I find the whole addition of bots to be literally the most head-scratching direction to take. "We don't have enough players." "Pffft. We don't need players. We'll make our own..." I wonder if the developers will replace themselves with AI bots. Then we'll have player bots complaining to developer bots.

Wasn't able to even get close to the enemy despite the smaller maps. Multiple hits from different enemies killed the short range every time.

I think they tried that a while back. It was around the time where they just randomly had an update that put 16v16 tanks in an arena (it's commonplace now, but when it was first initiated, it was chaos and everyone started using shafts to compensate) What I remember from that experiment was that short range turrets and turrets that did less damage (in general--like smokey) were slaughtered. And the powerful range weapons reigned supreme.

I wonder if the bots will have bank accounts to help pay for augments and premium passes...

Or... and hear me out... Or... they could just fix matchmaking... I know, wacky idea.

Or your generation was continually disrespected and for whatever reason you stayed silent about it... ?

You know what is better than an account ban? A store credit. Tanki keeps its money. Dude can get the augment he actually wanted. If you think that will promote abuse, make it a 50% store credit. Less screwing of the customer is usually the best option for everyone.

His complaint was valid, however. Whatever the reason behind it. The fact that it wasted a few minutes of a battle mods time really is inconsequential. I mean that IS literally their job. (underlines for emphasis, not for anger) You actually WERE able to do this before the 'inactivity' boot from the game. Not sure anyone complained that the game sucked at that time (well, compared to 2013 tanki, it sucked)

I guess that depends on what the definition of 'boring' is to both the players and tanki. All I know is that you're both on opposite sides of what makes tanki less boring. (And I'm just a player who spends no money.)

Exactly. So, it really isn't 'maintaining player interest' that comes first. And I find it ironic that the players here--in this forum-- are telling tanki what maintains their interest, but the reply was Are the players correct in what maintains their interest? Or is tanki correct in what maintains player interest. Because you're both saying opposite things. ?

there. fixed it for you.

I wouldn't ban a guy trying to report it... ? I guess the definition of 'game' is different where you come from. I think they come here to exactly make them happier--or at least escape into a world of tanks for a bit. If you specifically meant THIS game, then yes, I agree with you. Maybe MrRodent holds out hope that this game will get better if he adds his input.

Then why have those battles at all? Kinda defeats the purpose of Assault if no one from the other team attempts to bring a flag. Not really. I think I covered all the main reasons. Someone having a seizure while playing (and thus crashing into teammates is pretty low, as is pocket dialing and playing the game accidentally. If he was the only one feeling this way with the game I would agree with you. And to be honest, that is the reason so many players have already left.

'Ignoring battle mode' sounds like what happens in almost every battle. Just turns into a death match (not seige, for example). 'Crashing into team mates' sounds like sabotage/noobs or the unintelligent bots. Either way, he is a frustrated player. Maybe he just wants to vent without judgment.

Doesn't matter if he doesn't have video evidence.

I hear you. When the game ceases to exist they'll have no one but themselves to blame for it. They'll convince themselves that they 'tried their best' or 'did everything possible' or whatever, but anyone who has been here long enough know the real reason(s). In other complaint news, the brilliant decision to incorporate lingering dead tanks in the game do nothing but clog the base of small maps for battles like assault.

Every time I get a ridiculous gear scored enemy I'm going to put it here. This is unacceptable match making. Average gear score of my team: 2k. Highest GS3k Enemy four highest GS: 3k, 4k, 5k, 7k We lost that one with 3 minutes left to go. Shocking, I know. 7k's score was 43-4. Sandbox: My team average GS: 1900 enemy: four 3k's, a 2k and a 1600k I stopped playing for 5 minutes and am still 6 kills above 2nd on my team Literally not even going to tell you about the last joke of a game I just played in. Here's another wizardly matchmaking game. I'm the GS2584... So far, this is my favorite. 3.7k, 3.9k, three 4k's, two 5k's, and a 6k. So 8 players on their team were higher than anyone on my team. My team's highest is a 3.6k. Plus the other team has two more tanks than my team. You can assume we lost and this game didn't take very long to finish and is was super fun to play (/sarcasm) "We'll just fill out the other team with one or two higher gear scores to make the teams complete..." Eyeroll. I'll keep updating this fiasco.

You may close this topic as well.

you may close the topic at your leisure.

whoever is programming the matchmaking algorithm is only making it worse. played a capture game where I was literally the only one above 1.0k/d tied 3-3 (all three capture points were mine) halfway through the game. decided to sit in the base and watch the rest of the game with 6 minutes left because the bots that were on my team were terrible. tanki added a tank with double the gear score of every other tank in the arena to the other team with 5 minutes to play. still beat the second place team member by 8 kills. (in 6 minutes) two tanks on my team were 0-14, and 0-18. (for the GAME) didn't get another capture point. (in 6 minutes) this is happening more and more. I'm sure the other team liked it. score another win for the tanki matchmaking genius.

Yeah, I think he might be confusing accounts. It's never happened to me in the decade-plus time I've been here. But, in essence, getting a paint in an 'ultra' container is kinda lame. Paints aren't ultra. Maybe it is time for a week-long celebration in Russia when you buy paint, but not in the rest of the world, lol.

The rewards from containers now are basic--1k, supplies, mk1s, and fabulous (but useless) paints. Not worth waiting for. In fact, I wish there was an escape button so I wouldn't have to sit there and watch all those 1k containers open. Tedious and tiresome.

thank you

this entire thread can be summed up in 3 words. there isn't any.

"Anti-cheat has been disabled in favour of reducing false triggers on people trying to do legitimate parkour. This should improve the quality of parkour battles overall, as long as you do parkour in small or private battles with a group of trusted friends. Public parkour battles like space mode Silence CTF have always been "parkour" merely by name, when in reality it's just a free-for-all anarchy and a huge mess. In my opinion, the hackers there fit right in. There are no plans to deal with this issue. Reports of parkour violations are no longer accepted in any form." Is this still in effect?