Alterations for other hulls will be released a bit later but soon.

I am sure that our Game Designers keep an eye on game balance. We have two GDs so full set of eyes is watching ? As well, we will be collecting your feedback and pass it to them.

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Hey I understand how it looks like BUT this is not the reason why we made hull alterations. This update brought a new way of customizing your tank and this is the reason why we released it. Firebird and Freeze protection modules didn't work in the way how protection modules should work. Protection modules should protect you from turrets' damage. Thus, this update fixed wrong behaviour of these modules.

Hello, tankers! Tomorrow, on April 24th, with the server restart at 02:00 UTC, an important update will be released: new Ultra containers will appear in the game, and there will be some important changes, including for protection modules. Alterations for Hulls and changes to protection modules A few years ago, we released alterations, which change the parameters and behaviour of turrets in multiple ways. Now, it’s time for Hull alterations. To start off, we are going to release 8 alterations for Hunter. The Alterations for the other hulls will be released later. Here are their descriptions: Heat Immunity Makes your tank immune to heat damage, such as that inflicted by Vulcan's overheating, or the persistent burn after-effect from Firebird. However, Firebird will still be able to deal direct damage to your tank. Cold Immunity Makes your tank immune to the slow-down effects of cold, such as that inflicted by the Freeze turret. However, Freeze will still be able to deal direct damage to your tank. EMP Immunity Makes your tank immune to the effects of Electromagnetic Pulses. This includes Hunter's Overdrive, which will be unable to deactivate your Supplies. Heavyweight Construction Significantly increases your hull's weight, making it more resistant to pushback. Acceleration may be affected, but the added momentum has useful applications for ramming tanks. Lightweight Construction Significantly decreases your hull's weight. While not particularly useful in a combat scenario, creative tankers might want to take advantage of this feature for "unconventional" tank stunts. Heat Resistance Partially protects your tank from the damage and effect of heat, making it harder to burn. Does not affect direct damage from Firebird. Cold Resistance Partially protects your tank from the effect of cold, making it harder to slow down. Does not affect direct damage from Freeze. Stun Immunity Makes your tank immune to stun effects, preventing your enemies from immobilizing you. While stuns are rare, protection from them could be decisive at a crucial moment. Together with the release of the new alterations, protection modules will lose their ability to reduce slow-down and after-burn status effects. An example: If you equip a module with protection from Freeze, it will still protect you from the direct damage caused by the turret BUT it will no longer protect you from the slow-down status effect. To protect yourself from slow-down or after-burn effects, you will need to use hull alterations. Hull changes Juggeranaut JGR will get 50% protection from after-burn damage, and you will need twice as much time to slow it down or overheat it. Titan and Wasp Titan’s dome will no longer protect from Wasp’s bomb, freezing (slow-down) and burning (after-burn) effects, but will still decrease heating damage; When you place the dome, in addition to disabling other domes, it will also disable bombs from Wasp’s overdrive. Hunter Stun duration will be increased from 2,7 to 3 seconds and supplies disable duration will be increased from 3 to 5 seconds. Ultra containers This weekend will bring special Ultra containers instead of ordinary ones (price will remain same) Unlike ordinary containers, Ultra contains special prizes. During this particular event, these special prizes will be: coinboxes, Hunter alterations and the unique Hunter Ultra skin. More details about these new containers are in the special announcement. Productivity improvements We keep working on the HTML5 version of the game. In this update, we have fixed unnecessary framebuffer switches while rendering, so the FPS should be significantly increased on old PCs. Check the full list of changes in patch notes. Enter the game tomorrow and share your feedback in the comments.

Together with our April Discount Weekend event, we’re launching a brand new type of Container — The Ultra Container. Here’s everything you need to know about it. Ultra Containers will be in the game for the duration of the April Discount Weekend event. They will be available to purchase from the Shop, and you can also get them as a reward from Special Missions. Ultra Containers will drop a variety of cool rewards — Crystals, Supplies, Gold Boxes, days of Premium, regular and rare Paints, Alterations, Coinboxes, as well as XT, PR and unique Skins. But that’s not all. The list of possible drops includes this time such special things as the Hunter Ultra skin and the brand new Hull Alterations for Hunter. You can find all the information about them in the official announcement here. Hunters wear camouflage to sneak up on prey. Not this one. This one wears an Ultra skin that says, "Be very afraid". Ultra Containers will only be available during special events. Once purchased, they will be found in the «Special» section of the Garage, where you can open them. So, get ready to enjoy some amazing loot from the new Ultra Containers. And when you get something cool, share the news with your fellow tankers!

