Hello. It's possible that you accidentally spent the tankoins, for example on a pop-up message, or on garage equipment upgrades when you ran out of crystals while upgrading. In any case, please send an email to the help desk at help@tankionline.com and explain your problem to them. Closed

Well, I can't see your profile, but it sounds like your situation is even worse than what I have on my own alt acc. If it's as bad as you say it is, then you're probably better off either starting a new account or looking for a different game to play. I don't know how it is for others with your level of experience, but I'd imagine that daily and weekly missions were actually designed to be possible to complete in a reasonable amount of time for a typical player (1-2 hours daily gameplay), so the struggle you're describing surprises me.

Yeah, that's just standard power and feature creep. I'd be better off if I kept playing through the years, as I'd be able to take advantage of things like increase battle rewards, tanki funds, even the Token of Apology. I'm not saying power creep is good or correct, but it does mean that the game is not kind to old returning players.

Interesting. I'm not offended or anything, but it's interesting that this is your opinion on it, especially since I created this account specifically with the intention of making it an "OP F2P account", taking advantage of what I learned while playing on my main acc and not repeating the same mistakes. And it was indeed very OP at around 2015, because that's when I saved up for the Wasp Isida M3 kit to buy it at Brigadier, which was a huge advantage at the time. I'm actually on the upper end of GS at that rank, so again I'm not sure what makes you think the account is weak (other than lack of options, I suppose). That being said, so far around 70% of battles I end up in are up to Legend rank, so in that sense my gear is barely good enough to stay competitive. I still sometimes manage to get first place in those battles even with my "weak" account, so I guess it goes to show that it's not all P2W and skill still matters in Tanki, eh?

Nobody here is claiming that the game is better now. In fact, I'll just update the original statement that you all apparently got so worked up about: It's 500k crystals with a 50% sale. Maybe I'm just out of touch, but 500k doesn't seem too hard to save up for a high rank player these days. Especially since you can pay step by step. https://ratings.tankionline.com/en/user/MAFFIOZA You're welcome to watch my progress as I work my way up to Marshal rank. I only have one decently upgraded combo, a fully upgraded Brutus drone, one decent set of 3 protection modules, and about 3k of each supply. Well, yeah. I agree that the tankoin fee for upgrading to the next modifiction is rather... bizarre. Like, it's not a large amount (one piece of equipment Mk1-Mk7 is just over 1 set of weekly missions in tk amount), but devs still decided to add it for some reason, even though the effect on their revenue would probably be miniscule. I don't know why you and Gabe are so adamant about this, but ok. P2P, P2W, F2P, P2F... call it whatever you want ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I created my account in mid-2011 and became a helper in early 2015, so I've had 3.5 years of F2P experience. I do remember how rough it was. Funny you should say this, because this week I'm doing exactly that on my old F2P alt. I got the 15 year loyalty gift on it and decided to take advantage of the free Premium to grind some exp and finally rank up. I don't have any augments or fancy drones, so it's quite difficult, especially when I get thrown into Legend battles (the acc is General). Yeah, the augments are rather ridiculous these days. I think the biggest problem is actually the amount of augments that give you insanely high burst damage and huge damage increase with little penalty. So things like Vacuum augments (Striker, Magnum, Thunder), Hyperspeed augments (Gauss, Railgun, Thunder, Smoky), as well as Helios, Duplet, Faust, etc. Free player or not, most people playing since 2011 already have all their equipment upgraded to Mk7 and haven't needed to pay tankoins since that update came out.

Oh yeah, I forgot they did that. Why did they do it again?

First of all, neither of us have the actual data for Tanki's revenue and number of buyers. I agree that the number almost certainly increased, but not because people were "forced" to start spending money due to increase of P2W, but rather because devs added more attractive monetisation features, such as containers. Making it to Legend without using supplies or money has always been possible, back then as well as now, so I'm not sure what your point is here. It's just a question of how long it will take. Yes, but don't forget that supplies are now very easy to get for F2P players, so I wouldn't consider them a P2W feature anymore. Drones are not that expensive either. The biggest thing is augments, which are P2W indeed. Not sure what you mean by "extra equipment". You don't need tankoins to upgrade anything besides number of module slots. Tankoins are only given as an alternative currency when you run out of crystals. It's not P2P until you have to pay a fee to join battles. This isn't even a matter of opinion, just definitions.

Yeah, those product kits were a whole other story. And remind me, weren't they totally P2W? Like, if I remember correctly, they were sold only in the Shop for actual money, some for as much as $75, so there was absolutely no way to get them at the earliest rank without paying. So there you go — buyer-exclusive OP equipment in Tanki, added more than 7 years ago.

