category Ideas for the Interface

[Pyre 3,485]

For anyone saying "It clutters up the screen", it could be disabled in settings.

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

Yeah I agree, GS tells me nothing, so I might as well walk in blindly. At least the old display told me about that person and how I should defeat them.

[Hate 5,582]

This used to be something that already existed, no idea why they would even bother removing it just like they did with the option to search friends in your friend list. I don't get when they remove small options that are really useful to a lot of us, at least for me.

[CabbageRoll 3,018]

Longer ping number

 

So we can now see 999 ping. Does 999 ping tell me anything? No. Difference between 999 (1 second) and 999999 (999 seconds) is huge. We need longer numbers.

[Maf 32,300]

999 ping basically means that there's something wrong with your connection and your ping is not good enough to play the game at the moment. Knowing exactly what ping you have above 999 doesn't give any useful information, IMHO.

[GuidoFawkes 2,361]

999 ping basically means that there's something wrong with your connection and your ping is not good enough to play the game at the moment.

then why not kick people out of the battle if they have 999 ping for more than 1 minute???

you said "not enough to play" yourself

[Maf 32,300]

then why not kick people out of the battle if they have 999 ping for more than 1 minute???

you said "not enough to play" yourself

I don't know, sounds like a good idea tbh.

[Musa 5,352]

then why not kick people out of the battle if they have 999 ping for more than 1 minute???

you said "not enough to play" yourself

It should be at least 2 mins because pause time is also 2 minutes.

I don't think someone will have constant 999 ping for such a long time. It is always going up and down. 999-912-543-723....

[Total_SkiIl 1,983]

 

 

then why not kick people out of the battle if they have 999 ping for more than 1 minute???

you said "not enough to play" yourself

 

 

I don't know, sounds like a good idea tbh.

 

 

 

It should be at least 2 mins because pause time is also 2 minutes.

I don't think someone will have constant 999 ping for such a long time. It is always going up and down. 999-912-543-723....

anything more than 400 is just unplayable 

999 ping basically means that there's something wrong with your connection and your ping is not good enough to play the game at the moment. Knowing exactly what ping you have above 999 doesn't give any useful information, IMHO.

new twr record - highest recorded ping ever

Edited September 22, 2018 by Total_SkiIl

[Total_SkiIl 1,983]

This used to be something that already existed, no idea why they would even bother removing it just like they did with the option to search friends in your friend list. I don't get when they remove small options that are really useful to a lot of us, at least for me.

I see someone getting fired :ph34r:

 

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Just remove GS already, not even the hypothetical newbie you (the devs) want to cater to will be able to read it, and estimate the strength of their enemies.

 

Since as per you (the devs), paints actually 'make' your tank better; that is so pre-2016 news..

Edited September 22, 2018 by Total_SkiIl

[CabbageRoll 3,018]

hhmmmm i guess devs are even going to undo paint separation if the paints are supposed to give garbage score

and what goes then... all paints in shop!

[Benefactor 6,888]

For anyone saying "It clutters up the screen", it could be disabled in settings.

It only clutters up for just a second when you are checking someone's information. Other than that, it pretty much stays out of sight. I don't know why they removed such a wonderful feature. I mean, if they remove that kind of information, they might as well remove the ability to view another's garage.

[thesquarerootof2 165]

Getting 999 ping usually means you're kicked out of the game already  :P

[Hate 5,582]

I see someone getting fired :ph34r:

You don't say it, I'm ready.  :ph34r:

[u812ic 1,629]

I don't know what my highest ping has ever been, but I know that there has been times when my ping was in the red and I got booted from the game. 

[blutakix 81]

Here's an idea for the interface:

 

 

STOP LYING!

 

 

Before MatchMaker, the average wait to get into a new battle was about 10 seconds.  Now the average wait time is somewhere in the 5x-10x range.  MatchMaker is a disaster.  It doesn't create "even" battles.  It crams every battle full of people - including a lot of people who don't want to play the map (who then just leave making the battles even more uneven), and it sucks people into hopeless battles in the last few minutes.  So you try to join a battle, MatchMaker makes you wait for 5 to 10 times LONGER, then it dumps you in a battle you cannot possibly win.

 

How is this an improvement?  To top it off, the Developers LIE to the users about how long the wait will be.

 

Make Tanki better...

 

END MATCHMAKER NOW!

[Aigaion 636]

Here's an idea for the interface:

 

 

STOP LYING!

 

 

Before MatchMaker, the average wait to get into a new battle was about 10 seconds.  Now the average wait time is somewhere in the 5x-10x range.  MatchMaker is a disaster.  It doesn't create "even" battles.  It crams every battle full of people - including a lot of people who don't want to play the map (who then just leave making the battles even more uneven), and it sucks people into hopeless battles in the last few minutes.  So you try to join a battle, MatchMaker makes you wait for 5 to 10 times LONGER, then it dumps you in a battle you cannot possibly win.

