Here we go. My current GS 4705 and my rank is 3rd Lieutenant. This means the bots playing against me (today) are 6k+ I am currently playing firebird/wasp both 4-10 max due to level restrictions. It has zero augments for hull. I purchased high pressure pump (for turret) to see what that did--It did not do much except make me miss my targets. I have a grand total of 142 rubies and 53k crystals. 152 grenades at 3-2. I only have the choice of brutus (max) and saboteur (lvl 5) for drones. I have 2 protections of spider and owl (both lvl 5) because I bought them a long time ago before they took them away. I managed to accumulate 106 crates without opening them. 56 had 1k crystals. 7 had a larger amount (no more than 25k, however) 36 had various amounts of supplies--most were boosted armor. 4 were paints. 2 were shot colors (eclipse/magnum and magma/rico). 1 cyclone missile launcher for striker. So, ya. That's an idea of how the progression goes for non-buyers. Yay.

I enjoyed reading about the decreased increases. Or was it increased decreases?

Literally died BEFORE an enemy tank took a shot at me--at a 90' angle from the way their barrel was pointing. Can't tell me that's lag.

Does this update inherently make bots stronger? ...But that aim assist... legal hack.

That WOULD explain why some of the team totally disappears half way through the game...

I mean, the bots don't participate in the mission, so why should the humans? It's basically you and 3 (maybe 4) other humans attempting to solo complete the game objective. But ALL of the enemy is attacking you. Even bots. I just played an assault game where everyone stopped picking up flags after 3 minutes and it just turned into a DM. Almost zero difference in score.

Doesn't always work.

Does self destruct count or does it need to be destroyed by another tank?

Me in the garage changing from shaft to firebird: Me in the game after changing from shaft to firebird:

This happened to me. Usually happens when you press the same button about 5 times during re-spawn

I think there are more bots playing that do not have the 'first name, last name' identification. ...Or else the general IQ of the 'new-average-tanki-player' has decreased to almost sub-moronic levels.

The bots thought the match making was so bad, I guess they really DID leave, lmaooo!

Even the bots are leaving tanki... ?

That's very interesting. I wonder why that happened.

lol

I would have enjoyed seeing the final scores of this match. Can't imagine many people on the team on the left stayed for the entire game, though. I guess there weren't enough bots to make the teams even. LMAOOO!

I just played a game where my wasp bomb was fake. 100% . Pressed shift. Nothing happened. 0%. Eye roll. Returned to my base to find no less than SIX bots already there. LOL. Yeah. Didn't stay in THAT game either. And again tonight. Picked up the crate. Pressed shift. Nothing happened. Wow. Imagine paying for this luxury. And again. And again today. And yet again today. So what's the deal tanki? And again just now. 4 tanks sitting on the seige point. Zoom in with my wasp bomb. Press shift. Silence. Game programming at it's finest. FINEst. And again tonight. Fake bomb at 100% And again today... sigh. great job. And again today. March 1. AND AGAIN TODAY MARCH 14

Just played an assault match where no one picked up a flag for the first FOUR MINUTES of the game. Hahahahahaha!! Zero reason to participate in the mission.

Wait until you figure out the reason why... When you enter the garage, you can't access your supplies inventory until you click something else first. I wonder why they would do that... hmmmm...

As soon as tanki puts the token 6-8k GS enemy tank (in a 4k arena) as the Juggernot, I leave the match. Not falling for that joke money making tactic. I also leave if tanki has decided the intelligence of the bots on my team equals that of a 6 year old child when the other team's bots are one-shotting me from half an arena away. Nope. Not playing that one either tanki.

They have determined that more 'clicks' equals more fun. Clicking is addictive. It's psychological persuasion at it's core. That's why you can click up to 4 times to open just 2 crates. Hick's law (although I think the devs want players to stay here for longer amounts of time), Fitt's law, Visual Hierarchy, and Color Psychology. Google them all and then return to tanki's mission page...

A battle mod sighting is more rare than a sighting of the Loch Ness Monster...

I always thought they just posted a fake message about moderator analysis being complete, lol. I would have thought come up with a better message like 'hacker booted. thanks for keeping tanki real'. Effective at what? Reducing hackers/saboteurs or more effective at mods understanding the report? As far as I'm concerned, the bots are the biggest saboteurs in the game today. They block you and your path, they bump you when trying to shoot, they shoot directly at you (sometimes) and not the enemy, They don't shoot at each other, and they don't participate in the game mission, Sounds like multiple violations...

And tanki knows that the core will never leave despite these unfair tools. They owe PC players nothing. I just leave the games where one or more rails have auto aim. Good luck 4 humans and 8 bots left playing on my team.

Not sure I can find the actual statement where I say it will be lame. Do I think it will be lame? If the devs/owners approach classic with the exact same mindset as they did with the current version of tanki, then yes, it will be lame. If it's a pet-project of the devs with no links to monetization or profit or revenue--and just for pure game enjoyment-- then I believe it will actually be... a good start. And I'll be the first in line to play. History of their involvement with this game, however, suggests the former and not the latter. And I say that the devs have promised a lot of things that have turned out to be not true. And do you believe everything the devs tell you? In that case, what is there to discuss from YOUR standpoint? Why even reply to me? Why not just say 'every conversation in this forum is moot, so I shall not engage, because the devs tell the truth 100% of the time and are always right'...? Oh, I believe they ARE collecting suggestions. But I also believe that is ALL they are doing: collecting. Not listening. Just collecting. Remember the survey from a couple of years ago...? Did anything change for the better (from the players viewpoint)? Did the players who responded to the survey in this very thread change their vote from 'on edge' (43%) or 'hate it' (27%) to 'love it' (9%) and/or 'satisfied' (21%)? No. They did not. Because tanki was just collecting. I have literally a decade of evidence that they only listen to their owners. And I'm not sure what you are trying to achieve with your reply. As far as I can tell, I'm actually following exactly what the title of the thread is. I'm giving my opinion. Again, I'm not responsible if that hurts anyone's feels for having a contrary opinion to something that doesn't exist yet. If you'd rather me not give my opinion, you are always free to block me, ban me, or scroll right on past. Or--as forum moderator--you have the power to re-title the thread: "What is your opinion about the current state of tanki online?--except jeers". Your choice, my dude. Since we both like quotes, here's one that i think might apply to the dev's course of action regarding this business. "It is easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission"