Episode 131 of the V-LOG is here

[CooperO 7,956]

Got it, but I've a question, As I said earlier that some tankers accidentally submitted one of the last year's codes like me and submitted the right one too after realizing their mistake. Since they submitted 2 codes out of which only 1 is correct so what will happen now? Are they disqualified from the contest or will you consider it as an honest mistake and accept the right answer and let them move forward in next round?

I'm not sure what will happen, I will ask.

 

Oh Sry. I forgot they have to LOG IN the game, its a big task.

That wasn't what I was referring to. In order to be eligible for those bonuses you'll have to invest money into this game. This is different from handing out free crystals to QotW winners, because unlike with those crystals, Tanki will earn money for handing out those bonuses.

 

@Cedric Debono if you spend a single minute on players' welfare, please tell developers to release more short maps instead of large maps everytime.

This feedback has been passed on. It's no guarantee that they will do anything with it though.

[D.a.n.t.e 475]

LOL why you use so many drugs at this rank :o I create a new account to study magnums, but I save crystals to buy in sale

The supplies are from Missions and because of Missions. Titan is slow of course and when you have flag, point or supply missions you need a lot of speed boost boxes. To finish first and compete with other druggers you need double damage and double armor. The few repair kits is because of Titan, double armor and because I'm not afraid of dying.

[Hatty1994 819]

This feedback has been passed on. It's no guarantee that they will do anything with it though.

How this guy nickname := got 15 players in his clan ?? I know this clan is the first clan formed in this game .. but are developers give him testing freedom for new system ??

 

The supplies are from Missions and because of Missions. Titan is slow of course and when you have flag, point or supply missions you need a lot of speed boost boxes. To finish first and compete with other druggers you need double damage and double armor. The few repair kits is because of Titan, double armor and because I'm not afraid of dying.

You can save those supplies for use when you will be in higher rank :P

 

I don't think this is his/her main account. He/She want to hide his/her identity by posting from low ranked account or may be his/her main account banned.

In many non-PRO battles, all ranks use drugs but I observe ranks higher than me use less drugs compared to ranks lower than me.I can't understand how it happen :D Edited April 24, 2017 by Hatty1994

[TheBlackChick 319]

In many non-PRO battles, all ranks use drugs but I observe ranks higher than me use less drugs compared to ranks lower than me.I can't understand how it happen :D

Some people are just out of drugs. They used supplies in the middle ranks because they couldn't afford good equipment at that time and they needed something to compensate for this. Poor management of crystals...

Edited April 24, 2017 by TheBlackChick

[Bydo 20,121]

sorry guys for opening a nest egg topic and i understand , there are times I wish I could just buy everything I want in the world but when it comes down to it my pocket book wont let me . so i understand .

 

now,  where it comes to the 20 top players getting rewards this does not mean buyers will win its random winners he showed us in the past on one of the videos ( sorry , it was in the CM second video chat  ) showed how they did it . and its up to the company on how many they can give away . yea i know its only a computer info .

Edited April 24, 2017 by Bydo

[BlackWasp777 4,498]

It would be cool, it Tanki posts a list of the codes, that are NOT the answer this week, but just examples of the last weeks.

This would make things a looot easier.

Best of course, if Cendric updates the startpost with this info as well.

 

(as I never participated in that games, I can not do it myself, else I would have just done it instead to propose it..)

[misafeco 713]

 

I don't think this is his/her main account. He/She want to hide his/her identity by posting from low ranked account or may be his/her main account banned.

What's the point of that?

[Bydo 20,121]

It would be cool, it Tanki posts a list of the codes, that are NOT the answer this week, but just examples of the last weeks.

This would make things a looot easier.

Best of course, if Cendric updates the startpost with this info as well.

 

(as I never participated in that games, I can not do it myself, else I would have just done it instead to propose it..)

I'm not sure if there doing it just like the Game system , which on the last day we got to go back and change it to the correct code . so hope yours can be done .

[misafeco 713]

Normal missions are okay in non-PRO battles, but the Super Missions is posing serious problems especially 9999 kills. You can get 99999 XP mission if you use isida vigorously by healing your own teammates. I can get 10K XP throughout the day in non-PRO battles without using a single drug from my store except health kit on some crucial situation. This is not a solution since every day will not be lucky for you.

