The New Dictator-Railgun Format!

[shivam400 765]

Hello Guys! Here we will talk about the DR format. This is my first article so please don't judge me for this xD. For those who don't know what does DR mean, its dictator and railgun :P

 

 

Now this would be a very epic format. I used to play tanki since when the format was real popular arount 2007-2008. My old account was unfortunately hacked (lets not talk about it here). So the V-LOG tells us that in this format, Dictator's hitpoints would be reduced to 2 shots by equipping the tanks with a special module. Now you would ask what fun is it to play with the same hitpoints as XP/BP but less speed ? The answer is "Whoa, Calm Down Bro. A slow game has its own fun and its own gameplay". So this epic format is already in the game. I already started playing it. Make sure you play it as well! Feel free to post your opinions in this new format in the comments below. See you guys next time!

 

 

Edited October 20, 2016 by shivam400

[Maf 32,300]

Sounds like fun, although I really doubt that it will catch on. Just like BP format, DR is probably gonna be in great minority compared to XP and XP/BP, with maybe 1 or 2 DR battles for every 50 XP.
Of course RU1 will be full of it on the day of the release, but that will be only the initial craze. Developers would need to do some serious promotions to popularise such an old format. Maybe something like giving everyone a free trial on the first day, even if players don't have a PRO pass, dictator and railgun.
 

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As you guys can see, in Russian, Dictator Starts with A and as always railgun starts with P so just like XP/BP this format shall be called AP.

That letter is "Д", which is the Cyrillic "D". And indeed, Dictator in pronounced pretty much the same in Russian.
Д is not an A, so don't confuse the two :D

[shivam400 765]

^true. The Format will be called AP btw xD

btw then why is xp/bp called so ? they are named as hornet in Russian starts with a letter looking like x and railgun with a letter looking like p. xD

Edited October 15, 2016 by shivam400

[MSI 1,926]

Can't wait for it to come out! :D

[Penguin40 1,714]

Sounds like fun, although I really doubt that it will catch on. Just like BP format, DR is probably gonna be in great minority compared to XP and XP/BP, with maybe 1 or 2 DR battles for every 50 XP.

Of course RU1 will be full of it on the day of the release, but that will be only the initial craze. Developers would need to do some serious promotions to popularise such an old format. Maybe something like giving everyone a free trial on the first day, even if players don't have a PRO pass, dictator and railgun.

 

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That letter is "Д", which is the Cyrillic "D". And indeed, Dictator in pronounced pretty much the same in Russian.

Д is not an A, so don't confuse the two :D

Yea :p right 

 

This probably won't be as popular as XP/BP but it'll be fun I'm sure. Sadly I don't have Dico M2 :( The free trials would be pro tho, hope that happens

[redguy1234567890 141]

Nostalgia :)

[Maf 32,300]

^true. The Format will be called AP btw xD

btw then why is xp/bp called so ? they are named as hornet in Russian starts with a letter looking like a and railgun with a letter looking like p. xD

You can find some explanation about that here and here.

 

In Russian some letters may look identical to the Latin (i.e. English) alphabet, but they mean a completely different letter. So "X" is for "Хорнет", which means "Hornet" and is pronounced exactly the same because it's not even a Russian word for "Hornet" - just a literal transcription of the English word using Russian letters. Same goes for the B in BP - it stands for "Васп", which means "Wasp" and is pronounced the same, even though the actual Russian word for "wasp" is "Oса" (osa, which is ironically the name of an existing tanki map). The P stands for "Рельса" (relsa), which means Railgun.

 

So in fact, even though literally every English player pronounces "XP/BP" as "ekspee-beepee" (heck, even I do!), all Russians pronounce the format name as "HR/VR".

By that logic the new format will be pronounced as DR in Russian and there is no reason for it to be called "AP".

[arnav0506 2,777]

Sounds like fun, although I really doubt that it will catch on. Just like BP format, DR is probably gonna be in great minority compared to XP and XP/BP, with maybe 1 or 2 DR battles for every 50 XP.

Of course RU1 will be full of it on the day of the release, but that will be only the initial craze. Developers would need to do some serious promotions to popularise such an old format. Maybe something like giving everyone a free trial on the first day, even if players don't have a PRO pass, dictator and railgun.

 

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That letter is "Д", which is the Cyrillic "D". And indeed, Dictator in pronounced pretty much the same in Russian.

Д is not an A, so don't confuse the two :D

Just learnt that word now :blink:

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DP is not gonna be very popular, but many will try out the format, specially people who haven't tried it before.

That will include me :D XD

Hoping to see this in game!!

Edited October 15, 2016 by arnav0506

[shivam400 765]

You can find some explanation about that here and here.

