Is this game as good as it used to be ?

[Pistolcc 38]

I like Tanki, but I used to love it. 

All the changes have put me off a little. I thought a shotgun and machine gun were the least imaginative possible additions to the game. I now play less and I probably won't buy any more crystals. So this is the end of the line for me.

Just to ask what does everyone else think? 

[PowerStrike1.1 270]

That some people that play the game are doing the "Threatening staff of a game they should just quit by spamming" cliche. It's too common.

[Pistolcc 38]

Powerstrike, There is no threat or spamming here on my part, perhaps on yours unless you can draw a logical connection to the topic

That some people that play the game are doing the "Threatening staff of a game they should just quit by spamming" cliche. It's too common.

[PowerStrike1.1 270]

Powerstrike, There is no threat or spamming here on my part, perhaps on yours unless you can draw a logical connection to the topic

I'm mean some people can't just leave the game instead of threatening. It's really annoying. I'm sure you haven't done that.

Edited March 2, 2015 by PowerStrike1.1

[Pistolcc 38]

The game is so close to being excellent but it doesn't grip me anymore. I don't want to seem negative or whatever, just to state my position and get some feedback. I can understand your point , but people are naturally frustrated when there are constant updates 

[PowerStrike1.1 270]

The game is so close to being excellent but it doesn't grip me anymore. I don't want to seem negative or whatever, just to state my position and get some feedback. I can understand your point , but people are naturally frustrated when there are constant updates 

And they send threats instead of quitting, sad reality.

[ThouShallNot 963]

Nope. 2012 was way funner.

[canadarules 1,938]

no this game use to be excellent and now it is fading, the hall of fame system always kept me competitive but now, i am starting to think of quitting since it is the same old same old with everything now becoming repetitive

Edited March 2, 2015 by canadarules

[Papaya14 481]

You may not believe me because of my rank. But I was here in 2011-2012, before the Rebalance, before any of those nasty economic changes.

 

Let me tell you, back then it was even harder to get by than it is today. You enter a battle, you have at least half the enemy team with full drugs (all 3 on). You have Warrant Officer 5 with full M3 equipment + paint. When Shaft came out? Hahaha, good luck getting by in Silence with an enemy team of even 2 Shafts. Battle fund was still as scarce as it is today, everything was just divided by 10. Losers got nothing. Buyers with M3 won nearly 100% of the fund.

 

Today, it is much more fair for the common players. Fund is distributed evenly. Druggers powers have been slashed. Shaft is no longer scary. Buyers are still common, but impossible now for them to be any more powerful than a focused and financially-strategic player could be.

 

So no, I do not miss the old days. Except for the graphics. I miss the old blue Firebird.

Edited March 2, 2015 by Papaya14

[Maf 32,302]

I loved most major updates, which were added to the game in the past 4 years. There are a few minor changes, which I would rather not experience in the game and I'm a bit disappointed that a few great (and simple) ideas from players weren't added yet, but overall there has been a great improvement over the years.

 

The only update I really disliked was the change in maps and removal of hiding spots (Highland, Skyscrapers, Polygon), but that also has it's advantages as the hiding spots were often used to sabotage the battle. Although I do say it was a lot of fun grabbing the flag and hiding it on that inaccessible spot on top of Abyss, while a team of druggers was swearing at you in chat because you ruined their attempt to rob you  :P

 

Also Canyon was one of my favourite maps and I loved to drive around the whole map and totally counfuse the enemy team, but then the tunnel and underground areas were removed, so I lost interest towards the map. The New Physics update removed Ricochet's ability to climb walls, which was another thing I loved to do in Canyon battles, and then the whole map was removed completely... Oh well...

 

Last screenshot of parkour on Canyon using Rico, 2 hours before the New Physics update:

 

 

 

 

[jazz20 1,181]

Tanki at the moment is pretty good but it could be better. Tanki before re-balance (if that's what we're talking about) was very different. First off, there was no balance between the weapons. At warrant 4 you could have m3 twins m3 firebird and by 3-4 diamonds, a player could have everything in the garage. So, it could get pretty boring between that and Marshal, which was the highest rank at the time plus every Marshal battle was the same with everyone pretty much using Ricochet, Railgun, Shaft, Thunder, and Freeze. Also, there were a ton of hackers and it was pretty rough. You could be winning a 2 hour long 50 flag battle using all your drugs and have some hacker join the other team and catch like 30 flags in 2 minutes, lose the battle, and get nothing from the pot. Also, golds only fell when the pot was 700 crystals, which is 7k today. Often times, you could see players jump from battle to battle looking for gold boxes. The garage wasn't as big to, with I believe Jade being the top paint (not sure :ph34r: ). Of course, there were good things back then to, such as 50+% sales, cheaper garage, and everything was so much simpler.

 

IMO, I'd say Tanki is moving in the right direction and continues to evolve everyday, sometimes moving down the wrong path every now and then, but hey it's a learning experience for all of us and the Devs aren't perfect. I'm excited to see what's to come in the coming years ^_^  

Edited March 2, 2015 by jazz20

[jazz20 1,181]

I loved most major updates, which were added to the game in the past 4 years. 

The game is only 6 years old  :P

[Darren4Turbo 4,913]

Actually the old players love old times that's my rule  :P

[POWERFULLSOUL 78]

At small rank i thought i need m3 combe... But when i reached high rank they released Mu. Mu is too costy :( . Iam forced to Mu my weapons :( ... Due to Mu i can only play with 1 combe . So tanki is getting bored nowadays... Mu maybe good for generalissimo and buyers..

[TheDeathBat 0]

The only thing that bothers me is the lag I get and how Hornet m1 and Rico m1 isn't as powerful as I thought.

So since I can't by crystals it's still hard to gain crystals because of how much lag I have sometimes.

