Drugs were a mistake, they are far too powerful. Something like a 30% boost in damage would be manageable and if implemented at the beginning players would be just as eager to purchase the smaller boost.. Early on I don't think the devs really knew how they were going to monetize the game. Now players are heavily invested and they could not significantly nerf drugs without outraging all the top payers. Remember the fury over the much needed smart cooldown? Maybe in unity they will introduce some solution right from the start. Pro battles aren't really a solution unless you can learn to love xp. There is really only the one server and a poor variety of maps. Tanki has no incentive to popularize pro battles since they make more money selling drugs.

The parkour mode is on borrowed time anyway. To keep parkour alive, like any aspect of an online game, requires a constant stream of new people coming into it. Previously players were introduced to parkour in regular maps, frequently one side would leave but the other side wanted to wait out the timer to get paid for their victory. To pass the time they'd climb on things. Not as sophisticated as parkour teams by any measure but it was a foot in the door. People who enjoyed it looked into it further. Now how do people get interested in parkour?

Also it'd probably help sales a lot if they'd just hurry up and announce that they will transfer accounts, with all the buyers afraid that any crystals they buy will have an expiration date or be trapped in a dead game (which is how most of us will perceive it if the flash version is left running on its own with little support)

I am amazed that someone could actually say this with a straight face. In the very same list you say that this is a continuation of the same tanki. If garages were wiped it would only be a pretext to get rid of heavy investments. It will never happen because it would be a terrible business decision and all the players who have spent hundreds of dollars, and would be most likely to spend going forward, would simply quit. Technically the terms of service lets you wipe a garage at any time for any reason, but stop pretending that deciding not to do so is some tremendous favor. More likely the devs will introduce some new more expensive currency, which can only be used on the new equipment or boosts. In order to trivialize any current investment.

Hmm... A mission for 5 repair and 15 double armor boxes. 3 of them would be marginally better than the daily rewards. Except the daily reward system was easier as you only had to log in. Granted the initial quest rewards were overpowered but I'd argue that was a bait and switch to bribe people into accepting the new system. I'd wonder if the rewards themselves were the only thing dialed back or if they also made crystal reward missions far less likely to pop up. Has anyone else gotten fewer of them?

So it was a bait and switch. No surprise there but I figured it'd be at least a month before they nerfed it into the ground.

Same here, I switched to standalone. Would not advise using the previous versions if you use flash anywhere else due to the recent vulnerabilities.

Missions have a shorter duration

I'm not saying to change what is allowed, I am asking people who create matches to limit it themselves because doing so is in their own best interest.

It is not an end all be all, but it will reduce the number of mults. Few people have access to multiple generalismo accounts, a person could always call in their buddies but it is harder for two people to conspire with one of them sitting there bored in m0 than for one person to open a new tab and check back occasionally to keep it from being timed out. I am not saying restricting rank is a silver bullet any more than favoring shorter battles but it does prevent some people from multing.

Tanki has horrific ram leaks for me. If I play a large map for an hour or two it will be up to 3gb. Having enough ram to start the game is very different from having enough to sustain it.

The way I see it tanki is pretty healthy as a game, at least from the point of view of player experience if not retention. Still far from perfect and if there is a single largest problem in my opinion it is too many one sided maps. Where one team gets slaughtered and quits to the detriment of gameplay. Multing is a large part of that and one of the most easily fixed. There is one thing users can do to minimize the harm from mults. Restrict the lower ranks that can enter a battle. I think a lot of people set the range as low as possible in order to secure a better advantage. However most people with several accounts will only have one at a higher rank, their alternate accounts being just high enough to join the average battle. Case in point. The mults added were of a much lower rank and could have been excluded. It isn't a foolproof tactic but it would at least mean fewer people can mult.

On a small map with lowest settings and nothing else in the background it might be viable. For awhile at least.

Smoky seems well balanced and effective. Though comparatively less effective since so many other turrets have been buffed recently. I wouldn't complain if they increased the crit damage again. I believe wasp is exactly where it was intended to be. Wasp hornet are by a huge margin the most popular hulls and in recent months to correct this imbalance the devs have been adding health, speed, and turning speed to heavier hulls while at the same time buffing the guns that can one shot them. In skilled hands was they are still very effective and widely used. Besides if they were to move any faster it would cause graphics problems for a lot of users. In combination it is not that effective. You lack the health to stand your ground with impact force and wear away enemies with strong sustained damage. Meanwhile you lack the burst damage to make the most of cover. Some people can pull it off but not so much as in combination with hornet, hunter, viking, mammoth, basically any other hull.

I'd like to propose a question for next week: How much does latency effect the ability of a player to time a shot?

Good idea, but could you include the direct links in this post, as well as a few common search terms an arabic user who experiences lag or is interested in standalone flash might use to find a solution? That way when they search the forums they are more likely to find this video.

Kind of a bad situation to be in. Arguably a trap for the unwary but what are you gonna do. It is very clearly labeled after all.

There is another distinction that can be made. We could propose questions that require discussion from multiple points of view. Since the question and answer thread explicitly states it is not to be used for discussion. But if the creator is going to bail it can't be helped.

In the meantime here are two more things to try: 1) The standalone flash player. Yes it is a bit of a pain but it might solve your problem. 2) Waterfox or pale moon. They are 64-bit forks of waterfox, meaning they run the flash plugin slightly differently. It might prevent your fps drop.

Include everything you can think of. Include your region and IP address just in case someone else has been using your account without your knowledge. Include your email any other information that would verify you as the owner of the account. Aside from that just remember to be polite and hope they keep some kind of log for the reasons behind each suspension.

I think the suggested was for institutional changes to prevent this sort of mistake from happening again. With a few simple changes they could streamline a lot of the recovery process and better secure accounts. The more they could automate the less support staff would be needed and the less margin left for human error. At any rate I hope he gets his equipment back. It is harsh to be punished for someone else's actions, and more so to be left in an unplayable position by losing your hard earned gear.

Am I the only one nostalgic to see flash go? Some of the most innovative games ever made were on flash. Even if you guys don't remember newgrounds in the early 2000s the fact that you're here means you've played a lot of hours on a flash game.

So if you get a smartwatch and use it to display the required info showing your hand counts as appearing, right?

Doesn't granting non-exclusive rights to a third party violate youtube's terms of service? Like if it actually came down to it tanki could only claim those rights not claimed by google and not preserved for the upload in google's own terms. At any rate cool sounding contest. Probably won't enter unless I get an idea I feel is good enough to win but good luck to all the people more creative than I am.

Fun thread idea but I worry the staff will want to lock it to avoid confusion with the official question and answer sticky thread where they try to quarantine questions about the game. Although this is more of an ongoing forum game than just asking questions. With that in mind I hope they see fit to move it to a different subsection rather than lock it. 2) I am partial to hunter/smoky. It is versatile enough to work in most situations, fun, and fast paced. No combination which I enjoy quite as much. 3) I like the idea of super rare missions but giving away free equipment seems like a little much.