There's a lot of whining going on, don't know why, haven't played them all yet, but those I have played are much better, and there also seems to be a decrease in lag, so far, but we will see on that. Adding all the extra bits and taking some away has added a new dimension to many maps, and made the play less predictable, so well done Tankimen. "Aleksandrovsk — summer and winter (no visible changes)" Did anyone actually look! - several new control points added - and about time too, this is now a great map! ++ for that. It's Christmas day 2016 in Yorkshire - I'll say no more - new map my a... foot - what a swizz :-) All in all good job imo. _______________________________________ Hey Nives, Re: all the new competitions, very cool, just two observations you may want to consider. 1. For gawds sake allow light AND medium hulls in everything. 2. Allow an assortment of turrets 3. Change the times a bit - i.e. 5.30 - 8pm utc ---------------------- The thread seemed to have drifted into a slanging match about Magnum, and as a user I have to agree it has slightly spoiled some games on the smaller maps, and would not be sorry to see it excluded (or limited) by design from maps like noise, and silence. That said, a Mag is only as good as the team that will let it play to its potential, with a weak team mag is not good at all. Likewise, a good team, with the right tactics, can make mincemeat of Mags, because if they are not allowed to play, then they are a liability. 1v1 it is not much use against fatties with da or those with prot, just like many other turrets! BTW, if any turret needs sorting out it is Railgun - It kills without aiming, and at ridiculous angles, while parallel with the target, and even directly on top of it - yes that too! Food for thought everybods!

Then why didn't you, instead of making people waste their time trying to help you!

Roughly it translates to this: I'm sure an official version will be posted later Detailed terms of the promotion The competition takes into account the tanks that were destroyed by you both in normal (not PRO), and in PRO battles. Kills can be stuffed in any armament. The game time is counted from 05:00 Moscow time on November 16 until 05:00 Moscow time on November 23 (only 7 days). Paints of social networks: will be on sale in the Garage from 05:00 Moscow time on November 16; will be available for purchase at any rank; will cost 100 crystals each will disappear from sale after 05:00 Moscow time on November 23; will remain with the players who bought them for good. Prizes can not be exchanged for crystals or other game items. Each kind of supply, including a gold box, can be added only if it is already available for purchase at the time of the end of the contest. Compensation is not provided. To know how much you still need to overcome the desired mark, independently count the tanks you destroyed. Record your result after each battle or the value of the indicator "Destroyed" in your profile before starting killing. The results do not need to be sent anywhere: the system will automatically calculate how many tanks you destroyed during the promotion period. You can get only one prize for the highest score achieved. Thus, you can win a maximum of 10 gold boxes, 100 units of each supply (except for gold boxes) and 3 days of premium account (without taking into account a possible doubling). Prizes will be awarded within 72 hours after the end of the promotion. Premium accounts will be activated when they are credited to player accounts. All results of the action will be published within 72 hours after the end of the promotion.

Yes that's true enough, but with the current system, the high-rank Legends, at least those who play fair, tend to congregate on Eu2, so you know if choosing that server what you may encounter in some battles, with the new system it is going to make life, harder, for want of a better word. Well most of the posts so far seem to have been about missions, maybe boring is the wrong word, but some are certainly more long-winded than they were before, as it has become more difficult to complete some of them quickly, and even collecting boxes has become a scavenger hunt sometimes.

Well this seems like it might be a step in the right direction, except for one thing that has seemingly been overlooked. Players, at least if they want to be competitive, are now going to have look at the profiles of the those at the top of the scoreboard in every battle, to check if they are going to have any chance whatsoever of even destroying an enemy tank, let alone win the game. It is going to be just as tedious as looking through the servers. Case in point, Gizmo's and Legends 1,2,3 may now face a team with 12 Legend 40+'s with M4's and 50% prot mods across the board, and in case you think that won't happen, it just did, on the usually pleasant for low rankers, EU3. As it is, it seems like there are going to be a lot more one-sided games, and an huge increase in game hopping, as players struggle to find one to match their level.

30 seconds? Is this a typo? By the time you have said hello and my name is... it's the end of the video. Lol :-)

I foresaw the MM being foisted on us as there is no smoke without fire, aka Tanki was not going to waste hundreds of hours of development time. In spite of the flag-wavers, I'm sure the majority of the community hate this system as it stands, so rather than chuck petrol on the fire which is always unhelpful, how about a small compromise suggestion? At the very least sub-divide the no-choice battles into large maps and small maps, that way at least we will be entering battles with suitable combos if nothing else. To this end, how about a map window selector (same as that for battle creation) in the user interface where we can select/unselect those maps we do/do not want to play in thereby stopping the system from placing us in unsuitable maps, and wasting our time.