 

How is this an improvement?  To top it off, the Developers LIE to the users about how long the wait will be.

 

Make Tanki better...

 

END MATCHMAKER NOW!

honestly, the only problem with it is that It doesn't distribute buyers evenly across the teams.

[wolverine848 13,097]

honestly, the only problem with it is that It doesn't distribute buyers evenly across the teams.

That's the ONLY problem?  :blink:

 

You like being placed into a battle with 2 minutes left?

You like waiting 75 seconds to be placed in a battle that says "average waiting time - 19 seconds" ?

Pretty sure many generals don't like being placed in a battle where rest of players are Legends. It's not just about having teams balanced in terms high-ranks + mid-ranks.

 

There are too many battle-modes splitting up the population and not enough players for match-Maker to assign proper teams with reasonable wait-times.

Edited September 27, 2018 by wolverine848

[Aigaion 636]

That's the ONLY problem?  :blink:

 

You like being placed into a battle with 2 minutes left?

You like waiting 75 seconds to be placed in a battle that says "average waiting time - 19 seconds" ?

Pretty sure many generals don't like being placed in a battle where rest of players are Legends. It's not just about having teams balanced in terms high-ranks + mid-ranks.

 

There are too many battle-modes splitting up the population and not enough players for match-Maker to assign proper teams with reasonable wait-times.

to me, wait time isn't much of an issue, I can deal with that, and it doesn't matter to me either, if there isn't much battle time left, but I do completely agree with battle-modes splitting up the population and not enough players I think because of that, Juggernaut and assault should be removed as game modes, both suck, and are generally unfair.

[blutakix 81]

I don't think Tanki care a bit that they made the game worse.  Every time we log in we are telling them MM is OK.  I have seen almost no drop in the number of players that log in now as opposed to just before MM started.  We the players have voted for Trump and MM. May the gods have mercy upon us.

There's a big difference between Trump (who sounds terrible, but it doing a good job) and MatchMaker (which sounds good, and is HORRIBLE!)

 

Make Tanki better...

 

END MATCHMAKER NOW!

Edited September 29, 2018 by blutakix

[blutakix 81]

honestly, the only problem with it is that It doesn't distribute buyers evenly across the teams.

I don't even care about buyers.  Most of the time, someone who is a buyer is compensating for a lack of skill.  So they get a more powerful tank - and I smoke them anyway.  But I don't like spending 15% of my time just WAITING for MatchMaker to dump me into a battle I can't win on a map I don't want to play.  MatchMaker SUCKS!

 

Make Tanki better...

 

END MATCHMAKER NOW!

[Hate 5,582]

 

 

Topics merged.

[blutakix 81]

Before MatchMaker, the average wait to get into a new battle was about 10 seconds.  Now the average wait time is somewhere in the 5x-10x range.  MatchMaker is a disaster.  It doesn't create "even" battles.  It crams every battle full of people - including a lot of people who don't want to play the map (who then just leave making the battles even more uneven), and it sucks people into hopeless battles in the last few minutes.  So you try to join a battle, MatchMaker makes you wait for 5 to 10 times LONGER, then it dumps you in a battle you cannot possibly win.

 

How is this an improvement?  To top it off, the Developers LIE to the users about how long the wait will be.

 

 

Actually, this is incorrect.  As someone pointed out to me, it used to take 10 seconds to BE IN THE BATTLE.  Now the waiting time is until the GAME STARTS TO LOAD.  Sometimes loading is fairly quick.  Other times it is minutes - or forever.  So again, LONGER delays with MatchMaker.  But instead of 5 to 10 times as long, it's more like 6 to 15 times as long.  Anyway you slice it, it's a big waste of time for "features" that most people do not want.

 

 

 

Make Tanki better...

 

END MATCHMAKER NOW!

Edited October 1, 2018 by blutakix

[n66b 0]

Why is the mission objective, "Top 3 on the WINNING team"?  Shouldn't it just be "Top 3 REGARDLESS of TEAM"?

 

The reason I ask, Matchmaker keeps dumping me in losing battles.  I have the mission to accomplish.  So does Tanki want me to just quit and wait for a game that is a whole game?  Or am I expected to play, come out #1 on the losing team, beat one or all of the top 3 on the winning team - and get NOTHING?

[Aigaion 636]

Why is the mission objective, "Top 3 on the WINNING team"?  Shouldn't it just be "Top 3 REGARDLESS of TEAM"?

 

The reason I ask, Matchmaker keeps dumping me in losing battles.  I have the mission to accomplish.  So does Tanki want me to just quit and wait for a game that is a whole game?  Or am I expected to play, come out #1 on the losing team, beat one or all of the top 3 on the winning team - and get NOTHING?

I totally agree, also cos MMS can dump you in a battle that is 1/2 way done, and on the losing team, there is no way you have a chance of completing the missions, the TOP 3 is always the hardest.