Nice changes. Looking forward to see what else is in store for pro battles. I smell some "completed" ideas from 2016

It was an accident, I didn't mean it

That just sounds like mammoth with a different shape. Anyway, I don't mean to crap all over your idea. I actually had the same thought when I first saw that banner — it's weird that the art team made this cool-looking new hull for a banner, yet there are no plans to actually implement it in the game. I just don't think it offers anything unique beyond looking weird.

But what game mode is it? Like, ok — let's say devs add a monowheel tank hull like the ones in the banner. Other than looks, how will it be different from existing hulls? And what does it have to do with a new game mode? What's the actual gameplay like?

No one ever said that reporting violators deserves additional rewards. it's enough of a reward to know that the player who annoyed you has been punished. You think that reporting violators is a service you do for Tanki. However, the reality is opposite — forum violation reports is a service provided to you as a privilege. It takes battle moderators significantly more time to review evidence in forum reports compared to responding to in-game reports in real time and issuing punishments immediately, as opposed to after the damage has already been done. The moderation system would actually become more efficient if forum reports were completely removed, yet they remain available because otherwise old players would get upset, I guess. Additionally, giving any additional rewards for reports would not only take up more of battle mods' time, but the extra time would also be wasted due to the increased number of false reports, since players will be reporting any minor annoyance they see in hopes of getting the reward. Good job

Didn't the "early access" approach first appear with Hopper in 2019?

Yeah it's been planned for years. The only improvement they made so far is that when playing on client, the ratings page opens in a window inside the game, as opposed to in a browser. Hardly an improvement, tbh.

Damn, I literally had no idea this was a thing. ol' Maf is getting behind on tanki news....

This feels like the opposite of a QoL update... Also, I don't understand the profile privacy change. Right now, the few players that do end up clicking "Profile" are met with a 2018-era page that doesn't load properly half the time, hasn't had its design aligned with the rest of the game, and is missing a bunch of crucial features. After the update, opening this page will just show a hidden profile most of the time. Why even keep the ratings site alive at all then? Either do a proper feature update or shut the whole thing down.

Seems suboptimal

Come on, you can't use an image like that and not have it be an actual thing in the game

I have an idea to bring back old hopper rico for my birthday. Pls tell Opex, thanks.

Umm ackhchyually it's supposed to be referred to as Climate Change now

Yeah pretty much. Wanna come check out my minecraft world?

Balanced teams and balanced MM battles are two separate and non-exclusive conditions. You can have two evenly matched teams (balanced battle), but both teams have a large range of GS, with weak players struggling to compete and gain score on each team (unbalanced teams).