Guide [Issue 24] Passes in Tanki Online

[GoldRock 6,165]

I'm sure most of you are aware of the passes which can be bought in the Garage or received in Daily Bonuses (if not, feel free to click here). In this article, I will be focusing on the two passes which can be bought in the Garage for crystals, in order to try and provide players with some information on how they can be used. Quite a few of you might not usually purchase these passes, when in actual fact, they can prove very rewarding. Read on to find out more!
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The 'PRO Battle' Pass.

So, what does this pass do? Put simply:

"PRO Battle Passes enable users to take part in PRO battles for exactly one month, at a cost of 5000 crystals. When creating a PRO battle, a player can enable or disable supply boxes, crystal boxes, supplies, micro-upgrades, autobalance and friendly fire."
 
Basically, it allows you to take part in a battle mode previously known as a "No Supplies" battle, where 'add-ons' such as supplies could have been disabled. Due to the fact that some of these 'add-ons' can be purchased in the Garage, it is argued that PRO battles can involve more skilled gameplay, as players can't depend on their garage or supplies as much.
 
When would it make sense to buy this pass, then? Well, if you satisfy any of the following criteria...
 
If you...
- Are probably going to play more than 10 PRO battles in the next month.
- Are likely to earn more than 5000 crystals in total as a result of playing PRO battles over the next month.
- Are planning to join a clan, and participate in official clan wars.

...then investing in a PRO Battle Pass would definitely be the right decision to make.
 
Of course, you can accept a one-off payment of 500 crystals each time you wish to join a PRO battle. And that's fine, if it's unlikely that you're going to play this battle mode very often. However, with the recent rise in popularity of XP battles (what are these?), many players are starting to take part in PRO battles more and more often. Therefore, if you're going to end up paying more than 5000 crystals just through one-off payments to join PRO battles over the next month, then it really does make more sense to consider investing in a PRO battle pass instead.
 
Of course, you might not feel that inclined to play PRO battles that often, and so it's possible you're unsure how many PRO battles you'll end up playing over the following month. Instead, you can look at the issue from another perspective. Regardless of how many PRO battles you will play, is it likely that you'll end up claiming more than 5000 crystals from this battle mode? For example, you could end up only playing about half a dozen PRO battles - but equally, you might end up earning an average of about 1000 crystals from each. As a result, if you want the freedom of being able to join a PRO battle without having to weigh up whether it's going to be worth a one-off payment of 500 crystals, then you may as well just purchase the pass. After all, you won't lose out if you're going to end up earning more than the cost of the pass.

Finally, there's a situation in which buying a PRO Battle Pass is almost imperative - if you're a clan player who takes part in official clan wars. As part of the rule requirements for Cybersport tournaments, clan wars almost always have to be played in the PRO battle mode. Even if you may only have a couple of clan wars scheduled for the next month or so, most competitive clans would hold trainings for their players in preparation for such wars; and these trainings would be best made as PRO battles, in order to emulate a clan war situation. In other words, if you're part of a clan or if you're planning on joining one, and there's a possibility that you'll be selected to play for your clan in clan wars, then purchasing the PRO Battle Pass is a must. Plus, you would still be able to make use of the pass in ordinary PRO battles.
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The 'Score Multiplier' Pass.

Now, this is arguably the more complicated pass of the two, in terms of deciding whether or not it's worth buying. Here's a summary of what this pass actually does:

"Score Multiplier Passes increase the XP that a player receives by 30% for exactly one month, as a cost of 12,500 crystals. However, this doesn't affect your score in team battles (TDMs and CTFs) or your number of kills in a DM; it only affects experience points."

To give a basic example, you enter a battle and destroy an enemy tank. Now, we all know that this will normally mean you would receive 10 XP for doing so. But with a Score Multiplier Pass, 13 XP would be added to the XP bar at the top of your screen; you'll effectively have earned 30% more XP, as the description says. Despite this, only 10 points would be added to your score on the leaderboard if you'd entered a team battle, or only 1 kill if you'd entered a DM, as usual. In other words, you won't earn any more crystals through purchasing this pass, as your score/kills won't be changed - it'll only affect the amount of XP you earn.
 
