Since the introduction of daily missions, I see TDM battles where the player count is 1 v 1 which is surely DM! It's a mockery really. Not that TO give a hoot!

Well it's a bit of good news and bad news, I suppose. Adjusting the parameters of both Firebird and Freeze makes sense; my MU'ed Viking cooked and froze far too easily, and worse, destroying a freeze turret meant I was vulnerable to the same tank respawning and seeing me off! I'm now going to be more worried by the number of heavy hulls carrying twins in CP games. In that particular style of game heavy hulls totally dominate yet remain static. Perhaps there ought to be some penalty introduced to tanks that remain stationary? For example, s stationary or idling tank would heat up causing health to deteriorate and so it would have to shift positions in order to cool down. This would also prevent some players from multing, maybe. It's dispiriting to note that there hasn't been any movement to clamp down on the game's abusers. I do hope that potential upgraded voting systems such as the mooted Kick2 aren't falling on deaf ears.

"It is designed (this way) to make gameplay (sic) more dynamic." Try the TO help file. It's actually quite good at answering questions.

I'd like to throw my support behind such a plan. From now on, it's what I'll be doing in the game.

I logged out, cleared the Chrome browser cache and logged in again. Everthing is tickety-boo. Odd one that.

My M3 Hammer was totally ineffectual during a game of Polygon CP. Having joined the battle, competed a game whilst finishing above all others, the very next game I didn't register a kill! I even tried using the double fire power supply whatnot for added impact. Despite driving around like a loon and shooting all and sundry I somehow managed not a single kill and noticed that, when shooting at other tanks, all I got was funny looks ... ;0) Screenshot here (red team, second from bottom) :- http://postimg.org/image/nc69snlbn/ The battle was Polygon CP here:- http://tankionline.com/battle-en.html#/server=EN3&battle=fffffff8f76ba7cd

It's a situation that won't get any better unless we condemn such actions in the forum and veto them in the game.

So this is the kind of thing I'm up against. Note the player calling himself "Hell33lleH", the colour of the team he is playing for and what he says in the chat box. Although I took no part in the conversation, I think it speaks volumes about some players and their attitudes to TO. Screen shot image of a conversation seen in battle today:- http://postimg.org/image/tg1y8jhen/ As you can see, "Hell33lleH" is not interested in playing the game. Only to spoil it for others.

You might be aware that some TO players are actively attempting to work on a solution to this issue. You may then want to ask yourself why they are doing this rather than shrug your shoulders and say "We cannot do anything about that". I'm not suggesting that TO force anyone to do anything, only that some degree of control needs to be wrestled back from those that abuse the game or flout the rules otherwise they will continue to act with impunity, spoiling the game for others.

A player that has less kill than others will often find themselves the whipping boys of the game but, this is not about skill. This is about participation. Maneuvering a tank into a corner and hiding, or standing pat after spawning has nothing to do with skill.

It could be the case that they were mults but it can't be proven.

I did not know this. Cheers. OK. The Tanki Wiki has this entry:- The complaint highlights the player's nickname only if a sufficient number of people register a complaint. One or two complaints will not be enough.

This is not the place to discuss Kick2. There is a thread for that.

Thank you for alerting me to that thread, GurmitSingh. Such a voting mechanism would be very useful.

Too often I have joined a battle where several players refuse to participate. This is evident by the fact their scores are usually very low to zero and remain at such levels for a considerable period of time whilst having multiple deaths registered against them. In a recent game of Polygon CP, I noticed several such players in the battle I was fighting, so I asked them to participate or leave. Some were obliging and left the battle freeing up space for others to join, but many refused to leave. These players continued to offer little in the way of participation other than canon fodder for the opponents. Where a player joins a team and fails to participate, or offers a low participation rate in the battle, that player is acting contrary to Tanki rules, namely:- 2.1.5. Any acts or omissions aimed at creating obstructions for the team where the User is a member; 2.1.9. Performance of any actions that have a negative influence on the Game development and image; 2.1.10. Other forms of unsporting behaviour that hinder the normal game process ... Having made it plain to those inactive players by way of the chat function that their actions were intolerable, I used the voting mechanism to invoke a moderator. After several minutes of waiting for a moderator to either warn or expel the offending players, the offenders remained in the battle. The voting mechanism has left me unable to predict the result of a /vote despite an obvious complaint! Therefore, I have no belief in it's merit and will no longer make use of it. Far too often I have fought a battle with players that join and refuse to participate except to spoil the fight by begging for gold boxes. Although I enjoy many of the features of Tank online, if the behaviour of some players is the anticipation of gold boxes dropping, then this aspect of the game needs urgent attention. I am growing increasingly frustrated by some players actions and also the inactions of Tanki online to combat such behaviour. Please respond.

Player: Arcadiemarta Right now on http://tankionline.com/battle-en.html#/server=EN3&battle=fffffff90d6bd16b

Player: abdoul1 on server EN3, Poygon CP. This player spawned several times and immediately had a full house of supply for his tank - Double power, double armour and speed boost.

There really ought to be a try before you buy option, a 24 hr hull and turret hire agreement. I have crystals to spend but I'm torn between what to buy next. If there was the option to try out the hulls and turret before purchasing them then it would certainly make choosing easier. I wouldn't mind if such a hire agreement came with strings attached, such as, the equipment can only be used on test servers or points and crystals scored whilst using the equipment aren't credited to the players account. How about Tanki devs?

Gub and slick. Gub: It's a supply that you drop, which causes any tank driving over it to slow down considerably. The effect is temporary and could last for around 2 seconds, where you are then able to gradually gain speed. Slick: An oil slick type supply that, when dropped, will cause a tank that drives over it to skid or slide; a loss of control, momentarily. Both supplies have a limited lifetime and will dry up over time.