why is tanki unfair and people are leaving?

[Gabe2607 499]

There seems to be less pro battles and more supplies being used... more than ever.

Makes sense. Free players have no reason to stay. And it is getting harder for buyers too because they get to play against other heavy druggers: their "easy fun" will fade and they will start to leave too, as they are not accustomed to difficulties.

[ghost-guns 1,486]

 

Makes sense. Free players have no reason to stay. And it is getting harder for buyers too because they get to play against other heavy druggers: their "easy fun" will fade and they will start to leave too, as they are not accustomed to difficulties.

Yes I just played in a noise battle with a bunch of full M4s and can report that they hunt in packs. Slightly better when the rank limit is generalissimo, but then again I've seen a lot of general ranks recently with full M4s.

 

Remember when XP/BP battles filled up most of RU1 and 2? Not as many of those anymore either.

[Gabe2607 499]

Typical of a drugger: since they like to win "easy", they prefer to play with a clan of druggers to make sure it is even easier. You hardly see "clan vs clan" because it would be too difficult...

 

And Pro Battles No-Drugs are a disaster: you get these "former druggers" trying out their skills and you just drive nuts seeing how awful they are. If you get too many in your team... you will scream out of frustration!

[batatazilla 56]

Typical of a drugger: since they like to win "easy", they prefer to play with a clan of druggers to make sure it is even easier. You hardly see "clan vs clan" because it would be too difficult...

 

And Pro Battles No-Drugs are a disaster: you get these "former druggers" trying out their skills and you just drive nuts seeing how awful they are. If you get too many in your team... you will scream out of frustration!

Sorry to invade but i have to comment on this, i never drug and still i am not very good at bp. I get that being in a battle were your team is not so skilled and makes u lose is frustrating but i should also point out that people dont born with xp/bp skills. Xp/bp is very funny and learning it can be frustrating to those who are learning to (i for example get mad everytime i miserably fail shoots :P). So i think u shouldnt rant with unskilled bp/xp players but rather encourage them to dont give up. I sujest u make some friends in xp/bp and make private battles with them when u are not into helping noobs out.

Edited June 27, 2017 by batatazilla

[Gabe2607 499]

Sorry to invade but i have to comment on this, i never drug and still i am not very good at bp. I get that being in a battle were your team is not so skilled and makes u lose is frustrating but i should also point out that people dont born with xp/bp skills. Xp/bp is very funny and learning it can be frustrating to those who are learning to (i for example get mad everytime i miserably fail shoots :P). So i think u shouldnt rant with unskilled bp/xp players but rather encourage them to dont give up. I sujest u make some friends in xp/bp and make private battles with them when u are not into helping noobs out.

I was not referring to XP/BP battles. I cannot even play those ones, LOL (and I would not like to play them).

 

But I am allowed to rant "generally". The quality of the average player of Tanki Online are the lowest (by far) I have ever seen in a game. And this is due to 1) an always decreasing average age; 2) easy-to-buy/easy-to-use drugs, a shortcut that all kids take to avoid learning skills.

 

PS.: I just saw one drugger playing well. I always mention when it happens, because it is extremely rare... Probably the third this year, but the second this month :o ...

[WaspShaft98 114]

This is such a horrible game now, I played on my lower WO5 account a CTF game, and everyone (including my team) is full on drugs.

 

 

On my higher account, I was at WO5 in December 2016, and I did not even know how to use supplies (i never tried pressing 1, 2, 3, ...) and I was too excited with the game to bother reading the manuals or wiki or forum.

 

My K/D was awesome, like 3+ and I was so hooked to the game.

 

Now each time I play I feel like quitting, because even if I drug hard, I still end up on losing side, with the highest score on either teams combined.

 

CTF non-pro are basically unplayable now, because of the excess supplies they've been handing out.

 

Even buyers in my team with their fancy shop paints are going down and out, with dismal K/Ds (< 0.50).

 

Old friends with whom I used to play are all gone.

 

With matchmaking system in place, doing missions becomes all the more frustrating, because if you're only combo is titan twins, you may have to play in highways ctf, whereas if you're only combo is wasp rail, you may have to play in polygon ctf.