Sadly it seems the Overdrive addition has not been accounted for too well, it will be so much more difficult to kill large numbers of tanks with the whole field doubling-up on all supplies. Maybe that is why the Legends are joining low rank games on EU5 in their droves?

You need to collect evidence. The best proof is a video which clearly shows the violation. Quality of the video must allow moderators to easily understand nicknames and ranks of all the players. Before the creation of the post read *** GAME VIOLATIONS SECTION RULES ***

I've not had a critical error for about a month or so I'm happy to say, even lag has improved. I use the Opera browser. I stopped using the downloadable client as that gave 2 or 3 errors per session, whether or not that has improved I have yet to test. Anyway good job server-side guys :)

Hi folks, Here is my input, the good, the bad, and the plain daft, but Cedric did specify off-the-wall. No idea if these have been mentioned already, I don't have time to read this whole thread. In themselves they are just random thoughts, but if they help to spawn better ideas they will have served their purpose. Doomsday nuke, kills all enemy tanks in one go, limited use only. Nukes for hulls - Heavy Medium or Light Nukes for turrets - Mag/Shaft only Snail mode - Slows all enemy tanks in vicinity, hulls and turrets. Overdrive deactivator mode - for enemy tanks in vicinity. Super-speed nitro - 2x speed of Wasp, any hull One-shot kill mode - all enemy tank combos Double Damage deactivator - some/all enemy tanks Mine mode - During O/d activation - one tank goes into minelayer mode, e.g. one every 2 secs (mode is limited) Force field mode - Isida only gets zero-damage all-turret protection Firebird/Freeze able to fire one massive wall of flame/ice (once only) Shaft gets ability to move in sniper mode All ordnance turrets get critical hit and massive splash damage Self damage removed on all friendly turrets Enemy base area receives extra two flags for a short time period Control points locked against enemy tanks for short time DM/TDM each destroyed enemy counts 2x (could be set to work only for large score disparity) Health mode - All tanks in team get 100 health immediately Protection mode OFF - All enemy tanks have their protection modules deactivated Protection mode ON - Friendly tanks get module protection upgraded to M4 for (M3 battles) for short time Supply mode OFF - All enemy tanks in vicinity get all supplies in use deactivated Number of personal supply usage limited for all tanks If personal supplies used exceed x- number, Overdrive is deactivated for that tank for duration of battle. Overdrive monitors scores and speeds-up or slows progress count depending on the team/personal scores Deactivation of ALL weapons 5 seconds after Gold drop siren Gold boxes increased to 5 per drop - crystals decreased to 400 per box Lastly, I would suggest at least a few non-pro battles are left as normal, without the O/d feature

The title says it all. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against snipers/shaft at all, they all form part of the game but in my view it was a mistake to over-power it to such an extent it can not only kill at the whole length of any map, but will take out a Dic M0 with one shot. No doubt the snipers all love the new update, which will vastly improve their stats, but think about other players in the game, and the game as a whole. Here's several examples of what I am talking about: Today I played the Tribute map using the Dic hull, I spawned 8 times and every single time got killed with a single shot from shaft before I had moved a single tank length. Example 2 I played the Highways map, the enemy had six shafts, I got to the middle of the map once in 12 attempts from the spawning site on the home terraces. Example 3 Even managing to survive a shaft hit, on reaching enemy lines with little health left there is no chance of capturing a flag, or killing anything, or staying on a CP long enough for it to register without using supplies, assuming you have any, even then one more hit means you're dead. Note I'm only talking about lower ranks here, it's no fun for anyone, especially the youngsters to get blasted to hell before they can even play in the game, I'm sure they will very quickly get fed up and play something else. No doubt my complaint will quickly get shot down by avid shaft users, but instead of thinking of yourselves, think of the game as a whole, who wants to keep winning 10 - 0 or 100 - 0? win or lose, I don't. What say you guys, perhaps enough support may get the devs to rethink and do a u-turn on this update.

Haha, well I think if implemented the current sound will remain as it is

Note to Mods: I think I posted this suggestion twice in error, I didn't expect such a long delay before being published, no reflection on you guys I know you're inundated. :) please disregard other post if so.

