Same here ?

LMAO Of all the issues the game has, this is the one you choose to complain about? ?

I find that only the sweaty tryhards will bother switching, which is most of the playerbase at Legend these days. But they won’t be able to do that when the devs remove equipment changing. Basically everyone will be a glass canon, dealing a lot of damage but lacking adequate protection in each encounter. Expect a lot more dying and respawning. I know I keep flip-flopping on this but when you consider how small the playerbase is compared to a few months ago I believe removing equipment changing will be quite detrimental, even if it might work well in theory.

And here’s some more shocking news for you: I am the Senate!

You’re typing in the chat… in Russian?!

I remember first playing around early 2013; my first map was Serpuhov winter-themed, using Hunter and Smoky. I also remember being really impressed with Twins and Ricochet. Those turrets were truly something else back in the day. One funny story is that after I had eventually bought all turrets and hulls in the garage, still being a total noob, I didn’t realise that they all had up to M3 modifications. So I went from thinking, “wow, this game is easy, I already have all turrets and hulls” to “oh, crap”.

Can confirm. I play that game a lot.

I’ve always thought the exact same but never put it into words. I think because of the nature of the game - free to play, browser based MMO - and how accessible it is, there will ALWAYS be a population of F2P players, mostly young children who don’t know any better and are perhaps impressed by the visuals and mechanics of TO, but don’t delve into the malicious stuff underneath. So in my view whatever new P2W gimmick the devs come up with, it’s a win-win for them because that core group of naive players will stick around simply because they have nothing else or ‘better’ to play. After all this game is probably quite impressive to, let’s say, a 12 year old who might not be permitted much time on the computer or allowed to play more adult games such as CoD, Battlefield, etc. Such players are unwittingly cannon fodder for the average buyer and the buyers will therefore keep buying.

Well that’s even worse than what we were all speculating - that they would simply remove it. I predicted the same a while back.

Swapping to what? They’ll only have one or two fully upgraded combos at the most.

I don’t think current world events will permit for the game to revive. I think it’s the final nail in the coffin - not that I’m glad about that.

I don’t think we’ll even get episode 444.

laughs in AP immunity

What’s the point of mods deleting names of countries? Can’t even state a current world event anymore. Ridiculous.

Here is your answer. The playerbase has decreased drastically.

Tanki Online is a perfectly balanced game with no exploits.

This is referring to the delay at the start of the battle, before the objectives have spawned.

That’s totally false. The system hasn’t changed with regards to adding players to already-started battles. The only thing that’s changed outside of what’s stated in the patch notes is that the playerbase is rapidly shrinking. What you are experiencing is most likely a side effect of that. We are all feeling it in fact.

No, it will be painful for heavy buyers like yourself, which I can only assume you are by what appears to be a maxed garage. For the average F2P and even for players who occasionally buy the battle pass it would be like a regular Tuesday, seeing as they are already limited to one or two fully upgraded combos and a couple status effect augments spread across a few turrets at the most. Quite frankly, I would love to see it. All the buyers will be forced to rage quit because their egos were hurt by not being able to switch equipment at their every whim to dominate the battle.

This happened before, has nothing to do with the update. Please re-read the patch notes.

Well, to be fair, buyers will always have a counter to whatever a non-buyer decides to switch to. As long as the buyer is the last to switch it’s a win for them. Without equipment changing and with GS based matchmaking I believe battles should, at least in theory, be more balanced. Unfortunately the game doesn’t currently have enough players to allow for that, so that’s definitely a problem at the moment. I’m not as supportive of the idea as I was a couple of weeks ago, however I want to point out that without any equipment changes buyers can still dominate but it would be a much smaller win for them than it is now.

So it seems that the devs really are considering getting rid of equipment changes during battles. I was initially for the idea, now I am slightly on the fence, but we’ll see how things play out.

I still can't believe they put Bully Maguire in this V-log. What a legendary moment.

Because there simply aren’t enough players at those ranks. Many people predicted this would happen in the last few years, and it seems that it is finally happening. It seems current world events which I will not name may be the final nail in the coffin for TO.

On this account I’m a General rank and 90% of the time I’m matched against Legend ranks. It takes so long to even find a battle, and then only to find that you’re up against 9k GS players. Last year it was not like this at all. The playerbase is so small now. It’s pathetic.