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How do these alterations to the turret work? I've checked my garage and only 3 turrets have alterations to them. i haven't seen the last few vlogs so im a little behind in update news. If someone would please explain to me about these alterations and why only 3 turrets have choices it would greatly be appreciated. all answers welcome. Thank you.

1 Alt has been released for each turret. Most of these alts are for m1 versions. The fire turret I know is for the m2 version. So only your m2+{ turrets will see alts options; m2+_ for fire (and perhaps others i dunno that much)

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I do not want to come off a Negative Ned. I really enjoy good games of Tanki. But I am frustrated by its economic system. I think it (lust for massive amounts of Crystals) forces players into over-using certain maps like Poly and Noise. that's too bad because Tanki has some simply great maps. But it is so hard to get a good competitive game at your rank on anything but a scant handful of these wonderful maps.

 

I also want to go oon the record that I feel a good game deserves financial support. I have spent a bit more than $10 (mostly priemium passes) in exchange for hundreds of hours of play. Quite the deal. About a third of my money goes to Gold Boxes. This is a nice thing. Players like it and buying them gives the buyer no real in-game edge. It is a way to get some revenue to Tanki in a good-sportsman way. 

 

I just want to take the effort to say my comments are made with the view of both good game-play and good financial footing for the company. Not just complaining. ;)

 

Here's the danger I see Tanki is running. It is in the danger of competing with itself. Its offering the dame in-game items for both cash and the in-game currency. But since the in-game currency is also available for cash, we can set a cash value on that too. Add to this a variety of sales and discount opportunities, and the savvy shopper has ample opportunities to get the most for the money. 

 

Add atop this the overwhelming in-game power of "drugs". They dominate game play, pure and simple, 

 

OK, where am I going with this? Math time.

 

Drug kits cost 20 dollars US. For the same money you can - if you wait for the very common 2x card - buy 90,000 Cry. That means 100,000Cry cost $22.22, Flipped on its head that means roughly 4,500 Cry per Dollar spent. These are a handy values to keep in mind when shopping for other items at the Tanki Shop and Garage. $22 buys 100,000 Cry. One dollar buys 4,500Cry

 

A Northerner kit costs 193,000 Cry ($42.88 dollar value). Ir you can buy it in the Shop for $36. Clearly the Shop is the better deal here. Flipped on its head that is a value of 5,361 Cry per dollar spent.

 

Of course you can get a better rate for Crystals s lets assume you are a big spender who can drop $100 for 716,000 Cry. That is a payback of 7,160 Cry per dollar spent. That is even better than the value of buying the Northerner kit directly. So for the big-spender he gets his Northerner kit buy buying Crystals, then using Cry to buy hit kit. For the big spender, it costs a nickle under $27 to buy his Northerner.

 

So what about that 1,500 Drug Package? 

 

The Cry value of this item is found as follows. 1,500 x (150+50+50+50+50) = 525,000 Cry. But the 100 item Kit is in the garage is always available at a 50% discount/ So the true Cry value of the 1,500 item kit is 262,500 Cry. For a cost of $20 that means the buyer is getting a value of 13,125 Cry per dollar spent.

 

The very best Cry value any other way is the $100 Cry purchase with a value of 7,160/$1 spent. Buying the drug kit is a value of 13,125 Cry / $1 spent. That is a +183% Rate of Return on my Gaming dollar. 

 

That;s if I am a big-spender. If I am buying at the same $20 per transaction rate I am getting only 4,500 Cry for my dollar. That means buying a $20 Drug Kit is a three time (292%) better value for the money than is buying $20 worth of Cry directly. Three times!

 

Conclusion?

 

The longer this situation remains the more and more buying patters will settle into this rut: Plauers will buy nothing in the shop but 1,500 drug kits. Nothing else. Tehre is no better way to spend your money. Everything else can be bought with Cry. After all, even big real-dollar spenders will have to use their in-game Cry on something. Why not use cash for drugs and Cry for everything else?

 

So Tanki is competing with itself. All those points, premium passes, kits. Crystals, all that does not matter. The only item in that Shop is the 1,500 drug kit.

 

Buy one or quit when you run out or repair kits. Because drug buyers get Repair kits at three times the rate any non-buyer player ever. This current economic model assures an end-game of non-stop drug use by a shrinking player base.

 

My guess is there is an assumption at Tanki that offering all these new items will open up new streams of revenue. They should think twice. There is every chance in the world that they will just channel their existing income into 1,500 Drug Kits. No more good-sportsman Gold Boxes - that cash has to go for the green, red, brown, and yellow boxes of mine.

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when we`ll press v/r show us player`s alteration

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Please post all ideas/feedback regarding recent updates in the corresponding news topics.

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Alterations are an update meant to allow players to customize turrets to fit their playing style better. However, the price of alterations is very high, and renting costs real money.

Players should be able to rent alterations for a couple hours for free, but only once. This gives all players a small amount of time to see if they like the alteration. If they think that a couple hours isn't enough, then they can pay real money if they do not want to buy it.

The purpose of this idea is to allow players to discover their playing style and get used to the options and variety of the alterations update.

