Veteran player coming back after a three year hiatus

[bossman161 276]

So. I've been gone for a few years. Just logged on recently, got a few nasty surprises. Drones? Stars? Isida doesn't self heal? It doesn't remove burning and freezing? Matchmaking? What the bloody hell is going on? Should I just leave this game and never look back? I have a feeling it probably isn't worth playing anymore.

[FrozenRailgun 1,771]

So. I've been gone for a few years. Just logged on recently, got a few nasty surprises. Drones? Stars? Isida doesn't self heal? It doesn't remove burning and freezing? Matchmaking? What the bloody hell is going on? Should I just leave this game and never look back? I have a feeling it probably isn't worth playing anymore.

Everything changed mate. Stars for challenges. Drones... they provide combat advantages but they need battery to operate.

 

Plz don't leave the game....

 

You should check out via the Wiki for more information.

[bossman161 276]

Everything changed mate. Stars for challenges. Drones... they provide combat advantages but they need battery to operate.

 

Plz don't leave the game....

 

You should check out via the Wiki for more information.

I'll do some further research, however I don't think I'll like what I'll see. How many veterans have jumped ship now?

[EDIT: oh, I don't have a computer anymore so unfortunately I'll have to use my phone. Yay. Gonna be slaughtered.]

Edited May 30, 2019 by bossman161

[bossman161 276]

On another side note, what happened to pro battlws and pro passes?

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

I'm guessing you don't know nothing about alterations or even protection modules, right?

[Kill_the_Propaganda2 684]

On another side note, what happened to pro battlws and pro passes?

PRO Battle passes are unlocked at now cost a specific number of crystals depending on your rank. At your rank, , it would cost 4,100 crystals. 

 

Missions can no longer be completed in PRO battles. They can only be completed in Matchmaking battles. 

[FrozenRailgun 1,771]

[EDIT: oh, I don't have a computer anymore so unfortunately I'll have to use my phone. Yay. Gonna be slaughtered.]

Android? 

[Adab 2,898]

Drones? Stars? Isida doesn't self heal? It doesn't remove burning and freezing? Matchmaking? What the bloody hell is going on?

Just as every other online game, this game has also got various updates over time...And just as every other online game, some of the updates are good and some are bad on the eyes of the players.

You can learn more about these new things from the Wiki or just by experience in the game, the garage description itself is somewhat enough to give a basic idea about these things.

 

Should I just leave this game and never look back? I have a feeling it probably isn't worth playing anymore.

In my eyes, this game is still good, and I think you'll also feel the same if you get to know about these new interesting things in the game. So I don't recommend you to leave this game.

[Guest]

The game got completely trashed... many vets from pre-2016 have jumped ship.

• Drugs are part of Tanki's meta, you must drug to be competitive. Non-drugger? Guess what, Tanki doesn't give a crap about you!
• You can make your own module combinations, but now they're super pricey
• Drones are a pay to win scam and are fueled by "batteries" which cost 300 crystals per unit
• Overdrives.... I don't even know what to say about them. Some hulls like Viking hit the jackpot, while others got meh overdrives.
• Everyone plays team modes like TDM so they can get the most score and "stars", which are this currency thing for Challenges
• Missions got way harder while the rewards barely got increased
• Containers are just glorified lootboxes 
• Tanki got an MM system that's hot garbage, and devs justify its trashiness by saying "sometimes you win sometimes you don't. Deal with it". Funny, because most of the battles I enter I'm fighting against a pack of buyers.
• Battles always end in blowouts now. No ties, no close wins or losses, just massive, unfun blowouts that's only fun for 2 people while the rest of everyone either gets mad or is just bored.
• You can't complete missions in PRO battles.
• Pro pass got cheaper (depending on your rank) and lasts for a month
• We go two new turrets, Striker and Magnum. Striker is fine, but Magnum was OP for a year (and devs refused to nerf it) until they finally got sick of us whining and nerfed it. I still firmly believe that Magnum should be removed from TO.
• New Alterations are awful, some blatantly make the turret more powerful, while others give a special mechanic that belonged to one turret to another. (e.g Smoky has a freezing alteration)
• We got a mobile version
• The maps in the MM system are usually dumbed down versions of normal maps. 
• Combos like Smoky/Wasp are no longer viable in Tanki, it's just who has the most health, speed and turret-of-the-month.
• The useful information when you press R is gone, it's been replaced by this utterly useless thing called GS. You can't see you opponent's micro-upgrades anymore. 