And when I try to kill people their guns shoot me and then make me go back and forth so I loose control.

It's a little hard to rank up but I manage to make it through.

Another thing I want to mention is that almost all the time my key controls get stuck so I don't know if it's just Tanki or me.  -_-

Edited March 3, 2015 by TheDeathBat

[canadarules 1,938]

The game is only 6 years old  :P

cool story sis

[Pistolcc 38]

Actually the old players love old times that's my rule  :P

Yea I would agree with that. You invest time and or money into a game and it changes in a way you might not like so you miss the old times.

and I'm sure new players are having a great time ranking up and Tanki can afford to lose old players like myself. 

 

None of this answers the essential identity crisis for TO. Is it a video game or a cartoon game? Is there any relation to reality or is it all Dev ideas only?

 

Why on earth a tank would have a giant shotgun or a machine gun on the roof is beyond me. It's not a reality and it's not a cool fantasy.

 

The upside of all this is that I'm not hooked anymore so thanks guys :)

[Pistolcc 38]

The only thing that bothers me is the lag I get and ...

yes of course. The lag is much worse. good point

 

Also the division of servers by language and auto placing was a silly change

Edited March 2, 2015 by Pistolcc

[canadarules 1,938]

lol i am hardly playing anymore

 

Yea I would agree with that. You invest time and or money into a game and it changes in a way you might not like so you miss the old times.

and I'm sure new players are having a great time ranking up and Tanki can afford to lose old players like myself. 

None of this answers the essential identity crisis for TO. Is it a video game or a cartoon game? Is there any relation to reality or is it all Dev ideas only?

Why on earth a tank would have a giant shotgun or a machine gun on the roof is beyond me. It's not a reality and it's not a cool fantasy.

The upside of all this is that I'm not hooked anymore so thanks guys :)

[Ash-Metal-Raf 76]

Back in 2010 before Re-Balance. I remember when i play tanki, It was enjoyable for many reasons: GOLD BOX was valuable, was a moment without notification. Even the old graphics and designs were awesome!. The old Style of gameplay, the old 100 Gold box theme, supplies themes and crystal boxes. all that was incredible. and the most important thing is "Molotov" Map (R.I.P) the only map that makes me wanna continue tanki with it's secret thing. The "GOLD BOX 1000". but unfortunately i was late, in that time, i quited tanki for one reason: it's the hackers. while everyone working hard to get the gold, suddenly gold disappear and the hacker gets it.

 

BUT....

one thing that makes me keep playing this game. (NO MORE HACKERS) do you remember those unstoppable hackers who keep ruining the game by their hacks such as teleporting, invisible Tanks, breakthrough the walls, etc...they were kinda feeling free to hack until Tanki puts a Line to this issue. and hackers been Removed and vanished from the game. Thanks to Tanki.

i agree with you my friend: Pistolcc.

but beleive me...Tanki worked hard to fix alot of issues and make it easier for us. and about the two new turrets, some of people disliked them, some of them not. it's opinions. everyone have their opinion. I respect that. but let's take it as a game, playing it just for fun, lose/win, not matter, if we enjoyed. ;)

Edited March 2, 2015 by Ash-Metal-Raf

[Batmode_ON 60]

Yes and no, can't say

[dilsharox 2,395]

i guess it is but adding a new turret was the opinion of many players so tanki had to do something about it 

[Pistolcc 38]

hackers been Removed and vanished from the game. Thanks to Tanki.

let's take it as a game, playing it just for fun, lose/win, not matter, if we enjoyed. ;)

Hi Ash metal my friend. Yes the TO team has worked hard and we all appreciate it.

 

Believe it or not I don't want to destroy the game just because I rarely play anymore, I actually want to help improve it. 

[robbie56 2,403]

Simple answer: no.

[kmpa 830]

I started playing Tanki this summer, so not quite a long time ago, but still some things were different then than now, so I guess my opinion could be counted in a sense.

 

No, I don't think the game is as good as it used to be, in fact it's much better.

 

Some of the things that annoyed me at first after playing for a few months was the crystal boxes. I always thought that crystal boxes do not make the game play any better. Too many crystal grabbers, doing nothing but hunting for crystal boxes. Adding the crystal boxes to the fund, not only completely removed the annoying crystal hunters, it also gave one more reason to everyone to try and become better in Tanki, practice their skills so they can do better in battles, which will in turn award them with many crystals.

 

Ever since crystal boxes were removed, to me it became much more easy to gather crystals. Just in the last 25% sale, I had around 130 000 crystals (all from battles), bought m1 wasp, m1 isida and m2 isida and after 2 weeks I got ~2/3 of the crystals returned by just playing in battles. In simple words, this update made me focus on improving my skills much more than if this update never happened. My game tactics have been improved and I get to enjoy the game even more, since all other team members actually want to contribute to the battles instead of sitting around doing nothing.
 

The next important update was the smart supplies system. Do I even need to say why this is a much better system than the previous one, where everyone was basically drugging, thus making the game less enjoyable for the users who either could not afford drugs, or simply did not feel like wasting their crystals on drugs? Plus, this feature forced everyone to focus more on their skills, so that is also a big positive.

 

Finally we have the addition of new turrets, that is vulcan and hammer. Both of these turrets in my opinion provide something unique to the game, so I do not disagree with their addition. However, what annoyed me was that the tanki developers, decided to release these turrets before releasing any protection paints, thus giving an unfair disadvantage to the players who did not want to use either of these two guns.

 

Nevertheless, I do not see why this game is not better than what it was before. All the additions have been for the better and of course, when you add a new feature you can not expect it to work perfectly fine from the first day, there will be problems, but still, the problems are there to be solved, and that is what the Tanki developers have been doing so far, and that is why they have my entire support.

Edited March 2, 2015 by kmpa