 

No control over maps, so in general, you feel even weaker, because you can't always have the best equipment for different maps.

 

Forum is going totally like the game too - Just like players don't stop pressing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Cooper can't stop dishing out warning points and bans for no apparent need or reason.

Anyone who critiscizes tanki is on her hitlist.

 

Good luck retaining players, because I play only 15 minutes a day, and I do drug a lot during this time if need arises, but I still get pretty frustrated with the battles. Its been so long since I had fun in a battle.

 

Mults, no skilled teammates, impulsive unapologetic ignorant administrators (not the other helpers - I've found them to be quite nice, only administrators) - all these Tanki developers cannot control, but giving more power in the form of supplies to players who already have the best equipment - this is their biggest blunder, and the reason they've lost 70k players in an year's time.

 

Out of the 30k you see online, most are high rankers on recruit accounts, because playing at their own ranks is a nightmare.

 

I used to spend 4 to 5 hours on this game everyday before the missions update came, but my interest is slowly and surely fading away.

 

For mid rankers, missions are very important as a source of crystal income.

 

You enter drug battles, get drugs as rewards, use them in the next battle, get more drugs as rewards, use them in the next battle, ...

Then you get crystals from missions. I stick to only 1 hull and 1 turret at each modification, so I sink them in MUs - they hardly make a difference in battles when everybody is 1,2,3,4,5.

 

What do I get in net from doing these missions: supplies cancel out, MUs give you only a 5 to 10% advantage, which is not enough to carry a team of noobs to victory - only frustration awaits me everyday I log in and try to win matches.

 

In DMs, you don't have to worry about noob team, but then it takes atleast 2 pieces of supplies to get a single kill.

 

Developers have messed up this game so bad.

 

I used to love this game earlier, but my time is better spent elsewhere now.

[batatazilla 56]

This crap is geting behond ridiculous, this is a JOKE !!! Drugs took over even the lower ranks its impossible to play. But there is more, today i was shooting some buyer with premium who was a druger, like 70% of his smoky shoots were critical, the guy was indestructible and every freaking single time he got near an aid drug spawning zone it droped! Your game is a JOKE tanki a BAD TAST JOKE !!!!! It doesn´t admire me that 70k players left when u hack the game to help drugers and buyers.

[NewbieCake 3,067]

The only reason I stopped playing TO is because I'm just so burned out, it's the same stuff over and over again. Drugs are a part of the reason too, but thankfully I can compete against. I'm not saying TO is a bad game, because honestly it kept me entertained (and sometimes still does) for over 2 years. 

[Fluffy_Puppy 590]

I couldn't agree more with you guys. I'm bored of this game and sick of the druggers and buyers.

[tankerkuldeep 739]

I couldn't agree more with you guys. I'm bored of this game and sick of the druggers and buyers.

+1

[FTW 240]

I'm fine with everything, druggers and buyers etc... but one thing which made me freaking angry also i just wasted 8 hours of my entire day for this game and i got nothing at the end... the battle time reducing, as it used to be 5 minutes and players were capable of rejoining if they timed out or something during this 5 minutes.. now they are 2 minutes and that caused a lot of loss to me and other tankers.. Just wasted 13k reward and 9k score for being away for 2 minutes like wow... My internet went down i was like "HURRY THE HELL OUT REJOIN PLEASE GOD FORGIVE ME" and in the end i left for being away for 02:03 minutes can you believe it? just 3 seconds made me far away from the reward tanki is unfair toward us because of this auto kick thing, What's the point of it? Imagine if someone is just eating should he/she bring the plate with them? It's just so unfair i wish beg tanki developers to return the five minutes thing.. just please, at least for long battles... once again thank you tanki for the massive loss i'm seriously speechless :(

[Strikechard123 241]

I couldn't agree more with you guys. I'm bored of this game and sick of the druggers and buyers.

X2

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

Lol, topics like this makes me cringe so bad. But anyway, the real reason why many ppl have left is because they are just kids and they can't handle the truth that they can't have such OP equipment at such an early rank.

 

And for those of you who say that "TO hasn't fixed the lag issues" you're making me cringe at the fact that you can have access to the announcements even from the game, and yet you dont even utilize it.

