It is pointless to complain! These evens are designed for those who spend real money or those who have no file and they play 24x7. They are not designed for us, the casual player, who are playing the game for fun. Just think about all the useless rewards that we get by completing missions and getting a few containers, other than the weekly, that 99.999999% contain useless items like color shots for turrets you don not even have or useless paints for countries you do not care about. Also, how about the missions where you must score 2500 points for 6 batteries when you do not even own any drones and you are forced to change the mission only to get another one that offers you batteries again?

After today's restart, there is an annoying frame around the screen even in full screen. Is this another of the "useful" features the "brilliant" tanki developers introduce as they please?

Lag has not been fixed yet. Lately it seems that I get this dreaded "you have been removed for inactivity" even before I get in the battle more often now. However, I noticed that I never get that message when I play PRO battles. Makes you go hmmmm? I guess this is one the "features" of the MM system that "makes the game more enjoyable" according to Cedric! Let's see what other BS is going to come down from Tanki.

But their stats show that the "vast majority: of players use the BATTLE button! Of course they cannot make them public because they will be exposed for what they are: deceitful people

I get this too very often! Of course now that they are going to PAY for PLAY they will fix it right? Don't hold your breath though!

Hahaaaaaaa! yeah right! No conspiracy but we are making it PAY for PLAY! It may be good for you but as you can see from the majority of the comments the players do not agree. No conspiracy huh? then how come my post that I was addressing each sentence on Cedric's original post was deleted? perhaps you could not provide a counter argument and it was easier to delete it. What a bunch of BS.

Because it was free and now they want me to pay.

Spoken like a true buyer! This validates the thought that tanki is geared to PAY and Play model for player like you. Some of us however, are here for fun and not to pay for a game that is nothing but glitchy and very poorly programmed. If I want to pay for games I will invest in an XBOX or Playstation.

1. "without having to worry about which map or mode to choose, or how to set the rank bracket or number of players." Major lies. No one ever worried about this. Now most of us are worried that we will not be able to find a battle we like and if we do not like what's available, we cannot create the map we want. It is all about money and you are all dishonest people. 2. "For this reason, the “Create Battle” button will now become a Premium/PRO Pass feature" The only reason for this is because you need money and you are forcing players to buy Pro Pass. Be honest and tell the truth and do not feed us lies. 3. "Passes will start at a price of 500 crystals for Recruits, and will increase in price by 150 crystals with every rank until reaching the original price of 5000 crystals" In other words, we are screwed! So you have a mission that pays 450 crystals and you have to spend 500 crystals to buy a Pro Pass! I can see how that makes sense to an *****! Some of us do not have the time to play 3 or 4 hours a day. we do our missions and get out. Even the 3 hours Premium Account awards are useless for us. 4. "Since the introduction of the “Battle” button, our statistics have clearly shown that the vast majority of our players prefer to use this mechanism to join battles." here is another big lie! This button was introduced a few weeks ago and you cannot possible have enough stats to validate your statement. Even if there is an indication that "the vast majority" uses it, it may be because it is new and everyone tried it out. I know I did a few times, but I stopped using it because it took me to maps that I did not care to play. 5. "However, players often use the “Create Battle” button to create special non-PRO battles, such as 1 vs 1 duels and unofficial format battles (such as Save the Gold and Tanki Sumo). Since these are non-PRO battles, players who press the “Battle” button will often end up in these very specific battles, ruining the fun for the organizers" Another false statement. This can be solve by simple programming a option to create a battle that players can join by invitation only. Too simple for you to think outside the box? 6. "the system will automatically create a standard battle for you, and start sending other players your way." In other words it will create a map that I do not care to play and it will send me players that most likely do not want to play either! I can see that this makes sense in some universe, but no this one. 7. "However, this is a step in the direction of simplifying the game for new users" By taking away their choices of maps? Seriously? 8. "Of course, following the update, we will be monitoring the situation very closely and making adjustments as required." I am sure you will, but by the time you figure out that you have lost the majority of old players, it would be too late. But then again, this is one way to reduce the lag! This is becoming a disaster. Not only you screwed us royally by re-balancing the turrets and hulls and we lost a significant investments in turrets like isida, but you made such a significant change without input from the players. My conclusion has been for quite a few months ago that you are driving towards to PAY and Play model and your actions speak much clearer than the words you provide.

As I have said previously, tanki developers are desperate for money. So this game is no longer free no matter how they want to sugar-coat it. What do you mean I cannot create a battle for my favorite map? Why do I have to put up with the system sending me wherever it think it is appropriate for my rank? Seriously? Why only the Pro pass holders can create battles? So this game is no longer free because if you do not have enough crystal to buy a pro pass then you have to pay real money to get it! So how is this game free? Well, adios tanki! You will be left with those who are willing to pay to play your game. I guess that is one way to reduce the lag! Ha ha ha!