Players' happiness means developers' happiness

[semyonkirov 29,038]

Last week we released several updates that changed the game economics in some way:

• Discount on PayPal
• Fixed price of crystals
• Product kits for all ranks

Many of you noted that these updates and discounts were more useful for buyers than for those who aren't ready to invest real money in the game. We understand your concerns and will do our best to make all players of Tanki Online equally happy.

We'd like to note a couple of things about this well-known Buyers VS Non-buyers thing that exist in many games:

• Our game allows all the players to express themselves. Everyone decides on their own about what they are going to invest in the game: real money or time. As Anton Volkov (the producer of the game) once said, "Players that prefer to spend their time to earn crystals actually are in a better position than buyers. They improve their skills in the process and get a significant advantage".
• We care about non-buyers and buyers. The former are a basis of the game's community. Tanki Online simply wouldn't exist without them. Without the latter the game wouldn't be able to develop.

Now a bit more about the way updates are prepared and released.

There is actually a list of priority tasks. Some of them can be done in a day, others require a lot more time and resources.
Currently the major part of programmers is working on big and complex tasks like the new client and the new physics. But at the same time there are certain things that don't need programmers and are done by game designers and marketing specialists.

We saw comments like "is it difficult to allocate several programmers for supporting the game and making small changes to it". Believe it or not, it's already been done. There are some programmers that work on current things rather than the new client. Things like Tankman's Day would be impossible without them. Also, at the same time with the new client, we are planning to continue improving the friends system and adding new features to it, fixing bugs in the maps. Another thing, it's quite possible that English-speaking players will soon be playing on separate servers, available to them only.

For example, here's Alexey Khusainov working on a program that will make complaining about an offender a lot easier.
 

 
 
In short, we are planning to work on major things but won't forget about small ones that make the game more user-friendly and interesting. As Alex Karpovich wrote in his Twitter, Players' happiness means developers' happiness.

[A_Jl_E_H_T.00 615]

1st

 

These kits arent really care about non-buyers

Edited October 1, 2013 by A_Jl_E_H_T.00

[r_DidYouKnowThat0 1,662]

Huh. So how is a 1st Lieutenant with say, M1 Hornet and M2 Isida supposed to even it out with a fully drugged Mammoth M2/ M2 Freeze/ Urban who is the same 1st Lieutenant. ..

 

Or a Major with Prodigi paint? Say what.

Edited October 1, 2013 by r_DidYouKnowThat0

[Regreted 52]

Good Job  :D

 

we should get reward  when we report the offenders 

[A_Jl_E_H_T.00 615]

Good Job  :D

 

we should get reward  when we report the offenders 

Agreed.

[r_flae90 28]

Yes agreed

[MisterGeneral 692]

Thanks devs <3 

[r_flae90 28]

Thanks devs <3 

Odd. Aren't you male?

[Regreted 52]

Odd. Aren't you male?

yes he is

[Psycho 586]

Thanks.

[r_wienerschnitzel0 25]

Thanks, good to know that devs have players in mind.

[dionyshs02 64]

thank you! and the idea with the reward for reporting offenders is good but there are be some problems like the reward has not come yet or something

Edited October 1, 2013 by dionyshs02

[FederalBureauFBI 2,881]

like the reward has not come yet?

Actually it wasn't said there will be a reward for that. Of course people should be encouraged to report and help moderators, but doing rewards will also cause a massive wave of fake reports just for crystals

Edited October 1, 2013 by FederalBureauFBI

[Regreted 52]

agreed , but the moderators know what fake reports and what the real reports right?

[Psycho 586]

Gong on alts to get rewards

[Regreted 52]

Lol

[ShyamNishanthMK 189]

1st

 

These kits arent really care about non-buyers

right point!

[FederalBureauFBI 2,881]

agreed , but the moderators know what fake reports and what the real reports right?

That doesn't mean you have to give them hundreds of fake ones to deal with.

 

Gong on alts to get rewards

This too

[Regreted 52]

That doesn't mean you have to give them hundreds of fake ones to deal with.

 

This too

ok but the players , shouldn`t waste the time of reporting offenders and the MODs inactive and they get nothing!

[FederalBureauFBI 2,881]

First thing is players don't 'waste' anything - they are here to play. If they have time and want to volunteer and make the game better for them - then they're free to report. But noone obliges them to do it.

As for mods inactive - we simply don't have enough.

[Regreted 52]

ok  -_-

[Eragon 13,876]

please make some type of contest or some charity please! it is not fair that buyers can get a m2 combo at WO5 and non-buyers can only get it at major, that is not fair....

could you please make that all non-buyers will receive a small amount of crystals? 

[Raphael2 3,263]

Great topic, even though I've already understood this.

[Aero.v2.0 1,456]

Glad this finally go posted :)

[r_Robzan0 0]

Yes you can win mostly all buyers by skills (me too :D) ! But I think if you don't want to lose so many times go smaller battles, that allows you show more skills than that 16 buyer battle in polygon where anyone drugs and have atleast m1 or even m2 combos at my level. So you with m1-m0 combos think what battle you join :) But yes it is fact that buyers usually win. But skilled player can theorethically pwn anyone, atleast other tankist is not so skilled :D And sorry for that English it is bad, I know :).