Patch Update #441 - Changes to Isida, Hammer and Shaft, and other changes

[theFiringHand 21,351]

 

Tankers!

 

With tomorrow’s release at 02:00 UTC, we’ll be updating the game with a few small but important changes in weapon balance.

 

This time, we’ll be making changes to Isida, Hammer and Shaft.

 

Isida

 

We want to make a bigger distinction between Isida’s roles of "fighter" and "medic". For this reason, we have completely removed self-healing. So, after the update, Isida will no longer be able to use "vampirism", which will fix the issue with exaggerated self-healing using supplies.

 

The second change is that after the update, the rate at which Isida’s energy bar is consumed, will depend on its target. If the turret is attacking an enemy, its energy pool will last for 5 seconds. But if it is healing a team member, its energy pool will last 10 seconds.

 

To compensate for the removal of the self-healing mechanic, the update will greatly increased Isida’s damage, giving it the highest DPM among the other close-combat weapons Freeze and Firebird. And to make targeting easier, we’ll also be narrowing its attack cone slightly. There will also be changes in Isida’s Alterations.

 

Hammer

 

Careful analysis of Hammer over a period of time has shown us that the weapon is too powerful when compared to other turrets. So, we'll be increasing the reload speed between shots, but reloading your clip will take longer.

 

Please note that this change will increase the negative effect of the alteration "High capacity drum." Moreover, the time between shots will be increased for this alteration.

 

The second important change is that we’ll be decreasing the number of pellets in each shot from 21 to 9. The damage and effect of the pellets that were removed, will be distributed among the remaining pellets, keeping Hammer’s power and damage unchanged.  However, with less pellets per shot, the cost of missing will now be higher, so players will now have to aim more carefully.

 

To make Hammer more interesting, we’ll also be giving it a new mechanic... ricocheting pellets. This emulates the shot from a real shotgun, where pellets will bounce off obstacles and inflict damage to careless enemies or even to the shooter if he/she is not careful. Note that unlike Ricochet’s projectiles, Hammer’s pellets will only bounce off obstacles once.

 

Ricocheting pellets gives Hammer new gameplay mechanics that were previously only available to owners of Ricochet. Imagine a Hammer that works like Ricochet, but fires 9 small charges instead of a single big one.

 

Shaft

 

We want to further emphasize Shaft’s role as an effective sniper, while still keeping it effective in close combat. For this reason, the Shaft’s maximum damage in sniper mode will be increased to a level that will allow it to one-shot kill medium tanks that are at the turret’s same upgrade level.
 

Additionally, the time for fully charging a shot will be increased by 1 second, while the energy gauge will take 2 seconds longer to fill up completely.

 

There will also be a few changes in arcade shooting mode. We will decrease the damage of arcade shots according to the distance from the target, like for Smoky and Thunder.

 

Finally, the movement speed for the sight and zoom in sniper mode will be slowed down slightly to make them more manageable.

So, make sure you log into the game tomorrow after 02:00 UTC and check out the changes from this update. For more details, please check the Patch Notes.

[delnina2 1,570]

-_- You have just ruined the whole point of isida. 

Edited February 15, 2017 by delnina2

[DESTROYER_GTX_R 77]

really hope tanki aren't gonna make changes to firebird

[Spinister 1,192]

good

3rd

Edited February 15, 2017 by Spinister

[Kurt_KurtDGreat 2,259]

Are you purposely trying to nerf every turret....?

 

Only got 3 M3s: Rail, Isida and Hammer. 2 of them just nerfed big time.. oh well seems like xp/bp only battles for now .-.

Edited February 15, 2017 by Kurt_KurtDGreat

[r_Your-Daddy3 605]

I know everyone hating this....but really,this will make game more diverse,intense,hard and fun :P 

[Lankbouv 6,347]

This sucks tbh

[I_NeverGiveUp 96]

kys

[ToiletPaperRoll 1,318]

hammer change is interesting

 

isida is now trash!

[JLT123 10]

Yay! Now I can 1 shoot more hulls with shaft. On my account that already has a 99.16 KD :D. ... I bet C_H_A_M_P_I_O_N's also gonna like the update. ^_^

[delnina2 1,570]

Isida was already weak as it was and you've made it weaker again , hammer was alright and you're tweaking it , fine. But what about the ridiculously overpowered Striker? 0/0 can kill m4 hull without any effort ! And once it finishes killing one tank it takes no much longer for it to kill the next tank coming. Maybe I'd understand if it was an m4 having this power , but m3 ? Get your brain cells together 

I doubt if they have brains... 

[Skepta 405]

Thanks Tanki.... you are really making thus game better arent you :(

 

 

 

Cant you just ask us before making these unessesary impactful changes?

[Crip 4,735]

Well, now we know the reason for the great sales we had yesterday.

 

I just wasted 150k microupgrading my Hammer. But it was too overpowered to be honest, and it did need nerfing. Possibly the reload extension to both reload types was a little drastic, but time will tell whether it is or not.

 

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On the contrary, I think Isida will become a lot more popular after this. The current self-healing is barely noticeable at the moment, and the huge increase in damage will definitely appeal to a lot of players.

 

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Shaft just got much better. 1 shotting Medium Hulls will make it very very good.

[JLT123 10]

Are you purposely trying to nerf every turret....?

 

Only got 3 M3s: Rail, Isida and Hammer. 2 of them just nerfed big time.. oh well seems like xp/bp only battles for now .-.

Well, at least Hammer will have the ricochet effect now. ^_^

[that_one_samuel_12 5]

ruined isida  :angry:

[JLT123 10]

Isida was already weak as it was and you've made it weaker again , hammer was alright and you're tweaking it , fine. But what about the ridiculously overpowered Striker? 0/0 can kill m4 hull without any effort ! And once it finishes killing one tank it takes no much longer for it to kill the next tank coming. Maybe I'd understand if it was an m4 having this power , but m3 ? Get your brain cells together 

I'm not a Striker user, but I think the Striker is alright how it is. (:

[AliceTreatPU 92]

Highest DPM. highest... Mmmm man!

Edited February 15, 2017 by AliceTreatPU

[Cortana 4,601]

-_-

[Ninja 10,468]

Totally crap

[JLT123 10]

You think you could also make M0 and M2 Isida a little cheaper too, Tanki? M1 is a pretty good at 18k though. :) 

[destroyer93_lucky 59]

i like this update just one thing dont try to be fancy with firebird  just bought a allteration for 80 k dont mess with it else i am gonna cry  :D

[JLT123 10]

Ummm.. guys? Why are you saying that Isida is nerfed, while it's damage will now be higher than Freeze damage?

I know right!

[JLT123 10]

Bye bye isida

Lol, why "Bye Bye Isida"? It's gonna have the highest DPM among Fire and Freeze now. :D

[ftp 1,696]

Nuh ;-; How will I 1 shot m0 nups now?
I will miss you.. OP schmaft </3

[Eragon 13,876]

These updates taking away all the "special features" in each turret and mixing them, soon all turrets with have the same abilities and will only differ in damage and appearance. I don't really like this, I think all turrets are unique and shouldn't have the same abilities, even with alterations.