He can read English just fine. He even learnt few words! Like 'So toxic'. On the other hand, Hazel (Semen Strigak) is the dude responsible for all this. The best thing would be to just fire him.

Thanks @BloodPressure! Though I meant Semen Strigak, aka @Opex-Rah?

The question is if Semen is aware of it.

Just curious, what do you think is better now? Faster rank progressions?

Good point. Then remove annoying effects too. And everything else that players did not ask for. Of course never gonna happen as long as Strigak remains game designer.

Nah, tanki desperately needs simplification. Not further complication. Devs might like it since they could sell more alts/augments adding laser capability and protection.

I joined in 2012. What I like? Catching occasional PRO battles with similar old players, reminiscent of the old Tanki and social atmosphere. But finding these got next to impossible. I don't care much about skins. Though I'd prefer skins to reflect the mod as it used to be with M0-M3.

I guess devs care. Just in a weird and twisted way.

I play PRO a lot and there are not much hoppers in these battles. Why? Cuz ODs are mostly off there and hopper w/o OD is just pathetic. No other hull is influenced so much by its OD. Hornet kinda used to be but it's not even close compared to hopper.

Without drones/augments V/R would be preferred. But GS is useful only by indicating obviously weak (< 2k) or strong (> 9k) setups. In between it's mostly useless. Seen many times how teams with lesser GS were beating the crap out of supposedly stronger opponents. All in all I miss old days when you could assess players by their looks. When skins/paints meant something.

Maybe because some people care more about having fun and enjoying the game. Your emotions are real. Crystals are just pixels.

For me this game is a fun social experiment - how much can you abuse and neglect your customers before you are dead in the water. By my own calculations Tanki should have gone bankrupt long time ago. Well, it's still breathing ? So I keep watching...

Shame, this game used to be about playing tanks. Now everybody's busy figuring how to beat the casino. What happened?

Playing certain maps in certain modes is just pain in the neck. Or playing vs much higher ranks. You agree to suffer no matter what? - be my guest. I don't and I quit whenever I feel like. 1 minute ban is not gonna do much since it's often an average battle waiting time. Longer ban will rather cause players to leave. That's MM baby ?

Screen size definitely is a factor. Though modern gadgets have nice screens with very decent resolution and kids with sharp eyes can feel pretty comfy there. But IMO the PC controls is what makes or breaks the game experience. There is just no way to substitute 10 fingers with 2 and no ares can fix that.

I think it was a conscious decision to transform the old Tanki that we loved into a new game geared towards mobile. Everybody has a smartphone nowadays, right? So why not make a separate game? I guess TankiX demonstrated that strategy is not gonna work. So devs decided to sacrifice the old Tanki and gradually remade it into what we have now. For sure they knew it's gonna piss-off lot of players. But hey, it's their business and they are free to run it as they wish. Once devs disabled Flash I quit. Primarily because they did not make any effort to make that crappy new UX half as usable as Flash was. I would like to wish Tanki well but since I'm in the pissoff camp I wish them go to hell Good for you bro!

Whoa, HTML5 has been in the works for years by now and it's still not fully developed??

If you don't like the changes, vote with your feet. I have no doubt that DAU and purchases are closely monitored metrics.

I guess that "Big reminder" in the announcement is a direct hint about using vpn/proxies to circumvent IP ban.

Banning EU and US would mean cutting a substantial revenue part for Alternativa. I doubt they can afford it. So why not just fix loot boxes issue now for BE/NL? I guess couple reasons: The plan for replacing loot boxes is not ready yet. Simply removing them would hurt Alternativa's bottom line. Devs have been busy preparing for the Holidays season But as other countries progress towards banning loot boxes, Alternativa would have no choice but comply and adjust. At that point BE/NL ban could be lifted.

Exactly my point. In a true team everybody performs to maximize team's effectiveness. Otherwise it's not a team. And to clarify - it's not my intent to tell anybody how to behave. Just stating the obvious.

Teamwork implies there is a TEAM. Unfortunately no such thing exists in MM. PRO modes or cybersports had it but these are pretty much dead by now ?

You might give it a try but I suspect it went like this: - [Manager] We cannot sell loot boxes in NL and BE anymore. Devs, how much would it cost us to remove them from the shop? - [Dev manager] Lets see. Design, coding, testing, support - about $150k. - [Manager] Finance, how much revenue we get from these markets? - [Finance] In 2020 we project $50k. - [Manager] Well, never mind. Operations, please block NL and BE starting in 2021.

Now we know how the Tanki death letter is gonna look like. Starting with "Dear friends!" ?

You too? ?