valid New game mode: DM-TDM crossover

[TheRollingSlab 803]

Great idea. I have always wanted to team up with friends in DM, without being able to "accidentally" damage them, but the option should only be available with a PRO pass, not normal battles (unless you already intended for them to only be a PRO battle option).

[Maf 32,300]

This very flawed in XP/BP DM's I feel. Are you saying thay if you team, you need 3 shots to kill tanks?

Never really thought of that. Maybe the feature could be disabled in format battles (or just the reduced damage part). But I'm pretty sure that even with the reduced damage it would still take 2 shots per tank.

[Cyborg 3,189]

Basically its another type of TDM.

[DageLV 940]

Well for me its easy to team up. Im just typing answer yes/no and done.

[HichigoShiiro 4,378]

You see, even if you say the option can be enabled/ disabled, two firebirds will still team up.

Edited June 19, 2016 by HichigoShiiro

[DageLV 940]

You see, even if you say the option can be enabled/ disabled, two firebirds will still team up.

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[Tanki_Master_TO_GTi 6]

I do not like the fact at all of "teaming" in a DM battle it is a One Against All Game type! If you want to team go to a TDM battle that's what it is made for "TEAM DEATH MATCH"

[snipe3000 678]

Wait, how exactly would this make any difference? Two players join a non team DM and say hay, wanna team? then they play together.

[Maf 32,300]

Wait, how exactly would this make any difference? Two players join a non team DM and say hay, wanna team? then they play together.

This should hopefully discourage players from teaming in solo DM because it will be inconvenient and maybe even banable. Teaming in DM with this feature enables will make teaming more interesting.

[ELIZABETH1122 337]

DM isn't the most popular game mode in this game and I think that's mostly because it simply isn't interesting enough as at the moment all you have to do is shoot and not get shot.

 

Players often try to make it more interesting for themselves by agreeing to team up with others and play together. However, such a system often annoys other players and causes conflicts in the battle chat.

 

My idea is to add an option to create "Alliances" in DM. Players, who dislike teams in DM can create/participate in battles with this option disabled, as it will be a tick box that players will select when creating the battle.

 

In the battle there would be a special button for teaming up in DM (you select a player in the list and send them a request to team up). Your request to team up will show up in the top-right corner of the person you wist to team up with, similar to an invitation notification. It will be possible to disable these notifications, making it impossible for others to send you an "alliance proposal". If they accept your request, the two of you will become an official team in that battle, which will change your gameplay in such a way that:

• Your weapons will deal 10-15% less damage to enemies
• You won't be able to damage each other
• If you destroy a tank together with your partner, you will get 30 xp points divided between you two depending on the damage each of you dealt (like in team battles)
• If the two of you completely kill an enemy tank from full HP, each of you will get a kill.
• If other players also dealt damage to the tank you were destroying, only the person dealing the final hit will get the kill.

Teams can be from 2 to 4 players and each additional player in the team will reduce the team's gun damage by another 10% and increase total score distributed per kill by 10 points. If there is an existing team of 2 or 3 players, any other players will send a teaming request to either player in the existing alliance and both (or 2/3) players need to accept it to allow the other player into their alliance.

 

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Example:

A Firebird, 40hp/s damage teams up with a Twins (15 hp/ball damage) and a Railgun (100 hp/shot damage) in a DM battle. Together they see a Mammoth with 300 hp and destroy him. Since there are three players in the alliance, their gun damage is reduced to 80%, so the Railgun deals 80 damage (one shot), the Twins deals 60 damage (5 shots, 12 damage per shot) and the Firebird deals 160 damage (5 seconds at 32hp/sec). Since there are three of them, the total number of points distributed for the kill is 40. The Firebird gets about 21 points for dealing 53% of the damage; the Railgun gets 11 points and Twins gets the remaining 8. Each player gets a kill added to their kill-count.

 

 

I believe such a system would make DM matches a lot more interesting and tactical, encouraging more players to enter them ,especially if they like to play with friends. This would be great for times when you want to play in a big battle with your friends, but you can't get 10 of them together to play CTF or TDM with all of you in one team, while playing with one friend and 9 random people usually doesn't end well. Instead, you would just enter a DM match and play together in a team against everyone else.

 

Idea originally appeared in this topic

 

Important: It will be possible to turn alliances off in battle customisation settings and play normal DM, if you wish to play alone and don't want to deal with teams.

They have Team Death Match for that! TDM  It is a pain when one opens up a game to play singularly as I do not collect friends and then one finds ones self playing against a whole team of conspiring players on ones own!

