yeah, and the funny thing is it costs them absolutely nothing to "produce" these higher quality rewards. It's not as if they buy materials, licenses etc. to produce those mines, crystals, weapons, augments and so on.

Haven't you heard? These are the new "prizes" for ranking up - just one gold box instead of crystals. As a Legend I would get 40K, but now just one lousy box. Did I see it right that all the prizes for the daily missions are the same, regardless if mission difficulty? - one box and 50 stars.

Incorrect or a blatant lie. I got Mk1 shaft, gusee, hopper and more - dspite the fact that I once bought (using just crystals) all turrets and most hulls.

Did this replace your Mk7 20/20 turrets with the new nooby ones? You can't have two turrets of the same type.

how fair is this? I was fourth, but shouldn't I have been third? https://imgur.com/a/81QV42T

OK, people, I got you all together for my response. To be clear I am a shaft since 2015, playing every day for the last 6 years, never payed for anything for real money. I drive a Titan. Now, as for the way I see shafting it is giving full support to the team by giving cover to team mates attacking enemy base, being the last line of defense in CTF, Rugby or Assault def mode or slowing down enemy advancement. I always look out for team mates and try to help them in moments of oppression - meaning killing an enemy trying to kill them. I could go on. True, not too many shafts play like that, most sit there and look through the scope, not even realizing that the base behind them is compromised (very unnerving behaviour giving a bad wrap to shafts). So with all the nerfing now, I as shaft cannot support my team as before, I cannot be as useful as before. In large arenas shafts manage, but in the small ones hardly. However, regardless of the difficulties I now encounter with this changed shaft, I am still more successful as a shaft than as a magnum, hammer or isilda (all of which are augmented for free and Mk8s, yet still crap compared to what can be bought). Interestingly, you can't buy as powerful upgrades for shaft, not that I would anyway... Also please see that most turrets have been OD, but the shaft hardly ever, rather nerfed. So, please seen shafts as those on your side, who actually can help, and cold have helped had they not been nerfed.

I am a shaft. Free player. The turret has been diminished, and nothing can be said about it. True, there has been some attempt to improve it, but that is fixing something they broke themselves. It is very hard now to be third in a winning team. Support to other tanks is limited because of the long reload. The context of the change is most essential: I have one shot every 13 seconds (reload plus warm up), but my enemies can shoot constantly, with short reload times. Just give the shafts back: 3 sec. reload time, wide sniping angle, faster turret speed, double damage, lose the laser, lose the silhouette, and restore camouflage. Also get rid off the indicators showing where the ball or stolen flag is heading. It was more sun thrying to find the thief or trying to see which way the attack is coming in Assault or Rugby.

I agree with all you write. I am Legend 35 myself, but maxed out all my weapons not by spending a dime, but spending loads of time since 2015. And I still get quashed by young turrets maxed out by augments I cant get in the garage. The game is going down. I am still here to see how long it will take them to totally dive.

ok, thank you.

What does it mean when you check a player's profile and the message comes out that "Profile not found"? You just played with the guy, he obliterated your entire team, he really did not need his team to do that - Belvedare, from the RoRo clan, 9999 SG.

Great News! Proof that the old players and nonbuyers have been right all along. I joined in 2015 and thought it was still good.

Interesting information. How did you get hold of it? It is not really Tanki making money, but the Alternativa Group. However for that company Tanki is the only money maker. They don't have any other enterprises going on.

Oh, no, I do play for the team, I look out for the team, I am a team player. Absolutely. Not a question of ego, only quest for a sensible game - there used to be some kind of tactics, lots of cooperation, now that is rare. It has become a shoot out, and me with my 11 sec. recharge, being on the thin wedge of the sword. My main point is that with the recent changes in the game I as shaft cannot support my team as I'd want, but also because of the unfair MM distribution. Nothing to do with ego, alright?