 

TL;DR Tanki isn't worth playing anymore unless you have 20k of every drug and a heavy buyer.

Edited May 31, 2019 by Guest

[Guest]

 Should I just leave this game and never look back? I have a feeling it probably isn't worth playing anymore.

Honestly you should. The community (ingame, not forum) has gotten seriously toxic over the years imo. I myself am going to (hopefully) leave after Tanki's 10th bday. 

[bossman161 276]

I'm guessing you don't know nothing about alterations or even protection modules, right?

Yeah, I know about them.

[bossman161 276]

The game got completely trashed... many vets from pre-2016 have jumped ship.

• Drugs are part of Tanki's meta, you must drug to be competitive. Non-drugger? Guess what, Tanki doesn't give a crap about you!
• You can make your own module combinations, but now they're super pricey
• Drones are a pay to win scam and are fueled by "batteries" which cost 300 crystals per unit
• Overdrives.... I don't even know what to say about them. Some hulls like Viking hit the jackpot, while others got meh overdrives.
• Everyone plays team modes like TDM so they can get the most score and "stars", which are this currency thing for Challenges
• Missions got way harder while the rewards barely got increased
• Containers are just glorified lootboxes
• Tanki got an MM system that's hot garbage, and devs justify its trashiness by saying "sometimes you win sometimes you don't. Deal with it". Funny, because most of the battles I enter I'm fighting against a pack of buyers.
• Battles always end in blowouts now. No ties, no close wins or losses, just massive, unfun blowouts that's only fun for 2 people while the rest of everyone either gets mad or is just bored.
• You can't complete missions in PRO battles.
• Pro pass got cheaper (depending on your rank) and lasts for a month
• We go two new turrets, Striker and Magnum. Striker is fine, but Magnum was OP for a year (and devs refused to nerf it) until they finally got sick of us whining and nerfed it. I still firmly believe that Magnum should be removed from TO.
• New Alterations are awful, some blatantly make the turret more powerful, while others give a special mechanic that belonged to one turret to another. (e.g Smoky has a freezing alteration)
• We got a mobile version
• The maps in the MM system are usually dumbed down versions of normal maps.
• Combos like Smoky/Wasp are no longer viable in Tanki, it's just who has the most health, speed and turret-of-the-month.
• The useful information when you press R is gone, it's been replaced by this utterly useless thing called GS. You can't see you opponent's micro-upgrades anymore.

TL;DR Tanki isn't worth playing anymore unless you have 20k of every drug and a heavy buyer.

Whoa whoa whoa. Hold the presses. Smokey can now slow enemies? Someone tell me the logic in getting rid of isida's self healing whilst making smokey able to slow down enemies from a distance?

PRO Battle passes are unlocked at now cost a specific number of crystals depending on your rank. At your rank, , it would cost 4,100 crystals.

 

Missions can no longer be completed in PRO battles. They can only be completed in Matchmaking battles.

I don't know where to find them. There isn't a section they once were in... correct me if I'm wrong.

[Kill_the_Propaganda2 684]

Whoa whoa whoa. Hold the presses. Smokey can now slow enemies? Someone tell me the logic in getting rid of isida's self healing whilst making smokey able to slow down enemies from a distance?

Yes, Smoky can freeze enemies from far with its critical shot when it has a particular alteration equipped. You can find more information about the different alterations for each topic here. 

