Stop Complaining!

[RIPcrystalboxes 145]

Greetings, 

this is the amazingly confusing, bewildering, enigmatic, paradoxical, nonsensical, and ingenious RIPcrystalboxes.

Anyways, there have been a lot of changes to the game lately, and there are still many more to come. I want to explain somethings that I believe.

This game is so diverse. There is the big divide between the Russian and English players. Then, among the english players, there are the bad players and the good players. The bad players only want to drive around and blow people up. They don't care about winning or about D/L. They often times don't seem to think things all the way through (hence all the terrible threads in Ideas and Suggestions)

The good players play a battle to the end, trying to win it at all cost. They think a lot. They are the people who right interesting topic and posts on the forum. They are usually the best in a battle, and many other things.

Then there are the buyers, the people who think this game is a dating site, and the druggers. All these categories have different opinions on how the game should work.

 

For instance, one of the biggest changes talked about was the removal of crystal boxes. The bad players probably hate this. Now, instead of driving around randomly picking up crystal boxes, they have to actually try to help their team. The good players probably earn a lot more crystals now, but many regret seeing a very important part of the game go extinct. This update was probably good for tanki online as a whole. It makes people actually have to help their team, and encourages players to get good. 

 

Long before the removal of crystals, was the rebalance. A lot of people I know hated this update. Every single one of my real life friends who played the game left during this update. A lot of people hated that they lost their M2 or M3 turrets and hulls. This update got rid of the two 'tiers', and in my opinion made four tiers: M0, M1, M2, M3. I didn't like this rebalance particularly, but I was too low ranking to care very much.

This update was probably better for tankionline as a whole, because it added a new layer of complexity. Back before the rebalance, you never saw Marshalls driving M3 Smoky, Firebird, or practically any of the tier one turrets. But now, you will see every single M3 turret being used my Generalissimos. 

 

The addition of a new turret (Hammer) was probably a good idea. It will make more inactive players, especially high ranking ones, play the game a lot more to try out and play the new turret, and turrets. It will also change the gameplay of tanki online, for better or worse. I can't say yet, and am not here to give my opinion on the new turret. 

 

No matter what tanki online does, there will always be a lot of players not happy, because there are so many different views on tanki online. Probably a lot of players just wish they could get tons of crystals and rank really quickly. I think that the Russians have a much different world view for the game, but I couldn't say for sure. 

 

Tankionline is more based on skill than strategy. There is a difference between the two. For example, Basketball is a very strategic game, but it  is also very skill based. It takes a lot of skill to throw a ball into a tiny hoop ten feet in the air from long distances. But soccer, has some skill but it is mostly strategic. There is a much bigger field, and more players. Almost anyone can kick a ball into a goal, but a lot of people couldn't make a basket too easily. 

World of tanks is more strategic than this game, but less skill based. Anyone can click on an enemy tank with their mouse. Less people can aim a railgun halfway across the map to kill an enemy. 

In world of tanks, you don't get to re spawn. This adds a ton to the strategy.

In tankionline, you can die and re spawn as often as you like. 

A lot of people wish tanki online was more strategic, or more skillful. I don't really have an opinion

 

A lot of people suspect hidden motive behind the developer's actions. In some of my previous articles, I mention some of that, but I am not being serious.I think that almost everything the devs do is to make the game better, and not just to make more money. But I do think that all the stuff with Pro Battle Passes recently is to try to earn more money. 

 

Tanki online gets a lot of negative feedback from their updates. But part of that is because people are much more likely to complain, than to compliment. Some people are angry that tanki online doesn't heed player feedback often. But, lets face it. Its their game, and their company. They can do whatever they want in it. So stop complaining! Give them useful feedback that they will actually find helpful.

 

Other articles by RIP:

Mystery of Crystals

Funeral for Crystal Drops

[MarineMan2 1,164]

A good read, and thanks for sharing some explanations from a player's view with the public. :)

 

Care to share your identity with us?

[canadarules 1,938]

Too long for me to not fall asleep before i read it all..yawn i fell asleep half way. one day i will read it all

[SportsKing700 153]

I read the first sentence anddd stopped. Get over crystal boxes already no crystal boxes = higher battle fund. The only reason low ranks want crystal boxes back is because they have no skill and mult to get crystals because him/her can't do it on there own. If you want to get crystal boxes back but not one little person will change it because i really liked that update tht happened LAST or 2 MONTHS ago

 

 

 

Basketball is a very strategic game, but it  is also very skill based. It takes a lot of skill to throw a ball into a tiny hoop ten feet in the air from long distances.

No it really doesn't. Ten feet from the hoop is on the right/left block basically u can stand on one leg with one hand and make one of those with your eyes close  ;) The longest three pointer you can shoot beyond the arch is around 23 ft so ya 

Edited December 21, 2014 by SportsKing700

[canadarules 1,938]

lol i think i will do pro pas stuff now on my alts since no one will mult :P

[Playep 355]

A good read, and thanks for sharing some explanations from a player's view with the public. :)

 

Care to share your identity with us?

^He said it in another topic (i had to post a scrennie because he has edited the message)

He is 

Edited December 21, 2014 by Playep

[Reeco9 1,567]

A great article, and I agreed with everything you said. Unfortunately I'm out of upvotes for today.

[crackgold2 399]

too long to read

[Promissory 569]

Interesting point of view... makes me think.

But, these latest updates destroyed the game. Many of my friends, play less and less. They will eventually leave, like me. It's sad, because TO is such a great game. I enjoyed this game a lot 2 months ago. Good times :)

 

Developpers don't consider feedback as much as they did before.

[sachet100 1,020]

Great Writing! i can't even write 1 paragraph :P

[RIPcrystalboxes 145]

^He said it in another topic (i had to post a scrennie because he has edited the message)

He is 

No!!! I have to keep my identity a secret!!

BTW, snakey123 is just one of my other alt accounts... you will never find my true account. Or maybe I am lying to confuse you. Who knows.

Edited December 21, 2014 by RIPcrystalboxes

[Meliora 1,652]

As much as I agree, maximum 30 people will read this.

[deadmanrising 715]

 They don't care about winning or about D/L

 

I don't care about D/L that much.... Its kill to losing ratio, to some turrets, it varies greatly

 

Apart from that a good article, i suppose theres no point in complaining

[RIPcrystalboxes 145]

I read the first sentence anddd stopped. Get over crystal boxes already no crystal boxes = higher battle fund. The only reason low ranks want crystal boxes back is because they have no skill and mult to get crystals because him/her can't do it on there own. If you want to get crystal boxes back but not one little person will change it because i really liked that update tht happened LAST or 2 MONTHS ago

 

No it really doesn't. Ten feet from the hoop is on the right/left block basically u can stand on one leg with one hand and make one of those with your eyes close  ;) The longest three pointer you can shoot beyond the arch is around 23 ft so ya 

I am not trying to say that it is extremely hard to shoot a basket, I am just trying to say that it takes a lot more skill to do so than to kick a ball into a goal. 

[SportsKing700 153]

I am not trying to say that it is extremely hard to shoot a basket, I am just trying to say that it takes a lot more skill to do so than to kick a ball into a goal. 

still that is hard to look at soccer/football games the score is always like 2-1 or something 

[Truthteller 4,204]

Good Read

[robbiealdo 373]

''The bad players only want to drive around and blow people up. They don't care about winning or about D/L.''

 

Wut? What's bad about driving around and blowing people up? That's what i do and i have nice dl's which i care about. 

Edited December 21, 2014 by robbiealdo

[Xxemo_dinoxX 934]

Nice.