You can just save up weekly missions to get to 300 stars, which is what all the winner pickers will be doing.

You don’t need to earn 5k stars in a single challenge to get the skin, just 5k stars in total during the time the event is running (16 days)

The shop showcase update is nice, but would be better if it included batteries as well. (Considering how difficult it is to obtain batteries now after the container nerf update)

So does that mean we can expect changes in containers soon? (Fingers crossed)

Let me correct you on that. We have until 14th Feb 2 AM UTC to collect stars - which means the 14th doesn't count. We have a total of 16 days. 3 in this month (29, 30, 31) and 13 days in February (1-13). Calculation - Stars from: Daily missions: 16 x 150 = 2400 Weekly missions: 3 x 450 = 1350 Special missions: 400 Total stars = 4150 (It is safe to say you will get atleast these many stars as long as you complete dailies and weeklies) Stars required from battles: 850 Average stars needed per day = 850 / 16 = 53.125 (~54) NOTE: This is considering that we don't have an ultra weekend (from which we can get more stars) in the next 2 weeks (which I think is unlikely) So, that brings your average playtime per day (Considering each battle lasts 15 minutes) down to 4.5 hours. Keep in mind that we might have an ultra weekend starting Friday, 11th February, that can give us more stars. Bottom line? Keep these numbers in mind if you plan on grinding for the Freeze SE skin. Even if you can't reach 5000 stars, just by completing daily and weekly missions, you can get 49 containers and 20 ultea containers (Plus a Youtuber paint) for the price of 990 tankoins. I think it's a pretty generous offer.

The 2 holes on the side look like a pig’s snout.

Was the design inspired by a pig's nose? Kudos to the art team!

Maybe you could also let them know how bad they messed up the container nerf update and made hundreds of people mad? Check EN and RU topics, everyone I see is against the update. Maybe they could discuss that as well? or nah, it will mEsS up the game economy? ? I see you replied when the developers are at a loss, but when all the players are at a loss and complain you remain silent.

That’s true, but the least he could do is give an explanation for the changes that have occurred. Literally everyone complained about the container update but I saw no input from Marcus into the matter. What’s the point of being a community manager if you don’t even try to respond to the people of your community?

So not exactly the picture-perfect example of a good, responsible community manager.

So on Thursday he will respond to all our queries and criticisms regarding the container update? Great!

@Marcus It says in your profile that you’re the EN community manager, but I’m yet to see you get involved in the community, except for posting new topics. Numerous people have been criticising the container update and pointing out bugs, but I haven’t seen you respond to any of them lol *Insert mod comment “But he’s busy!” *

No container changes... even after reading all the comments about it? Seriously?!

+1000 crystals

Here's my list. With the new balance changes, I believe Firebird deserves a spot in the S tier. Smoky with legendary augs is just OP. Same goes for Isida with vampire nanobots, while twins with garage augs is really good too. Some might argue with Vulcan being in the S tier, but with Heat immunity and booster this turret is just broken... doesn't matter if you have prot against it or not, it will still finish you off really quickly. Need I to explain Thunder and Magnum being in the D tier?

Violation ?

I have a daily mission to deal 270k damage, and haven't been able to complete it since yesterday even after trying for like 2-3 hours thanks to this bug. Even if I'm able to enter a battle I get ridiculously high ping, which just puts me off the mood. Quite amazing and pathetic how the devs can't be bothered to fix this even though its been 10+ days since this issue started, but don't hesitate to start off the year with a garbage update.

It has been like 10 days since the infinite loading screen problem has been experience and reported by TONS of players, both in the forum and the discord server. But instead of responding to that and trying to fix the issue, the devs implement yet another disastrous update into the game.

Useless challenge for me... I already have both striker alts, and don't use mammoth.

So what if you can get Legendary augs from normal containers? The probability is just 1% and won’t make that much of a difference for the most part. You mentioned that if we use supplies wisely, we will never face a shortage, but that basically applies only if you play just to complete daily missions. We can get 3 containers daily now? We could get 3 daily ever since the shards update came out, by watching 4-5 ads on the mobile version of the game, which also generated revenue for the devs. And so what if we can earn 3 containers daily? You haven’t considered the fact that container rewards have been nerfed by more than 3x - for common rarity we just get a measly 1000 crystals.

They added drones to the Epic rarity, but they DRASTICALLY reduced the amount of crystals and supplies we can get from containers, including batteries, which are now only found under the Epic rarity, and that too only 100 of those - keep in mind that there’s so many items under the epic rarity that it’s hard to get a particular reward. So I now have Blaster, Hyperion, Trickster drones etc. from the new containers. What am I supposed to do with them? From where do I get the crystals to upgrade them? And supplies? And most importantly, how can I run any drone other than Brutus as we now get virtually 0 - I repeat - zero batteries from the new containers, and there’s no other way to obtain them other than the battle pass, which gives an insignificant amount each challenge? Please explain the reasoning behind this. This is like putting food in front of a beggar, but asking him to pay if he wants to eat ??? And should I even mention how pathetic it is that the devs didn’t mention the biggest change - i.e decrease in container rewards - in the patch notes? Nobody likes this container update, literally nobody except a very few people with already maxed out garages. Heck, even the Russians are criticising this update very strongly - go read the comments section of the big TO Russian Youtubers and you will see for yourself. Tanki always says on their YT channel that they love hearing feedback from players about the new updates they implement - but I really doubt that. First update of 2022 and it’s already going downhill. We asked you to fix infinite loading screen bug that tons of players are facing, but nah, a better idea is to implement a horrendous “update”.

Paladin nerf - Good. Removal of shards. Seriously? For those who didn't know, you can watch a video to earn 10 shards on the mobile version, up to a total of 10 videos per day. Is Tanki seriously reducing their advertising revenue? lmao Tesla nerf - A bit too harsh imo for status augs, the increase in shot warmup time could have been lesser. Container changes - Removal of premium pass and supply sets from containers What even is this? Just makes the game even more p2w. A lot of people opened containers mainly for premium, but it seems like its pointless now. Also, in the test server the rewards from normal containers are lowered SIGNIFICANTLY. A gray container can give you 1000 crystals, 30 of any supply (but 10 repair kits). An uncommon (Green) container can give you 3000 crystals or 100 of any supply, while a Rare (Blue) can give you 10000 crystals or 100 repair kits. What the? They basically moved rewards up tiers - the rewards you could get from gray containers, you now get from green ones, and so on. Not even this, they made the rewards even LESS. For those praising this update and the decreased chances of getting a gray container, you might want a second opinion on the matter. - Addition of legendary augs to common containers, changes to ultra containers Won't really have a large effect, as the chances are just 1%. However, ultra containers are just ruined now though, as the chances of getting a legendary are now 2%. I believe the vast majority of people bought UC's for legendary augs, the chances of which now are reduced significantly. So what if the chances of getting an exotic are now twice? It's still less than 1%. This will just reduce the number of people buying UCs imo. Removal of exotics from normal containers - But why? The chances were like 0.1% anyway - so now people can't even hope for their tanks to look good? lol Addition of drones to normal containers - Good. Will encourage people to try out new playstyles. Getting 1 container instead of crystals for rank up - Honestly, this is just a meme. We used to get 40,000 crystals for a Legend rankup, which isn't even much at high ranks, and now we will get 1 container ?. This could be good for low ranks, but it's a JOKE for high ranked players. Hard to think some dev suggested this while they were sober ?? Overall, an update that takes the game even more in the p2w direction, and quite possibly even reduces Tanki's income (?). Reduces playerbase even further.

@Marcus What is the point of making a snowman-themed event if you guys can't even fix the servers so that we can participate?