Patch Update #599- Released 24th April 2020 List of changes: Released 8 hull alterations for Hunter. Now, protection modules no longer decrease freezing (slow-down) and burning (after-burn) effects. Juggernaut has 50% resistance from freezing (slow-down) speed and burning (after-burn) damage. Titan’s and Wasp’s overdrive: Titan’s dome no longer protects from freezing (slow-down) and burning (after-burn) effects but still decreases heating damage; When you place the dome, in addition to disabling other domes, it also disables bombs from Wasp’s overdrive. Hunter’s overdrive: Stun duration increased from 2,7 to 3 seconds; Supplies disable duration increased from 3 to 5 seconds. List of changes in HTML5: Triple buffering is now controlled by the player’s browser. Unnecessary framebuffer switches are no longer loaded while rendering, so graphics productivity was increased. Added a confirmation window for deleting a friend from friends list. Added some translations. Fixed Chinese characters readability in battle chats.

Event: Discount Weekend - April 2020 Duration: 3 days Starts: Friday, April 24th at 02:00 UTC Ends: Monday, April 27th at 02:00 UTC Tankers! Are you ready for another Crazy Discount Weekend? Three days of discounts: Shop on Friday, Garage on Saturday, and Upgrades & Speedups on Sunday. Additionally, for three full days, we’ll have: 2X Funds A Special Bundle in the Shop Coinboxes Ultra Containers (NEW!) Holiday paint, Billboards on the maps, Holiday parachutes, Holiday flags, Festive gold box skin, Festive gold box drop zone skin These bundles will be available from tomorrow (Apr 24th) till Monday, April 27th, starting and ending with the server restart. And of course, three days of Special Missions (details below). Get ready for an amazing weekend! Discounts Discount: 25% on Shop Crystals, Kits, Golds Duration: 1 day Starts: Friday, April 24th Ends: Saturday, April 25th Discount: 25% on Garage Turrets, Hulls, Paints, Modules, Alterations, Drones, Supplies, Batteries Duration: 1 day Starts: Saturday, April 25th Ends: Sunday, April 26th Discount: 25% & 50% on Upgrades & Speedups respectively Duration: 1 day Starts: Sunday, April 26th Ends: Monday, April 27th Holiday Bundles in the Shop Got a keen eye for a great deal? Cool. We’ve created a special bundle that will set you ahead of the competition at a really affordable price. This bundle will be exclusively available in the Shop for the duration of the festivities. 5 Containers 300 of each Supply (excluding Gold Boxes and Batteries) 100,000 crystals Savings: 75% Discount 2X Battle Funds in MM battles Make the best out of your action! Every matchmaking battle you finish during the event will reward you with 2X Battle Funds. Coinboxes Coinboxes return for this special event, with a chance to drop up to 100 000 Tankoins. Ultra Containers A brand new type of container available only during special events. The Ultra Container may drop one of the following items: crystals, supplies, gold boxes, days of premium, regular and rare paints, alterations, XT and PR skins, coinboxes, unique alterations and unique skins. Once purchased, they will be found in the «Special» section of the Garage, where you can open them. What cool reward will you receive? Only one way to find out! Themed Decorations Throughout the 3 days of the event, we’ll have themed decorations in the game — Holiday paint, billboards parachutes, flags, Gold Box skin and Gold Box drop zone So get ready to jump into the fray for three days of blazing combat starting with the server restart on Friday, April 24th. Themed Missions Mission: Heal my wounds! Goal: Destroy 150 tanks using Isida in matchmaking battles. Reward: 2 Ultra Containers Mission: EMP Goal: Use Hunter's overdrive 50 times in matchmaking battles. Reward: 2 Ultra Containers Mission: Liquidator Goal: Destroy 10 Juggernauts in matchmaking battles. Reward: 2 Ultra Containers RESTRICTIONS: Mission is available for rank 5 (Master Corporal) or higher. If you have not reached this rank, you will not see the mission. Once you reach the required rank, you will need to enter the Special Missions section again in HTML5 or mobile to activate it. Mission: Bomb disposal Goal: Destroy 30 tanks using mines in matchmaking battles. Reward: 2 Ultra Containers Mission: Wild weekend Goal: Complete the missions «Heal my wounds!», «EMP», «Liquidator», and «Bomb disposal»! Reward: 4 Ultra Containers

