Sales on Shop paints, servers merged, new paints, and more

[Bydo 20,126]

Good question, we'll see after the server update.

 

Interesting when I asked a question I got this , well if this was the case then why have a question area for us to ask. all we need to do is wait for the update  .. seems strange when staff should be also informed on what is to happening  and please do not give me the story of you don't know what is on sale , been there done that before in company's . we knew about sales events a week or more before and managers knew months in advance , I understand not giving out to players info .but your staff should be able to get it hours before the server changes so they can answer players questions.

Edited May 17, 2017 by Bydo

[tankernovau 0]

it's cool that the new color, but it lacks the color blue as saddle design. cool the 50% discount.  

[Gen 30]

interesting  :)

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

Interesting when I asked a question I got this , well if this was the case then why have a question area for us to ask. all we need to do is wait for the update  .. seems strange when staff should be also informed on what is to happening  and please do not give me the story of you don't know what is on sale , been there done that before in company's . we knew about sales events a week or more before and managers knew months in advance , I understand not giving out to players info .but your staff should be able to get it hours before the server changes so they can answer players questions.

They are helpers, they are not staff. Cedric is from the staff.

[r_sg971 163]

Lets reserve the last 10% servers for missions please.

Help each other out.

[wolverine848 13,097]

Free players can have the very best equipment for their level and all the Supplies they need. (Well unless you want to play like 120 hours per week.) Just play your daily missions and not much more.

 

Experience points are your enemy!

 

2) True up to a certain rank. At my level doesn't matter - if your fighting two levels up it's legend territory. My ranking won't hurt me now. Will add more crystals upon rank-up though.

 

1) Not necessarily.

Yes we can compete somewhat but...

A) Since they removed missions from Pro-Battles we need to use up a lot more supplies than before, just to complete 1-3 missions. RKs are not distributed as freebie rewards in same proportion as they come in kits. So Supply buyers have huge advantage there. RKs get used a LOT.

B) Special Events.  Did not even bother trying lately - I don't have the RKs to make it worth-while competing with opponents who spam an RK every time I'm about to deep-six them.

 

Many of the daily missions are "get 80 kills" or finish first 3 times. Getting those 80 kills requires a lot of supplies because the enemies have 40%+ protection against my turret. So it either takes 3-4 battles to complete (using up lots of supplies) or I end up completing only 1 or 2 missions for that day.

 

I'm at the in-between stage - high enough to regularly battle enemies with full, upgraded garages (and supplies), but not high enough to have acquired the assets to really compete on an even basis.

[Mr.General.Ghost 647]

Nice, but i hoped for sthing cool!

Like electra, zeus paint or sthing. 

STHING COOL!

Like this:

 

OMG WITH SILVER BIT NOT GOOD :v

[TheBlackChick 319]

- another stupid update that favors buyers

How does this update favor buyers?

[Apex_Predator 537]

2) True up to a certain rank. At my level doesn't matter - if your fighting two levels up it's legend territory. My ranking won't hurt me now. Will add more crystals upon rank-up though.

 

1) Not necessarily.

Yes we can compete somewhat but...

A) Since they removed missions from Pro-Battles we need to use up a lot more supplies than before, just to complete 1-3 missions. RKs are not distributed as freebie rewards in same proportion as they come in kits. So Supply buyers have huge advantage there. RKs get used a LOT.

B) Special Events.  Did not even bother trying lately - I don't have the RKs to make it worth-while competing with opponents who spam an RK every time I'm about to deep-six them.

 

Many of the daily missions are "get 80 kills" or finish first 3 times. Getting those 80 kills requires a lot of supplies because the enemies have 40%+ protection against my turret. So it either takes 3-4 battles to complete (using up lots of supplies) or I end up completing only 1 or 2 missions for that day.