 

--RV9k--

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I actually agree with this. I have no idea why on earth can't alterations be tested for perhaps a couple hours or even just one battle without having to pay. Hazel, care to clarify?

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As for the large map / uncommon map issue, I think that it really would be worth investigating what could be done to alter which maps are played on most. This'd make the game feel like it has more variety again; like when you first unlock a map as a beginner (when at those ranks, there are plenty of different battles). An idea would be to slightly increase the amount of crystals per kill / flag cap for the more uncommon maps, and the maps that generally finish with the lowest battle funds, taking into account the number of people in them. The reason I say this is that every popular map seems to generate larger funds than others.  Polygon, Island and Noise are examples. Then compare them to Skylark.

 

Please have a think about this, as many people find that playing in the same old Poly is not as exciting as Tanki could be. If uncommon maps are promoted, and people know that they will not be gaining only half what they'd gain in Poly, there'd be another reason for us to be happy.

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So, after this update, can I buy a 1500 supply kit for 105000 crystals from Garage? Yes or no.

 

Now I can see only 100 supply kit in garage.. After the rotation, can I see any 1500 drug kit?

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Question: If, for example, I buy the minus field stabillizer or whatever it's called alteration for my M2 ricochet, and later I buy M3, will I still be able to use the alteration? Or do I have to re-buy it or something?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Who else knows what Doraemon is? I adored that show as a kid!

 

 

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There are no product kits in the garage. The topic indicates kits in the garage will continue.

 

Please return the kits to the garage.

 

This dad and his two sons will spend not one more dollar on this game if the kits aren't available for regular crystals, crystals one can earn and not have to buy.

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"while big supplies kits (more than 100 pieces) will only be available in the Shop."

 

Total crap. Budget for Tanki is zero. What the hell do gizmos have to play for if the cannot even spend crystals on supplies?

 

At Field Marshal, I can compete with gizmos until they start they heavy supplies use. I cannot afford. The 1500 pieces kit is the only way I expected to be able to continue playing once I have no option but playing against gizmos.

 

This is crap. Truly. Restore the kits in the garage. All of them, including large supplies kits.

 

Kits were the only way I've been able to keep up. I don't take the supplies kits in the garage now, because I don't buy any supplies. I save my crystals for kits and MUs. After I have the M4s I want, there will be nothing left to spend crystals on. I won't be spending dollars, I assure you.

 

Why shaft the nonbuyers?

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Tanki removing the supplies from the garage is like removing the headphone jack from the new iPhone but you see the difference is Apple will still sell out with their iPhones unlike this game is only dying. I got a feeling you guys are slowly trying to kill this game in order to force players to play tanki X but that will not work for all the buyers. 

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I wish they fixed the glitchy map of Berlin.

The problem with Berlin is that it's very memory hungry. I'm sure they'll fix it eventually, but they're currently focusing their resources on the downloadable client.

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tanki has broken its promise that no buyers will have advantage on non-buyers. and now kits are only available to buy for real money.

Tankers,

 

You've probably noticed that kits are currently missing from the garage.

 

DO NOT WORRY. The disappearance of kits is just temporary. It is due to a small bug. Our devs are workin on it and it will be fixed soon.

 

I apologize for the inconvenience.

 

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Question: If, for example, I buy the minus field stabillizer or whatever it's called alteration for my M2 ricochet, and later I buy M3, will I still be able to use the alteration? Or do I have to re-buy it or something?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who else knows what Doraemon is? I adored that show as a kid!

 

 

'As a kid' Thank God you don't watch it now

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Question: If, for example, I buy the minus field stabillizer or whatever it's called alteration for my M2 ricochet, and later I buy M3, will I still be able to use the alteration? Or do I have to re-buy it or something?

 

Cedric's answer to that question:

 

The alteration remains available

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Question: If, for example, I buy the minus field stabillizer or whatever it's called alteration for my M2 ricochet, and later I buy M3, will I still be able to use the alteration? Or do I have to re-buy it or something?

 

If you buy the alteration for Rico and afterwards you buy Rico m3, you can also equip your Rico M3 with the alteration you bought before.

 

Edit: Cooper was faster  :D

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'As a kid' Thank God you don't watch it now


xD

 

 

If you buy the alteration for Rico and afterwards you buy Rico m3, you can also equip your Rico M3 with the alteration you bought before.

 

Edit: Cooper was faster :D


Ok thanks.

 

 

'As a kid' Thank God you don't watch it now


Hey, it brings back a lot of memories :P. The comics too lol.

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So, after this update, can I buy a 1500 supply kit for 105000 crystals from Garage? Yes or no.

 

Now I can see only 100 supply kit in garage.. After the rotation, can I see any 1500 drug kit?


REPLY TO THIS SOMEONE...CEDRIC SIR..WAITING FOR YOUR REPLY

 

 

 

 

Additionally, all equipment kits will now be available both in the garage and in the Shop for those who prefer to purchase them there. Small supplies kits will be available in the garage only, while big supplies kits (more than 100 pieces) will only be available in the Shop.

 


This is what all hate. Money-Hungry

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