Thankyou for your support :)

Hi Mafioso, Thx for your reply, yes I know the health bar is a good indicator... if you have time to take your eyes off the screen! sometimes, as I'm sure you know close-quarter battles are really mad, in fact I played one recently where there were 6 Isidas, with 4 on the blue team, throw into the mix napalm and snow and it's difficult to know who to shoot at. :) Imo, other turrets differ in that if you get hit, there is a severe jolt, or if going across open ground you have time to look at health bar if you hear the boom of a Smokey, and other turrets are more obvious, i.e. Vulcan, Striker. Really my suggestion only related to close-in battling, I just thought it would be nice to have.

I don't know if this has been suggested before, or if it's feasible, but how about making the sonic buzz on Isidas different from each other depending on whether they are blue or red team tanks. Idk about anyone else, but I've lost count of the amount of times I thought I was being healed only to find I was being Isidered (?) up the bottom by an enemy tank during heated battles. What say you folks, sound (sic) idea or not?

Well me, so that's what some folk are reduced to is it? I'm so glad I only play for fun. Thx CooperO

Hi fellow Tankiites, Quick question for someone regarding this tactic... Why in some games of CTF, when I have been through hellfire and shot to bits to capture the enemy flag, do my team stop me from planting it on our base flag thus scoring a point? My tiny brain does not compute this tactic, especially when in some of the games I've played in my teams have been behind in score. Also I may get shoved behind a shed and then everyone pees of and leaves me :-) The other thing of course is its a nuisance if on an xp mission to cap flags. Being new I'm obviously missing something, so rather than curse my team, I thought best to ask first. Thx

Apology accepted, :) I'm happy now that your literary intentions were strictly honourable, and yes, even as a newbie I have seen the in-game shenanigans going on myself, its very sad anyone wants to cheat in a free game that offers no financial reward, I understand that for some, Tanki is not a matter of life and death, it's more important than that!! :o

Thankyou for your kind words I_already_won, and your accurate description of me :-) I took offence to the OP's post as it made me feel bad because I really try hard for my team(s) despite knowing I'm not that much use. TBH, as I'm not a serious gamer, and anyway prefer the cut and thrust of mad close-quarter battles where things go bang quickly, I have no aspirations towards being a 'top gun' but there seems to be no way to stop getting promotion beyond my abilities. Thanks for the tips :)

Elitist claptrap, that is both unecessary and unkind to newcomers. Everyone has to start somewhere, and that is made more difficult than ever now that game creation mode has been removed from free play. Hands up, having been playing Tanki for a couple of weeks, I am a 'horrible' noob player, my tanks get destroyed a lot, I cannot turn my turret very well, don't know anything much about tactics or the nuances of the game, and have a very slow, fragile and under-gunned tank I am not a gamer of any sort, I play for fun and for some light relief, so I apologise to all the better players in the teams I have played for if I messed the game up for you, it was not my intention. As I don't intend to buy success, especially with these servers here, even though I can easily afford to, I try and make the best of what equipment I have to work with. That includes using all the tactics you mention above for the sake of my team mates. For example, deliberately taking hits to protect better players with slow-firing weapons, Isidas and team mates carrying enemy flags away. Deliberately getting destroyed on ramps to block enemy tanks from chasing teammates with the enemy flags. Dashing about and drawing enemy fire from long-range weapons so that their positions become more obvious to snipers on my own side. Consistently sneaking into enemy camps and nicking the flag while nobody's looking to draw away enemy tanks from other positions. Blasting anything possible up the a$s I can sneak up on at point-blank range. Inflicting as much damage onto enemy tanks possible, so that other players in my team with better weapons can take them out more quickly. Although a 'fun' player, I always try and help my team win, and that is not easy when enemy tanks can take you out with one shot the whole length of a big map like Aleksandrovk which is very frustrating, but it is what it is and if that's how you like to play, no problem. Trying to protect the flag with a Firebird, despite heavily-armoured, warp-speed enemy tanks What else can a new player do? As a suggestion, perhaps it would be advantageous to the big-time (?) players if some game maps were created for newbies only, where huge guns and bulletproof hulls are not allowed where necomers can hone their skills against each other instead of spoiling the games of you 'elite' players. Or if new players are not welcome at Tanki, maybe they should find something else to play.