Review [Special] Tanki Online's 8th Birthday!

[Hex 11,520]

 

 

It's been nine years since the global release of Tanki Online. From crystals and Gold Boxes, turrets and hulls, trees and bushes, buildings and skyscrapers, dust and fog, beaches and cliffs, plasma and those 'o-scopes', it wont be wrong to say that Tanki Online is one of the most diverse MMOs the gaming world has ever seen.

 

Now, after nine long, variable years, Tanki's celebrating its eight birthday, in style. In this article, I, along with a fellow named @Yisroel.Rabin will go deep down into the subject of Tanki Birthdays, and will deconstruct each thing on our way up.

 

So without further ado...

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- History of Tanki Birthdays -

 

2009

Instead of having a full-on celebration on it's first birthday, Tanki Online opened its doors to the masses by initiating a Open Beta. This happened on June 4th, 2009. @Anton Volkov, an administrator of Tanki Online, invited everyone to take part in the Open Beta, so they could all work together and fry as much bugs as possible ~

 

 

The closed testing of our project lasted almost a month. Around 600 people took part, who uncovered over 200 bugs and greatly helped with their advice and remarks. Still, there is lots to do: there are bugs, a ton of ideas and improvements. All this will be attended as fast as possible in the coming months.

We invite you to take part in the open testing of Tanki Online!

And let’s hope the server holds!

 

2011

Celebrations for Tanki's second birthday kicked off with a great start. The weather in Tanki Online was sunny and warm, because the whole game was given a new look for two days. There were decorated billboards, new flags for CTF mode and most importantly, the Gold Box contained 200 crystals instead of the usual 100. There were also double supply rewards in daily bonuses. On top of all that, to create a festive vibe, a new paint appeared in everyone's garage:

 

 

2012

For Tanki's third birthday, the developer team kicked off the celebrations with a 25% discount on all items in the Garage, and following the procedure, battlegrounds were decorated with special billboards and specially designed CTF flags. A new paint was also available for equipping in the Garage:

 

 

2013

In 2013, Tanki Online become four years old. Following what the team did last year, a 25% discount on various items was introduced. There were special billboards, new flags and above all, a new paint:

 

 

2014

With the arrival on June 2014, Tanki turned five years old. The team definitely had planned something on this very special date, as the forum post turned in no less than three-hundred likes! There were 50% discounts, x5000 crystals Gold Boxes dropping at a quintuple rate, double battle funds and THE GAME quest, with a fully-micro'd dream tank reward. To top all of this off, a special Holiday paint was also available in the Garage:

 

 

As Semyon himself wrote in the official post, it was definitely one of the most spectacular celebration in the history of Tanki Online.

 

2015

In 2015, Tanki celebrated its sixth birthday. There were 50% sales on everything, even crystals on mobile payments, credit cards, and PayPal. There were also double battle funds and Gold Boxes worth 6000 crystals. On top of that, the developer team had us partying with a full complement of holiday decorations including billboards, flags, parachutes, and a holiday paint:

 

 

And last but not least, as usual, there was THE GAME - a contest where you have to fill in keywords for a chance to win a dream tank (and possibly some supplies and a physical gift, such as a mug or a t-shirt).

 

2016

For Tanki Online's seventh birthday, the team prepared a cool calendar of events packed with festive decorations, special in-game gifts, and of course, neat goodies and discounts. There were themed billboards and parachutes, a redesigned look for the Garage and a new paint:

 

 

There were double Gold Boxes and supplies, and what's more is that whenever someone caught the Gold Box, every around him/her would get a small gift of 100 crystals. Owing to the introduction of gifts, there were three special gifts:

 

 

Lastly, following the tradition, there was THE GAME.

 

 

- The Celebrations -

 

Themed Decorations

Once again, every special holiday in Tanki Online comes with beautiful and charismatic decorations, delivered straight to the game's doorstep to make the whole celebration that much cooler, and to fill the game with the atmosphere of the celebration in particular. Right after the server restart on 4th of June, the game turned into a live birthday party, ready for excited tankers to enjoy!

 

New flags were instated for both teams, parachutes got a fantastic makeover to fit the birthday themed mood, special billboards went up, displaying the special birthday design, and of course, the Gold Box drop zones were changed, replacing the ordinary golden crystal with a golden birthday cake!

 

 

Of course, a redecoration is no success without a good change to the Gold Box, and so it was! The Gold Boxes were changed from the regular white box to a gift, wrapped in white wrapping paper with little number-eight cakes on it to fit the celebration, which was all tide in a golden ribbon.

 

There was no increase in the Gold Box value, so it remained at 1000 crystals per gold box. But that was made up for by the fact that they fell twice as often as usual!

