Lets discuss match making! There is NO fairness or sportsmanship, even blending or anything that resembles a blended team. EVERY MATCH is extremely lop sided and unfair no matter what is being said. One side ALWAYS has a clear advantage. The gap in Gear scores are 2-3 and 4 thousand points difference and one side ALWAYS has all of the high g.s. tanks. You can tell who the bot tanks are, They are at my rank and have a 18 to 1 kill rate. How is that fair? I started a new tank to try out some of the new turrets and the level of skill and experience is so grossly uneven its barely even playable. Even I am put up against tankers that are 6-7 ranks below me and will quit a game if its very unfair. And I am a first Sargent and have been on a winning team only four times. ( I stopped playing with this account because since my other post, I am ONLY put in the tail end of slaughters and grossly out matched games.) (*** look at "power of ones" post several above mine.... 58 to 1 game k/d... How can you even claim that is fair !!!) I am a decent player. I used to be a purist and never used supply boxes, Ive caught 53 gold boxes, I have a 2.18 k/d ...used less than 1,500 supply boxes ( !43 of those health) and 175 hours of play, so its not that I am a bad player and just whinning cuz the game is tough... I can handle tough... this is just straight unfair. I challenge Wolf and Carp to start brand new tanks WITHOUT ANY benefit of their dev abilities for just one week and record their battles to see how far they make it in rank and to show us how its done and if its even possible. You guys are our illustrious leaders , and as we know leading by example is the only way that you can win someones undying loyalty, Would you consider showing us that its possible to progress in the game? If you will do this I might even name my next child Tanki in honor of the game. ... if my mate will let me.... lol. Thank you to all who keep this game going! Devs Mods Interpreters and all those who work so hard in the background to keep this game alive! Salutes you all !!! Respectfully, Warrant officer D. Spitler. -spit- p.s. just to prove myself wrong, I just dumped 20 dollars on my account and upgraded my tank as far as i could at this rank and Its worse now than it was before.

I was wondering if the developers have ever tried building up a tank without ANY of their "GOD MODE" abilities ? (The game itself breaks the first two fundamental rules of the game. No use of bots and taking advantage of bugs and creating obstacles for other players. You load grossly uneven games ( taking advantage of your admin abilities) and the bot players just run into you and dont try to even go around a player causing obstacles and disrupting game play.) The reason I ask is because I am a good player as you can see ( My k/d WAS 3.18 (now is 2.0? )when I came back and had used under 1000 boost boxes, caught 52 gold boxes. spending 1/3 of my time in death match.) and have built my tank with blood sweat and tears, built off a single purchase when I first started of an rail mk 2 + hammer mk 2 hunter bundle and some skins... I've been gone for a couple years coming back only long enough to log in to keep my tank from being deleted for inactivity, but find myself back here due to recovery from a car crash and have been living on here for the last week or so. When coming back I was having a hard time even staying alive even with my protections of level 11 and 12. So I thought ok, time to start over with a new tank and become proficient with it and once doing so transition to this account and resume. There is no way someone who doesn't pay could even come close to my rank today. It would take years IF they didn't run out of patients and leave. ( as per your incentives to even finish a battle indicate>) FIX; adjust the game to where you don't have to motivate players to finish a game and you will find the golden area that will be enticing enough to play and PAY, if even just a few dollars which is better than no dollars. And therefore increasing the amount of part time players in turn giving the advanced paying players a better buffet of underlings to unleash on. Even just to get more people interested to swell the ranks. ( use a military frame of mind, "how do we entice them to join the service? Incentives !!!! ) I'm not quite clear on where you have gone with this game. Has it become a game of teams for those who enjoy investing in there favorite past time? It really doesn't play like a friendly game anymore, but more like "we don't like new comers... DIE! " ( If paying customers are your preference Look at how much revenue was coming in at one point from even 2 and 3 dollar purchases from part time players compared to now. ) Raise the hard core pay gate to sub elite so that people have time to builda sense of pride in their tank and have hours and hours and several cash upgrades invested they will be less likely to walk away and even if they do you still have their initial investment. ... when they make that jump to elite,... thats when you make your money because of their dedication to becoming Elite and human nature to finish what they started. Especially in terms of war. But if that's not the case, I understand. You are more oriented towards a specific demographic of dedicated paying players. A Mans gotta make a living !! I am having a hard time understanding how to re-integrate into the Tanki community or if I should just leave well enough alone and retire in my glory... as it were. Respectfully, D. Spitler. -Spit- Thank you for the open forum and allowing me the space to ask this and my apologies if this seems out off topic. Since I posted this out of 50 matches I have only been on a winning team four times across 3 different profiles. You talk about fairness and sportsmanship but do exactly the opposite in the way you structure the game and its hypocritical and makes the game seem one sided causing players to permanently leave the game..

Thank you all for your input and I am glad to hear that the classic version is available to those of us that prefer it. And thank you to tanki devs for taking the time to address this. This game helped distract me while father lay dying from cancer from the toxins of being a fire fighter. ( He was one of the leading forensic fire scientist the world had to offer at the time and they consulted him during the Chernobyl incident and was one of very few outsiders (Americans) who were allowed access to the area as it unfolded to asses the situation and try to bring it under control. ) So I really do care about this game. It is like an old friend who was there when I desperately need them and for that I am eternally grateful. Thanks guys!!! Lock and load!

I have been a Tanki player for 8 years but Ive been away for a few years doing life things, but I came back due to healing from a car crash and I have to say youve done a great job on the game, but you seem to have hit a slump and I would like to offer you a possible solution, not to criticize but to help. Those of you who have stuck with tanki through all its ups and downs obviously love and have faith in the game, as I do. So if you are looking to res-erect the game look at your financials and when they were the best and then look at the games features that you had during those times and bring them back to the game, Dont think of it as moving backwards in your evolution, think of it as going with a tried and true method. The way the game is set up now its not any fun. The bots in the game are not even aware of others and are barely conducive to the team goal. And the way the teams are blended isnt even close to fair with teams of elites against mindless bots that pileup 3 deep behind you blocking and throwing off your shots. Its not even realistic and subversive to the over all enjoyment of the game. I realize that making the game challenging encourages people to cash upgrade but look at the fun factor. If its not fun people wont play and with no players very few cash impulse buyers. Bring back the fun and the people will follow. Im not saying the game isnt fun, but the way its set up now is far from where it could be. The reason I spent money on the game was because it was fun. Thank you to all who put effort into this game and helping it run smoothly and be a family friendly safe place. I have always admired that about this game. I offer this to you with all due respect, in hopes of inspiring prosperity to this awesome game. And thank you for the place to say this. Respectfully, -Spit-