 

Maybe you don't know how to use it: just go to the news window, and from there you should be able to see some links in which you can click and see where it takes you.

 

If you still can't figure it out, then it's not surprising that brainless ppl can't learn.

 

And for your information, [the lag issues can't be fixed until HTML5 is released, because flash technology is trash technology.] Repeat the sentence in the brackets 500 times or until it is stuck in your memory.

[WaspShaft98 114]

Lol, topics like this makes me cringe so bad. But anyway, the real reason why many ppl have left is because they are just kids and they can't handle the truth that they can't have such OP equipment at such an early rank.

 

And for those of you who say that "TO hasn't fixed the lag issues" you're making me cringe at the fact that you can have access to the announcements even from the game, and yet you dont even utilize it.

 

Maybe you don't know how to use it: just go to the news window, and from there you should be able to see some links in which you can click and see where it takes you.

 

If you still can't figure it out, then it's not surprising that brainless ppl can't learn.

 

And for your information, [the lag issues can't be fixed until HTML5 is released, because flash technology is trash technology.] Repeat the sentence in the brackets 500 times or until it is stuck in your memory.

Do you even know the meaning of cringe? You can't 'lol' and 'cringe' at the same time.

 

Looking at the announcements tab doesn't fix the lag. Get it? There are more than 10,000 flash games on the internet which don't lag, and 5 or 6 months back, tanki didn't lag that much.

Edited June 29, 2017 by WaspShaft98

[NXS_Neta_King 654]

I will never leave tanks online because it's a fun game and fun with friends doing special things laughs and it's very fun  and i love to buy in tanki online  because I think it's a really good game :)  :P

[TheBlackChick 319]

Life in the lower and the middle ranks has become some sort of nightmare (probably because of the supply usage that has increased).  If you are f2p you don't reallly have many options as there aren't enough PRO Battles so these people are likely to completely leave the game(or become very active on the forum). If you are a Legend life is a lot easier: log in, do your missions in Fire-Wasp/Hornet or in a regular battle, go PRO, log out, repeat.

[batatazilla 56]

Lol, topics like this makes me cringe so bad. But anyway, the real reason why many ppl have left is because they are just kids and they can't handle the truth that they can't have such OP equipment at such an early rank.

 

And for those of you who say that "TO hasn't fixed the lag issues" you're making me cringe at the fact that you can have access to the announcements even from the game, and yet you dont even utilize it.

 

Maybe you don't know how to use it: just go to the news window, and from there you should be able to see some links in which you can click and see where it takes you.

 

If you still can't figure it out, then it's not surprising that brainless ppl can't learn.

 

And for your information, [the lag issues can't be fixed until HTML5 is released, because flash technology is trash technology.] Repeat the sentence in the brackets 500 times or until it is stuck in your memory.

That makes so much sense, so players were happy playing for 2-3 years until one day they dicided that m1 equipment was not overpowered? Hahaha this coming from a guy who loves drugs just bc they transform tanki into minecraft creative mode and doesnt care at all about the impact it has on game balance.

Also your strategy consists of calling people kids or saying crap like "If you still can not figure it out, then it's not surprising that brainless ppl can not learn" instead of actual arguments. Oh wait there is one argument that u love: GO PLAY PRO BATTLES. Wich has been outdated since the mission update but u keep using it as it is the only thing u can get to suport your beloved drugs.

Anyway every one can read the reviews on steam and get a good idea for the massive exodus from the game (im sure u are going to say that every negative review about the game were kids :D ).

Ps: Just so u know the concept of "fun game" for most people is different from being totally overpowered but rather a fair game were skills matter, when u take that away from them they leave.

Edited June 29, 2017 by batatazilla

[TheBlackChick 319]

Oh wait there is one argument that u love: GO PLAY PRO BATTLES. Wich has been outdated since the mission update

How did the argument get outdated after that update? The update just forced users who don't like using supplies to make a choice...will they make a sacrifice and enter a few of those battles with supplies enabled or don't, and risk not being competitive? It's not nice....not nice at all as the update has generated a lot of rage among many of the players, but, after all, PRO Battles are still an option. Right now there are 2 more times PRO Battles than regular ones for Legends.

