Testing of Matchmaking System on EU servers

[GuidoFawkes 2,361]

I got news for you. Even if most of us leave, your lag problem will still be there.  I guess you have not noticed that 2 years ago there were on an average 70,000 players and there was no lag.  Now there are only 30,000 players and the lag is getting worse.  Why is that? Because all the changes made by incompetent programmers created the lag due to flawed programming.  But then again you are too stupid to understand this, so I rest my case.

to understand that? of course i can't i only started playing end of march this year. but--i lag less when fewer players are online. the problem might stay but at least it'll get better

[Ghost_Animators 4,802]

All have their own opinions but I came here with only mine.

 

To be honest there are plenty of things about new update I like.

I will not be talking about the ability of the Match-Making System to put in the battle that fits your "Account" because there are far more factors there that we are not even aware of except the developers and I'm more than sure that their algorithm will work as planned, more or less "Perfect".

 

One of the great thing is now I've the luxury of not-to-decide. Sometimes deciding can be more cruel than when you dont have to.

With new Match-Making System in play I just have to click on the type of battle I want (namely DM, TDM, CTF and CP).

This in fact is a great thing for many as their mind dont have to go through trouble of searching the list of non-pro battles and find one. Plus I can always make a new Pro battle if I want to play a battle of particular specification.

 

On the other hand removing the ability to see "Daily Missions" was indeed great.

This increases the players attention to the game rather than being distracted.

For example if one have to complete a mission...like "Collect 5 Double Damage", he will keep clicking on the "Mission" button to check the progress every now and then, so his/her focus is not the on game but rather on completing the mission.

Since the button is gone, now one can't see the missions during the match and believe me this little tweak increases the average in game time a lot as it shifts the focus of the player.

 

One thing that I still need to blend with is that when I'm in battle list and I change server, the new server default screen is the Match-Making-System while in real most of the player who change server are actually looking for the Pro Battles. So what most of the player want is to see the "Battle-List" when they change the server. 

I know there are few reasons behind this and I totally agree with them. But if possible, there can be an option in "Settings" so that if someone  wants to see battle list when he/she switch server.

I know this might be too specific to implement as I'm not sure which algorithm developers used to make this system and whether it can be "invoke" in the main class, still I thought I should share my thoughts ^^

 

As a whole..I think the new update is Great!

 

Regards Ghost Animator TO

Edited August 9, 2017 by Ghost_Animators

[Junior.Pablo585 5]

i dont like that,,, when peoles who dont prefer forum come here becouse is someting not good in game...

 

me to 10 post only here!

 

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[PR3D4T0RS 0]

First they took away our ability to CREATE battles.  (not including pro, which 1) you have to pay for and 2) can't do missions in, which is STILL true with this update on created battles)

Now they take away our ability to even CHOOSE battles (again, where you can complete a mission).

 

So is it that you hate missions?  Then get rid of them altogether.  Get rid of crystals, too except for the top two players on winning teams -- oh, you did that already?   OK, next, get rid of our ability to choose the tank we play in.  Just dump us in a random battle, at a random time in the battle, and with random people on random "teams" with randomly selected ranks -- in random tanks, and no rewards!  

 

Yeah, that's the ticket!!  Hey, can I be a dev?

 

I stuck with it after the "create battle" button was taken away.  Not sure I can stick with it any longer.    :(

Completing a mission has never been so simple. You receive a mission, read which mode you have to play and then play it. Allowing to complete the mission only in regular battles is fair actually. Otherwise anyone could just complete the mission in less than 2 minutes by playing with friends. Basically you're mad now because you have to make an effort to complete a mission. Also the rewards for completing a mission are greatly increased so I don't know what are you complaining about. 

[firebrute 0]

I hate the system it causes lagg and you cant continue battles and i always wait in the queue and it finaly after for ever [twice the average] lets me in a battle...   Not! It puts me back at the battle list! And the group thing is not responding correctly in any way,

 

It wont let you join a battle if you are in a group

 

it wount let you play death match if group panal is open

 

you cant close group panal without playing a battle 

 

ect.

 

And i want to be alowed to look at my missions in a battle and collect mission rewards in a battle and i want 15 minnut battles and i want to continue battles and i want to instantly join battles I WANT TO JOIN BATTLES IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!!!!