Not sure what your point is here, because I never said that free players have it easy. I did make a new account in 2011 and I played for 4 years without any freebies. It was a struggle, and I'm sure it's still just as much of a struggle these days, just for different reasons. At least these days you can play special modes for free, and "grind" rewards in some of them quite effectively without even wasting supplies. Back in pre-2014 you had to pay for a no-supplies battle pass, and even then you'd be a low rank with M0-M1 joining a battle full of high ranks with M3 equipment. (...ok?) Ok yeah, this is true. The "top tier equipment" purchase ceiling has gone up substantially, since you can't just buy the best augments and drones directly anymore. But my statement is still not wrong: 95% of the battles are all buyers equipment enabled. - In early 2010s it was just as hard to find a suitable no-supplies battle, and a battle pass had to be purchased to play them. Probably 80% of players are/have been buyers - Not not true now and not true back then, but whatever that percentage is, I doubt it changed much through the years. 100% of OP equipment is only for buyers. - OP equipment in early 2010s meant infinite supplies. Only a buyer could have that realistically.

Well, spoiler alert — it's always been like that. Since 2009.

I don't understand why you're being so negative about this. There are plenty of legitimate problems to complain about in Tanki, and Festive Modes is definitely not on that list. I said it quite clearly that some of these game modes have all settings enabled. I don't claim that these modes are good for F2P. I'm talking about the other ones. Arms race is a mode where everyone starts with Smoky and upgrades to a new turret after every 3 kills. First player to complete the final tier wins the battle (either individually or for the whole team). It's the only one that feels like a completely new game mode. The others are more like normal Tanki game modes, but with a twist. You can find the full list under a spoiler here. There's no schedule or timetable for when each mode appears, but you can follow the announcements, wait for a mode you like, and play it to your heart's content, without wasting supplies or having to face overpowered opponents.

My dearest honourable Lord, I thank thee for thy most gracious explanation, noble sir. Verily, I now comprehend that the individual in question, bearing the appellation Master_Blaster, doth undertake assignments upon many ledger entries, thereby amassing rewards upon each and every one. It doth stand to reason that this endeavor doth consume much greater spans of time when contrasted with the simplicity of maintaining but a single entry. Furthermore, the experience is not finely tuned for such multiplicity of activity. Alas, 'tis a matter of sorrow to concede that naught is likely to be done to address this plight, for the masters do bestow renewals with the intent to satisfy the greater part of their audience, and lo, this audience doth primarily consist of those who wield but a single ledger and a device of sufficient speed to swiftly load the assignments placard. With highest regard and in mutual esteem, Thine in friendship and respect, Guardian and Protector Maf

Jeez, what kind of lag do you have that claiming missions takes 5 minutes?

Nowadays there's almost always a special mode available. About half of them are standard MM (everything enabled, no restrictions) typically with increased gold box drops, but the other half is special modes where the battle settings and/or equipment combos are restricted. Not sure what you mean by $$$, because the festive modes never require any kind of fee or pass to play.

Worry not, dear sir! We have you covered! 31/12/2016 Alright I got 1 more after this

Bro. It's just a matchmaking game mode. You open the game, you press "Play", you press "Festive mode", and you're put into a MM TDM game with no supplies, no upgrades, no augments, no overdrives and no drones. But it still has double rewards and increased gold box drops. If it was asking for money, I wouldn't call it F2P-friendly.

Normal MM is very hit-or-miss, but the special modes are often really fun. The ongoing Team Arms Race mode is completely F2P-friendly and quite balanced, is it not?

30/12/2016 (told you it's gonna get better)

Welcome back! Big mistake Yup, as expected ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Did you try MM battles? They're not perfect by any means, but at least most of the maps are quite balanced. And the special modes are often really fun and good for F2P players. For example, right now there's an RGB mode with B0-NK turrets, grenades, and increased gold boxes. I tried a couple rounds and it's quite exciting indeed.

Please report any game violations on the Russian forum's game violators section. Closed

Aha, y'all thought I forgot about this topic? Well actually yeah, I did forget... But I remembered! 27/12/2012 (that's my sister)

I like it for how fast it lets me complete "finish battles" missions

Hover hulls have already been nerfed multiple times over the years, but equipment balance is an ongoing process and more changes can be expected.

I suspect that it's very difficult to balance maps for ASL, seeing as the same score settings lead to wildly different outcomes on various maps. Either way, I can assure you that developers monitor the data of battle results from all maps and game modes, in order to make necessary adjustments to map balance. In fact, there was a major change to Berlin map layout specifically, released about 2 months ago. Did it not help with balance in ASL?