[batatazilla 56]

How did the argument get outdated after that update? The update just forced users who don't like using supplies to make a choice...will they make a sacrifice and enter a few of those battles with supplies enabled or don't, and risk not being competitive? It's not nice....not nice at all as the update has generated a lot of rage among many of the players, but, after all, PRO Battles are still an option. Right now there are 2 more times PRO Battles than regular ones for Legends.

Except for the part u are forced to play with drugers if u want to make apreciable amount of cristals wich u need to upgrade your equipment since leveling up is unevitable. This update was ok only if u already had m4 combos and didn´t need so many cristals, this is not the case for most players and thus it generated alot of (well deserved) hate.

I dont realy see why the heck should i make "sacrifices" in order to play as i like nor does any player that left the game as of that update.

[TheBlackChick 319]

Except for the part u are forced to play with drugers if u want to make apreciable amount of cristals wich u need to upgrade your equipment since leveling up is unevitable.

 

You can drug and counter the druggers in order to perform better, finish your missions and then move to PRO Battles. 

 

I dont realy see why the heck should i make "sacrifices" in order to play as i like nor does any player that left the game as of that update.

 

I don't like the situation either but I think there are still solutions even for lower rankers. Well...there don't seem to be many of them as I know only 1: a f2p user should get M2 XP as soon as possible and start playing XP/BP.

 

Edited June 29, 2017 by TheBlackChick

[TheBlackChick 319]

Cheaters rule even the pro games now. They just can't drug as much but they still cheat. And the kill counter still cheats you out of kills.

would you mind recording those cheaters and posting the videos on youtube? I'm really curious as I've not seen any form of cheating in a very long time

[batatazilla 56]

 

Except for the part u are forced to play with drugers if u want to make apreciable amount of cristals wich u need to upgrade your equipment since leveling up is unevitable.

 

You can drug and counter the druggers in order to perform better, finish your missions and then move to PRO Battles. 

 

I dont realy see why the heck should i make "sacrifices" in order to play as i like nor does any player that left the game as of that update.

 

I don't like the situation either but I think there are still solutions even for lower rankers. Well...there don't seem to be many of them as I know only 1: a f2p user should get M2 XP as soon as possible and start playing XP/BP.

 

 

The thing is, i dont like drug wars. Forcing players to do things they dont like in order to be able to do what they like afterwards simply doesn´t work. That pay-2-win strategy (and realy any p2w one) is a complete failure. U can check it by looking at Bigpoint games for example, it fails every time and is failing right now in tanki.

[TheBlackChick 319]

The thing is, i dont like drug wars. Forcing players to do things they dont like in order to be able to do what they like afterwards simply doesn´t work. That pay-2-win strategy (and realy any p2w one) is a complete failure. U can check it by looking at Bigpoint games for example, it fails every time and is failing right now in tanki.

Unfortunately Tanki lost players and me and you can't do much about it. Devs surprised me with their decisions quite often so we'll see how future updates transform the game and hope for the best. 

[Fluffy_Puppy 590]

Unfortunately Tanki lost players and me and you can't do much about it. Devs surprised me with their decisions quite often so we'll see how future updates transform the game and hope for the best. 

Don't hold your breath. Most updates I've seen since 2015 have been terrible. Like the missions update, I don't even bother with my missions nowadays. They're even harder to do now -_-

 

And they're always introducing more options for buyers. They're just trying to get our money, and so many ppl are falling into that trap.

[TheBlackChick 319]

Don't hold your breath. Most updates I've seen since 2015 have been terrible. Like the missions update, I don't even bother with my missions nowadays. They're even harder to do now -_-

 

And they're always introducing more options for buyers. They're just trying to get our money, and so many ppl are falling into that trap.

 

They've nerfed the RK. Personally, I don't care as I usually spend less than 15 minutes in battles in which I have to worry about it, but players should appreciate this initiative. They came with these giveaways so we could earn premium which is extremely OP. The idea is that devs have actually done something that narrows the gap between f2p users and paid users. Not much, but it's still someting nonetheless. This makes me still hope, but I'm not new to Tanki so I don't really expect much improvement from now on.