Join the experiment with crystal drops

[Nimtiz 7]

I personally think that this is an interesting tangent for Tanki online to take, and it would be cool to see what the outcomes are just from a factual stand point. Not to bash Tanki in anyway. But I noticed that 100 cry boxes became like mini gold box battles, sometimes it might be annoying when you are trying to win. However I did realize that cry boxes are a part of the game. Something else that I realized is that my fustration isn't due to Tanki itself, but the players around me who were capturing the boxes that fell rather than the flags or killing the team. It does allow for the tide of the battle to turn which is nice and refreshing. But I do think that it could be a step in the right direction by conducting these mini experiments and stuff.

 

Also the gold box changes are amazing!!!! Keep it up ;)

Edited November 21, 2014 by Nimtiz

[judah1000 0]

THIS IS TERRRIBBBBLLLLEEE

 

I HATE THIS NEW THING

 

IT IS TERRIBLE

 

CANT YOU JUST TAKE IT AWAY?!!!

 

I LIKE IT BETTER HOW IT WAS BEFORE!! IT WAS BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!

 

ITS SO TERRIBLE THAT YOU CANT GET GEMS THERE SUPER RARE TO FIND IN BATTLES, YOU CANT EVEN FIND THEM THERE SO RARE!!! THERE IS NOOOO GOOOLLLLDDD BOXXXXEEEESSS!!!! I HATE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Brometheus 0]

My opinion - the 50 and 100 crystal boxes did nothing but cause some people to just camp where they fell and not help out the team or battle.  Every battle I was in was the same - there were 3, 4 sometimes 5 people doing nothing but collecting boxes while the rest of the team suffered.  If you are going to bring it back, please also bring back the system where we can vote players out of a battle who do nothing but selfishly collect crystal boxes.

[Cke1st 102]

DO NOT WANT!

 

It makes it harder than ever for casual players to stay competitive, because they're unlikely to reach the top of the scoreboard.  It penalizes the guy who guards the flag and helps his team win, but doesn't run up his own score, now that he can't dart out and grab a blue box now and then.  The only winners under this new rule are the top scorers, and they've already got plenty of rewards.  Change it back, please!

[r_benisjamin0 1]

WHATT HAPPENED TO CHAATTTT?!?!?!?

 

COULD IT GET WORSE THAN THISSSSS??????

Edited November 21, 2014 by r_benisjamin0

[killthetank_9000 0]

I have never got any gold boxes never in the time playing the game once i saw one was about to get it them someone took it so not so happy about that and my battle fund is so low i barely get crystals gems whatever they are called i get like 10 a game i liked the crystal box drops because that was the only thing that got me crystals while actually participating in the game i would get the crystal boxes and participate at the same time help my team out but it was fun for new players that had barely any crystals and needed some to buy upgrades also i think they should add more gold boxes in i have only seen 1 and i have at least played 50 games or more and only seen one and they should make the gold boxes drop more

[eale 0]

Crystal boxes being added sound good :D

[duck100101 965]

Bring back old golds and keep the new crys system

[Aiastesi 34]

Why are people liking crystals being removed from the game? I hardly ever get enough time to play a full match, so I'll be a Generalissimo with my M0 Thunder. -.- I only gather things in M order

[efkiuxaz 0]

i quit tanki online ok bye

[rechargeme 79]

gold notification and timiming of drop not good its very unfair for all , atleast give us time to makeourself ready for gold war

[Teesdale 0]

At last....I've just played 3 or 4 games  under the new experimental format and it was great. At last battles where every body was trying to win instead of farming crystals. Well done Tanki this is definitely a step in the right direction. I'd still prefer you didn't mark where the gold box wasn't going to drop but hey, I can't have everything .

[smoshygirl72 1]

I don't like this experiment. I find it weird and i'm not used to it. I hope this ends soon. I thought the crystals ran on the battle fund a little bit. I feel you should put the new boxes back in the game ASAP.