Tankers! The new Challenge starts tomorrow (Thu, Apr 16th). This new Challenge will feature a brand new container as its top Gold Tier reward — a Skin Container. Open one of these new Skin Containers and get a cool skin! Each one may drop a random skin from the following: Any XT Skin (excluding Gauss XT), Ricochet LC, Vulcan PR, Thunder LC, Thunder PR, Railgun LC, Railgun PR, Hornet LC, Viking LC, Viking PR, Hunter PR, Titan PR, Mammoth LC. It's a great way to finally complete your collection! In addition to the Crystals, Supplies, Batteries and other goodies that you've come to expect, this month's Challenge features the following special rewards: Green Quads and NanoHUD animated paints. There are also two new regular paints to snatch up: 450 Nanometers and Gemetric Blue. And of course, don't forget the grand prizes in the final stage: 100 Tankoins (Silver Tier) and one of the new Skin Containers (Gold Tier — requires Battle Pass). So, log into the game on Thursday (April 16th) and start collecting those Stars!

To get Sanitizer you need to go to HTML5 version of the game, visit the «Missions > Special» section, find special mission called "Unlikely hero" and click on "Complete" button. You need to find a special "Virus" tank in a battle and destroy him.

Tankers, We have some very unhappy news to share with you. Unfortunately, what we have been fearing, has happened — the Flash version has let us down during a critical period. As you know, today we kicked off a series of Missions, and some of you have already started making some progress on them. For those of you who are playing the missions in the HTML5 or mobile version, there is absolutely no problem, and your progress will be recorded normally. However, when we tried to extract the progress logs from the Flash version, the system failed and the data was lost. For this reason, we have absolutely no way of tracking any mission progress made in the Flash version. So, to clarify: Any mission progress you have made in HTML5 or mobile, has been tracked normally and you have nothing to worry about. However, any Mission progress you made in Flash, has NOT been recorded. Thankfully, you still have a number of days to complete your Missions. We know that might only be a small consolation, but regrettably this situation is completely out of our hands. Given the current situation, we want to stress the importance of moving to the new HTML5 version. The issue that happened with these Missions is only the tip of the iceberg. Adobe stopped supporting Flash many months ago, and so did all major browsers. We are in a situation where the Flash version of Tanki is now a rapidly-sinking ship. We’re spending an insane amount of time and energy just to keep it from going under. And despite our best efforts, issues like the one that just happened, are going to keep happening, and we even expect them to become even more frequent. What’s worse, this is slowing down the development of the HTML5 and mobile version, preventing us from making important fixes and updates. So, we urge you to move as quickly as possible to the HTML5 or mobile version of the game. We remind you that the HTML5 version offers both a web and downloadable version (which also takes advantage of dedicated graphics cards). While we’re still polishing the HTML5 version, we’re confident that with your continued feedback we’ll soon be able to give you a version of the game that will be superior to the Flash version in every way. We apologize again for this regrettable situation. We’re incredibly disappointed with what has happened. Unfortunately, even though we’ve tried our best, we’ve run out of options. Thank you for your continued patience and support.

An evil virus has started infecting innocent tankers, making them exceptionally aggressive and SUPER tough. To save them, you must destroy their current virus-infested form, which you can recognize by their unique «Virus» paint. Here’s what you need to do: From 9:00am to 9:00pm UTC tomorrow, Wednesday, April 15th, join MM battles and destroy at least one player in "Virus" paint. You can do this in any MM battle. But be warned — the Virus will be VERY hard to kill. It may join the battle unexpectedly at any time and in any form (due to its mutating nature). Here’s how you will recognize it. And of course, your valiant attempt at saving your fellow tankers deserves an adequate reward. Here it is — The «Sanitizer» paint: IMPORTANT: Remember to visit the «Missions > Special» section in the HTML5 or Mobile version of the game to activate your mission, or your progress won’t be tracked. So, are you ready to rid the world of Tanki of this evil Virus? Join the fight tomorrow (Wed, Apr 15) at 9:00am UTC.

Are you having fun with the special Easter mission? Cool. Here’s another one for you! Mission: Capture Easter eggs Score 25 goals in Matchmaking Rugby mode Reward: Rare Easter Egg Paint (blue) From: Tuesday, April 14th at 02:00 UTC To: Monday, April 20th at 02:00 UTC Go snatch that awesome paint, tanker! IMPORTANT: Remember that to participate in these missions, you MUST visit the «Special» area of the «Missions» section in the HTML or mobile version of the game. If you don’t do this, your progress will not be tracked, and you will not get the rewards.