 

Tanki need to give more small maps in non-PRO battles, large maps are extremely prone to severe drugging from some skill-less noobs. @Cedric Debono if you spend a single minute on players' welfare, please tell developers to release more short maps instead of large maps everytime.

No, they're not.

I usually only play missions on both of my accounts (I don't really have much more time). I mostly played them in Pro battles because they're fun, and regular battles aren't. Now I'm forced to play in battles where drugs=win. I have enough drugs to finish on top (except if there are heavy druggers), but I don't really enjoy it. They're not challenging, nor exciting. I annihilate non-druggers and try to outdrug druggers.

For now, I only play the easiest mission to keep the mission chain, but that's it. I feel like Tanki wants me to play other games and leave this game for good.

 

You may ask why I'm not playing Pro battles if I like them so much? Because I have to play missions if I want to remain strong. The economy of the game is heavily based on mission rewards and chain rewards. Do I have a chance to enjoy this game again? I hope so.

[Tani_S 736]

It's alarming when we look at the # players online. It used to be around 45-50k the past months and now it seems to be around 30k. TO now tries to shift the same income revenue on a smaller # of players, which will raise the inequality of Tankers' equipment even more.

 

If the non-pro mission update is not replaced by a mission update that enables achieving missions in pro battles which are bound to a set of more elaborated conditions and if the downgrading of the player wish to play a favorite type of battle continues, it will become even worse.

[yonatanthesuper 314]

here's an important message to the developers.

You guys only care about buyers which makes sense because non buyers "don't get you money" but i actually thought about it and noticed a few things that obviously nobody thought about:

-  the non buyers are the REASON FOR THE GAME cause if all non buyers leave then where will most of the battle fund come from for the buyers? obviously most buyers don't always play in drugs battles,

 

-  if the buyers friends leave then who will they play with? (maybe they got a few buyer friends but you get my point) and lastly but most importantly,

 

-  The reason non buyers don't spend on this game is because the game is just getting worst and instead of ignoring them you need to improve the game so the non buyers become buyers.

When i first started playing this game (2.5 years ago) i never thought i'd start spending money on this game although i don't buy as much as the devs want me too but i get what i need to help me get the equipmants i want =3 months of premium twice and some goldboxes because the game was fun and was worth spending money on, seeing i played this game10 hours a day .  please take notice to this. 

[Viking4s 10,791]

It's alarming when we look at the # players online. It used to be around 45-50k the past months and now it seems to be around 30k. TO now tries to shift the same income revenue on a smaller # of players, which will raise the inequality of Tankers' equipment even more.

 

If the non-pro mission update is not replaced by a mission update that enables achieving missions in pro battles which are bound to a set of more elaborated conditions and if the downgrading of the player wish to play a favorite type of battle continues, it will become even worse.

1/ ok, did you check here?

http://tankionline.com/graphic.swf

See the past 5 days. Not exactly 30k.

 

2/ You better adapt to the new system as it is going to be even more tough in the future. In fact the mission are going to be even more complicated to complete if the match making is set up, as everybody will have more or less the same level. Furthermore I think the battle button would be the only possible option to access a non pro battle (and you will be sent on any server that sport the battle of your level and battle mode), so you won't be even able to select a non-pro battle where you have the highest rank.

However, the addition of the crystal mission is really helping out now and there is still way to beat the system for finishing first. Hint? Use the system against the system.

Edited April 24, 2017 by Viking4s

[yonatanthesuper 314]

ok, did you check here?

http://tankionline.com/graphic.swf

See the past 5 days. Not exactly 30k.

what time of the day is the top of the graph?

[Bydo 20,121]

It's alarming when we look at the # players online. It used to be around 45-50k the past months and now it seems to be around 30k. TO now tries to shift the same income revenue on a smaller # of players, which will raise the inequality of Tankers' equipment even more.

 

If the non-pro mission update is not replaced by a mission update that enables achieving missions in pro battles which are bound to a set of more elaborated conditions and if the downgrading of the player wish to play a favorite type of battle continues, it will become even worse.