[Tact 114]

nice and bad we need always the crystall for example if u play in a team and u lose u will take 0 crytalll :(

but with crystall boxes u can take some box of 100 crystal

i think u should add only 40% of crystall box to battle fund 

40% crystall and 160% in battle fund 

it will be nice 

Edited November 21, 2014 by Tact

[bobob-bobob 10]

The new crystal thing is good and bad . I was in one battle , I was one of the top scorers on the winning team . I received almost 600 crystals . I was in another where I had the top score of the game but on the losing team . I got 40 crystals . I don't like having to complete a battle to get crystals and had I known I would only receive 40 crystals I would have X-ed out of that bad boy . Where is the incentive to complete a game , even with a great score when there will be no reward ? I noticed people leaving the game before the end even when we were winning because they had low scores and knew they wouldn't be rewarded with crystals . We were ahead 11 to 3 in a CTF 12 flag battle and the thing changed to 6 against 10 and we just barely made the last flag . The battle fund seems too heavily in favor of the winning team . I would think the top scores of the game , winner or loser would receive the most . As for the drop boxes , if you're paying any attention to the game you would have noticed that the boxes drop at the same places all the time . Now there is just a mark on the ground . Just my 2 cents .

[dictatornb 0]

 

Collecting crystal boxes has been a part of Tanki Online from its earliest stages. However, it didn’t affect gameplay that much – boxes contained a modest number of crystals and collecting them wasn’t worth the time and effort. Plus, they would disappear over time. When developing the new drop box logics, we modeled crystal drops after supply boxes, without assuming that it would escalate the situation. The open testing didn’t unravel this problem either, as each account there had more than enough crystals so there was no reason to collect crystal drops. On release day, we thought that the complaints of tankers were caused due to doubled battle funds, which result in a larger number of crystals in drops.

 

However, we’ve recently changed our attitude towards feedback. We’ve started assessing and analyzing constructive feedback in the forum, counting positive and negative replies, and monitoring battle chats. This has helped us identify where the real problem lies. And we thank you for that!

 

That is why, as of today we’ve removed crystal boxes from the game as an experiment. Crystals that would have dropped in boxes, will instead be added to the battle fund as many of you suggested. Gold boxes are dropped right after the notification, so as not to distract players from teamplay, and give everybody a shot at catching the gold. The experiment will be on until next week. We will then specify our next steps.

 

Enter the game, take part in battles and make sure you tell us your impressions below. Any solution can be improved, and your feedback will help us do that!

 I feel crystals should fall randomly like how it was previously been. There were equal chances for weaker teams and lower level players to collect and gain crystals. The problem is higher value crystals falling at designated places, or no crystals does effect the overall attitude of the game.  

[MajorFrontRow 13]

Good move because ...

 

(1) I won't have to read "Don't kill me! Don't kill me! I'm just here for crystals!" messages during battles in Stadium;

(2) crystal hogs will have to participate in battles now; they won't be deadwood that occupies a player slot but contributes nothing to a battle;

(3) I will read fewer "***** I was trying to get crys" messages;

(4) I will read fewer "OUT OF MY WAY I NEED CRYSTALS" messages

(4) players will have to stay for the WHOLE battle to earn crystals;

 

Oh, and did I mention that I won't have to READ ANY MORE MESSAGES FROM IDIOTS ASKING NOT TO BE KILLED IN A DEATH MATCH BECAUSE THEY ARE THERE FOR THE CRYSTALS? I wasn't sure if had mentioned the MORONS ASKING NOT BE KILLED IN DEATH MATCHES BECAUSE THEY WANT TO TAKE ALL OF THE CRYSTALS, AS IF NO ONE ELSE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN CRYSTALS.

 

Well, now it is time to attend my anger management class.

[Shoenessperson 1]

I didn't really like it like this. I liked the old way because I could collect crystals faster.

[a7x_Pedro48 13,999]

Druggers everywhere because the only chance to win crystals is to win the battle.

[r_A.Einstein0 29]

Taking the crystals out of the team battles is great!

 

But in DM, crystal drop should remain.

