Should be but it aint. It is all in the algorithms (reason why FB does so well)

I have used the /vote command but mainly for players who are doing nothing or for the hackers. I cannot tell if it works...that is I cannot tell if a mod actually saw what was happening and did something about it. So I cannot say it works or does not. Some misuse the /vote command. By example, I had players ask me to vote a particular player just because they were using powerups too often. I refuse to use the /vote command for something so trivial and explain it to those players. I can say that I very much doubt that there are enough mods on-line to monitor every single /vote or even a couple of vote for the same player in a particular battle. This highlights the importance of a more automated system that does not require intervention by a mod. By example if a player receives a certain number of votes then the player is kicked. Someone can review the situation later to determine if it was appropriate and compensate or punish accordingly (there should be punishment for player abusing the /vote command). The voting system should reset to allow voting of the same player once the battle starts again. This is an important feature to address mults that simply take up space in battles and should be automatically kicked out. Another improvement to the /vote command is to allow for tags. These tags would highlight the importance of a violation or the type of violation. By example a hack tag would be used for those players who are using a hack. The command line could appear as /vote Nickname_of_offender -hack. Another tag could be -mult and so on. I think the /vote command can work but tanki actually needs to commit itself to improving the game play and work on it. So far little has been said on how tanki is improving game play

There are still some impossibilities in the physics that should be fixed. The physics behind the tanks is ridiculous. I realise that this is for those who like to parkour but it is silly that a tank can flip so easily. Perhaps, in the options you can chose a parkour-mode for the hull so that those who actually play the game do not have to suffer?

LOL...I get that too but with a rico. I think that is the infamous 'tanki lag' or a stuck key

Would like to see some automatic kicking out. By example is /vote is used and the player has zero score after two minutes in the game then it should be an automatic out. The pause feature is nice but perhaps it should go? If a player receives more than one /vote then a mod should step in and decide to kick the player out or leave it be. If the excuse is that there are not enough mods then the answer is to make things more automatic. As or gold jumpers, you know who they are as soon as they ask 'has gold dropped?". They are not there for the battle but only for themselves. Something to work on Tanki rather than new pretty paints :p

After the rebalance the distance for the hammer is still too far for the damage it can cause.

Who would NOT use a USB keyboard? Do you think PS/2 keyboards are the norm? lol

I wish you were running tanki or at least the dev team ;) New features should be beta tested on a test server before rolling out. This is ESPECIALLY true if there is no way to roll-back the change once implemented. Even noobie programmers know that. Then again maybe someone accidentally pushed the release button by mistake :o I hope they learn from this failure and the game becomes better with this knowledge.

Compare rifle versus a shotgun. The later cannot shoot near as far with any damage. It should be limited to high damage short range. Then again tanki screws up the physics of the turrets and hulls all the time so any sense of reality does not exist ;)

Yup. I will not spend another dime on terrible updates. They should focus on the core and stop the fluff. I was running an A8 system with cross-fire on a high speed net line and the FPS/ping are terrible. Tanki should stop blaming the players and look at their poor system

It would be a cool update if the game actually worked decently. With such a poor game play this update is useless and is probably causing more harm then any good. Focus on fixing the core of the problem and stop developing fluff. Sorry but truth be told. Please do not blame this on lag. No other game on the net has such poor performance.

The distance the hammer can hit is now too far

It is amazing how many players have no clue on how to report a player in the game. It is simply /vote <insert players name>. To get the players name just click on the name and select copy name then paste after the /vote. Can't find the players name? Click <tab> and a list of all players in the game appears. Yes, the lag is something terrible and completely unpredictable (most likely it is the connection with the server). I have seen the exact same thing happen. I doubt there is a hack that would stall another's shot. They would have to know how you are connecting and stall it enough to get out of the way and shoot you. I do wish devs would spend more time making the game run and play better than developing 'gee whiz' features.

LOL...thanks. Email sent. I have not forgotten my email...the game has forgotten it...lol I can sign into the forums as the password was autofilled but when I try to sign into the game the password was not autofilled. That is the strange part ;)

BTW where can you change your password in the forums? I could not find it under my control panel where it is usually kept.

For whatever reason, my account info and password are saved for the forums but was lost for access to the game. It does not recognise my email account despite an email being used. So something is up. Writing to the helpdesk <ugh>

Yeah, any idle time is annoying. Even I can chat and play at the same time. Although getting into and out of the garage should be a lot quicker than it is. @Fog: distance is a hard marker to use to judge players. Those that use long range weapons do not travel far and may be unfairly penalised.

LOL

Any further movement on this?

Yes, it is my job as a player to take extra effort to record these violations (with an extension to record this crap) and post them (probably have to find a place to host it too). What is the point of /vote if nothing is done? There is no point of the /vote function if it does nothing. it means absolutely nothing if nothing is done about it. AS the saying goes either poop or get off the pot. Tanki do something or just leave the whole thing open to hackers and slashers. @Krysten - yet they were doing that too. SHould run a poll to see if players think tanki is doing anything about this issue. Tanki can then compare that to what they think they are doing as a bench mark. If you think you are doing great and your customers think you are doing bad then there is a problem (maybe tanki would think they have bad customers...could not resist a poke)

Great overall post. The sad part is even with the terrible updates there seems to be no learning by tanki. They will not admit the mistake and make corrections but rather keep adding patches on top of patches, etc. Change is necessary but when you make a mistake man up and reverse the decision. They took the approach of 'if we change this, then change that and more changes here will make it not look so bad'. That's patch work and it is seriously damaging the game. ;)

Downhill fast! A lot of BS playing occurring in battles and even if reported in game tanki does nothing. Tanki needs to do something meaningful rather than make things look pretty or screw up tank dynamics.

Well I see tanki has taken NO steps to address these players even when the violators are reported. Prime example, in a flag game some players would sit by the enemy's flag preventing anyone else from getting the flag. The player who grabbed the flag would deliver it to a buddy who would take it in to score. I reported all of the players who were doing this and tanki did absolutely nothing. I reported this to a moderator who's sage advice was post it in the forum - ugh. So this means I would have to take screen captures, take names and report all the details simply because tanki cannot be bothered to do anything. This BS is real old. So tempted to do some hacks until tanki actually does something meaningful about the BS. [/rant]

No answer to this poll. IMO it has gotten worse in some areas, better in others and everything changes.

I would buy it simply to try BUT only if I could return it. Is there a test server to try it first? BTW returning guns and hulls would be a cool option. Say you get back half of what you put into it to prevent misuse ;)