The whole world is complaining about being stuck indoors. But we’re gamers! This is what we do best! Let’s show the world just how much fun it can be to stay indoors and play videogames. Check out what we’ve prepared in our Lockdown 2.0 Event. Event Details Starts: Tuesday, April 14th at 02:00 UTC End: Friday, May 1st at 02:00 UTC Duration: 17 days Boosted Funds and Experience Points X1.75 Battle Funds X1.75 Experience Points These multipliers stack with those from your Premium account, so this might be a great time to get a subscription! Special Missions Let’s have some fun with the Lockdown 2.0 theme. These missions should keep you entertained and happy with juicy rewards. Mission Name: Make it till May Goal: Complete «Extended», «Social distancing», «Humanitarian assistance» and «Remote» missions. Reward: 1 Skin Container Mission Name: Extended Goal: Get 200 000 score points in matchmaking battles. Reward: Buckwheat Paint Mission Name: Social distancing Goal: Use Wasp's overdrive 300 times in matchmaking battles. Reward: «Blaster» Drone Mission Name: Humanitarian assistance Goal: Drop 100 gold boxes in matchmaking battles Reward: 300 Batteries Mission Name: Remote Goal: Destroy 5000 tanks in any matchmaking battles using long range turrets (Shaft, Gauss, Magnum, Railgun) Reward: 1000 Mines Mission Name: Who sneezed? Goal: Use speed boost 1000 times in matchmaking battles. Reward: 10 Double Damage IMPORTANT: Remember to visit the «Missions > Special» section in the HTML5 or Mobile version of the game to activate your missions, or your progress won’t be tracked. Special Bundles Tough times call for proper measures. These bundles will ensure you’re well equipped for the challenges ahead. Name: «Buy all the Gold!» Bundle Contents: 1000 Gold Boxes Savings: 95% Discount Name: «One-month supply» Bundle Contents: 1000 Batteries & 1000 Supplies Savings: 80% Discount Name: «Violator» Bundle Contents: "Invader" Paint, Isida MK1, Isida XT, «Broadband Emitters» Alteration Savings: 40% Discount One more thing Remember, Tanki is more fun with friends (and they’re probably bored in lockdown too). So get your friends to create an account and join you in battle. The new HTML5 version is optimized to run even on weaker computers, and the same goes for Tanki’s mobile version. So no matter what system they’re on, they won’t have any problem jumping into the action. Enjoy the Lockdown 2.0 Event with your friends!

Tankers! In today’s episode, we’ll be talking about the Isolation 2.0 event. We’ll also be celebrating Cosmonautics Day, and showing you Ares and some cool, new effects. Check out V-LOG 248 right below! Cosmonautics Day Cosmonautics missions are GO! Dream Rocket contest Tanki Online eSports Livestreams Create your team eSports tournaments Wannabe Youtuber Submissions Question of the Week Submissions

Tankers! It wouldn’t be a proper easter without goodies. And this year, the Easter Bunny (disguised as our development team) has prepared for you a cool mission where you can earn a neat, themed paint. Mission: Recharge yourself with Easter energy Collect 30 Nuclear Energy boxes in Matchmaking battles Reward: Easter Egg Paint (pink) From: Sunday, April 12th at 02:00 UTC To: Monday, April 20th at 02:00 UTC By the way, if you’re reading this during the 2nd weekend of April (11th-13th), don’t forget about our Cosmonautics Day event! We’ve got discounts, a special bundle, and even more special missions. Check out the details here. Now go out there and snatch these two cool, new paints, tankers! IMPORTANT: Remember that to participate in these missions, you MUST visit the «Special» area of the «Missions» section in the HTML or mobile version of the game. If you don’t do this, your progress will not be tracked, and you will not get the rewards.

Tankers! Today, you’re off to a new adventure… as Cosmonauts! You’ll get to launch a rocket ? carrying your dream or wish ? to Tanki Online with it to space. One day, all these dreams will come true, because they will be closer to the stars On April 13th at 15:00 UTC, we’ll have a special livestream with a prize giveaway. Join the event live, and our randomizer could reward you with one of 30 cool prizes: Skin-container 300 tankoins 200 tankoins 100 tankoins 30 containers 20 containers 10 containers 300 of each supply (excluding batteries) 200 of each supply (excluding batteries) 100 of each supply (excluding batteries) 300 batteries 200 batteries 100 batteries 30 coinboxes 20 coinboxes 10 coinboxes 100 000 crystals 70 000 crystals 50 000 crystals 40 000 crystals 30 000 crystals 20 000 crystals 10 000 crystals «Battle Pass» 30 gold boxes 20 gold boxes 10 gold boxes 3 days of Premium Pass (3 bundles for 3 different winners) Here’s what you need to do in order to send your wish into space: Go to the special website: https://event.tankionline.com/pages/rocketn Log in using your Tanki account Write your dream or wish to our game Launch your rocket ? far away into space! Have a good flight! ?