[Skilzprotanks 1]

I Hate the "experiment" with the crystal boxs. But not with the gold box. I don't by crystals so its really unfair. If this continues I will not play Tanki ever again!!!!!!!!!!! :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :angry:  :excl:  :excl:  :excl:  :excl:  :excl:  :excl:  :excl:  :excl:  :excl:  :excl:  :excl:  :excl: 

[a7x_Pedro48 13,999]

gold notification and timiming of drop not good its very unfair for all , atleast give us time to makeourself ready for gold war

Yes, I was in Rio. Notification, and Gold was falling in the beach. I had no chance.

[Terminaitor97 31]

Crystals update was very well, i really like it. But this update of the golds, it's poop. I don't like it. 
Excellent : Gold box will be dropped soon like after this update and crystals update very well. Please return that mode. Quit this.

[Skyhawk2014_2407 0]

 

Collecting crystal boxes has been a part of Tanki Online from its earliest stages. However, it didn’t affect gameplay that much – boxes contained a modest number of crystals and collecting them wasn’t worth the time and effort. Plus, they would disappear over time. When developing the new drop box logics, we modeled crystal drops after supply boxes, without assuming that it would escalate the situation. The open testing didn’t unravel this problem either, as each account there had more than enough crystals so there was no reason to collect crystal drops. On release day, we thought that the complaints of tankers were caused due to doubled battle funds, which result in a larger number of crystals in drops.

 

However, we’ve recently changed our attitude towards feedback. We’ve started assessing and analyzing constructive feedback in the forum, counting positive and negative replies, and monitoring battle chats. This has helped us identify where the real problem lies. And we thank you for that!

 

That is why, as of today we’ve removed crystal boxes from the game as an experiment. Crystals that would have dropped in boxes, will instead be added to the battle fund as many of you suggested. Gold boxes are dropped right after the notification, so as not to distract players from teamplay, and give everybody a shot at catching the gold. The experiment will be on until next week. We will then specify our next steps.

 

 

Collecting crystal boxes has been a part of Tanki Online from its earliest stages. However, it didn’t affect gameplay that much – boxes contained a modest number of crystals and collecting them wasn’t worth the time and effort. Plus, they would disappear over time. When developing the new drop box logics, we modeled crystal drops after supply boxes, without assuming that it would escalate the situation. The open testing didn’t unravel this problem either, as each account there had more than enough crystals so there was no reason to collect crystal drops. On release day, we thought that the complaints of tankers were caused due to doubled battle funds, which result in a larger number of crystals in drops.

 

However, we’ve recently changed our attitude towards feedback. We’ve started assessing and analyzing constructive feedback in the forum, counting positive and negative replies, and monitoring battle chats. This has helped us identify where the real problem lies. And we thank you for that!

 

That is why, as of today we’ve removed crystal boxes from the game as an experiment. Crystals that would have dropped in boxes, will instead be added to the battle fund as many of you suggested. Gold boxes are dropped right after the notification, so as not to distract players from teamplay, and give everybody a shot at catching the gold. The experiment will be on until next week. We will then specify our next steps.

 

Enter the game, take part in battles and make sure you tell us your impressions below. Any solution can be improved, and your feedback will help us do that!

 

Enter the game, take part in battles and make sure you tell us your impressions below. Any solution can be improved, and your feedback will help us do that!

I am  not exactly happy with this. First off I do enjoy the fact that the developers care what the people think. Second I Do not have a lot of time to play, so as a result i have to search for battles that only have 5-6 minutes left in the game. So I since i have to play battles all the way through, most of the time i do not get ANY of my reward for getting points, kills, etc. So i would like it if this experiment  would end. Now I'm not saying: Take this off right away or: Listen to me I'm SO mad about this. But i would like it if the crystal bix drops would return.     EDIT: sorry i forgot to take this off. :)

Edited November 21, 2014 by Skyhawk2014_2407

[majorpakpak 39]

if this update stays,then drop the prices in the garage by 80 percent.they are way too expensive for this nonesense update,just one part of a m3 cost over 200000 crystals to upgrade,and that is without speed up, which ia about 40 dollars real money with a double crystal card.this game is too boring now to put money into .i was going to buy crystals for christmas but now i have to think it over,what use to be a wonderful game is destroyed by the developers of these garbage updates the past few days.if the 10crystals boxes that fall randomly is put back in place i will stay if not then 1 player less on tanki,i will quit this game.