoV, and strike when you see your enemy. Most enemies do not know this strategy, and will not be able to hit you unless they also will try to stay near the edge of your FoV.
 * You are most effective in the maze since your enemies will have less mobility. You are more dominant than other drone tanks in the maze.

Against the Navyist

 * The Navyist doesn't have a very good reload rate due to its single drone spawner. Drones have low health, so focusing on eliminating drones will leave Navyist defenseless. All tanks with high penetration and RoF will easily eliminate drones and kill the Navyist.
 * Hexa Tank branch tanks will be protected from all angles, so Navyist will not be able to deal damage to you.
 * Drone and minion users can also eliminate Navyist easily due to their superior drone health.
 * Smasher branch tanks can just tank through all the drones and easily ram the Navyist, dealing lethal damage.
 * Lancer branch is the hardest counter and will be easily able to penetrate the drones and kill the Navyist, even if you are not skilled.
 * Tanks like Seismograph will easily be able to kill Navyist if they stay out of its FoV.

History
The Navyist was suggested by Dankツ and added to the game on December 16, 2018.