Patch Update #597 - Released 10th April 2020 List of changes: Paints were removed from the Shop. List of changes in the HTML5 version: Some paints are now available in the Garage for Tankoins. Fixed translations for the interface when creating groups. Fixed the bug with the wrong info displaying in the battle invite window. Fixed text layout of the window notifying about insufficient crystals for some locales. Fixed text wrapping issues in chats. Fixed names of format battles in the battle list. Fixed the warning window about opening an external link. Fixed some other texts. Fixed layout problems in the Firefox browser. Fixed how 4 digits are displayed in team score. The “Invite” button in the menu will not be shown anymore if you don't have at least 1 friend. Battle names are no longer case-sensitive.

Tankers! Two of the three special missions for our Cosmonautics Day celebrations are already in the game. Here’s a brief rundown of your targets and rewards: Special Mission 1 — Finish the battle in the Top 3 overall or in your team (regardless of outcome) for 12 times - MM Battles only. Reward: 1 Weekly Container Duration: 3 days Starts: Friday, April 10th at 02:00 UTC Ends: Monday, April 13th at 02:00 UTC COMING TOMORROW - Special Mission 2 — Catch 2 Gold Boxes in DM mode on the Madness map - MM Battles only Reward: 1 Container Duration: 2 days Starts: Saturday, April 11th at 02:00 UTC Ends: Monday, April 13th at 02:00 UTC IMPORTANT: DM mode for this mission will become available on Saturday, April 11th at 02:00 UTC Special Mission 3 — Kill 12 enemies using Mines - MM Battles only Reward: 100 Repair Kits Duration: 3 days Starts: Friday, April 10th at 02:00 UTC Ends: Monday, April 13th at 02:00 UTC IMPORTANT: Remember to visit the «Missions > Special» section in the HTML5 or Mobile version of the game to activate your missions, or your progress won’t be tracked. Have a great time with the Cosmonautics special missions, and don’t forget to check out all the other good stuff we’ve prepared for you in our Cosmonautics Day event.

Tankers! Look upwards to the sky. Somewhere up there, circling the planet at breathtaking speed, is the International Space Station. In it, a group of brave souls work hard everyday to help us to uncover more of the mysteries of the universe. This month, we celebrate the courage and determination of these people, and of those who paved the way for this amazing journey. Here’s what we’ve prepared for you in this year’s event, starting with the server restart on Friday, April 10th. Themed in-game decorations Features: Themed Paint, Flags, Billboards, Parachutes, Gold Box Skin and Drop Zone Duration: 3 days Starts: Friday, April 10th at 02:00 UTC Ends: Monday, April 13th at 02:00 UTC Special Activity Features: 2X Battle Funds in MM battles, and Coinboxes Duration: 3 days Starts: Friday, April 10th at 02:00 UTC Ends: Monday, April 13th at 02:00 UTC Coinboxes will drop one of the following cool prizes (up to 100 000 Tankoins): Matchmaking Holiday Mode Features: DM mode on Space Madness Map (Matchmaking only), featuring Gold Rockets with increased drop rate Duration: 2 days Starts: Saturday, April 11th at 02:00 UTC Ends: Monday, April 13th at 02:00 UTC Shop Discounts: 30% off Crystals, Kits, Golds Duration: 1 day Starts: Friday, April 10th at 02:00 UTC Ends: Saturday, April 11th at 02:00 UTC Garage Discounts: 30% off Turrets, Hulls, Paints, Modules, Alterations, Drones, Supplies, Batteries Duration: 1 day Starts: Saturday, April 11th at 02:00 UTC Ends: Sunday, April 12th at 02:00 UTC Shop Discounts: 30% off Upgrades and 50% off Speedups Duration: 1 day Starts: Sunday, April 12th at 02:00 UTC Ends: Monday, April 13th at 02:00 UTC «Killer Deal» extra value bundle (70% total discount) Features: 100 Batteries, 30 of each Supply (excluding Gold Boxes and Batteries), 50,000 Crystals Duration: 3 days Starts: Friday, April 10th at 02:00 UTC Ends: Monday, April 13th at 02:00 UTC Special Mission 1 — Finish the battle in the Top 3 overall or in your team (regardless of outcome) for 12 times - MM Battles only. Reward: 1 Weekly Container Duration: 3 days Starts: Friday, April 10th at 02:00 UTC Ends: Monday, April 13th at 02:00 UTC IMPORTANT: DM mode for this mission will become available on Saturday, April 11th at 02:00 UTC Special Mission 2 — Catch 2 Gold Boxes in DM mode on the Madness map - MM Battles only Reward: 1 Container Duration: 2 days Starts: Saturday, April 11th at 02:00 UTC Ends: Monday, April 13th at 02:00 UTC Special Mission 3 — Kill 12 enemies using Mines - MM Battles only Reward: 100 Repair Kits Duration: 3 days Starts: Friday, April 10th at 02:00 UTC Ends: Monday, April 13th at 02:00 UTC So, get ready to spend 3 amazing days in Tanki Online. It might not be as cool as being in the International Space Station, but you’ll still be getting a ton of action!

