Tanki drugs and their whole significance from all perspectives

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Tanki Drugs

 

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DISCLAIMER-'I don't says that drugs should be removed/nerfed, neither do I support their abuse.

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FOREWORD:I do not add any humour in my post for I do not wish people to take this matter as a joke.That is the reason why i do not use abbreviations or emoticons.Do not take me to be a person of monotonous nature, i am quite lively and have an okay sense of writing, for a not only like it, i enjoy it.This post is my hope that some moderator will read it fully and grasp its meaning.I do not write this to change the system, but to spread awareness.I got my inspiration to write from Brubook and his post -http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?s=2a7b7b466af6b528043c3379417c8ffd&showtopic=246957&page=1

I saw the furious debates and numerous counter-arguments and thought a lot about it, going through hundreds of pages and seeing all the points was neither easy nor too much fun for every new post repeated the same things, but nonetheless they were inspiring.They embedded in me the feeling that i had to write something, to make them all understand, to make them all know.Here is the result of my hard work and I hope you all like it.

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1.)WHAT ARE DRUGS?

It is the unofficial name for supplies aka Health Kit, Double Power, Double Armour, Nitro and Mine(Though the latter is not considered to be either a drug or a over-powered by the majority of players).For better appeal to readers, I shall be referring to them as drugs.

 

2.)WHAT DO THEY DO?

Health Kit:

*Cost:150 crystals

*Puts you to full health and heals you for 2-3 sec more in case you are damaged.Also removes effects like afterburn and overheating.

DOUBLE ARMOUR:

*Cost:50 crystals

*Doubles your fire power.

DOUBLE ARMOUR:

*Cost:50 crystals

*Doubles your hit points/Halves any damage on your tank.

NITRO:

*Cost:50 crystals

*Increases your speed by 30%

MINE:

*Cost:50 crystals

*Causes massive damage to any hostile tank that treads over it.

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3.)HOW DO DIFFERENT TYPES OF TANKERS SEE THEM?

A.)EARLY TANKERS(M0 players):

*In the beginning these drugs are not available, but within 30 minutes of productive gameplay, all of these are unlocked one-by-one.

*Some new players tend to use all of their supplies right away, and who can blame them.What is better than blowing off your enemies with a single shot of thunder or railgun, or putting on a double armour when entering with the enemy base, or rushing away with their flag with the nitro on?Health kits are extremely addictive due to immediate results and mines for their knack of destroying stalkers.

*Most players have blown all their supplies by their third battle, they now take one of the three routes-

A.1.)I want drugs:

Very few people come in this group for their is no need, everyone plays like noobs and everyone enjoys.

A.2.)I will use drugs whenever i have any:

Again very few people for most realise that 1-2 drugs won't get them many points, its better to save them.

A.3.)I will be saving mine drugs for better occasions:

Majority of players do this for they realise that drugs could seriously turn the game, it is better to save them for when the rewards are high and choices low.These keep on saving till they reach mid tanker stage.

B.)MID GAME TANKERS(M1 players):

*Most have 100-200 drugs each as they are of group A3.

*Some who belong to A1 have 1000+ drugs each.

*Those belonging to A2 either leave the game or start saving.

*At this stage drugs use suddenly rises, all A1 members dominate and rise quickly in battles.

*Most tankers can not spare crystals for drugs as M2s are expensive.

*Only buyers are using drugs regularly, rest either have used all of theirs in anger or are still saving up.

*Frustration builds up in non-buyers and a phrase becomes common in public chat during battle- noob druggee or noob nameofturrentandhull -

*Some players leave in despair.

C.)LATE GAME TANKERS(M2 players):

*By now most players have 1000+ drugs each, even non-buyers.

*A2 group members do not survive this far,thus we will now form the two remaining groups:

C.1.)Buyers

C.2.)Non-Buyers

*Buyers are referred to as -Paying Mass-

*Non-Buyers are referred to as -Critical Mass-

*Buyers keep the developers happy.

*Non-Buyers keep the game alive.

*Both are necessary on certain proportions, so that the game keeps on going smoothly.

