Referendum on Update 18/11/2014!

[AlphaStarling 13]

After the new update dated 18 November 2014, many players have been complaining about the predictable drop zones and crystal boxes. Many call for developers to roll back changes. Forums are somewhat filled with campaigns against this update.

For those of you who don't know, the new update depicts the drop zone of a certain drug in a map. Crystal boxes of 1, 5, 20, 50 and 100 will also be dropped. (Crystal drop zones are also depicted.) 

A recent referendum is for players to vote if they want crystal boxes to be added in the battle fund or should they fall from the sky.

 

Here's what users are complaining about:

• Players, especially heavy tanks, camp at certain drop zones (mostly double power drop site) and handicap other team players by taking all drugs.
• Crystal grabbers (A player who joins games for no other reason then to grab crystal boxes. They have no interest in helping their team mates.) now camp around crystal drop zones and get in the way of all the killing.
• Users are complaining about how first aid drops have been removed from maps: Combe, Courage, Dusseldorf, Noise, Hill, Island and Novel. The only logical explanation of this act is to add spice in short-map battles. But what is the use of disabling first aid in Dusseldorf and Novel?
• If crystal boxes are to be added in battle fund, the problem of division of battle fund arises. Example: If in Serpuhov CTF, the score is 5-0. Now at the end of battle, all fund will go the winning team including what could be the crystal drops. The losing team could have earned at least some crystals in the battle by crystal drops. This gives a huge advantage to raiders (RAIDERS are a very organized group of players that move from battle to battle looking for high battle funds to raid. If you don't pay attention they slowly stack the teams. They take turns sharing the battle funds.). Some people think this is to cause players to use more supplies.
• Gold box! Many of you may feel the rush when your hear the alarm and see "Gold Box will be dropped soon." written on your screens. Catching a Gold box is a game of luck and determination. You have to be on the right side of map, and you have to compete with your enemies and team-mates. But now it is not about luck. Thanks to the new update, a diamond drop zone appears on the ground where the box will drop and everybody goes mayhem for control of that area. Same goes for 100 crystal drop, although not much at large ranks because they are only a luxury for lower ranks.​

​​To summarize, I think everyone likes the 50 and 100 crystal drops, but the real problem here is predictable drop zones, especially it has ruined the fun of capturing the Gold Box. Not to give you all the negative aspects, here are the pros of this update:

• Crystal grabbers will not be seen anymore if crystal drops are added to the battle fund and team players will not get distracted in catching crystals.
• Most players are praising the little changes made to certain maps, and developers have remodeled Monte Carlo. The blocks in between the roads have now been pushed aside offering protection from enemy shots and giving an advantage to Shafts and Railguns which seem to dominate the map.

Now, it is all yours to decide whether you support the update or not. There have been so many complaints that I think developers are going to roll back changes. What's your opinion? Don't forget to comment and vote in the poll.

 

 

[Matsoni42 14]

nice...

[marcoagf 47]

Changed the whole dynamic of the game.

Collectors crystals were potential targets

was part of the strategy of the game, and made the game much more enjoyable

With these changes, lost a lot of grace to play this game.

Became much worse.

  The greed will kill the "goose that lays the golden eggs"

Edited November 20, 2014 by marcoagf

[kayitsiz 621]

This update is very good for myself; but for game, it is different.

[fufususumumu1 240]

i love the crystal battles going into battle fund instead of the game field. also raiding is actually allowed in the game so if you want to win yourself play with groups of friends so you can dominate the game too! also druggers can be controlled thanks to the new smart cooldowns update. so i feel that crystal update going into the battle fund is a great plan and i congratulate the devs for it! :) please dont be surprised if i dislike as i really feel this update should stay in the game!

[valentinpin 0]

the last update's are bad for this game they want to pay for everything 

[fufususumumu1 240]

its amazing... now cheaating and collecting cry boxes and cry harvesting wont work. also alpha if mods found thwy would close

[r_koolwalky0 2]

This is far the worst update in tanki.

[fufususumumu1 240]

i actualy liked it though

[fufususumumu1 240]

but koolwalky did u change nickname or something?

[vanshajwore 324]

This is far the worst update in tanki.

no, the worst was 10 timing the garage prices, but not the battle fund, imagine that!

[canadarules 1,938]

Stop raging low rankers

[fufususumumu1 240]

stop crying about it high rankers!

[Pathfinder 1,690]

Love the update.

 

Removing crystal boxes completely reduces mults who just come in to take crystals, and who join high ranked battles at that only because more crystals drop. It provides a greater incentive to actually play the damn game, and to win the game too. Isn't that what it should be about?

 

Predictable drops, love it also - it adds an element of strategy in deciding which points to control. Even before this was released, certain items dropped in particular places anyway... This just makes it clearer for new players.

 

Golds dropping immediately I find exciting, and it means the actual game is disrupted minimally. It also prevents gold hunters, who ruin team games.

 

If I had to change one thing, I would change the gold drops slightly longer, so people who are changing equipment or just got killed still have a chance. Maybe 10 seconds. But all in all a brilliant update in my opinion.

[canadarules 1,938]

stop crying about it high rankers!

I am not. :p

Your theory is wrong while mine is right, :)

We could care less, but it does stop mults... Not seen 1 since update

[fufususumumu1 240]

^ Yes you are. :angry: :superangryface:

and i made a theory? lost you there. please explain.

 

[Truthteller 4,204]

 

 

although not much at large ranks because they are only a luxury for lower ranks.​

Have you even went to a high rank battle? all those nubs are camping to get the 50 and 100 boxes while  I keep on capping :lol: 

[fufususumumu1 240]

well, i made that post BEFORE 50 crys even existed :) . and 10 crus was a luxury for smaller ranks because just 200 of it would be enough to buy the most expensive weapon which i believe was the ricochet which was mighty OP at that stage.

[hhgb 2,655]

Camp at the double damage drop at Skylark in your shaft  :ph34r:

[ThouShallNot 963]

Camp at the double damage drop at Skylark in your shaft  :ph34r:

While you get killed over and over again by railgun druggers.

[fufususumumu1 240]

the laser feature really forces the shaftees to step up the game, doesn't it?

[canadarules 1,938]

Such cry babies

[fufususumumu1 240]

who?

[AlphaStarling 13]

The shaft laser has really changed the status of Shaft. At first, I though it would be only available in Night mode. But, anyways. Anybody else surprised that nigth mode hasn't been implied to Serpuhov, it being the most famous NOOB map.

[fufususumumu1 240]

shaft is also improved to keep it balanced. now no more shaking effect for them, except when recoil weapon hits them of course