LeroyLeming, I appreciate your comments. I've been awarded premium today for three days and sure enough the game has picked up. Previously I'd be on the winning side about twice a 3-4 hour session of game play, today I was on the winning team every other time more or less. It seems this could confirm your theory. However as to your other point of shafts net being effective, I can tell you that My other specialty is Magnum. I am also a very effective Isilda.I can tell you that despite nerfing the shaft, I still gain more points than any other of the mentioned turrets. The point I was making, is that it may not be the question of me being obsolete, because then I'd still be on the winning team, but last, if the team were any good. What I have noticed is that the teams I am placed with are simply terrible in game play - unorganised, cowardly, unsilled, where as the other team seems even to be in close communication and coordination. I mean most of the games are as if playing with toddlers.

My complaint is about my suspicion of being "randomly" selected in MM games to play with teams that are more likely to lose than to win, only because I have never bought anything from Tanki for real money. The reason I have this suspicion is that for a long time now I have been trying to earn points to be no the winning team - just on the side of the team or taking the minimum third place. The pattern I have observed is that more often than not I land with teams already losing or teams that are tied 0:0 with 14:00 minutes to go, but during the game you can see that the opposite team is better equipped, organized and coordinated in supporting each other. It roughly takes me 2-3 hours of play to eventually to find myself on the winning team. So out of about 10-15 15 min. games, I am may be once on the winning side. Now, I do not consider myself a poor player. I have skills as a shaftsman, been playing the game for 7 years, everyday, Legend 35, I have always looked out for my team mates, never just sat there camping - sometimes defended the base, sometimes covered team mates attacking, sometimes taking the initiative to attack. I usually find myself at the top of the roster at the end of most games, sometimes with record kills (despite the load time of 11 sec.), but still find myself on the losing end of the stick. - so this is further proof that I am lined up with weaker team mates, and this does not seem to be an accident. I think we have the right to know if there is manipulation with the MM player distribution system. Simply own up to your policy, let us know officially, that if you are a buyer you will have it easier and you'll land better games, and if you are not, than you should be one, because otherwise you will have it tough. So after that all the non buyers can leaving the game just for buyers, a cliental TO is only interested in anyway.

Wow, that is impressive. The time it took to put it together. Hats off!

Why why, WHY!!?Why does Tanki insist on players looking into the special missions' page for the special missions to be counted? What is the deep reasoning behind that?? I just played a good game, my team won, I was happy to get another mission out of 17 done, and then afterwards I remembered that I forgot to go into special missions first. I did dailies, but forgot about the specials. You know why? Because for the last few days I know that I have to be on the winning team to get a point. So why is this not automatic? We all know you have the missions, we participate in them, just add the points where criteria is met during play time. Automatically. You know, like in the rest of the games in the WORLD. Fix this. This has been pointed out to you dozens of times now and yet you chose not to react.

ok, thanks.

Tanki Online??!! "The "Spectrum Modules" are special, incredibly hard-to-obtain modules that protect from every turret and mines, including regular and critical shots."

Sorry for using this forum to ask this question, but I just played a game with a tank that had just the one protection called Spectrum B. I couldn't find any information on that in the shop or in wiki. What is it? The amount of special upgrades are devastating for the entire game. I sometimes feel as if I'd be playing third league football with premier league players against me. Not fair.

So that we are on the same page - I only spent imaginary crystals that I earned in play, so there was no real money exchanged - I am not a buyer. However the only real cost though is the time I spend to earn those crystals...

Major complaint. I saved up for discounts in supplies. Bought 5K mines, the crystals were deducted, round 300K, but I got no mines. I want TO to return the crystals or give the mines. Now!

Put the reload time of shafts back to where it was. 11 sec. is crazy. With load and reload times I shoot every 13 sec. It is now hard to be even third in the winning team. In small arenas this is a total disaster. 11 sec. in a very dynamic game is a lifetime. Moreover other turrets just keep on shooting. Shafts have just the one shot. It should be lethal at all times.

Well, Tanki, you've done it again. You've crapped on your own game again. Christmas specials. Nice sounding, very challenging tasks that require a lot of killing and damage points. Well, I could not log on to any game for multiple times, even switching browsers, resetting the computer, did not help. And finally when I got in, I was there for a minute only for the server to disconnect. And eventually when I got into a game for longer, I could not do damage. This must me your server problem, but you prefer to invest in crap, instead of serious bug fixing.

Be careful with words like "everyone", "no one", "always" and "never". Too much of a broad blanket. For instance I am a shaftsman and I like 15 min. games and large arenas, especially Berlin.