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Yes, also due to the game simply getting old, so players are finding better games and moving on to them. This is why Unity is being developerd - to refresh the project.

Wow, this will be a long read...

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Yes, and I posted it on the forum many times before.

Yeah, but he says that the tutorial labels the game as "free-to-play" and he is disagreeing with that, even though it's true.

Well, you didn't buy any crystals yet, right? And you're playing the game... for free. Therefore, free-to-play

There have been two books (in Russian) published about Tanki Online and how it originated, but yeah - you did get the general idea. Basically there were these "Dark times" where a war over resources broke out across the globe and everybody started inventing war machines in order to win. the game's tanks were one of the things that were invented and they were used in actual battles, but after the war they were just abandoned, so it was someone's idea to use them in set-up matches on closed arenas as a form of entertainment (like gladiator battles), because all other conventional entertainment was lost in the war and could not be restored due to resource crisis.

Encourages flood. We won't add it.

Just wait for them to have a free theme or rank-up/gold box theme.

idk. Just trying to make excuses for my laziness :D

Send it to video of the week if you didn't already - you'll win.

That is so hax. Gold box on a rank-up, from one kill, AND of all places it's right underneath you!

This has been suggested multiple times on the RU version of this topic. It's a good idea and developers would probably even implement it, if it wasn't for the difficulty involved in coding such a paint. At the moment it's a paint just like any other in the garage, but with the addition of dynamic protections it suddenly becomes a lot more complex and developers don't want to spend ages coding something, that will only be used by a few people and is being added to the outdated version of the game.

I was thinking about adding them just so that my topic feels more complete and so that people stop asking me to add those maps, but on the other hand adding them will make the list longer and more difficult to navigate, which I don't want to happen.

Not really. I said this before, but premium items in many games are purely aesthetic and give no advantage. Most buyers would be willing to pay, just so that they can stand out and have special looks and visual customisation. They could also add non-OP special features (like extra supply types and extra turrets/guns), which would only be possible to buy if you are a premium user, but they didn't do that because they still want all gameplay features to be unlockable without having to pay real money. The paint is just extra incentive to make Premium more attractive. In fact, as Semyon said - the paint isn't even supposed to have any protection, but they added some moderate protection so that buyers can actually use it in normal battles. And yes, 15% is moderate and not at all OP at high ranks.

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Since Unity is coming soon and this version is becoming "outdated", Tanki marketing team removed all forms of advertisement because there is no point attracting players into an old version, when you are already making a new one. This is normal and expected. In fact, the game is actually doing better than expected - the initial predictions showed that only about 30k people would be going online daily, but the number is more than double that. 1. Not going to happen. You can get enough supplies by completing daily missions, while the Smart Cooldowns update already gave supplies a big nerf. Weakening them even more will just make drugs pointless to use. 2. 20% is 15% and is not an advantage (see above). The bonus crystals and XP cancel each other out, so it's not an advantage over other players, but merely allows players to save time and "complete" the game faster. 3 and 5. Those things are in the past. They were removed for a reason and will not be brought back. 4. One of the reasons why non-drug battles are free is because in normal battles you enter for free, but "pay" by using supplies, while in PRO battles you pay with crystals, but save supplies. This won't change.

OK, let me break this down for you... 1. This is something that is required to happen every now and then to make the game work. It's very difficult to achieve perfect balance, which is why some turrets always end up being more powerful than others, even though in theory (when balance was calculated) they all seemed equal. I doubt that balance changes are specifically biased to make players buy powerful guns every time. 2. This is something that exists is almost all free games and software. Playing Tanki Online for free is like using a trial version of the program, which is given for free, PRO battles are like an expansion pack, that gives you new features, variety and customisation options. Tanki is actually quite generous in that sense because those "extra features" can be bought for a fairly low price of in-game currency by free players, whereas for other programs you almost always have to pay real money to get them. 3. Crystal drop boxes have nothing to do with forcing players to buy. They were causing sabotage in battles and their removal helped the game become more interesting, fair and competitive. 4. Daily Missions are actually a benefit to players with only one account. With Daily Reawrds, players used to create many accounts and accumulate thousands of supplies by collecting the rewards every day on all accounts, but playing on just one. This resulted in a large number of "druggers", which were a problem for low ranks. 5. The paint is the only advantage Premium account gives. And even then, the paint is only 15%, which is rarely better than a normal paint with MUs. It's only a big advantage at low ranks, and not many low ranks will be buying Premium. 6. By removing the downvote button players are now forced to explain why they don't like the update in a comment. Leaving a dislike does not help the developers understand what is wrong with a new update.

No, I am talking about in-game advantage. Pretty rank icons and golden ornaments will not make you a more powerful (or overpowered) player. As for the advantage that you think they give - it's completely fair. Spending real money gives you access to unique features, whereas when playing for free you cannot get them. And that's only for the rank icon. Even XTs can be obtained by any free player. The paint is not OP. It's good if you don't have anything else, but if you are a buyer with a full M4 garage, in almost all battles any other top paint will be better (e.g. Clay with 50% from all three guns). I myself have an 18% paint and I often feel weak and wish I could change it to a more specific paint like Prodigy or Lumberjack. Unfortunately I don't have those paints, so I use Helper.

Do you have any locations for it? I've never even played a battle there, not to mention never seen a gold box.

I think you're not giving that little point in the end enough attention. There is no way to tell whether it's him lying or the current Tanki staff are, so if that's the case, then it's unwise to start choosing sides without any actual evidence. If you want to know how our system actually works - become a forum mod and find out. We are low in numbers now, so your help would be appreciated :)