 

I'm at the in-between stage - high enough to regularly battle enemies with full, upgraded garages (and supplies), but not high enough to have acquired the assets to really compete on an even basis.

very well explained bro, totally agree, you really understand my problem. :)

 

I'm a very good player, as best as a free player can,  i save and play smart as hard as i can, i always have more crystals to xp in earnings, wish mean that I'm good, but all that fades away in Non pro battles due to the fact that enemies use repairs non stop, i play Non pro just for my missions, but even just for mission drugging buyers are a nightmare to a free player.

 

i don't waste my repairs at all, but i still don't have enough reasonable resources to get enough RK of them to deal with a 1500 supply kit user.

 

and now they give them extra 7 repairs just for login everyday, i worked my butt off work half an hour just to complete 500 ctf xp mission today and i barely got 7 repairs, and lost a lot of DD & DA and K/D just to get them so i would use them wisely i i needed them for tomorrow's mission...it's an endless circle of suffer since the last mission update.  :( 

 

wow, and Hazel still have the nerves to talk about making a balanced game !

 

lets face it, this is officially a P2P game now, free players are just cheeps ready for slaughter any time a buyer decide to open his wallet to Tanki.

Edited May 17, 2017 by Apex_Predator

[C.O.N.Q.U.E.R.O.R 3,845]

Guys, think about it this way... more buyer-specific stuff = more buyers come to TO = more people in TO = total number of buyers increase... which = less lag because Tanki can fix it with the new money.

[D.A.R.K.N.E.S.S 432]

i still can't  beat just an ocational buyer lower than my rank that invested less than 50$

Ive spent $8 on this game and I have such an advantage -  the double crystals offered by premium is just insane

spoiler is pretty interesting

 

 

just an example. 76k from a 6 hour battle. I basically spent 6 hours to earn the equivalent of $15 worth of crystals (with DCC), while I have opnly spent $8. This is not factoring in the many other battles I have recieved bonuses from or the the daily crystal gifts. I would say all in all, my premium has got me about 120k crystals, not to mention getting me up 2 ranks (1.5x experience) - thats an extra 42k right there.

 

Proof: I started saving for paladin at near no crystals, at brigadier. I bought premium then, 15 days and 7 days. I bought paladin as soon as i ranked up, and I had about 30k left. I was on 366k when i reached Lt Gen.

120k x 2 (normal crystals +bonus) = 240k. 2500 x 21 = 52500 (prem bonuses) 240000 + 52500 = 292500 + 42000 (rank up bonuses) = 334500. I will leave 32k to missions, it could have been more.

 

 

I agree that the premium drugs are OP

Now that I have an m3 combo, I wont be buying any more.

Premium runs out on the 22nd  :(

Edited May 17, 2017 by D.A.R.K.N.E.S.S

[Apex_Predator 537]

Guys, think about it this way... more buyer-specific stuff = more buyers come to TO = more people in TO = total number of buyers increase... which = less lag because Tanki can fix it with the new money.

i would love more buyers to join our Game so our developers will have enough salary to live a good life (especially Anna :wub: :wub: :wub: ) , but when a buyer could kill 3 or 4 free players before getting killed, i think not. -_-

 

we have a huge unbalance in our drug system, and Hazel, said clearly that he doesn't want to change that system.

 

thinking about it, Hazel doesn't even play Tanki, that's why he have no idea about how much we suffer as free players no matter how good we are, i respect Hazel as human, but i have no respect for him as a developer, his ignorance and false pride will -Sadly- lead this game even down if he keep thinking like he already doing right now, no offense.

[TheBlackChick 319]

and now they give them extra 7 repairs just for login everyday, i worked my butt off work half an hour just to complete 500 ctf xp mission today and i barely got 7 repairs, and lost a lot of DD & DA and K/D just to get them so i would use them wisely i i needed them for tomorrow's mission...it's an endless circle of suffer since the last mission update.  :( 

 

what's the point of doing missions if this makes you suffer? just do what you need to enjoy the game...

