OK... I've finally given up. It seems like with each update the game gets more restrictive so player (client) options are limited. As a software developer with paying clients, and I use the word clients because that's what we are the moment we buy crystals, it seems like the designers have gone out of their way to make game play much more difficult and pretty much unbearable. When you have this many clients unhappy you will soon be out of business. When your software becomes increasingly user UNFRIENDLY and no longer enjoyable you will soon be out of business. Sorry for the critical post but the designers and analysts coming up with these mods need to re-evaluate the direction they are heading. I understand that the mods are driven from a business perspective to increase revenues and I fully understand the need for increased revenues. In my experience when you loose clients the small increase in revenues from the remaining clients usually leaves you with a revenue deficit from which you can't recover. Once the negative posts hit the internet there is no way to reverse the dramatic end result. I have been a member for many years and now finding it impossible to play a game I truly enjoyed.

Regardless which play button I click I can't enter any game regardless of how long I wait. I'm not alone with this issue. How do I enter the map I want, not one assigned? How can I enter a specific game with specific people? How can I create a new game? Why restrict players (clients) from playing what they want when they want?

I posted this issue about 2 weeks ago and could not find my original post or any respones to it. Please put back the server selection process. Having you assign me to a specific server makes it almost impossible and very frustrating to find a game to play. I find myself having to change the server address and manually scroll through the servers usually to no aavail. It seems like I'm playing the game only about 25% of the time that I use to because it so frustrating to find an entry point. I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or if I'm not alone with this issue. I couldn't find my original post of this issue. please email me at the address on file if I'm doing something wrong or have misssed an option. Thanks

Hi All, Found a bunch of posts where Flash 11 was having freeze issues because video drivers could not handle something Adobe did. FIGURES... Running a GForce GT445M. I found a driver update and applied it about 5 days ago. Have not had the issue since. I also dismantled my my laptop and cleaned all the fans etc. I don't seem to be heating up as quickly any longer. This is an issue because I was hoping to play the game and heat my house through the winter..... JUST KIDDING!!! If the issue returns I will post back with any new findings.

Hi All, Thanks for all the help and suggestions. I have done everything from above except for the regen of my machine.... LOL All the strange errors in my event viewer are definitely from Outlook not being able to negotiate a connection with the MS server for all my mail accounts. I believe the issue is HEAT... I'm running an i7 1.87 GHZ chip with an accelerator which can push to 2.66 GHZ. while the game is running. I'm not sure exactly what's making the machine heat up during game play but the case starts glowing RED.... just kidding. It could be an issue with the internal fans but does not seem to be software. All the settings changes I applied have helped during game play and actually seem to make the game run faster and the machine run hotter. I spend half my time working on an IBM Z Series mainframe. Is there any way to port the game to that platform so I can take advantage of the speed without the heat? just kidding..... I will continue to monitor this and try to determine the exact cause. I will post back with any info. Thanks again for all the help...

WOW! Thanks for the quick responses.... Just to add... I am running an NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M with 1 GB of on board memory, Run game in Chrome. I seem to be running at 60 FPS on average. I do run a little hot so I have a cooling board under my machine. I don't get any indications that the issue is heat related. There is no indication in the event logs why the machine freezes; just that it had an unexpected shutdown after the fact. I cannot move the mouse or use the keyboard after this event. I have let the machine sit for about 15 minutes just to see if it would unwind by itself. I have run a full scan with TDSSKiller with no issues. I run MalwareBytes Pro full scan at least once a week and have no issues. I am also running MBAMs real time protection. The only intrusions I see from MBAM is Skype; never anything from your site. I have cleared the Flash Player cache and Chrome cache. I had to use control panel to access the Flash settings panel. I set storage to unlimited. I am sure Chrome worked because it reinitialized the game and forced a fresh login. I modified the game settings to turn off Fog and Shadow. Adaptive FPS was already off. I wasn't sure what effect MIP-Mapping would have so I left it on. If I hit this error again I will gather as much information as possible and post it. If I do not encounter the error I will post back in a week. PS: The only error I saw in the event logs was... "The following fatal alert was generated: 40. The internal error state is 107." I am pretty sure this is caused by Outlook throwing some kind of a certificate error while trying to sync all my mail accounts and although it sounds ominous it actually doesn't have any ill effect on the machine. Thanks again for your help!!!!

Hi, I am running Win 7 Ultimate with 16GB RAM and an Intel i7 1.87 GHZ with acceerator to 2.6 on XPS L701. Recently (over the past 3 or 4 weeks) the game has been freezing causing me to power off the machine in order to restart it. Upon restart I have issues about 30% of the time and have to go through a series of power down and restarts before it starts working properly again. There is no way for me to get a system dump or any other pertinent information that I can think of based on the sequence of events. This has happened across a number of different maps. (Kungur, Silence, Silence II) If u have any suggestions on how to capture info feel free to send them to me. I'm a technician/developer so u won't have to hold my hand... I hope!! LOL

a nice enhancement down the road would be a pop up window so u can change equipment without leaving a battle.

LOL I assume u directed those comments to me. Believe me I understand u'r frustration. I'm on both ends of the spectrum... a paying customer here as u r and a developer trying to accommodate our customers. Never been called psychic just psychotic. Curious how old u r. U should b able to guess my age. Never been called a troll. Based on some things I've been called I guess I have 2 thank u for the compliment. Been a longgggg time since I frolicked. Not sure I remember how. Why don't u hop on a server.. http://tankionline.com/battle-en2.html just change the server number, and give some helpful feed back. I guess that would make u a frolicking troll also!!!!

one other thing.. obviously from the posts "battle-enN" represents the server number. is there any way to get a list of those servers which are available already?

LOL.... I have been a developer for more years than u r probably old.... YES that means I'm old... No system is ever perfect even when it's been running for years.... I work on a system where development started in 1982... YES 1982 written in assembler and cobol using CICS... u probably don't know what that is. The system runs a 1.6 billion (yes billion) dollar business. Every time someone makes a change the possibility that something else will break is about 75%.... I can't even count the lines of code within the 22 thousand + programs, sub routines, services and web services which comprise the system. GIVE THESE GUYS A BREAK AND LET THEM DO THEIR JOB!!!! As on old artillery guy who learned to drive an SP back in 1969 I love this game....

Hi, On east coast of US.. any idea when update will be complete? From 1 developer to another... good luck... hope for the best... expect the worst...

Did anyone get credited for value of the equipment they had before as the news flash indicated?

I have spent between 20 and 30 $ on crystals in the last week which I have used to get equipment, I did not receive any of those back. Does anyone know how to retrieve those? Thanks