[Naughtyface2 149]

It's like TDM but more teams... I like it

+1!

Edited July 2, 2016 by Naughtyface2

[Hex 11,520]

Guys, DM is another name for FFA. There is no team in FFA. Why not go play TDM or something?

[Maf 32,300]

Guys, DM is another name for FFA. There is no team in FFA. Why not go play TDM or something?

TDM is one big team against another big team. What if you just want to enter a battle with your friend and play together against a lot of other tankers without having any mults or noobs on your team?

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

I am an Isida player. However, I have always been thinking that, how annoying it is not to be able to heal players with Isida in DM mode.

 

The purpose of the Isida turret is to both kill enemies and heal allies by using the same gun. Isida has double action, so I expect the developers of Tanki Online to be able to add the ability for Isida to heal players in DM mode.

 

In DM mode it would be good if players could select one or more players to form a team. Then when the team has been successfully created, players using Isida can only heal players on their team.

 

DM mode must be more than "every man for himself", and Isida comes to the rescue when there is a team of players. The players from the same team can heal others using Isida and Isida will kill off enemies when it attacks.

[Maf 32,300]

 add the ability for Isida to heal players in DM mode.

Topic merged

 

Well, before that happens, "teaming" in DM mode must be made official, which is why your idea directly relates to this topic. But when (and if) this gets added, then I'm sure Isida players in an alliance will be able to heal their partners. Until that happens teaming in DM mode is not recommended to keep the game fair for single players.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

I believe that teaming in DM mode must be made official. Teaming in DM mode is something that I recommend to keep the game fair for single or more players.

 

Please notify the developers so that they can make teaming acceptable in DM battles, so that players using Isida can also heal allies. Just remember that Isida can both kill and heal.

 

For me DM battles including the new "DM Tournament" is not fair because players cannot use the full benefit of Isida. Isida has been created not just for killing enemies, but also for repairing tanks on your team as well.

 

DM battles must improve a lot more. Isida must heal team mates and teams in DM mode is required.

[Maf 32,300]

Please notify the developers so that they can make teaming acceptable in DM battles

I already reported this idea to them, but you need to understand that no matter how much you ask for me to tell them about your ideas, it won't make the ideas appear in the game any faster. Even if I came to their office and stuffed the idea in their face, they would still have no choice but to put it in a long list of things they plan to add. I'm telling you - for an idea as big as this, the time it takes for it to be implemented after being suggested isn't a matter of weeks or months - it will take at least three years, if you're lucky.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

Now that you have properly explained to me that it takes a long time for ideas to go to developers, I do understand the fact that ideas takes so long to be considered and processed. Why would it take 3 or more years for the developers to consider people's ideas?

Edited July 26, 2016 by RIDDLER_8

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

I do not understand why DM modes hasn't been made for Isida players to be able to heal players on their team, and why does DM mode have no team battles.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

The other 3 battle modes are all TDM modes (TDM, CTF and CP). The Assault mode is a mode which I loved during the Happy New Year celebrations and I would like to have it back permanently.

 

However, the developers, should create brand new types of battle modes, because the current 4 modes are too similar. I expect more game modes that are completely different.

[Maf 32,300]

Why would it take 3 or more years for the developers to consider people's ideas?

Because people suggest hundreds of ideas and developers are not super-computers or geniuses, so they can't exactly develop every single feature within a matter of days. Think about it - each idea from start to finish might take something like 4 weeks to develop and the English ideas section alone generates around 20 new ideas per week, so if developers keep adding our ideas to their plans, they will simply end up with an ever-increasing list of backed up ideas.

 

So yeah, in the short term this forum section is simply for sharing your ideas with other players and discussing them, while actually having them added to the game is a very ambitious goal for any topic. Unless it's a small change that can be easily done within a few hours, such as this idea about being able to see your own module, which was added to the game in just three days after players suggested it.

 

why does DM mode have no team battles.

Well, DM with teams is simply TDM, right?  :huh:

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

Yes. I know that DM with teams is TDM, but how about both at the same time. A group of tanks in DM can form a team, whilst all the other players can kill each other. The team can heal each other using Isida players and fight the opposing individual players.

 

Lets have Isida heal players in DM mode for the current team only and attack the individual enemies.

Edited July 26, 2016 by RIDDLER_8

[Maf 32,300]

 A group of tanks in DM can form a team, whilst all the other players can kill each other.

Well yes, that's exactly what this topic is about. Did you at least read the first post?  :D

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

Yes. I read your first post. Thanks for mentioning.

[oOo.Aryan.oOo 968]

Removing DM mode O_o