[Apex_Predator 537]

Ive spent $8 on this game and I have such an advantage -  the double crystals offered by premium is just insane

 

 

just an example. 76k from a 6 hour battle. I basically spent 6 hours to earn the equivalent of $15 worth of crystals (with DCC), while I have opnly spent $8. This is not factoring in the many other battles I have recieved bonuses from or the the daily crystal gifts. I would say all in all, my premium has got me about 120k crystals, not to mention getting me up 2 ranks (1.5x experience) - thats an extra 42k right there.

 

Proof: I started saving for paladin at near no crystals, at brigadier. I bought premium then, 15 days and 7 days. I bought paladin as soon as i ranked up, and I had about 30k left. I was on 366k when i reached Lt Gen.

120k x 2 (normal crystals +bonus) = 240k. 2500 x 21 = 52500 (prem bonuses) 240000 + 52500 = 292500 + 42000 (rank up bonuses) = 334500. I will leave 32k to missions, it could have been more.

 

 

I agree that the premium drugs are OP

Now that I have an m3 combo, I wont be buying any more.

Premium runs out on the 22nd  :(

Thank you SO MUCH for your post !  :) 

 

wow, i didn't even know that with just a small amount of 8$ you can make HUGE results if you are good player.

 

i hope someone volunteer and share with us how buying the 1500 supply kit effects his game play, but i doubt they will, because they benefit from it SO much, and they don't want it removed. <_<

[Apex_Predator 537]

How does this update favor buyers?

they are heading toward the matchmaking system, wish, if I'm not wrong, will force us to play against players with the same level of skill, it's a good thing when you are facing another free player because it will be skill based, but i think you could imagine by yourself what playing against a player with the SAME level of skill as you+1200 supply kit while you have only 7 repairs. 

[BlackWasp777 4,498]

The client file for the Brazil and Mexico Tanki is named tankionline_us.exe. That's why I think those servers are in the US. But since you can't jump to that cluster with the same account it is useless.

 

But I would like to know how many players that server has.

I just connected and played at the brazil servers, and checked to which IP my computer connected to:

 

207.244.99.166        United States              Massachusetts

 

The server above is one of the Brasil server cluster. On the brasil forum they provide server access data for 4 servers (PT1..PT3, ES1). idk how many players are online there.

 

But as said, the EN servers where the US people play at, are in western Europe.

Edited May 17, 2017 by BlackWasp777

[TheBlackChick 319]

they are heading toward the matchmaking system, wish, if I'm not wrong, will force us to play against players with the same level of skill, it's a good thing when you are facing another free player because it will be skill based, but i think you could imagine by yourself what playing against a player with the SAME level of skill as you+1200 supply kit while you have only 7 repairs. 

Even after matchamking system is introduced you'll still be able to create custom battles (which are most likely the same thing as PRO Battles) for free and avoid being slaughtered so the game will offer some solutions for f2p users to compete against buyers (just as it provides right now)

Edited May 17, 2017 by TheBlackChick

[CooperO 7,956]

Interesting when I asked a question I got this , well if this was the case then why have a question area for us to ask. all we need to do is wait for the update  .. seems strange when staff should be also informed on what is to happening  and please do not give me the story of you don't know what is on sale , been there done that before in company's . we knew about sales events a week or more before and managers knew months in advance , I understand not giving out to players info .but your staff should be able to get it hours before the server changes so they can answer players questions.

You can ask questions here for us to answer, but we can only answer what we know. I'm not going to make false promises if I don't know the answer to a question or if I'm not entirely sure about the answer. 

Apart from that, I have nothing to do with sales, I have nothing to prepare for them or anything, so I don't see why I would be told anything about them in advance. 

[LittleWillie 3,199]

very well explained bro, totally agree, you really understand my problem. :)

 

I'm a very good player, as best as a free player can,  i save and play smart as hard as i can, i always have more crystals to xp in earnings, wish mean that I'm good, but all that fades away in Non pro battles due to the fact that enemies use repairs non stop, i play Non pro just for my missions, but even just for mission drugging buyers are a nightmare to a free player.

