Why so many players don't use Overdrive?

[Eithern 412]

I think that many of you have noticed this thing, lots of players who run around the map with that fixed white star, avoiding to activate it even when near many teammates. It is obvious that the team with this players will lose almost certainly, mostly if the other team has a good teamwork instead.

What motivation do you think they have? Maybe they don't know how to use it or what is it?

[REDOUANE78190 836]

I don't know

[Ninja 10,468]

Its always been like that with new features, many players just don't read announcements and have no idea what to do. Its just a matter of time before more players discover how to use it.

[SprayGround 2,851]

You could explain them what it is and how to use it..

[Guest TSY_the_crazy]

You could explain them what it is and how to use it..

I found the exact same problem on my alt. My teammates don't know how to use ut and unfortunately, you can't chat at sergeant level :angry:

[SprayGround 2,851]

I found the exact same problem on my alt. My teammates don't know how to use ut and unfortunately, you can't chat at sergeant level :angry:

Then rank up faster :P

[Hate 5,582]

 

You are a lot on the Forum, be a bit more active in the game as well and I'm sure you won't need much of experience to rank up, why not... it is win-win.

[Guest TSY_the_crazy]

Then rank up faster :P

Not exactly possible when a bunch of noobs keep hitting their own teammates with twins/rico making me miss half of my shots on railgun :ph34r:

[Eithern 412]

Many of them are russian so they don't understand my explanation :(

[Guest TSY_the_crazy]

You are a lot on the Forum, be a bit more active in the game as well and I'm sure you won't need much of experience to rank up, why not... it is win-win.

True, but tbh, I hate the game. I like just the community :)

[Maf 32,300]

They most likely don't know how to use it. Overdrive is still a new feature and there was no compulsory tutorial for it, so someone who doesn't watch the vlog, read the news or go on the forum, wouldn't know what it it or how to use it, so I recon it will be another 3-4 months until everyone gets used to it.

 

And of course there's the really young children who can't learn to use the overdrive and the intentional saboteurs who enjoy making their team lose by playing badly, but I'm pretty sure those guys are less than 1% of all random players.

[Lightning78 285]

Most players are clueless, that's why.

 

You could explain them what it is and how to use it..

Nope, you can't, not since the brilliant move of removing all non-Russian servers. Unless you're fluent in Russian.. :D

[The_Pakistani 16,768]

Russians .. :ph34r:

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

They do it for many reasons. For young children, they just want to play the game since all the different features are a bit too complex for their simple brains to process. They just only understand the game modes and how they work, not the strategies that go along with them. For saboteurs, it's obvious why they do it, but there's nothing we can do about it, all we can do is deal with it. But for most other players that don't use it, it's because they are either ignorant or just have a brain the size of a walnut.

[Pink_Legacy 269]

I'd like to think that they don't use it because they realise that the game is more enjoyable if no one uses it. Most likely they haven't figured it out yet, though.

[Torva-Messor 104]

I'd taken a break away from Tanki, for awhile. When I came back, I see all these tanks with white stars above their heads.

 

"What the heck is that all about and how come I don't have one?"

 

Later, I start seeing blue domes appearing all over the battlefield.

 

"What the heck is that all about?"

 

Finally, I got a white star of my own.

 

"Now that I got it, what do I do with it?"

 

Suddenly, there were 3 wasps all over me. Bumping into me, shooting at me. 

 

"Now what did I do wrong and what is their problem?"

 

After the battle was over, I started researching this strange, new white star. 

 

"OH!! That's the Overdrive!! No wonder those wasps were all over me. Sorry, Guys."

 

At times I will run around with that white star above me. But I wait for a group hug and spread my love and cheer with my team mates.  :wub:  :ph34r:

[ghost-guns 1,486]

Overdrive sort of disrupts the gameplay because you have one tank with a star above it being chased by a whole gang of tanks wanting in.

[Germanwarrior1 16]

All the updates are making the game harder and more expensive for beginners. In the old days you just had to think about hull, turret, paint and supplies but now they have modules, alterations, overdrive and pretty soon special abilities for each hull. 

[DontBeGreedy 26]

its strange how nobody found the right answer yet

 

most players save it for the gold box, and then use right before the end of the match if gold doesn't drop

[ArcadeMode_ON 155]

They COULD put some small instructions on Overdrive in the Communicator News window floating in the top spot until Master Sergeant. But naaaah, it won't work. Or would it?

[wolverine848 13,097]

They most likely don't know how to use it. Overdrive is still a new feature and there was no compulsory tutorial for it, so someone who doesn't watch the vlog, read the news or go on the forum, wouldn't know what it it or how to use it, so I recon it will be another 3-4 months until everyone gets used to it.

 

And of course there's the really young children who can't learn to use the overdrive and the intentional saboteurs who enjoy making their team lose by playing badly, but I'm pretty sure those guys are less than 1% of all random players.

3-4 months?  Holy crap! :o

 

Oh... you're kidding (this time) right?

 

I mean Devs "simplified" MUs so they would be easier to understand cuz there were so many people having difficulty ;) ;)

And yet - we have a new concept that might take some players 3-4 months to learn how to use?  :wacko:

 

Plenty of battles so far with half my team not using it (with big Star on their tank) as we lose the game.  Nice...

And yes - I ask them why they are not using OverDrive.  Stone silence. Very reassuring.

[Rooky 414]

They most likely don't know how to use it. Overdrive is still a new feature and there was no compulsory tutorial for it, so someone who doesn't watch the vlog, read the news or go on the forum, wouldn't know what it it or how to use it, so I recon it will be another 3-4 months until everyone gets used to it.

 

And of course there's the really young children who can't learn to use the overdrive and the intentional saboteurs who enjoy making their team lose by playing badly, but I'm pretty sure those guys are less than 1% of all random players.

I heard that you know the russian language. Can you tell us a statement that we can copy and paste it to notify the russian players of this feature?

[ArcadeMode_ON 155]

I heard that you know the russian language. Can you tell us a statement that we can copy and paste it to notify the russian players of this feature?

I highly doubt they are the ones who do not know about this feature.

[Maf 32,300]

3-4 months?  Holy crap! :o

 

Oh... you're kidding (this time) right?

 

I mean Devs "simplified" MUs so they would be easier to understand cuz there were so many people having difficulty ;) ;)

And yet - we have a new concept that might take some players 3-4 months to learn how to use?  :wacko:

 

Plenty of battles so far with half my team not using it (with big Star on their tank) as we lose the game.  Nice...

And yes - I ask them why they are not using OverDrive.  Stone silence. Very reassuring.

3-4 months is probably an overestimate. I think in 2 weeks there will be very few players who don't use it.

 

And don't forget about the players who don't have any supplies, since I think you need at least 1 of each supply to be able to use the overdrive (not sure though).

 

I heard that you know the russian language. Can you tell us a statement that we can copy and paste it to notify the russian players of this feature?

"[nickname], пожалуйста используйте Овердрайв, который активируется клавишей Shift. В противном случае вы подводите команду, не используя эту возможность."

[Cyborg 3,189]

Pffffft. People save it for gold boxes.  -_-