Not quite, but I believe the mechanism will be reworked soon to be more practical. No specific date for now.

Tankers! Only 3 days passed since our amazing V-LOG has hit the 100 episode mark, yet we already have an announcement to make regarding something that was secretly hidden "behind" it! Only few users understood our hints and found the right path to what we hid — a secret quiz to win crystals! 180 users managed to complete the quiz and we randomly picked 50 winners among these 180 users. You can find winners' nicknames below and in our official Facebook page. CONGRATULATIONS to everyone and, again, HAPPY 100th VLOG!

Tankers! It’s indeed a special Friday because our beloved V-LOG has hit the 100 episode mark! In this episode, we’ll be talking about the latest update, and giving you the answers to some of the most hotly-debated questions of the past few days. And since it’s the 100th episode, we’ll also be giving you a backstage look at how the V-LOG comes together. Check out episode 100 below! P.S. And let’s see whether you can spot a little something in the comments section too. This could be fun. Question of the Week Submissions Video of the Week Submissions Unofficial translations by: @lekso2001 (Georgian) (Czech & Slovak) @Omar_Enze (Arabic)

Not anytime soon. New turrets and hulls are incredibly complicated to implement. Remember, even a small change can have big repercussions on a game, let alone something major like a new turret or hull.

Confirmed. The paints you buy will remain in your garage just like XT items

The team who is working on lags has nothing to do with the team who is working on the paints update. You're free to have no interest in the new paints. If you don't buy them, your gameplay will not suffer in the least. Why object to something that doesn't affect you at all? The Gold Box supply will come at a later day, sorry :) Although you're using a couple of objectionable words in here, I still chose not to remove your post. The paints update didn't prove too popular. However, it's based on a vision for improving the game by adding customization options, which is a good thing, so we're doing our best to find a middle ground to make everybody happy. As for this update, contrary to what you claim, it does NOT hurt anybody in any way. If you like the paints and can afford them, feel free to buy them. If you don't, then don't buy them! Simple! Be honest here, have you ever bought something that was a more expensive version of an item, simply because it had a cool brand and wanted to look more hip? If you haven't, you're part of an extremely small minority. Paints no longer have any protection. Now, paints serve as a status symbol. That's not exactly a fair comment is it? PART of the reason for creating this new shop was to make it more convenient for buyers to find what they want to buy. We also included the paints for people who are interested in customizing their tank with some unique content. Additionally, there HAVE been quite a few updates that have remained in the game. I'm sure you could name a few if you took some time to think about it. You've been with us a lot longer than I have in fact :) That's not how it works. Different teams work on different issues. And because of the nature of the work, it is not practical for teams to take over each others' tasks. Writing code is a very involved process. To give you a very basic example, imagine your friend was studying from a physics text book and got half way through. If you were to pick up from where he left (the middle) and get to the end, you would likely fail the exam, even though you technically finished the book. Because it was killing the dialogue in the forum. People got lazy and just down-voted rather than taking the time to explain WHY they didn't like something. I'm not sure about this one, but I'll check and let you know

Tankers! The new shop is in the game. In it, you’ll be able to purchase a variety of crystal packages, as well as Premium Account time. Additionally, the garage now features 8 new paints (two of them only be available for Premium users) for giving your tank a cool new look. Two of these paints will also be added to the shop’s shelves soon. Check out the new shop and paints in the game right now, and don’t forget to share your thoughts about them in the forum!

This is definitely a topic of interest. I think you should have a chat with the TO Newspaper, maybe we can write an analysis piece about it. Actually, I'll speak with them and ask them to get in touch with you.

It's only unnecessary if it makes things worse. And for now, it hasn't been in the game long enough to see whether it will make the game more dynamic.

There's no thing as "should be" here. It's a question of doing something in an attempt of improving the game (which isn't always immediately apparent), testing it, then seeing the results. When I used to play WoW, the amount of radical changes that were made throughout the game was simply staggering. And players would cry "NERF" every time. Then they'd find ways of working with the new mechanics, embrace the challenge, and get even better at the game. Sure, some changes didn't work, and had to be fixed. But you never know unless you try. And as I've said times before, heavens forbid we should ever stop ourselves from trying something new just because we're terrified it might now work out 100%.

Man, by definition, stronger equipment IS meant to give you an advantage over people with weaker equipment. If the stronger equipment doesn't do that, what's the point of buying it???

No, it's probably the texture of the bush that is kind of interfering with the text, so it gives the "illusion" of the text disappearing.

So you're telling me weaker equipment should NOT be weaker than stronger equipment. I'm afraid I'm not quite following...