 

 

I don't know where to find them. There isn't a section they once were in... correct me if I'm wrong.

The PRO battle pass is located here:

 

[Guest]

Whoa whoa whoa. Hold the presses. Smokey can now slow enemies? Someone tell me the logic in getting rid of isida's self healing whilst making smokey able to slow down enemies from a distance?

 

 

its an alteration. 

[FrozenRailgun 1,771]

The game got completely trashed... many vets from pre-2016 have jumped ship.

• Drugs are part of Tanki's meta, you must drug to be competitive. Non-drugger? Guess what, Tanki doesn't give a crap about you!
• You can make your own module combinations, but now they're super pricey
• Drones are a pay to win scam and are fueled by "batteries" which cost 300 crystals per unit
• Overdrives.... I don't even know what to say about them. Some hulls like Viking hit the jackpot, while others got meh overdrives.
• Everyone plays team modes like TDM so they can get the most score and "stars", which are this currency thing for Challenges
• Missions got way harder while the rewards barely got increased
• Containers are just glorified lootboxes 
• Tanki got an MM system that's hot garbage, and devs justify its trashiness by saying "sometimes you win sometimes you don't. Deal with it". Funny, because most of the battles I enter I'm fighting against a pack of buyers.
• Battles always end in blowouts now. No ties, no close wins or losses, just massive, unfun blowouts that's only fun for 2 people while the rest of everyone either gets mad or is just bored.
• You can't complete missions in PRO battles.
• Pro pass got cheaper (depending on your rank) and lasts for a month
• We go two new turrets, Striker and Magnum. Striker is fine, but Magnum was OP for a year (and devs refused to nerf it) until they finally got sick of us whining and nerfed it. I still firmly believe that Magnum should be removed from TO.
• The useful information when you press R is gone, it's been replaced by this utterly useless thing called GS. You can't see you opponent's micro-upgrades anymore. 

 

TL;DR Tanki isn't worth playing anymore unless you have 20k of every drug and a heavy buyer.

Um.... supplies are in the game since the beginning. Don't expect Alternativa remove them anytime soon. I mean non-druggers are for F2P too, not just buyers. You just need to use it in the right time. Wisely.

 

I had an argument with one of the former who does not drug. He was like "I'm a camper, I don't drug." Guess what? K/D goes down! Unless you want to have no-supply battle, pro-battle mode plz.

 

Oh yes this part is what I don't like at all. I prefer the old module system because it was cheaper. But mines are so annoying that I not only need Eagle, but fricking Spider module. Not to mention drones are only suitable for P2W!

 

Well, at least everyone gets to use them. But some OD need buff now. Viking. Its duration need buff, nothing else. Others.... are good IMO.

 

Me: Plays Juggernaut to get my K/D back up. And I don't have to worry about losing team or something like that.

 

Holy... I have that cancerous Finish Top-3 15x for this week. Seems like Juggernaut is the only way.

 

What they said, is true. Just deal with them, even if they are heavy buyer. Bruh, back when I was Colonel, I faced a F.Marshal who has M3 5/15 Eagle equipped. LOL, ain't a problem when I pop my Hornet's OD. Again, those buyers wanted to win like us. Except to the point that they outcompeted typical F2P.

 

What in the actual??

 

Yeah... that was OP when you can complete mission via Pro-Battle. Good thing the pass is cheaper now.

 

I liked Magnum, even it's annoying. I'm still learning how to use it (except slowly).

 

Super annoying. Can't tell how strong are the hull and turret.

 

Heavy buyer and have at least 20k drugs of each type? You don't need to.

[Maf 32,307]

 

Let's keep this topic strictly informative and not get into a massive overdone argument about each individual update.

[bossman161 276]

Um.... supplies are in the game since the beginning. Don't expect Alternativa remove them anytime soon. I mean non-druggers are for F2P too, not just buyers. You just need to use it in the right time. Wisely.