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Tankers! Ok, we admit it. The new Juggernaut mode controlled by two players simultaneously, was an April Fool’s joke. We hope you had a good laugh at our little shot of humor. The world could definitely do with more smiling faces right now. While the new JGR mode was a joke, our Fool Days celebration event is definitely true. We’ve got discounts, missions, decorations, and all sorts of other cool stuff. Check out the official announcement here. P.S. You REALLY should check the «Special» missions section TODAY.

Tankers! In last week’s V-LOG, we told you about how we’re about to release a brand new Juggernaut mode with a very unique feature — the turret and hull will be controlled separately by two players of the same team. The announcement was met with excitement but also with skepticism at how such a mode will work. Now, we’re happy to announce that we’ll be releasing the new mode this week, on Thursday, April 2nd at 02:00 UTC. CLARIFICATION: This new JGR mode won’t replace the existing JGR mode. It will be a brand new, separate mode codenamed - Juggernaut Alpha Omega (JAO). Upon release, we’ll also be publishing a very detailed page on the official wiki, explaining every single detail of the mode. In the meantime, you can watch last week’s V-LOG (ep 246) and read below for the main points of this new mode. Main Points: Each team’s JAO will be controlled by two players of the same team One will control the turret and will be handling all the firing The other player will be responsible for movement and overdrive Each player will only see that part of the interface for which he or she is responsible. So, the turret player will see the reload bar, and the hull player will see the health bar The hull player will be responsible for using supplies, BUT, both players must have this supply in their inventory, otherwise it won’t work. Additionally, the supply will be consumed from both players’ inventories Frags and experience points will be credited to both players equally We’ll be implementing a voice chat feature that will be triggered as soon as the players are put in charge of the JAO To help balance out the increased difficulty of this mode, each player will have a one-time special ability (similar to an Overdrive) with a 15 seconds duration. For the turret player, it will boost guided missile target acquisition by 10 times, and turret rotation by 3 times. For the hull player, the ability will boost armour by 10 times, accelerate overdrive charging speed by 5 times, and movement speed by 1.3 times. However, only one of the special abilities will be usable at any one time. So, if one player activates their special ability, and the second one activates it right after, the second one will cancel the first. Additionally, with the launch of this mode, we’ll also be adding Special Missions with a unique reward, available only for a limited time. Of course, such a complex mechanic needs extensive testing, which is impossible to achieve in a closed server. So, once we launch JAO, we’ll be actively monitoring the situation and making tweaks for balance. Also, we want to assure you that we’ve been closely following the forum conversation on this new mode. We’re aware of the concerns about voice spam, language difference, and sabotage. These are scenarios that we had already anticipated. Giving a detailed answer here is beyond the scope of this announcement, but here are the main points of how we’ll be tackling these concerns: Voice spam - Players will have the option to mute the other player and report. Battle Mods will be on call and will take severe measures No mic / language difference - We’ve prepared a selection of emojis that can be used instead. This are similar to the directions used in aircraft combat e.g. “3 o’clock” to indicate “to your right” Sabotage - Idle timer will be extremely short The full details on the points above will be in the dedicated wiki page mentioned above. IMPORTANT: Due to the volume of work involved, JAO will only be available in the HTML 5 version of the game, and eventually in the Android version. Get ready for an awesome time with Juggernaut Alpha Omega!