The problem is that on large maps players wont use it, but on smaller maps or even dusseldorf, its oppressive. Played a game yesterday in Dusseldorf and a tesla user went 55/7. Killed me 5+ times with defender lol. something reasonable like a 50% increase in damage would balance the downside while being overly strong but having double damage for free is nutso. edit: this debate is just for fun. I understand it wont impact the game at all. ?

I dont know how the range is much of a downside. You just drive up to them and boom. imho, Having OP augments makes the game worse for everyone except those small few who have them

So, I just played against a tesla with shock therapy, defender drone, and lifeguard...this augment is busted. I had defender as well, but it basically would tap me and I'd be dead. The player went like 55-7 or something. Definitely not good for the game in the long run

Their gear scores are lower than his. The 2nd place player has almost the worst gear in the entire battle

Is crusader's OD bad? Crusader is one of the hulls I see most commonly, so I've assumed its OD was considered powerful. Doesn't it charge really quickly?

Ditto 100%

As a big noob who too often goes speed, damage and then gets one shot because I chose not to do armor, I do think the supplies offer tactics. If I go armor early, I won't die right away, but I will be without it if I survive my first engagement when it runs out. Go damage and armor first, often I spend too long just driving to the fight ?

Ive gotten 1shot by railgun with armor and full health...always feels bad. That being said, augments for rail and thunder must focus on critical damage bc so many ppl always use protection vs them, so without those augments those turrets would be close to unplayable. The fact that you yourself have made several negative posts here speaks a lot about the game and I hope the ppl in power are listening. Youve been on the forums for a long time, always with excellent detailed analysis. Mods/devs/whomever should pay attention to your comments

Great question...I wonder how you'd even calculate this. Based up turrets that Ive rarely seen in battle and moreso rarely seen top score I'd suggest. Vulcan: rarely see it, rarely see it top games. smoky: Rarely see it except when it has great alt. Isida: See it a lot, but usually it is low/mid pack in score.

Or just shout out to mods for being quick! ?

Fantastic in depth review. I do t know enough to understand why some of those bugs are things but good post. I have. Noticed my hull getting stuck in a half flipped spot before and it is quite annoying. I have found in any games I play that when I take them seriously, I lose interest and get frustrated, while if Im just playing a bit, I dont get tilted by things like random selfD!

I dont mind this. The fact that it takes soo long to get max equipment is one thing that keeps ppl playing! Perhaps fewer 1000 crystals in normal containers would be nice but in general its fun to slowly build gear

Some of this might just be player preference. I enjoy fighting tanks. If I can cap a point or flag I will but my main fun comes from fighting. Assault is a weird mode where one team is essentially camping and the other team suicides in

Fantastic analysis. I have blaster for titan not mammy so currently I miss that with Mammy but you make me want to try mammoth out again. Gotta buy and upgrade trickster too

From my experience, Titan's dome allows me to post up in a strategic location...sometimes people have overdrives ready, but if not, it allows me to stay alive for a while. I'm not sure where Mammy's OD is best used. I've tended to use it when a freeze/fire chases me down, but outside of that, I often have to actively look for an opportunity to use it, like leaving a safe place to chase down opponents.

Ive been enjoying heavy hulls lately. Titan seems to fulfill more roles than mammoth. Are there mammoth lovers here that could help explain where and when mammoth can outperform titan? Or is titan just better

Shooting speed regulator: what does it do practically and is it worth using or the rotation speed augment? it appears to make bullets do more damage but shoot fewer bullets which sounds like that would even out.

Will that person see your message as a notification or do they have to actually be looking at the chat? It would be neat to message someone like "hey havent seen you for a while, miss battles with you"

I know mammoth doesn't see much play, but there's something very satisfying about using its overdrive. Smashing into enemy tanks or crashing over them always feels so good.

Hard agree on Dictator needing a buff of some sort. Such a classic hull is barely played nowadays. Perhaps an simple answer would be to either: 1) Increase how quickly Dictator's overdrive charges. 2) Increase the points given when Dictator shares its overdrive. 3) Give Dictator a small hp buff to make it a heavier medium hull.

Ive found that games with many of those 9999 gs players are very different from ones without. If you find a game without many of them, games can still have some strategy. Hard to find tho sadly

How is tanki advertising? There is an age factor. Many of the players playing in tankis golden years are much older now, maybe with families and jobs. The decrease in players may be ones like myself that just dont have as much time as we once did. Will this crowd come back? Maybe ? tanki needs new 14 y/o kids to get hooked like we all did. I fear that classic might bring ppl back for a bit before busyness of life takes over

I may be in tiny minority but I love games with bots in them. The bots play so casually it makes the whole game more relaxing. Rather than getting spawn killed, bots just drive around and shoot. The ai is decent too. Id not complain if their protection was increased a bit more to make them more competitive but for now theyre an awesome addition! A lot of human players are worse than bots anyway

Hopefully this is true. Tanki already has some really nice variety, that this doesnt seem like it would make much/any good difference.

Good topic. I'd agree with Maf in that I don't have time to sit for a minute between battles. Perhaps work could be done to give a losing side some advantage to minimize these bad battles