Poetic

Please FIX this Tanki. Gameplay and realistic physics are not enough. Bring back the intelligemce. You made an intelligent game which attracted intelligent players. Then you go and treat everyone like simpletons. Fix it.

jashburn, you hit the nail on the head. That Tanki Online would not want to preserve/improve the TACTICAL aspects of the game is beyond me.

Beautifully expressed. Sagacious.

If you are NOT interested in micor-upgrades, how can you possibly like the update? It IS a micro-upgrade update.

Tanki CAN fix it. They can allow players to adjust the individual parameters back down to a desired level and remove the imposition of compulsory multi-parameter upgrades. But, will they have enough humility to do it?

I remember the days when i could say "Hmm $26 would get me enough crystals" for a particular upgrade/purchase. And then actually go and purchase $26 worth of crystals. Even that freedom was taken away. Under the current system I would have to spend $39.99 (more than I might be able to afford at the time) or spend $19.99 and just wait until my budget allows me to spend an additional $9.99, by which time the discount I was trying to benefit from has long expired. So maybe I chose to hold my funds and just wait. So while Tanki could have received a $26 purchase, they received ZERO. And Tanki made this change ostensibly to "simplify". All these "simplifications" are not fooling anyone. If it becomes MORE DIFFICULT for players to spend real money, then just maybe players would actually FIND IT more difficult? Is this rocket science?

MAFIOS0, yes. The opportunity to skip modifications based on rank, without having to pay for the skipped modification is indeed saving crystal/money for players. Very good update that was! But, even this case exposes the trickiness about personal choice. What Here2Play is pointing out is that the update made it IMPOSSIBLE for the M3-qualified player to advance from M1 to M2 if the player WANTED to. The M2 modification, in this case, could have remained an option for ZERO crystals. This would have allowed the play to improve equipment INCREMENTALLY, rather than be forced to shell out crystals for a significant not-yet-desired improvement. Some players(people) like to control how "fast" things move. You know? They like to relax and enjoy the ride. Tanki managers/developers are obviuosly in a rush to get somewhere. As I indicated above however, I think the update was well-intentioned (if only by some developers). This most recent Micro-upgrade update however, reveals an interesting obliviousness on the part of management, of the importance of choice to players. Player choice is what made Tanki special.Physics and gameplay make it relatable,realistic. Player individuality made it special. These rants should indicate to managent how much players CARED about Tanki. We cared because we were allowed to put our personality into it.

The game NEVER takes anything out of your wallet. That is a CHOICE only you can make. That is not what has players aching. The issue is that now your wallet might not be adequate even if you wanted to make that choice. And don't you get that you would now have to buy the "carrots" if you only wanted the "apples" ?

Excelent comments!! I really appreciate players like you who take the time to express not just their feelings but technical apsects of the game as well. I too would like to be able to micro-upgrade multiple parameters of any equipment simultaneously - actually - would have liked. With this update, I don't think I'll be micro-upgrading anything. Tanki Online has forgotten the real appeal of the game - to be one's self, to be an individual. That is what the customizations allowed. Why they have turned their backs on this is puzzling. I am actually in shock. I can't get over it. At least we still have gameplay.

You are not

Try

An update should be beneficial to everyone, regardless of parameter level prior to the upgrade. Does this MMOG game not need the "masses" in order to be viable?

People, anytime, anytime, ANYTIME options are taken away, anytime choice is taken away, even in the case of micro-upgrades, people lose interest. Options and choices make things INTERESTING. They make things adjustable to PERSONAL taste. The LOSS of choice HURTS MORE than any perceived economic trickery. This idea of making the game easier to understand for new players is a half-baked one. Explain, illustrate, give examples, SPELL THINGS OUT. That is how to make things more easily understood. And by the way, a learning curve is an important part of life. Does Tanki Online not notice that MANY of the game's players are NO LONGER NEW and therefore do not wish to be treated as if they were?

Exactly

Yes, P-Shooter - something like that. Short-sightedness!!! Or as someone else said, "severe tunnel vision" - or both. What a waist of developers' time and skill !!

Only humility/repentance on the part of owners/management can save TO now

But you don't get it. You are now stuck there because of the price of upgrading further - unless you are rich

Apt analogy

Alternate universe, huh? Reality can be so illusive.

Tanki Online has become a game exclusively for the very wealthy. It would be interesting to find out how many of ts current players qualify. Or perhaps Tanki is now only interested in very new players - perhaps up to First Sergeant.

It would be interesting to see how many of its current players qualify

Tanki Online has just become a game exclusively for the wealthy

Exactly So basically if we want oranges we are forced to pay for the peanuts too - and by the way, we dont care for peanuts!!! And people actually seem pleased with this new state of affaris. Unbelievable.

Although I do feel insulted, I would not say I feel contempt. Buy, boy are they transparent!