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Hello there players.

 

Welcome to my writing creativity page, where you will hopefully find interesting articles to zoom your eyes on. I´ll do my best to provide you something worth of reading every month. My main focus are themes primary related to Tanki Online. If you are interested in this sort of writings, wait no longer and proceed down below to read the recent article. Enjoy!

Edited April 15, 2016 by Flexoo

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Another celebration filled with craziness is behind us and so it´s time to look back on the event itself. Last year, Tanki came up with an interesting idea of gold boxes that varied in value. Since a quality time of first April can not lack on foolishness, there was a chance that  you will grab not just amazing gold boxes with over two, three or more than four thousand crystals, but even unsatisfying gold boxes that were hardly worth of that one double armour and repair kit you spent in hunt for it.

 

A year passed and some of us have been asking themselves if there is any chance that Tanki will come with another new, completely original idea for this rather controversial celebration. Little did we know that developers still got some tricks up their sleeves  when it comes to promotions. But without more introductory blah-blahs that are already way too long, lets skip to all the goodies Tanki prepared for this celebration.

 

Micro-upgrades sale

 

After the foreword, you are probably tuned for the gold box theme, but firstly let´s take a look on the single sale that was up for the whole three days. Usually, the difference between one or another micro-upgrade sale lies in the percentages. This time it was a tad different. If you were new to micro-upgrade scene with zero MUs on your equipment, you had the unique chance of raising the power of your armature by few steps for really laughable amount of crystals. The very first step was free, while the following step offered 5% less discount then his predecessor. Minimum discount was set to 20 %. After micro-upgrading sixteenth step, every other step from this point was discounted with same 20 %. Here is the chart for better illustration:

 

 

Those who already micro-upgraded more than seventeen steps and wanted to continue on their road to „M4“ might have been disappointed by the low discount. After twenty steps you really need those 40-50 % MU sales.  Any lower discount will most likely shatter that fully stocked crystal piggy bank as well as your hopes for purchasing additional equipment. On the other hand, buying ten to fifteen steps, quite cheap is not that bad, it sure creates some space to invest in things that have been slowly falling into oblivion in your garage.

 

Gold boxes

 

Now to the most interesting subject of the celebration, which gold boxes undoubtedly were. First big surprise bomb that pleased the heart of every gold hunter, was the increase in drop chance from usual 1/ 10 000 to 1/ 2 000. In other words the chance that gold box will drop raised five times! Besides, this year was rich in the variety of gold boxes in single celebration.

In general, these various Fool days gold boxes can be divided on two types:

• Non-crystal boxes
• Crystals boxes

 

Non-crystal boxes

 

You expected some crystals after a tough fight for that gold beauty? Foolish you! They were absent in many clown-headed boxes. Even though, you have not gained any shiny crystals, these boxes unpacked interesting content.

 

Right off the bat, I must mention, the one and only - M-M-M-Monster kill.

N-N-N-Nothing I-I-I-Is M-M-M-More A-A-A-Annoying T–T-T-Than C-C-C-Capturing M-M-M-M-Monster K-K-K-Kill G-G-G-Gold B-B-B-Box W-W-W-When N-N-N-No O-O-O-One´s A-A-A-Around.

 

Monster kill boxes simply destroyed everyone near you (including yourself) whether the tanker was your teammate or enemy. In crammed maps like Polygon, where most players ended up finding the drop zone, you could sign a decent number of kills to your account, but if you were lucky like me you just opened an empty box. Although, the idea behind it was excellent. Truly a gold box worth of all fools day celebration. In the end, if you missed Monster kill box, your failed attempt was all more bearable.

 

Another gold box was probably inspired by continually examined mystery of GodMode_On. This particular one enabled you to wreak havoc upon your helpless enemy that was unable to damage you for one minute. However, I wouldn´t consider this gold box very profitable,  you could still achieve a decent score while using that one minute effectively.

 

Within the reach was also a partial immortality in the form of gold box that blessed you with five minutes of all supplies activated. Enemies could of course destroy you, but you were a hard  nut to crack with all three supplies activated. Those five  minutes sure helped with building up the score and thereafter your crystal reward. The supply box was not that lucrative as crystal boxes, but I think it was by far better option than Monster kill.

 

From gold boxes that did not offer any crystal value, Premium boxes were the top ones to grab. One, two or three days of Premium secured you double increase in experience and crystals as well as free  access to PRO format battles. Those of you who were active enough, definitely made more crystals due to benefits of Premium, than they would by catching one of those five or ten thousand crystal gold boxes.

 

 

Crystal boxes

 

And now to those crystal ones, which warm the heart of tankers the most. Especially the chance that you will capture gold box with astronomical crystal values caused some funny moments. Blinded by the chance of gorgeous 50k crystals, many followed the prevailing trend.

When equipment of total strangers matches this way, it must be sign of the celebration with incredible gold boxes.

 

Back to gold boxes. First in the line was a normal one thousand crystal box, that could first look uninviting compared to other crystal boxes with sky-high value. After a dozen of monster kills, even these thousand boxes gained on charm.

 

Away from classic one thousand box, many tankers tried out the feeling of GodMode_On (once again), when their booty brought along another two classic gold boxes. If you observed the notification and even captured this gold, you can now proudly shout that you „legaly“ hacked the gold box.

 

Moving to some high numbers, really occasionally we were lucky to touch and experience the joy of 5000 and 10 000 gold boxes. This is what we came for to those Polygon CPs and Noise CTFs. Even with miserable chance to see one, I can say I belong to that luckier group of tankers who captured at least one. How about you?

 

Grand prize for the last!  After the recent V-log, we know that only 44 tankers were able to catch 50 000 gold box. I ran out of luck and did not even get close to 50 000 crystal box.On the other hand, I am kind of happy about it. Just think of the frustration when you miss this gold box by inches! If you were not lucky enough, join my club of 50k hunt failures, we will quietly envy the fortune of chosen ones.

