Open testing of changes in balance!

[kayitsiz 621]

Twins' range makes me feel like using a short range gun.

[samuelmanasseh 35]

how do u guys get in the testserver?

[r_PHOENlX0 20]

Guys, whatever rumor says that Smoky is now UP with the changes isn't correct. I personally think the change made it even more powerful. I played in Sandbox DM for 3 rounds with Smoky/Titan M3 and Tiger, and I came out first every time.

Because it was 72 Critical Damage at first, now they buffed to 95, so its pretty fair now.

[Rohrmeister 1,535]

As the demage of many weapons has increased now, would it be possible to adapt the auto aim mechanism:

 

M0 .... strong auto aim -> newbies have an easier start

  |

M3 .... less auto aim -> the Pro's with stronger weapons need skills

[deadtoyou 2,502]

how do u guys get in the testserver?

http://test.tankionline.com/battle-en.html#/server=RU6

[samuelmanasseh 35]

http://test.tankionline.com/battle-en.html#/server=RU6

not working

[ImmOrtal.VamPire 16]

Oh come on, there should be 2 test servers 1 is too laggy for everyone to join and it don't even loads :angry:

[samuelmanasseh 35]

Oh come on, there should be 2 test servers 1 is too laggy for everyone to join and it don't even loads :angry:

wut, i only see offline.

[ImmOrtal.VamPire 16]

Hammer

should maybe get an even wider horizontal angle. The 7 degrees are not enough considering damage and range.

 

Isida:

The new horizontal angle is nice, pls leave the vertical angle as it was.

It was a unique feature of Isida to attack upwards/downwards with large angles.

I hope the range is not too much now.. lets see.

 

unfortunately real competative tests on the testserver are a little bit hard, as everyone just uses M3+ - or is doing parcour :P

As if most guys there just enjoy the feeling to be a Generalissimo, instead of testing the game balance :P :P

yeah i agree with you ;)

[ajitvik 231]

Hammer

should maybe get an even wider horizontal angle. The 7 degrees are not enough considering damage and range.

 

Isida:

The new horizontal angle is nice, pls leave the vertical angle as it was.

It was a unique feature of Isida to attack upwards/downwards with large angles.

I hope the range is not too much now.. lets see.

 

unfortunately real competative tests on the testserver are a little bit hard, as everyone just uses M3+ - or is doing parcour :P

As if most guys there just enjoy the feeling to be a Generalissimo, instead of testing the game balance :P :P

hammer is corrected and should stay as it is...the wider range is affecting battles.

what people dont understand is that how ineffective hammer becomes when you have a paint...

 

so just back off for any claims regarding changing hammer more

[TheGoldenTanker 4,951]

The  Freezing effect on Freeze last too long now.

[dogm45 10,593]

Just keep in mind guys heavy hulls got there damage raised a couple updates ago, if you remember. So nerfing turrets????

[GurmitSingh 27]

Can anyone tell me if New Hammer M4 is beast or not with Viking M4 (Or any other hull), I can't get into sever to test it! :(  :(  :(

Edited April 22, 2015 by GurmitSingh

[Firenze_PRO 80]

You need at LEAST two servers! I sometimes just self destruct for no reason, the lag is horrible, and I can rarely get online! REALLY?

[Firenze_PRO 80]

Can anyone tell me if New Hammer M4 is beast or not with Viking M4 (Or any other hull), I can't get into sever to test it! :(  :(  :(

It's great

I tried partly MU-ed hammer and viking m3, its pretty darn good a few drugs.

[talha123_the_master 9]

KOOOL

[panamatriple 37]

Dev's, here are my thoughts after testing most of the garage in the test server.

-Hornet now seems like a slightly useless hull. Wasp and especially hunter were beefed up enough to make hornet that "in between" hull that not many new players will purchase, which used to be hunter's problem. Just an observation

-Freeze has seen a modest increase in dps, which is must needed, but I worry about its continued ineffectiveness in the battlefield due too two reasons. 1, the range for damage has decreased, and the speed with which it freezes enemy HULLs has decreased. Now, a freeze will struggle to get what use to be easy kills because it cannot simply freeze from a good distance and then drive forward and kill because the enemy after it had slowed to a crawl. The TURRET however of the enemy is frozen quicker, but this only helps if you catch up to them in the first place.

-Smoky's changes in my opinion have been for the better. Larger dps is well worth the decreased critical damage, but to each his own.

-Railgun will now be a true force on the battlefield due to decreased reload time where before it was effectively played with mainly in XP battles. A good update I believe.

-Ricochet and Hammer continue to be over powered, especially ricochet. Ricochet is my second main gun on this account, so while I am excited that it will now be by far the best gun in the game, I definitely see a problem in balance.

-My suggestions are to decrease a parameter or two of ricochet, hammer, titan, and hunter as they seem to be far and away the most powerful. Also, a slight increase in a couple parameters for freeze and shaft would help out the balance.

[Rohrmeister 1,535]

what people dont understand is that how ineffective hammer becomes when you have a paint...

so just back off for any claims regarding changing hammer more

"ineffective when you have a paint" <- the other turrets have this problem as well.

 

But I have to say that I saw a lot of anti-hammer paints in the field <- which is just a further indication how overpowered this weapon was.

I stick to my clam, you have not convinced me.

 

Lets see what the developers do about it. Most likely we will have a multi-step-process anyways.. with adaptations now and then a surveilance period before the results in real battles on the battlefield will be considered.

Edited April 22, 2015 by Rohrmeister

[Mafia 339]

now viking is not useful anymore.. dont change the specifications of viking.doesnt look like it needs 1.it is better as it is

[r_pits0 8]

I used shaft my entire time on Test Server and I did GREAT

SHAFT IS GOOD IF YOU USE IT CORRECTLY.

I can kill mammoth on DD,

and anything else without DD with a full shot and then an arcade.

Kills hornet easier than anything.

I used it with hornet, and acted like  I had railgun, except a really more powerful railgun, and did well.

I ran around the map, sniping only when I want but mainly using arcade, and I won eveyr battle against the XP combo and most against Viking/thunder (I used Clay) Shaft is fine, stop complaining pansies.

[kayitsiz 621]

I used shaft my entire time on Test Server and I did GREAT

SHAFT IS GOOD IF YOU USE IT CORRECTLY.

I can kill mammoth on DD,

and anything else without DD with a full shot and then an arcade.

Kills hornet easier than anything.

I used it with hornet, and acted like  I had railgun, except a really more powerful railgun, and did well.

I ran around the map, sniping only when I want but mainly using arcade, and I won eveyr battle against the XP combo and most against Viking/thunder (I used Clay) Shaft is fine, stop complaining pansies.

Have you tried to turn your turret suddenly after entering sniper mode?

[Rohrmeister 1,535]

now viking is not useful anymore.. dont change the specifications of viking.doesnt look like it needs 1.it is better as it is

I'm no Viking user. Can you pls explain your point in more detail? What was a key feature before, that makes it useless now?

[lando_calrissian 1]

the Open testing is already over?

[snipe3000 678]

the Open testing is already over?

No you have to go to the link on main page the test server is not open for random people only people who use link.

[BionicSwift 1]

When is the rebalance???