drop zones

[jimboe2 35]

           What are your thoughts on these drop zones coming.

I think they should not be marking where the boxes will drop.

The gold box should be dropped in places where players have to search for it.

Like behind a building  or on a ledge.

Not a perdictable spot. Think of the chaos this is going to cause.

[Snow.HD 1,037]

I really don”t care about marks ... but just one thing is pissing me off .

 

The fact that when gold alert is one , on map (with 6 spots of drop) will be just 1 spot where gold will drop and will be known that spot .

 

Will be more ok if we keep the Random drop thing , And just show us where will can be dropped . Like now , but with that sign ...

[duck100101 965]

I really don”t care about marks ... but just one thing is pissing me off .

 

The fact that when gold alert is one , on map (with 6 spots of drop) will be just 1 spot where gold will drop and will be known that spot .

 

Will be more ok if we keep the Random drop thing , And just show us where will can be dropped . Like now , but with that sign ...

The gold will just be titans and tanks with pushing power..

 

Good thing I got viken!

[SicTransitGloria 76]

This idea of "predictable drops" is lunacy at its finest.

 

First of all, this is going to throw everybody off. This isn't too much of a problem, as Tanki has shown that its quite willing to push through an update that will drastically alter play. (The Rebalance, smart cooldowns, etc.)

 

Second, the update won't even achieve its own aims. Do you think that predictable drops will "encourage strategy"? No. It will make everyone stuck on one strategy of grabbing specific supplies on the way in, and grabbing other supplies on the way out. The fact that the boxes are almost constant really helps this.

 

Third, this update goes against other updates. The whole point of smart cooldowns was to eliminate the annoying players who drugged constantly. Now they're encouraging drugging, encouraging players to grab drugs from the well-known spots and use their own supplies to finish a full drug. Seriously, they said this on the video blog.

 

On the updates on normal crystal boxes:...This update solves nothing. People will still go for the copious amounts of crystals whether they're in 10 crystals boxes or condensed in 100 crystals boxes. In fact, this might make it worse.

 

On the updates on gold boxes: Oh goodness, Tanki Online, what are you thinking? Does anyone else realize what will happen? EVERYONE camping. Someone will find the gold box drop zone and pretend to be nonchalant, but everyone will notice and crowd around. Unpredictability is one of the great things of gold boxes. Please don't try to take that away, Tanki.

[jimboe2 35]

This idea of "predictable drops" is lunacy at its finest.

 

First of all, this is going to throw everybody off. This isn't too much of a problem, as Tanki has shown that its quite willing to push through an update that will drastically alter play. (The Rebalance, smart cooldowns, etc.)

 

Second, the update won't even achieve its own aims. Do you think that predictable drops will "encourage strategy"? No. It will make everyone stuck on one strategy of grabbing specific supplies on the way in, and grabbing other supplies on the way out. The fact that the boxes are almost constant really helps this.

 

Third, this update goes against other updates. The whole point of smart cooldowns was to eliminate the annoying players who drugged constantly. Now they're encouraging drugging, encouraging players to grab drugs from the well-known spots and use their own supplies to finish a full drug. Seriously, they said this on the video blog.

 

On the updates on normal crystal boxes:...This update solves nothing. People will still go for the copious amounts of crystals whether they're in 10 crystals boxes or condensed in 100 crystals boxes. In fact, this might make it worse.

 

On the updates on gold boxes: Oh goodness, Tanki Online, what are you thinking? Does anyone else realize what will happen? EVERYONE camping. Someone will find the gold box drop zone and pretend to be nonchalant, but everyone will notice and crowd around. Unpredictability is one of the great things of gold boxes. Please don't try to take that away, Tanki.

Could not of said it better. Exactly what I was thinking but could not put it to words as well as you. :)

[lukey0 27,543]

I understand why they are doing this for supplies but for crystals and Golds?  No point! crystal drops should just stay as they are. Where they are now they are balanced. I not liking this update so far, but I would like an open testing to see what its like first.

[r_DidYouKnowThat0 1,662]

@SicTransitGloria:

 

1. Agreed. After all, Tanki Online is a game that WILL keep changing in the future. And as always, the players can adapt to it.

 

2. Well people were complaining that they wanted the ol' x3 Drugging back. This can make it happen more frequently, as people will be able to obtain specific kinds of drop-boxes instead of roaming around the map trying to find one with luck. So in a way, it does increase strategy.

 

3. And no, I wouldn't say that Smart Cooldowns were implemented to eliminate constant drugging. It was to stop the unbalanced x3 Drugging 24/7. Besides, once everyone is on x3 drugs, they cancel each other out, and there is no point. Especially when any drug could be activated at your leisure. It also presented an unbalanced aspect of the game, as players without drugs simply could not fend off someone constantly drugging with all three drugs on- especially after that huge nerf to Freeze's affects and Mammoth's nerf that happened a while ago.

 

Yes, they're sort of bringing back x3 drugging, but making it more on the strategic side, thus in a way, catering to both people: the ones who want x3 drugging, and the ones who don't want it due to its absolute OP'ness. Power-ups (drugs) are an important aspect of Tanki Online. You wouldn't think that they'd get rid of them THAT easily now would you? :P

 

As for the normal crystal boxes. . . Well, people DID want crystal boxes of diverse values, so I guess this is their response. Hey, it's better than nothing. It's more crystals for you in your pocket, so might as well enjoy it if Tanki Online lets it happen. Lol!

Obviously it has gone through much review, so I'll take this as a win for both Devs and Players.

 

And do note that there are multiple Gold Box drop marks, not just one. So even if everyone is huddled in one spot, and an MU'd Titan is hogging up another spot, the box may as well drop in an entirely different area. They're simply giving players guide lines, not direct spots. Besides, you could only see the marks when you get close to them.

[SicTransitGloria 76]

Yeah, I understand that the smart cooldowns was an attempt to eliminate x3 drugging. But making specific power-up "zones" (almost) does not make x3 drugging any more "strategic". I don't want them to totally get rid of drugs, but the random element it provided was fun.

 

The crystal boxes...argh. WHY would you want diverse values? And furthermore, if Tanki is already fine with not listening to its fanbase, why would they start with this crazy idea?

 

About the Gold Boxes. My interpretation of the video was that when the gold box alarm sounded, a single gold box drop zone appeared, within a certain distance to players, of course. I'd have to go back and watch it again to decide which interpretation is correct.

[gio_the_killer 836]

its good update but it will be harder to take gold box because everyone will know where gold will drop titan will be great there and maybe dictator too :rolleyes:

[duck100101 965]

Like I said I just don't like the gold, part about this it will just be titans of mammoths pushing away the smaller tanks.

 I like the 100 crystals boxes, but will that make a flag runner forget about the flag and go for that rather than trying to get the flag back to base..

 

~Duck100101

[wafzal2 6]

I need a map on where the gold boxes will drop, and that probability (in percentage) on where it drops on that map.

[wafzal2 6]

Like I said I just don't like the gold, part about this it will just be titans of mammoths pushing away the smaller tanks.

 I like the 100 crystals boxes, but will that make a flag runner forget about the flag and go for that rather than trying to get the flag back to base..

 

~Duck100101

I do that. I just drop flag, and go to zone.