 

But, enough of me talking. I was not the only tanker out there hunting for the mysterious gold boxes. Instead, focus on players who were willing to share their impressions on celebrations.

 

Hello there everyone! Thanks for devoting your precious time to this interview. Let´s proceed to the first question, shall we?

Fool days celebrations finished a few days ago. So tell us, have you enjoyed your Tanki fool days celebration? Had Tanki surprised you? What was the thing you were really looking forward to?

                                            

@emrakul: Of course, I enjoyed it :D. I think, it was even better than Halloween event. I was looking forward to catching at least one 50k gold (as everyone else).

 

@Darren4Turbo: Yes, I enjoyed. Tanki has really surprised me, I thought that there will be just a 25% sale but there was a very cool MU sale, gold box rain and different types of gold box rewards. Sadly, I wanted a holiday paint, or maybe a 10% sale at least, hehe. The best thing was the gold box rain; caught 7 of them though.

 

@lukey0: The April Fools Day celebrations were very nice, much better than any previous year. The random Gold Boxes which were either crystals, premium, supplies, immortality or a bomb were a great idea which I really enjoyed. Tanki really surprised me with the celebrations. I thought 2016 April Fools would be the same as 2015 April Fools, but with either an increase or decrease in the maximum value of the Gold Box. I was just looking forward to taking many Gold Boxes that weekend.

 

Gold boxes can be considered the biggest allurement of this celebration. Have you been hunting for them? What you consider to be your best catch? Share the number of gold boxes you caught.

 

@emrakul: I was "Gold hunting" all 3 days, trying to achieve top 100 in the ratings. I was enjoying gold box rain and trying to take as many as possible. I was mainly on my lower account, and took a total of 84 or 85 gold boxes. I have missed all 5k ones, but managed to take an incredibly high number of M-M-M-MONSTER KILLS. I remember taking 4 monster kills in a row (4 from 4 taken and all were these trolls). I had more great catches, but two 10k in less than one minute turned out to be the most surprising. I still can't believe I did it.

 

@Darren4Turbo: I was hunting for them like a little cockroach. I think all of my catches were normal 'cause I was caught all of the gold boxes while playing with my friend in a private battle and he gave me some and I gave him some too without any pro catches. I caught 7 gold boxes, that is very low compared to my other friends.

 

@lukey0: I've been hunting Gold Box's for a long time in Tanki. Almost from the first time I learnt of them I hunted them. From them falling at 700 fund, to Gold box will be dropped soon, I've always been catching them. Throughout the April Fools celebrations I didn't really have any catch that really stood out. This is probably because most were caught in Polygon. :lol: Though most included flipping, side flipping, back flips, you get it. :P Hammer causes a lot of flips. I took a total of 28 April Fools Golds. IMO its a decent amount, for the time I played.

 

However, celebration was not just about gold boxes. Micro-upgrade sale was up for the whole three days. This time the system was a bit different. Have you MUd anything?  Do you think it was a good sale? Have you been satisfied with the system?

 

@emrakul: At first the 100% discount was unbelievable, but I knew, that it's not much better than plain 50% one. I upgraded few paints (1 or 2 upgrades each) and also few other turrets/hulls. Of course I bought every free upgrade :D On low account I upgraded hammer 10 times. this sale was great for "MU haters", which uprage just 4 or 5 times, so they had very high discounts. In conclusion, it was of the better sales.

 

@Darren4Turbo: No, I didn't MU anything. I'm now saving crystals for an M3 turret or hull. Yeah, the sale was pretty awesome. I was satisfied, and I as told you, I was mostly satisfied with the gold boxes.

                     

@lukey0: All my equipment has MU's on it, and I have 3 M4's, working on my 4th. The sale was ok, but it didn't help me any, the prices were still really high, and the 20% felt like 0% so I didn't MU anything this time. The MU sale was mainly for those that have very little MU's on their equipment. Fingers crossed Tanki's B-Day will hold a better MU sale. I want my Thunder close to M4.

 

Lastly, can you share your views, was the celebration good, was it not? Did you have fun or end up trolled too much?

 

@emrakul: This celebration was surprisingly better than expected, it was probably the best gold box event ever alongside with awesome sale. The biggest surprise for me were "hacked gold boxes", which turned out to be the funniest. I have made few mistakes, like not playing in no-supplies battles when I had premium to avoid godmode golds and supply one, but after all I enjoyed it.

 

@Darren4Turbo: It was excellent. I would rate it 5 / 5. I was trolling some of my friends in TO and even my father and they all believed, heh.

 

@lukey0: Overall the celebration was excellent. I'd give it a 9/10. For it not being a main celebrated event in Tanki it turn-out to be a really good 3 days. Yes, I did have fun, but I also got trolled a few times. (Or is that what I want you to think?!

 

Once again thank you for your time and willingness!

 

Here you go. April fool day celebrations were truly amazing. I am sure most of you had a great time. The number of goodies was really surprising and met the criteria of glorious celebration. What did your fool day look like? Share your sentiments below.

Edited April 13, 2016 by Flexoo

[Flexoo 6,980]

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Edited April 15, 2016 by Flexoo

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Good Luck

[Flexoo 6,980]

Thank you :)

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[lukey0 27,543]

Nice! Can't wait to see new articles each month. :)

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Good luck!
And cant wait to see more interviews with players!  

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Excellent job!

[Darren4Turbo 4,913]

Excellent and good luck!  ^_^ 

[Flexoo 6,980]

Thank you :).

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GL

[VaudeVille 1,428]

Well written. Keep it up

[Flexoo 6,980]

Thank you, I will.