The V-LOG is not misleading. The Gold Box: is a new supply can be bought in the shop, or acquired via a rare mission I confirm. Not buying the Gold Box will NOT affect your gameplay. You can still fight in battles without buying a Gold Box, and your enemies will not have an advantage over you if they buy a Gold Box and you don't. You DO have the choice whether to buy it or not. You can buy it for real money, or you can wait for a rare mission and get it then. Or you can choose not to bother at all. Those are all choices. And quite frankly, I don't think a 9-year-old should be impressing "ladieezzz" with a Gold Box. A 9-year-old should be focused on studying and getting through school with as few distractions as possible. Yes, it is optional content. You choose to use it or you choose to not use it. As for disabling the floor markings, those who feel it puts them at a disadvantage when they disable them, should not disable them in the first place. Common sense. Also, you should bear in mind that when you create a battle disabling floor markings, they are disabled for everyone, not just for you. So, quite the opposite of what you're saying, the playing field is indeed leveled out. :)

Actually, I think players will actually become a lot more resourceful in this format. You have to be more careful, because you don't get a second chance. I think you're underestimating how good some players can be at BP.

More challenging to use, yes; completely useless, I don't think so.

Actually, a lot of the work on those FAQs were done by the moderators. I think they did a brilliant job, especially considering the sheer massiveness of this thread. Because the update has good qualities too. So we want to keep what's good, and improve on the stuff that you guys don't like. That's the way forward. Just "giving up" and removing the update would lead to stagnation. And believe me, if the game were to always stay the same, everyone would eventually get tired of it, no matter what you all say. That's because for now I don't have anything to tell you. For now, the situation is staying as it is. But we're discussing it with programmers. i'm afraid that's the best I can tell you. Some prices might be revised in the near future, but I don't have specific details. I don't know, but I can try to find out. UPDATED: According to the programmers, the intention here was to change the way protection influences the game from the very beginning. They wanted to create a more gradual and consistent growth, as opposed to having a sudden "jump". I will pass on your feedback and it will be discussed. But as I said, this was done to balance Wasp with its high speed and maneuverability, and make Hornet more viable. For the record, Mods work pretty hard when all is said and done. And that's time they spend NOT playing the game. is a player and a moderator. Moderating the forum takes a ton of time out of his playing, which means he can't earn in-game as much as other players do. Sure, it's his (and other moderators' choice), but it's for the benefit of the community, definitely not for their own personal gain.

Hi all, Just a reminder that there's a pretty extensive FAQ section in this thread in the following post #3 and post #4. If you have any questions, please check out those posts first. Also, if you have any objections or comments on anything in those posts, please quote the relevant section of that post, together with your counter-argument. This will help us understand better what your point is.

You might be a programmer, but that doesn't mean you know what happens in the CMs chair. My job is to keep the community happy and engaged. I have absolutely nothing to do with programming. Also, organizing events does not take away from programming time. Programmers write code, while community managers engage the community. I'm hoping you're aware of that fact at least.

Agreed.

This was explained a few pages back. The protection on Wasp was making the Hornet format obsolete. Wasp is powerful enough with its speed and maneuverability.

Of course. That's what I'm trying to do too. My role is to argue FOR the players and bring their perspective to the devs. But my role also involves seeing the devs' perspective and trying to explain the sense of it to players. Programmers are paid for the skills with ones and zeroes (so to speak), not for their skills in human interaction. That's where the CM team comes in. I assure you we're trying our best to find a "place" where this update is good for everyone — for the players, and ALSO for the business, because ultimately, if the business falls, so does the game, and that means the players won't have Tanki Online anymore. Sure, there are loads of games out there, but we'd like to think you love Tanki Online enough for it to be worth keeping afloat, no? :)

Hey all, Let me just clarify a few things about the Gold Box supply. It will be bought from the shop (for real money - price still to be determined), NOT from the garage. If you do not wish to buy a Gold Box for real money from the shop, you can wait for one of the rare missions that will reward you with a Gold Box. It does not make sense to BUY a Gold Box just to get the crystals, because in that case, you might as well just buy crystals. This is purely optional content — it is your choice whether you want to buy it, and it will not affect your gameplay at all if you don't buy it.

That's ok, but now that you've understood how this system will work, please make sure you delete any comments where you might be misleading other players :)

Removing the update isn't the solution. We'll find a way to work on your feedback and make it better. How "effective" a camo paint is, depends on where you're using it. All camouflage does is use a particular combination of colors so as to be harder to see in certain environments. A white paint would already give you that in a snowy environment. As has already been said in this thread, the prices of paints might be revised. That said, I don't see a problem with people all having the same paint and not wanting to spend crystals on purely aesthetic items. If you have the crystals to splurge, by all mean do it. But if you don't have the crystals, then don't look at paints, just focus on gameplay-improving items. It's obvious. Remember, if you had the paint, you should've gotten the corresponding Paint Element and Protection Module. If you didn't, then you do not need to buy the paint; just buy a protection module instead. @falcosenna1, it would be nice if you could appreciate that we're already taking steps towards correcting the issues that are being raised by the community. As I've already said many times in this thread, we have the feedback and we're doing our best to argue in favor of what players want.