 

i don't waste my repairs at all, but i still don't have enough reasonable resources to get enough RK of them to deal with a 1500 supply kit user.

 

Tanki.

Well I wasn't really trying to give you advice so much as I was addressing what I feel to be a wrong assumption by a lot of players. I disagree that this is a pay to win game because (A) I do not uy and I compete and (B) there's nothing to "win" anyway.

 

That being said I agree with you that rampant drugging makes the game less fun. The existing supplies are too powerful because they dominate the game. That is another reason I do not spend money on Tanki.  The company has made it clear the DA/DD drugs will always be here. That's taki. So I play so long as it is fun to battle. When a battle is not fun I leave the battle. When I can't find a battle I leave the game. Bottom Line: Tanki suffers at the bottom line. My guess is this game will not be around a year from now. Or perhaps will be run by a different owner.

[Apex_Predator 537]

what's the point of doing missions if this makes you suffer? just do what you need to enjoy the game...

it's one of my main income sources and the ONLY source for supplies as a free player.

 

not playing it will make battles my only source of income of crystals, mostly XP/Bb, we play for hour just to get ~1000 crystals, that IF we won, we have a 50% chance at whining in XP battles,  you can understand why missions are a must for a player who still need to buy Turrets & hulls.

 

but you are right :) with the current drug wars in non pro mode, I'm seriously thinking of not doing any missions anymore and just play XP/ Bb forever.  :unsure: 

[lukey0 27,543]

Yes good, now everyone around the same rank will be sent to the same server. Awesome! Just like 2014 again. :LOL: 

[Apex_Predator 537]

Well I wasn't really trying to give you advice so much as I was addressing what I feel to be a wrong assumption by a lot of players. I disagree that this is a pay to win game because (A) I do not uy and I compete and ( B) there's nothing to "win" anyway.

 

That being said I agree with you that rampant drugging makes the game less fun. The existing supplies are too powerful because they dominate the game. That is another reason I do not spend money on Tanki.  The company has made it clear the DA/DD drugs will always be here. That's taki. So I play so long as it is fun to battle. When a battle is not fun I leave the battle. When I can't find a battle I leave the game. Bottom Line: Tanki suffers at the bottom line. My guess is this game will not be around a year from now. Or perhaps will be run by a different owner.

Thanks LittleWillie, I remember that day where you bought some items just before a sale, and you got really mad at them, that was a nasty move from Tanki, especially for the fact that they announce most of the sales in the Vlog before, and they made us rely on Vlog's to know about the next sales.

 

points is, now you can't find a single player with no bad experience with how Tanki is managed. :D

 

but i don't think Tanki will end because of players quieting, i think it will end when Adobe flash technology end in about 1 or 2 years from now, and from then, all will play Tanki X i think, i won't because i have a really bad Pc. :lol:

Edited May 17, 2017 by Apex_Predator

[knowdad 0]

i allways was fond of the paint giving protection,now they don't and still cost alot?

[Shadowmaster2.o 125]

I don't wanna play with russians though

Edited May 17, 2017 by Shadowmaster2.o

[Bydo 20,126]

You can ask questions here for us to answer, but we can only answer what we know. I'm not going to make false promises if I don't know the answer to a question or if I'm not entirely sure about the answer. 

Apart from that, I have nothing to do with sales, I have nothing to prepare for them or anything, so I don't see why I would be told anything about them in advance. 

it would help give some info on the sales if you did have some of the info ahead of time . he all ready gave info on what is on sale so why not the inter structure on how its implemented to the players would help understand how and what is going on..

 

 

Shadowmaster2.o

well the only way around this once this is in place would be going on servers with less players and then create maps with the battle button . or get a pro pass ( which might not be around much more )

Edited May 17, 2017 by Bydo