 

Of course, we had a special holiday paint as usual, which was also available for purchase throughout the event for the price of 72 000 crystals if you included the 40% sale it had. It's name was Birdwatcher, and it's name fit it's look precisely; a greenish sort of camouflage paint.

 

Birdwatcher paint

 

Finally, there were special in-game gifts which tankers could send to their friends over the holiday, sharing their deepest feelings and wishes to one another (in other words, wasting crystals). For 840 crystals, your were able to send your friend a "Gift box with ribbon" gift. For 4200 crystals, you were able to send your friend a "Birthday cake slice" gift, which was sadly not actual cake (I learned that the hard way). And lastly, for 8400 crystals, you were able to send your friend a golden "Railgun Hornet keychain" gift.

 

   

 

Discounts and Sales

Now for what some would call the core of an event, the discounts and sales! For Tanki's 8th birthday, we had a whole week of sales on almost everything in the games!

 

Friday, June 2nd: 50% off all Modules

 

Saturday, June 3rd: 50% off all Hulls (only non XT)

 

Sunday, June 4th: 50% off all Turrets (only non XT)

 

Monday, June 5th: 50% off all Alterations

 

Friday, June 2nd - Thursday, June 8th: 40% off all Garage paints, gifts, and supplies

 

Gold Boxes

To create a festive vibe like none other and to make sure people actually have fun throughout the celebrations, the developers granted us x2 Gold Boxes, which meant that Gold Boxes were now dropping two times as before. Pretty good to tame those hunting skills, aye?

 

Special Offer

There was something small, but fun planned this year for all tankers who logged in on Tanki's actual birthday, June 4th. They would receive 2922 crystals, one for each day since the game was released back in 2009, 8 of each supply, excluding Gold Boxes, for every year since its birth, and 1 day of Premium, just for the sake of it. 

 

 

Additionally, there were two special offers available for purchase in the Shop. One of them contained 50 000 crystals, one day of Premium Account, three Gold Boxes and fifty of each supplies, all for discounted price of $12.99. The second one on the other hard, contained a massive 100 000 crystals, five days of Premium Account, five Gold Boxes, a hundred and fifty of each supplies and the all-new Retina paint, which almost looks like the Harlequin paint.

 

Retina paint

 

Other Exclusive Features

Last but not least, there were special missions given out to players throughout the entire celebrations. Some of them are shown below:

 

Two examples of the many special missions

 

Also, if you were wondering where this would be, there was - as usual - THE GAME, a contest where you have to look through a series of clues and find a keyword.

 

 

- Players' Opinions -

 

Now it is time to hear some feedback from several players!

 

Question 1: Did you like the Tanki Online's 8th Birthday celebrations and if so, was it the best event in 2017 so far?

 

Question 2: Was there anything that you did not like about the event and if so, how could it have been better?

 

Question 3: What was your best moment in these celebrations? Share your experience!

 

 

@Ninja

 

Question 1: I certainly enjoyed the celebrations, though as I said in the last interview, nothing will beat the April Fools celebrations for me. I would say Tanki's birthday was the next best after that. It was nice to see 'Zero-Supply' back as 'Overdrive' too, and I especially liked the new effect. The sales - as expected - were the best of the year and I got the opportunity to upgrade my garage quite a lot which I'm pleased about.

Question 2: The supply duration felt far too short especially during capturing a flag or when a Gold Box dropped. Seeing double battle funds during double Golds would have been cool as well. Apart from those points, nothing much else.

Question 3: Probably my rank-up which happened with the 'Overdrive' effect making it feel extra special. Rank-up aside, buying fresh M3s and trying them out was awesome.

 

 

@a7x_Pedro48

 

Question 1: Yes. It was a good event. Sales were very nice, even though I have all garage M3. But I bought a protection module from Shaft and Magnum, because I needed it. I also bought some supplies. I'm not broke on supplies, but 40% on supplies was a good deal. Decoration were really nice. As for Gold Boxes, it didn't feel like x2 Golds. I couldn't play a lot but I still managed to take 13 of them. The new Overdrive was better than the previous one (Zero Supply). Better because no cool-down on repair kit when you activate Overdrive, and the effect was awesome.
 
Basically, the only thing I didn't like was the change in supplies with that cool-down when you join a new battle or when you respawn. Well, there is the Gold Boxes value too. One day with 8k Golds would have been nice.
 
So yeah, I liked this celebration very much, but my favorite was New Year, if it counts for 2017, because it was very long and had a special map. April Fools was crazy too. So, I would put Tanki Birthday in number 3, and Iron Days in number 4.

Question 2: I kinda already answered it in the previous question :D. The change in supplies was not needed. Lukey0 perfectly summarized my thoughts.

