Tankmen, thank you for so much feedback. It's nice to see mostly positive replies. To close this topic, I'd like to explain again why battle funds were increased and why by 80%. The main idea behind Tanki Online has always been that a player can get to the top rank and get an M3 turret and an M3 hull without spending real money. Recently we've introduced two very important features which are Product Kits and Packages of Crystals. However, they are aimed primarily at players who are willing to spend real money in the game. To further improve the game for those of you who prefer to become a top rank using only your skills we've decided to increase battle funds and gold box drops. Why only 80% ? Because it's not the final state of the whole system. We are planning a lot of new ways of earning crystals in battles (stay tuned) and new ways of spending it. So it's not over, Tanki will get bigger better and even more interesting. Thank you everyone for being here and sharing your ideas. It means a lot to us. See you on the battlefield, tamkmen!

No,you can't see how many votes there are against you.

You can be kicked from battle after minimum of 5 minutes. Secondly, About 60% of your team mates should have voted against you. So the chance of being removed for nothing is very small. As for cases when people start abusing the system and the bug you mentioned, we'll look into it, thank you for observing. Right now you can share your ideas on improving the team kick here: http://feedback.tankionline.com/forum/9519-tanki-online-en/?lang=en

In this case it isn't. you can buy one package №5 for $100 and then multiply it by 2 with dcc (you get 700,000 crystal total) OR you can buy two packages №5 and still get 700,000 crystals.

If you have a double crystal card and buy 30,000 crystals you get a package №3 with 45,000 crystals in total. THEN your dcc is applied and 45,000 crystals are multiplied by 2. So you get 90,000 crystals in total. The list of SMSs depends on your provider. So with O2 in the UK for example you can not buy more than 7817 crystals with sms.

Dear players, we understand your concerns about people abusing the voting system. However, you should understand that to kick someone from the battle, you need more than 50% of votes. So if it's a 10x10 battle, 6 or even 7 people should vote against a player (the parameters are changing all the time). So generally we have 3 people below these 7. Most likely they entered the battle not a long time ago, so its impossible to kick these guys. As for people using the kick vote function to get extra crystals, they will be dealt with and the team kick by vote feature will most likely be further improved. If team kick does not work, than it may be due to the number of players in the battle. If you have a 10x10 battle and there are only 5 people playing in your team, the vote can't happen. Those of you who still have questions about how to vote please go to the following topic. The whole process is explaind there: http://en.tankiforum...howtopic=172059

Thank you everyone for such positive replies! Increased funds is a permanent change, so it will most likely stay with us forever.

Here's an instruction how to buy crystals in the game. http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showtopic=163769

You can get packages using any method of payment. Just pay attention to the amount of crystals you buy. For examole if you want to get Package 1 you should buy 5000 crystals and then you get 1000 as a bonus (our system understands it as a package). This works for all the packages. Hope it is clear now. And of course you need to get this amount of crystals by one transaction. You can't buy 5x1000 crystals.

Let me explain. You can get packages using any method of payment. Including SMS. HOWEVER with sms you should look not at the price but at the amount of crystals you get. As the price includes comission. So you need SMSs that give you more than 5000 crystals, then you get a package automatically.

These packages are not a special offer. It is just another way to buy crystals. So yes, it is most likely to be permanent.

Yes, it does. Your payment should be the same size or bigger than the package. For example if you send a 2$ sms, you don't get any packages. If you send 4$ sms, you get a ~3$ package plus all the extra crystals for 1$ left.

Dear players! Our team of developers thanks you for taking part in the testing of "Team kick by vote" function. The system parameters are set successfully. We have decided that from this moment it becomes fully operational. Now you will be able to deal with offenders in team battles yourself! After all, the key to success is the right team. Testing has shown that battles designed for small number of players require special settings which are already used and will be used in future. Thus, for "2 vs 2", "3 vs 3" and "4 vs 4" battles the best solution is not to use team kick by vote. This decision was made because the system's operation threshold is very low, which creates an unwanted possibility of removing honest players from a battle. However, in these battles you will always be able to use "/vote offender's nickname" chat command which sends a complaint manually. In battles of other sizes the voting will lead to immediate removal of the offender. Use "/vote offender's nickname" chat command if you want to send a complaint about an offender to a moderator. If player is often kicked from battles, then eventually he or she will lose the ability to start voting and vote for other players.

Purchase of experience has been canceled. Thank you everyone for taking part in discussion. See you on the battlefield, tankmen!

The team kick function works in beta mode right now, all the players are kicked by moderators who observe the battle. Very soon team kick will work at 100%, our guys are working on it.

As it was previously said, very small number of players use it. If you need to buy experience, you still have time. Please discuss the rebalance in suitable topics. This is a topic for xp purchase cancellation.

The sale will be off on Tuesday 16 with a new release. The exact time is unknown at the moment. It will be announced with information about the new release.

Dear players. We stop selling experience for crystals. On Tuesday, April 16, the Level Up button and "1000 experience" item will no longer exist. Until that day, the experience can be bought with a 25% discount. Our analytical studies have shown that the purchase of experience has lost its relevance. Only 4% of players use this feature and this figure continues to fall. Also, we've studied your opinions and feedback and came to a conclusion that majority of players see the purchase of experience as unfair and are dissatisfied with the existence of such feature. Taking all of that into account, we've decided to stop selling experience. Now the only way to gain it is in the battle. If you were planning to purchase experience, you still have a chance to do this: as a compensation you can buy "1000 experience" item 25% cheaper while the function is still available.

Tankmen. There's no madness in the game, but it will be with us again in some time. Our guys are working on it, you just need to wait

The map will be available for some time. There's a possibility that it will remain with us forever. It depends on how popular it will be.

Dear tankmen! Tomorrow, April 12, is Cosmonautics Day in Russia. In order to celebrate this event, go and check a new map called Moon Silence. It is available right now on our main servers. You will see sky full of stars, hear sounds of space and will be surprised by changes in gravity. The map is available to players of every rank. See you on the Moon Silence!

Dear tankmen! Thank you for your ideas and suggestions. We'll use this feedback when improving the team kick feature. I see that many of you have questions. I'll add extra information to the topic on how to vote and about the way team kick works. See you on the battlefield.

Thank you for mostly positive replies Tankmen! Our world is becoming more and more pleasing to look at and I assure you this process will continue. See you on the battlefield

Thank you all for your ideas and impressions. Remember that these 4 kits were just the beginning. We'll see how it goes. If it goes well, you can expect more kits for different ranks. See you on the battlefield tankmen!

The SSAO feature will most likely be improved like it was with dynamic shadows and drops in FPS will be not so considerable.