Review [Issue 57] V-LOG Breakdown - September

[Fen-Harel 1,176]

 

Welcome to the V-LOG monthly breakdown, readers. If you didn't have the time to watch all the Tanki Online Video Blogs or just want to jog your memory, here's an overview of the episodes that were published this month. In case you want to view them, just click on the picture and it'll link you directly to the video you want to see. Enjoy the read!

 

 

September 2nd

 

This first V-log of the month announced a series of important events that would happen during September. It included first mentions of the Miss and Mr. Tanki contests, as well as the special V-log contest. For the Miss/Mr. TO contest, the goal was to record a short video of yourself to get a chance for a bunch of prizes. As for the V-log contest, it included a secret code in the episode that you'd have to find and submit a special google form. Another thing that was announced was the Tanki game client that would soon get released.

 

Most people focused primarily on the V-log contest, which was the main topic of discussion for the episode. There was also another variation of the life-hack proposed in the video, posted by @eragon33 here.

 

"Holding down Alt while clicking R or V will work the same way, and it is much faster and easier."

 

September 9th

 

Following on from the previous V-log, the Tanki Downloadable Client has been introduced to the game. You can get it by clicking the "Download" button on TO's Homepage. Another important addition to the game has also been announced - weapon alterations. These add special changes to your turret, but sacrifice its other benefits or just add a cosmetic appeal to the weapon. For example, Railgun may get a different beam colour, while Ricochet may get a longer range in return for a longer reload time. Finally, Tanki explains how playing on overloaded RU1 and RU2 servers will cause your game to lag more, so they recommend playing on less popular servers for the best gaming experience. These are usually automatically selected when you log into the game, however, I suppose most XP/BP players will still stick to the classic overloaded servers.

 

One thing that's been mentioned was the addition of a new turret. It's currently developing its physics and gameplay model, so we'll have to wait for some more time to get the first glimpse at its possible artwork. As a side-note, the main voice-over for the V-log (Alex) was on vacation, so Kasim had to fill in the spot. I personally prefer Alex over Kasim, so I definitely noticed the difference his commentary adds to the V-log's feel, but Kasim still did a great job at giving us an understandable and engaging commentary, too.

 

September 23rd

 

TA lot of content was released with this week's V-log. The first bunch of Alterations were added to the game, with their main purpose being to add some customization to your turrets. This way, you can make the turret you use to fit your playing style more, without causing any imbalances to the game. On a much more important note, clan systems were finally announced. Tanki's planning on giving clans special private chats, different perks, clan battles, new currency, daily bonuses, chat tags... So many things planned for this and I can see it bringing eSports a whole new layer of activity and competitiveness.

 

Lastly, the winners of the Miss/Mr. TO contest were announced. This sparked up some discussion, although most happened in its own official topic here (from page 11 onward). There's also been a foreshadowing of a Masters of Parkour contest with a secret twist to it. There aren't any clues as what that could be, but it's a point worth noting.

 

September 30th

 

This is probably the most important V-log episode so far. To get the small updates out of the way first, though. The Tanki Downloadable Client now also works with Mac operating systems, while the regular Flash player has been updated to a more stable version. This means that the game will have fewer problems running on browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer etc. There's also been a discussion about the recent removal of the 1500 Supply kit from the garage. According to the V-log, the kit was removed because its discount was far too large, and since players had a bunch of crystals left over from playing for such long time, the supplies got devalued. This affected the game economy, so the kit had to be removed from the garage.

 

As for the biggest news this month, Tanki is preparing to make changes to all weapon and hull parameters. This is because some M3s aren't balanced, due to them being unlocked at different rank (such as Isida at Brigadier and Firebird at Commander). They've decided that all M3 equipment should now be unlocked at the same rank - Marshall. In turn, the weapons and hulls will change based on their previous rank requirements. Turrets and hulls that were below Marshall will get buffed, while those unlocked after Marshall will get nerfed. Also, hulls which belong in the same category (light, medium or heavy) will now have the same health point count. This is just a brief overview of all the planned changes and there's just way too much to cover right now, so you can read this wiki article for a detailed explanation of everything.

 

 

That just about covers it all. A lot of neat contests, plenty of changes and huge announcements made for quite the interesting month this time around. You do not want to miss out on the latest news, so I'll continue this monthly summary of the V-LOGs next month, too. Until then, share your views on some of the most interesting foreshadowing for the future updates below. Thanks for reading!

 

Edited July 20, 2017 by Hexed

[beaku 2,656]

Ok

[sre123 595]

Good! :) 

[Ninja 10,468]

Will come in useful if I ever need to refer back without watching the whole vlog.

[Mr.Ace 1,116]

Fen is back <3

[bryanchua 33]

Basically stupid stuff :P