I was also thinking that we dropped but we forget we now have steam accounts and I have no clue if there count is added in ours or its separate from the main amount . this would be interesting to find out ..

Edited April 24, 2017 by Bydo

[Viking4s 10,791]

what time of the day is the top of the graph?

 i guess it is 18-19 UTC. It's when EU goes to sleep. It's later during weekend as people play longer in the night, and the lowest level is LAtAM+NA.

[Tani_S 736]

 

 

1/ ok, did you check here?

http://tankionline.com/graphic.swf

See the past 5 days. Not exactly 30k.

 

2/ You better adapt to the new system as it is going to be even more tough in the future. In fact the mission are going to be even more complicated to complete if the match making is set up, as everybody will have more or less the same level. Furthermore I think the battle button would be the only possible option to access a non pro battle (and you will be sent on any server that sport the battle of your level and battle mode), so you won't be even able to select a non-pro battle where you have the highest rank.

However, the addition of the crystal mission is really helping out now and there is still way to beat the system for finishing first. Hint? Use the system against the system.

 

 

No I didn't checked that stats. I report stats in a part-time job and if one observe something over a longer time you get a statistical feeling for it without having to check the stats.

In your stats link you can also see that roughly the average # players online is 30k. You can see the decline by that there is no EN8 right now. And most importantly I can also see that EN2 (one of the more populated EN servers) lacks battle diversity really bad now.

I think the overall activity is this time mainly influenced by a decline of the players' average session duration and secondary by the # of active players. You can also see the lack of activity by the countermeasures of TO for it, as the daily gifts for Premium are granted independently from rank, which can give new players the opportunity to level really quickly. The extension of the maximum rank brackets is another sign for it. The matchmaking system itself is a sign for it as well, because all open/starting battles are concentrated to a very few within a short period of time.

 

Thank you for your advices. But from time to time I think by myself, if I haven't played here too much already. If I play, then Pro / "Custom" Pass is not an option, but a must. If missions become harder to achieve, I might drop the last mission I submit everyday as well, if it's not profitable anymore. Devs should care for the line between tedious crystal gathering and fun. And fun is not to see imbalanced battles all the time. By the way, imho normal battles are more imbalanced than Pro battles, when you look at the result pages.

Edited April 25, 2017 by Tani_S

[wolverine848 13,097]

 Furthermore I think the battle button would be the only possible option to access a non pro battle (and you will be sent on any server that sport the battle of your level and battle mode), so you won't be even able to select a non-pro battle where you have the highest rank.

 

However, the addition of the crystal mission is really helping out now and there is still way to beat the system for finishing first. Hint? Use the system against the system.

This would be ridiculous.

Need to collect repair boxes?  Probably end up in Noise (on blue) and never collect.

Need 90 kills? End up in Kunger where everyone spread far apart (and the tanker has... Freeze as only M3)

 

Taking away all choices, including maps and battles is just horrible. You will lose even more players. Can't see anyone recommending the game

[whiteknight 130]

I'm not sure what will happen, I will ask.

 

 

Please do, and make an announcement.

 

[Hatty1994 819]

It's alarming when we look at the # players online. It used to be around 45-50k the past months and now it seems to be around 30k. TO now tries to shift the same income revenue on a smaller # of players, which will raise the inequality of Tankers' equipment even more.

 

If the non-pro mission update is not replaced by a mission update that enables achieving missions in pro battles which are bound to a set of more elaborated conditions and if the downgrading of the player wish to play a favorite type of battle continues, it will become even worse.

The game is about to end its journey soon & if this worst lame update came again & again, then the game will shut down within this year.

 

1/ ok, did you check here?

http://tankionline.com/graphic.swf

See the past 5 days. Not exactly 30k.

 

2/ You better adapt to the new system as it is going to be even more tough in the future. In fact the mission are going to be even more complicated to complete if the match making is set up, as everybody will have more or less the same level. Furthermore I think the battle button would be the only possible option to access a non pro battle (and you will be sent on any server that sport the battle of your level and battle mode), so you won't be even able to select a non-pro battle where you have the highest rank.

However, the addition of the crystal mission is really helping out now and there is still way to beat the system for finishing first. Hint? Use the system against the system.