 

In Russian some letters may look identical to the Latin (i.e. English) alphabet, but they mean a completely different letter. So "X" is for "Хорнет", which means "Hornet" and is pronounced exactly the same because it's not even a Russian word for "Hornet" - just a literal transcription of the English word using Russian letters. Same goes for the B in BP - it stands for "Васп", which means "Wasp" and is pronounced the same, even though the actual Russian word for "wasp" is "Oса" (osa, which is ironically the name of an existing tanki map). The P stands for "Рельса" (relsa), which means Railgun.

 

So in fact, even though literally every English player pronounces "XP/BP" as "ekspee-beepee" (heck, even I do!), all Russians pronounce the format name as "HR/VR".

By that logic the new format will be pronounced as DR in Russian and there is no reason for it to be called "AP".

ok ill change that to dp then.

Edited October 17, 2016 by shivam400

[Real_Uchiha_Sasuke 189]

Well I dont like the idea!

Sorry to be a hater but whats good in slow motion fighting?

Hornet and wasp dies in 2 hits and if so does dictator whats the use of such format? I mean just a slower hull ~~~ pros will get bored from it soon.

Why do they make every thing like railgun+something ~~ wasp/hornet+smoky or wasp/hornet+thunder would have been epic ! and much more balanced.

[Real_Uchiha_Sasuke 189]

Oh I forgot to add 1 last thing .In this format funds will be raised much slower because of low speed of flags capture and all :D

[shivam400 765]

 

Well I dont like the idea!

Sorry to be a hater but whats good in slow motion fighting?

Hornet and wasp dies in 2 hits and if so does dictator whats the use of such format? I mean just a slower hull ~~~ pros will get bored from it soon.

Why do they make every thing like railgun+something ~~ wasp/hornet+smoky or wasp/hornet+thunder would have been epic ! and much more balanced.

 

idc bout that ill play it. the height of dictator makes it a completely different affair than xp/bp.

[X_Death.By.Me_X 1,503]

idc bout that ill play it. the height of dictator makes it a completely different affair than xp/bp.

No that's not it. The slow speed will make it a whole lot different. Camping would be seen a lot more.

[shivam400 765]

No that's not it. The slow speed will make it a whole lot different. Camping would be seen a lot more.

ik idc ill play it

[Benefactor 6,888]

I guess they are trying to see if there is a better way to sell the Hero Kit.

[Hex 11,520]

Got over 600k experience under the belt in XP/BP now... I don't think I will change to this format. Idk, maybe?

[shivam400 765]

Got over 600k experience under the belt in XP/BP now... I don't think I will change to this format. Idk, maybe?

try it man it will be epic.

[Cyborg 3,189]

Ill surely give it a try :p let's see how it goes. I have seen this in action though.

[Il.predator.lI 40]

looks great :)

since i am thinking about buying hero kit...

[r_I_already_won0 2,339]

Would be fun in sandbox since you can shoot onto the middle from the lower sides.

[shivam400 765]

Would be fun in sandbox since you can shoot onto the middle from the lower sides.

true

[Opex-Rah 5,375]

So in fact, even though literally every English player pronounces "XP/BP" as "ekspee-beepee" (heck, even I do!), all Russians pronounce the format name as "HR/VR".

By that logic the new format will be pronounced as DR in Russian and there is no reason for it to be called "AP".

Here comes important question!

 

I was thinking to rename EN version of formats to HR/WR so I can add DR. But you kinda got used to XP/BP so I am not sure. Any suggestions? I really do not want to call it AP or ДР. It will mess things too much >_

[Mr.Kenan 1,331]

I think this idea will be great, I've been playing this game for 6 years, and I remember the old days of Dictator/Railgun, I'm so happy that it's back, <3 <3

[Cyborg 3,189]

Here comes important question!

 

I was thinking to rename EN version of formats to HR/WR so I can add DR. But you kinda got used to XP/BP so I am not sure. Any suggestions? I really do not want to call it AP or ДР. It will mess things too much >_<

XP/BP is set in my mind. HR/VR isn't that good IMO. Call it AP. Not that bad. If you make it DR and leave them as XP/BP that would raise a lot of questions regarding why half things in Russian and half in English and on the contrary nobody wants XP/BP to change to HR/VR. The only choice here is AP.

 

OR

 

Conduct a survey.

Edited October 15, 2016 by Cyborg

[shivam400 765]

Here comes important question!

 

I was thinking to rename EN version of formats to HR/WR so I can add DR. But you kinda got used to XP/BP so I am not sure. Any suggestions? I really do not want to call it AP or ДР. It will mess things too much >_<

use DR.