Oh, pffft, I now feel stupid for not noticing it earlier. Sorry to bother you.

So, once again, I came back to Tanki for a few months. I figured I'd play a few matches in Silence, Sandbox, Iran or Esplanade, the only 4 maps I ever play in. But, the game presents these options for selecting game modes, not individual maps. I got thrown around to various maps I really dislike, or that are not fit for my turret (Isida). Is there any way to select the map I want to play in?

Aright, I just played a Silence CTF. Blue team Magnum kept spamming our flag, and killing everyone. I stood some good 10 meters from the tank that was directly hit and still lost 30% of my HP. That turret is overpowered.

That's...ever worse. Why can't Tanki just keep the pro pass for people who want battles without drugs, but also keep the Create button for all players? You know, like it was a few years ago? Again, even if it powerful, it all depends on the hull. Something like Hornet will have little HP left after killing an enemy, and that power does not matter if that same enemy can just respawn and kill you from a distance in one hit. I actually don't. I haven't purchased Magnum. I figure it is basically like real life artillery - you first fire a reference shot, and then based on that, you aim at enemies. Most players I've encountered that are using it are good with it though, or are just abusing the splash radius and firing randomly.

I don't play WoT, but I do play WT, and I get disabled after one hit from a camper Stug or Zis, or a plane that came out of nowhere, and am forced to repair for at least 20 seconds (!) while being a sitting duck for everyone else. Or occasionally, from artillery. I understand how that feels. Any turret can be a main if you are good enough with it. I still use Isida for everything because I mastered it. I didn't notice any damage boosts though. Perhaps since I am still using M1 against mostly M2 hulls? Oh and this point gets brought up often. You have a tiny bit of HP left after killing an Isida, but that same Isida most likely has a tiny bit of HP left as well. And while you can attack from a distance after respawning again, that Isida is basically a sitting duck, and will probably die from one hit. And I have to disagree on the last one. Suck up some HP with sneak attacks (don't expose yourself to attacks) from multiple enemies, and even the 5% heal can be useful. Then proceed to play normally. That's how the self-heal can be useful even if it's only 5%.

I still find it as entertaining as always: I think my break from it for a few months helped. I have fun, and that's the most important part of any game. But if you asked me if I would want to go back, to a previous Tanki version, I'd say I would, somewhere during early 2016.

It really isn't. A Magnum can hide behind a building and spam his attacks at the enemy flag, killing anyone around it. The splash damage is ridiculous like I said: There is absolutely no way to avoid the attack. I played in at least 50 matches against a Magnum by now (I "recently" returned, meaning a few days ago, I had plenty of time to play) and while they were easy to kill since most users I encountered had Hornet (meaning low HP), they were deadly at ALL ranges. No matter what the Wiki says, Isida is still a weak turret for attacking. Firebird has afterburn effect. Freeze can slow your down. Isida? Nothing. The only reason we Isida users could kill more than one player without dying while fighting head on is because of the self-heal. When I attack someone, I lose 70%-80% of my HP. There is no way I can kill someone who sees me and has full HP without using a drug. Self-heal at least brought me back to 50%. Now I just can't kill more than one person unless I camp or sneak-attack. Now, I realize the self-heal can be abused: Double Power = it keeps almost all of its HP, making it impossible to kill unless it is in one hit. Which made Isida perfect for CTF. But lowering down the self-heal at at least 5% (with the option to raise it to maybe 10% with micro-upgrades) would have been a much better solution that just removing it. Decreasing the attacking power and increasing healing would have solved other problems as well.

I heard the self-heal got nerfed just before it was removed. Kinda counter-intuitive don't you think? It was op before, I agree, but it was a main part of the turret. Isida has short range, and does not have splash damage. That means the users will likely lose more HP when fighting someone. Self-heal made sense. That sounds like an excuse to me. I am sure they removed it to encourage more people to buy crystals so they can buy more pro battle passes. And I mean, they feel bland compared to say, 2014. They were rebalanced or nerfed too much.

I hope I am posting in the right section. This does seem like a problem, either with my internet, or with the game itself. When you visit EU servers 1,2 or 3, you will find only 1 or 2 battles in it, despite the server showing an almost full white bar, indicating many players in it. Here's the indicator of server 2: https://imgur.com/a/ZEimM And here are the actual battles in server 2: https://imgur.com/a/YmDVp Server 11 shows as almost empty meanwhile: https://imgur.com/a/eDqpP But it has dozens of battles: https://imgur.com/a/lOLmX Why is this? EDIT: I realize now I didn't select TDM, but it makes no difference. There are no TDM battles in server 2 right now.

I probably should have researched more before commenting. I realized that after a few hours. It's an interesting addition to Tanki.

The ultimate guide to Isida nowadays is just how to control it lmao. It is useless compared to its abilities in 2013.

I stopped playing Tanki regularly somewhere in 2016. And now when I finally came back I noticed a few shocking changes made by the developers: First, you can not create battles without a pro pass? I guess it is good that the pro pass lasts 31 days now instead of 1, but what if you want a simple match with your friends without spending crystals? The most ridiculous update. Second, Isida self healing has been removed?! I noticed I wasn't getting any HP back. This forces me to use a ridiculous amount of first aid kits to stay alive. I used to charge enemies, kill them, but regain a bit of HP. Now I can't heal myself while capturing flags by sucking HP from passing by enemies. Finally, it seems like every single hull and turret is becoming more indistinguishable. All special features that they used to have have been removed. The only difference is the type of attack and design. I do have to say, there have been good updates to the graphics, and the addition of the "Space" type maps. But overall, the game sucks even more now. I understand - the devs did this because they need more money. More people that buy crystals = more profit for them. But instead of a few thousand people buying small amount of crystals out of 100K total players, we now have a few hundred people buying a lot of crystals out of a total 60K players. Tanki lost its players because of these updates. (Please don't lock this right away. I want to see what other people feel about this. Despite talking bad about Tanki, I feel like the truth is more important than some hurt feelings). EDIT: Oh yes, have I mentioned the RIDICULOUS splash radius of the new Magnum? How about a nerf for that turret Tanki?

Wait what? NEW supply? This thread was made in 2016, but gold box was available years before.

I am dying from laughter reading the OP post. Well written. Especially the comic. EDIT: Hopefully this does not count as necroposting.

Thanks for clearing that up. ;) Shame they got removed though :/