 

I had an argument with one of the former who does not drug. He was like "I'm a camper, I don't drug." Guess what? K/D goes down! Unless you want to have no-supply battle, pro-battle mode plz.

 

Oh yes this part is what I don't like at all. I prefer the old module system because it was cheaper. But mines are so annoying that I not only need Eagle, but fricking Spider module. Not to mention drones are only suitable for P2W!

 

Well, at least everyone gets to use them. But some OD need buff now. Viking. Its duration need buff, nothing else. Others.... are good IMO.

 

Me: Plays Juggernaut to get my K/D back up. And I don't have to worry about losing team or something like that.

 

Holy... I have that cancerous Finish Top-3 15x for this week. Seems like Juggernaut is the only way.

 

What they said, is true. Just deal with them, even if they are heavy buyer. Bruh, back when I was Colonel, I faced a F.Marshal who has M3 5/15 Eagle equipped. LOL, ain't a problem when I pop my Hornet's OD. Again, those buyers wanted to win like us. Except to the point that they outcompeted typical F2P.

 

What in the actual??

 

Yeah... that was OP when you can complete mission via Pro-Battle. Good thing the pass is cheaper now.

 

I liked Magnum, even it's annoying. I'm still learning how to use it (except slowly).

 

Super annoying. Can't tell how strong are the hull and turret.

 

Heavy buyer and have at least 20k drugs of each type? You don't need to.

Eek. You could just have ordered your points 1 to whatever, shesh. Viewing that wall of rainbow font on mobile is a pain. In any case, I am unsure if I should invest google play cash on the game or not. My review was replied to by the devs, and they said unfortunately keyboard controls won't come to mobile, only gamepad support. Idk man. With the dumbed down maps and everything...heck. Is Shaft even relevant anymore?

[Benefactor 6,888]

..heck. Is Shaft even relevant anymore?

It's pretty good when paired with Hornet (the hull's OD ability to strip any and all of your opponent's protections from your turret for 20 seconds). But it looks like it will become obsolete with the new Gauss turret coming out. Gauss has two shot modes:

 

Quick - somewhat like a lesser Thunder, splash and all

Targeting - uses Striker aiming system but WITHOUT the laser; damage is supposed to be similar to Magnum (including splash damage)

 

Gauss is supposed to come out sometime this summer.

[bossman161 276]

-_- I wont stop using shaft, even when this shaft-wannabe comes out. Not like I'll be able to get anything lol I don't have alot of crystals

[Benefactor 6,888]

-_- I wont stop using shaft, even when this shaft-wannabe comes out. Not like I'll be able to get anything lol I don't have alot of crystals

Well, then... Apparently it was destiny that our paths have crossed.....  :ph34r:

[bossman161 276]

I can't find propasses anywhere...

[Kill_the_Propaganda2 684]

I can't find propasses anywhere...

I showed you where to find it here.

 

Go to your garage, and click on the "Special" tab. Scroll until you see the PRO Battle Pass for sale. To make sure you're on the right track, put your game on fullscreen. 

[bossman161 276]

How insidious. Tanki, I'm disappointed in you. Pro passes don't show up on mobile; only on the web version. Nor do I see anywhere on android to where I can make a match. I see how things are!

[Kill_the_Propaganda2 684]

How insidious. Tanki, I'm disappointed in you. Pro passes don't show up on mobile; only on the web version. Nor do I see anywhere on android to where I can make a match. I see how things are!

Ohhh. I'm not entirely sure but I think there are no PRO battles in the Mobile Version. So it would make sense that it didn't have PRO Battle Passes for sale there. 

[TWICE 798]

How insidious. Tanki, I'm disappointed in you. Pro passes don't show up on mobile; only on the web version. Nor do I see anywhere on android to where I can make a match. I see how things are!

A mod here once mentioned that the devs have difficulties in showing the battle list on mobile, thus they decided not to introduce pro battles to mobile players for now.