1) Did you check 24-hour statistics throughout the week. Just pick a random stat & showing to players doesn't help bcoz players are not dumb like developers or you Mods.

2) Talking about crystal missions, well this picture looks cute for a generallisimo rank right? I bet even Recruit won't get such missions, leave aside Captain rank :D :D :D

[Viking4s 10,791]

The game is about to end its journey soon & if this worst lame update came again & again, then the game will shut down within this year.

That is your opinion, but the more you say this the more you fuel the need for updates and convince the dev that they are doing the right things.

1) Did you check 24-hour statistics throughout the week. Just pick a random stat & showing to players does not help bcoz players are not dumb like developers or you Mods.

=> The graph shows the last five days (so it is not one value, one day and at a specific time). If you look at the plateau, start and end, you will see number higher than 30k: around 37 k up to 45K. Even if you average those value it is not 30K. The claim from Tanis was:

It's alarming when we look at the # players online. It used to be around 45-50k the past months and now it seems to be around 30k. TO now tries to shift the same income revenue on a smaller # of players, which will raise the inequality of Tankers' equipment even more.

Then he said this was average value. So if the current graph, which shows around 37k up to 45K, are average to 30K, then how the curves looks like when it was 45-50k average the past month? min 70 and maximum 90? Well I did not see those big number in the pas 20months. The only time you can see 70K at peak is during special event day and weekend. At the golden age of TO, they were 150 000 player at peak time, so one third is not alarming, not anymore as it is like this since I started the game 20 months ago. Yes I live in the time zone at the Peak time, and ever since I logged everyday (I probably missed 20 days) so seeing the number of connection in my time zone for that long period this is not one “pick a random stat”.

 

2) Talking about crystal missions, well this picture looks cute for a generallisimo rank right? I bet even Recruit won't get such missions, leave aside Captain rank :D :D :D

=> Daily missions are bonus! You do not need mission to play the game normally, their real purpose is to keep you play longer and every day. There is also an extra layer, if you do complete them every day then you have the weekly chain, so there are like mission, your mission is to complete one daily mission per day of the week. This is where you get “more interesting stuff”. However the further up you go the less interesting they become what is 3 750k per week when you need 900 000k to fully upgrade a M3? and you have 19 equipments in your garage (+ several protection module)? This is why the special mission come in to keep you hooked. Why do you want an XT equipment anyway, they do not have alteration, they do not have garage promotion (apart the special mission) nor Mued promotion (or very very rarely).

All of this has one purpose, make you play every day, once your addict to it you cannot stop. And you my friend you look like you are quite addict. If they become too easy then people log in play 5 minutes and then out, then they do not serve their purpose.

Edited April 25, 2017 by Viking4s

[TheBlackChick 319]

 what is 3 750k per week when you need 900 000k to fully upgrade a M3? 

If you are addicted and patient enough you can fully MU an M3 turret for 350k or less but your point is still valid: 3-4k a week is nothing, especially if we look at how expensive 1 protection modules is.

 

All of this has one purpose, make you play every day, once your addict to it you cannot stop. 

You said it really well. I guess that's how f2p games work. It seems that eveything is achievable if you play long enough and the more time you spend, the more hooked you are so you are more likely to spend money.

Edited April 25, 2017 by TheBlackChick

[Guest]

Its a PAY-TO-WIN game.The game will end its journey soon.

If I got a penny for every time I heard that phrase in the past year, I'd have retired by now.

[Guest]

I just want that give reward to all players who answered correctly instead of only 20.

Not gonna happen. Now please let's end this discussion here as it is off-topic.

[Guest]

@Cedric Debono if you spend a single minute on players' welfare, please tell developers to release more short maps instead of large maps everytime.

And then we'll start getting flak from players who only play long-range turrets. The truth is, there's no way to make everyone happy. You speak as if you represent THE WHOLE community, but it's not the case. There are as many players who want what you want, as there are players who absolutely DO NOT want it. So spare me the remarks of "if you spend a single minute on players' welfare".

[marc.jp_44 20,837]

The truth is, there's no way to make everyone happy.

Try giving everyone a year of Premium, free dream tank and 1m crystals.

Edited April 25, 2017 by Marc