Dirty secret - I’m hoping they bring back the holiday paint from 2016 - the purple one with the small pumpkins on it. I regret not buying that one when I had the chance and wish like anything I could get my hands on it this year. .

Sometimes I can’t spell my way out of a paper bag

Chernobyl and Eslpanade should be MM and could be as is. I love Skylark and would love to see it in MM, but it would need some changes to balance the teams.

I was thinking similar thoughts. I have read zero complaints about the previous, more informative display. This is a ploy to sell drones, plain and simple.

Players AND designers need to remember that the holiday event should be bigger than just missions. DM makes sense for missions since bad teams can’t ruin your day. Fine. But we really need the other modes for wait for it FUN!

I like Maf’s earlier suggestion that the Modification of the hull determines the Modification of the mine. Another option, perhaps even simpler is that mines do a ranged percentage of damage to the victim’s hull. That would instantly and simply balance mines across the game.

hard pass May as well switch to Smoky - it kills faster anyway

My GS is in the upper 8000s and it took this thread to inform me why I can’t break 9000. I hadn’t equipped a drone. Suddenly GS makes a LOT of sense. Designers are exploiting basic human competitive nature (to want to get the highest game score) - in order to sell more drones. Making GS a visible indicator in battle underscores the psychological approach / manipulation at play here.

The new Smoky may be the end of light hulls. When Smoky can one-shot or even two-shot a hornet, it’s time to invest in a medium hull. At least then I can survive 2-3 shots.

Would LOVE it if the 2016 map and modes returned. Last year was kind of a disappointment.

Buff, buff, buff. Lots of turrets performing significantly better than they did last year. Guess what’s not any better. Hulls. Throw modules in too. I’ll explain.... Hulls have received no buffs, so they die faster now that most turrets deal more damage. Thus choice of hull becomes less important. You’re gonna die anyway. Three Module slots can’t protect you against the Freeze, Fire, Isida, Thunder, Rail, Smoky Magnum, Ricochet on just about every team. Whichever modules you equip, the other turrets will come for you. You’re gonna die anyway. Now exploding tanks drives up battle score which rewards players with more crystal payout. That part is good. But the expenditure of millions of crystals to obtain breadth in your garage, especially diverse hulls and modules seems to be a fool’s errand.

I’ve seen players leave when I get too close to them. I haven’t seen that help their KD :D

Cool beans Only if live player questions are disallowed. We are too, using Maf’s term, toxic.

Ah, one simple explanation. The reason is: Mom

I was being ironic. From your response, I can’t tell if you picked up on that. To answer your question, I meant grinding for crystals without missions, chains, or containers to support you. The ‘good old days’ were anything but. It’s much easier now.

There’s plenty of discussion on why players leave losing teams, but I’ve started to notice a trend where players leave a healthy winning team. I’m not talking about the guy who fell asleep while the MM system tried to find a battle for him and subsequently timed him out or the guy who hates the map and leaves as soon as he spawns. I’m talking about active players halfway or more through battles which are going well for the team. Suddenly, that green Tank-Minus sign appears and the winning team is down to 7, sometimes 6 players. This has sometimes (but not always) causes the winning team to fall behind and lose the lead. Why is this? :blink: Do I smell? :ph34r:

^Ah, the good old days when we had to work for our crystals. Now these young whippersnappers and their containers driving all over my lawn...

Preach. I just bought a second M2 hull on a First Lieutenant alt. I could never have done that on my main at that rank (late 2015)

I just saw a declined idea over in I&S to nerf Supplies by half. That means that instead of double damage for example, damage yield would only increase by half. For example a weapon yielding 100 damage would only do 150 instead of 200. Ironically the idea was declined because it would effectively eliminate player interest in supplies - that 50% is too low. I feel the opposite. IMO 50% is still OP at least at high ranks. You still have drugged vs no drugger problem.

Depends on the artistic approach used. And I get that some turrets (Freeze, Fire) are easier to depict than others (Vulcan, Magnum). I still think there is potential for an interesting animation. A bit tongue in cheek - it could be called ‘Confusion’ - because it might appear that someone is using a different weapon than they actually are. :ph34r:

Great Idea IMO.

Animated Paint to feature all turret fire pattern Maybe for next Tanki Birthday, or sooner if an occasion calls for it. Would be cool, and I think well-received, to offer an animated paint featuring the fire patterns from all of the turrets in the game.

This is why the War was nice - we got enough containers to get the good stuff along with the large number of supplies. This Stars week as well as the previous one.... well, I’m playing for double battle funds. If I get a container along the way, so be it, but no way am I going to kill myself for more supplies.

We can set the dial on expectations wherever we want. Could be as little as top X questions, once a week or so..

Sam I have to take issue with your perspective on performance. About two years ago, the programmers went to great effort to address errors in the game, and gave us the downloadable client to improve player experience. Yes there are stil problems, frustrating ones, but remember the A Critical Error Has Occurred...