Looking at when it would make sense to purchase this pass, we can make the following statement:

"Whether or not this pass is worth purchasing depends on the amount of XP you would earn as a result of doing so."
 
So, let's do some math here. Once upon a time, XP could be bought in the Garage, at a price of 1000 crystals for 1000 XP; until this feature was cancelled, mainly due to a lack of popularity. We can therefore assume that if XP were to be made available to purchase once more, 1 XP would be worth 1 crystal. As a result, you'd logically want to earn 12,500 XP through spending 12,500 crystals on the Score Multiplier Pass. This would mean that the extra 30% earned due to the pass should be equal to 12,500 XP. And if we use this to figure out how much XP that would mean we'd have to earn:
 
"12,500 XP ÷ 0.3 = 41,667 XP. This means you would have to earn just over 40,000 XP in one month, in order to earn 12,500 XP extra as a result of purchasing a Score Multiplier Pass."

Let's say that a month is equivalent to 30 days, since that's the average number of days in a month. So, in order to earn to earn this amount of XP in a month, you would have to earn...

"41,667 XP ÷ 30 days = 1389 XP, or roughly 1400 XP per day."

The average player should be able to earn between 1000 and 1500 XP per hour, as you would only have to get 2 or 3 kills per minute in order to do so. Therefore, we can conclude:

"If you normally play for an hour or more per day, it is probably worth getting a Score Multiplier Pass."
 
Basically, this would mean that you'll most likely be able to earn the same amount of XP back as the number of crystals you paid for the pass (12,500). And this is assuming that it takes you an hour to earn about 1400 XP - if you have some drugs to spare, and enter a DM with a good combination, you can effectively halve the time it takes to earn this amount of XP. Many of you will likely earn about this much XP in a day anyway, if not more, since it really doesn't take an awful lot of time to do so. So, if you haven't purchased a Score Multiplier Pass this month, and you're a regular player, then it would be worth noting whether you spend about an hour or more playing each day on average. Because if you do, and you're looking to speed up the rate at which you earn XP, it would definitely make sense to purchase this pass.
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Well, that's about all there is to know about these passes, apart form histories - I hope you found this an interesting read. Who knows - you might go on to decide whether or not you should invest in a pass as a result of this. Feel free to share your thoughts about this article! Thanks for reading, and see you in the battle!

[blackopspaul 753]

1st nice to know Goldrock!

[Guest Maserati]

epic report

keep it up

[Cook.My.Sock 269]

Keep the great work up GR !

[austlee 56]

Nice article. Might buy the score multiplier pass now.

[SportsKing700 153]

Nice, i play around 8-10 hours so i DEFINITELY need one  :D

[T3chio 18]

Good advice, personally i would'nt want the score multiplyer cause you rank up faster but theres crystals you'll never have again... i prefer ranking up slowly and having more crystals overall, nice report though! B)

[donut70 97]

You forgot to mention the usefulness of a SMP when you need to rank up quickly in order to be able to buy new equipment during a large sale, like the 50% off everything sale we had for tanki's birthday.

[canucks1 11]

Nice, nice.

[MarineMan2 1,164]

Good job at clearing up the differences and what strategies should be reviewed when purchasing either one of the passes.

 

Thanks,

            MarineMan2

[7919zola 252]

Accurate and efficient.  :lol: Job well done GoldRock.

Edited July 14, 2014 by 7919zola

[georgec6101-II 0]

Very detailed report I must say

 

thoroghly done

Edited July 14, 2014 by georgec6101-II

[georgec6101-II 0]

Good advice, personally i would'nt want the score multiplyer cause you rank up faster but theres crystals you'll never have again... i prefer ranking up slowly and having more crystals overall, nice report though! B)

Same

[EatYourMeat 27]

Umm, the guide was..okey, well written, well-based, but it was a bit un- necessary. Good read though, it was very informative.

[lordmostafa 3,821]

SO....MUCH.....MATH, but for real, a really well made and a nicely done article. Great work.

[jazz20 1,181]

This article is out-dated now given the new passes introduced into the game :P

 

Nice article :)