Question 3: Basically catching Golds :D. It was fun because there was a lot of competition, and unlike other events, I've crossed zero hackers during this event. I also got lucky enough to get two "event" mission.

 

 

@lukey0

 

Question 1: Tanki's 8th Birthday celebrations were very nice. I liked everything about it except the supply changes but I'll talk more about that next. The sales were awesome, better than I expected to be honest! I managed to spend nearly one million crystals among all my accounts and bought some nice new equipment to use. Gold Boxes like always are always a tick in the box but it didn't really feel like they were falling twice as often. Also themed decorations and a new holiday paint is always nice to have. It was probably the best event so far this year with Iron Day's being close behind it. It was just the supply changes...

Question 2: Like I was saying above, the supply changes is what disappointed me. If they left them alone, the event would have been perfect. I feel the duration should stay at 40 seconds because 30 seconds is too short of a time frame, especially if you are a Titan with the flag, your supplies finish before you reach your base. Also the cool-downs after death are pretty bad, making it harder for normal players to catch Golds and easier for those that wait for them. Not to mention spawn killing... There should also be cool-downs after the activation of ZERO Supply, it is so annoying when a Mammoth or Titan uses two medics within 20 seconds of each other and then puts on a DA once his supplies finish. I believe this would balance supplies for having a 40 second duration and fix the medic problem.

Question 3: My best experience? Well, umm, catching a Gold Box would be a bit obvious; probably buying heaps of new alterations and well, just new items in general. It brought back some of those feelings and memories from after the Re-balance, I have no idea why. Just having a lot of crystals and not really caring what you spend them on :lol:. That was probably my best experience during the event.

 

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So there it is, a complete review of the Tanki B-day '17 celebrations held recently in the game. Share your opinions below - tell us what did you like about the celebrations, what you bought or which items you upgraded and all-in-all, how did you enjoy Tanki's birthday.

 

Till next time, see ya!

 

 

                      
                                          

 

 

[Hex 11,520]

Hey everyone! Here's the complete review of Tanki's 8th Birthday, hot off the rollers. Hope you enjoy reading this, be sure to leave your comments and opinions below!

[yukki_PRO 11]

hmm

[Guest]

Nice! 

 

Third :ph34r: 

 

Edited June 14, 2017 by Guest

[Stamina 143]

Ahh! missed 2kcryst golds.. :mellow: 

i mued my xp combo,bought night paint,rail alt :D 

It would have been great if micro-upgrades, speed-up's were in sale throughout celeb's.. :P 

nj :) yed

Edited June 14, 2017 by Stamina

[l3iG_GUY 12]

well.......

:(  :(  :(  :(  :(

i had exam!

and was not able to play :(  :(  :(  :(  :(  :(  :(  :(  :(

i really missed the greatest time in my life.i was waiting for this day for the whole time and 

b...b...b...but still i am going good and.......

i have nothing to say..... :(

Edited June 14, 2017 by l3iG_GUY

[DarkVengeance 31]

No issues aside from plenty lag on event days, but this is to be expected, presumably due to higher traffic. Bring back Double Battle Funds? Always makes it doubly worthwhile playing. I ride a Viking mostly, so gold hunting is limited

 

Dark Vengeance

Edited June 15, 2017 by Hexed
Please refrain from using signatures in random posts.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

I loved all the goodies for Tanki's 8th birthday.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

I participated in Tanki Online traditional quiz riddle, THE GAME. This time I have answered all of the questions correctly and made a score of 45 points in total. I earned myself 20 of each supply units.

[murcielagoes 331]

"9th birthday"

[Porkins23 0]

Dear tanki

 

i would like for you guys to add altimates to the game like in overwatch. for instance you can add to the healer class an altimate that can bring back poeple after they die to isidias, snipes know were every one is, vulcan gets endless ammo for a period on time, and etc.

 

- thank you for your time, porkins23

[TriNitroToIuene 4,765]

With the arrival on June 2014, Tanki turned five years old. The team definitely had planned something on this very special date, as the forum post turned in no less than three-hundred likes! There were 50% discounts, x5000 crystals Gold Boxes dropping at a quintuple rate, double battle funds

Ah, 'tis antique, treasure it :rolleyes:

[Hex 11,520]

"9th birthday"

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:ph34r:

[HAPPSHOT 2,029]

Its not 9 long years, its 8 long years, edit the first para -,-

And.. where is 2010?

[maryam98 1,171]

That forum post must have gotten even more likes after the article was written :ph34r:

Yeah, I liked it, because at that time I didn't know about forum, but those sales and the golds <3. My bro caught 3 golds for himself and 1 for me, so that birthday was absolutely amazing :). And I got my firebird then too, my first M1 <3

Edited June 20, 2017 by maryam98

[Condensation 478]

Lovely!

2018!