*At this stage non-buyers only play the game to get M3 combo with a decent paint and move on to pro-battles where the drugs are not allowed.

*Druggers increase even more drastically.

D.)VETERANS(M3 players):

*Non-Buyers happily go to pro-battles and enjoy drug free battles.

*Buyers kill any non-buyers in drug battles, thus it becomes a stage where druggees compete with druggees.

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4.)WHAT NON-BUYERS WANT:

*NERFED POWERS OF DRUGS

*INCREASED SMART COOL TIMERS

*FREE/CHEAP PRO-PASS BATTLES

*PROMOTION OF DRUG FREE BATTLES BY THE DEVELOPERS

*REMOVAL OF SUPPLY KITS WHICH GIVE 80% DISCOUNT ON DRUGS

*A LIMIT TO MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DRUGS USED IN A BATTLE BY A PLAYER

*AND MOST OF ALL

-----------A WEEKS REMOVAL OF ALL DRUGS, FOR THEN PLAYERS AND DEVELOPERS WILL SEE WHHOSE VIEWS ARE BETTER----------

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5.)WHAT DO THE DRUGS DO TO A NORMAL BATTLE?

*Enhance gameplay

*Creates more opportunities

*Makes the battles unique and interesting

*Substitutes for luck when a plan/strategy fails.

*Gets one out of messy situations.

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6.)WHAT DOES ABUSE OF DRUGS DO TO A NORMAL BATTLE?

*Frustrates opposition

*Kills the sense of equals

*Causes people to leave

*Causes revolt by the people who suffer in chats which leads to abuses and bans.

*Make battles senseless and boring for non-druggers.

*Changes the course of a battle

*The skill factor is replaced by money

*Rants are seen and people start to think of Tanki as a pay-to-win and in some cases, kind of pay-to-play battle where you have a chance of winning.

*Drugs are seen as match concluders.

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7.)MY PERSONAL VIEWS ON THIS TOPIC:

All that i wrote till now was bases on certain observances and a lot of writing in the forum, now what i write is what i feel in this situation.This is my message to druggers-

 

'We all play tanki for having fun and enjoying ourselves, i feel that there is nothing wrong in buying drugs and using them to your benefit. But please i plead you to use them judiciously and only when needed.This will not only make games funner for you but also the opponents will appreciate your decision. The statement that I HAVE A LOT OF DRUGS, SO I WILL USE THEM ALL THE TIME IS LIKE SAYING THAT I WILL WASTE WATER BECAUSE I CAN.I just want you to know that your over drugging causes grief to others.I wish to experience a game where all have at least some chance of survival.I all comes down upon you, you have to make the correct decision.Are you willing to sacrifice others fun for your easy game?

Please think from our point of view, i know we all love to one hit K.O. opponents but that is not run for others, we all deep down inside our brains, love to dominate for we were born like this, we like to be the best, but we have to conquer it.If you have to best then be best within your league, drug continuously only in all drug battles but please not in normal battles.

It is not the nerfs and other changes that can do something unless you all realise that what you do is not right.Just once try to play a battle without drugs when the opponent drugs continuously and you will see what I mean.This is my humble request to all of your kind.'

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Thats it for this one, please leave post as in how i can improve this post further.I would really appreciate if Brubook or Rustynail would comment on my view and this post.I have got to sleep now been writing for 5 hours

Lastly: MODERATORS AND IF I AM LUCKY THEN ADMINS, PLEASE DO COMMENTS ON MY VIEWS IF YOU READ THIS, I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YOUR VIEWS TOO. I WILL BE HAPPY TO HEAR CRITICISM THAN HEARING NOTHING AT ALL FROM YOU PEOPLE.

 

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PS: My rank is not very high, but i am a very old player and an even older forum reader.

 

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We already have enough topics about supplies on the forum. Please use them to post comments such as those above. I know that you put a lot of effort into typing up this massive text, but 90% of what you said has already been discussed a thousand times and there is no point repeating it in a separate topic.

 

Not to mention that this is the Ideas and Suggestions section, where you are only allowed to post topics, which contain suggestions to add or change something in the game. Feel free to post this in one of the existing topics, but this topic does not follow the section rules.

 

Closed.