 

I Hate THe System 100% and I want it gone NOW! Never To Return! I Could Go On FOREVER But I Dont think I Will Because Its Not Worth it... You Wouldnt read farther than this if you got this far! I hope for an apoligy in the Vlog! :angry:

[GuidoFawkes 2,361]

Completing a mission has never been so simple. You receive a mission, read which mode you have to play and then play it. Allowing to complete the mission only in regular battles is fair actually. Otherwise anyone could just complete the mission in less than 2 minutes by playing with friends. Basically you're mad now because you have to make an effort to complete a mission. Also the rewards for completing a mission are greatly increased so I don't know what are you complaining about. 

excatly, if it's so hard then just don't do it. its so funny, many of the people complaning about this are those i remember saying,"those who don't like druging can just play at pro battles"

[r_batman4442 8]

:blush: :blush:I have 1 solid word for this  STUPED

[akrsco_ra 0]

i dont like that

disaster system

[decii 4]

Bad update - no gold, low rewards, long time to wait, can't see quickly what mission was completed, still lag

 

Was was the point of this update? To force people to quit to play tankionline?

[bozo88 450]

Bad update - no gold, low rewards, long time to wait, can't see quickly what mission was completed, still lag

 

Was was the point of this update? To force people to quit to play tankionline?

1,000,002: Its a test.

[SeeYa_HaveFun 0]

Tanki i hate this update, please dont make this update a part of the game, i cant even join my desired map and why did u guys changed the place of the mission icon i cant see that  how much mission is done when  im in a  battle like i cant see how much kills or score is done during game further more when ever i enter a battle rather it is winning or losing, this thing kills the fun of game, and it also causes a lot of lag. So please dont think of making this matchmaking system a part of game its a request. THANKS... :)

[wolverine848 13,097]

Completing a mission has never been so simple. You receive a mission, read which mode you have to play and then play it. Allowing to complete the mission only in regular battles is fair actually. Otherwise anyone could just complete the mission in less than 2 minutes by playing with friends. Basically you're mad now because you have to make an effort to complete a mission. Also the rewards for completing a mission are greatly increased so I don't know what are you complaining about. 

And what "super-missions"?  The ones that require 99,999 exp points or 9999 kills, etc..  easy to complete?  simple?

 

But back to regular missions.  You assume everyone completing them was cheating.  Wrong.

I regularly played "Pro-battles" and completed my missions during the course of battle - whether it was 15 min or 30 min.

People joined our longer battles, stayed and finished them.

 

Now we have people joining battles, grabbing supply boxes and leaving the battle early because they got what they want.

Hardly a better situation.

[Capt.x 11]

I really don't like this update, the reasons are simple:

1. It takes TOO LONG to load a random battle

2. It causes lag

3. The ranks that get to play are either higher than norm or lower

4. I liked the idea of choosing you're own battle

[akrsco_ra 0]

To me and my other 20 friends I do not like to pretend we do not play anymore

[animal07 6]

Sorry to say this, but it's a let-down; very disappointing. Going the same way as microsoft (looks like ****, and acts recordingly). I still use Microsoft to play Tanki, but if is going this way : bye Tanki and bye Microsh*t.

Long live Ubuntu.

[r_nothing1 0]

devs,dude,what s wrong with you???????

PLEASE<PLEASE<NO UPDATE GAME ANYMORE!!!    N E V E R!!!!

THISIS NOT TANKI<WHAT IS THISNOW???
delete OVERDRVE(first stupidity) and DELETE  this last stupidity(MATCHMAKING>!>!>!>!>!)

 

BACK OLD TANKI>>>>N   O   W!!!

[rubi_GTR 0]

This update was really disappointing and totally unnecessary. Why would you think forcing people to wait for a battle is a good idea? I want control as to what battle I play. I forbid you to from even thinking about making this useless changes permanent. 

[nickenicke 1]

I fully agree with all compaints in this thread.

 

What I think the creators has totally missed out on is

 

* I do *not* want to be forcibly matched into a overloaded DM game with 20 players

* I do want to be able to choose myself - how crowded game, type, terrain, light etc

 

That is quite the opposite to what they try out now.

I was just about to buy crystals here for the first time here, paypal cooperating, but now I just think about fleeing...

 

 

[TheBlackChick 319]

Today things seem to be a bit better in terms of rank balance in battles, but that's all. As I've heard from a notorious saboteur, some oh his teams actually won battles despite of him multing for the whole 10 minutes so imbalance is still an issue. Battles are rather lame most of the times, but I don't think it's the MM to be blamed for this. They were just the same even before. Morevoer, it gets really boring after a while as I don't feel any variety when it comes to maps. Just the same 5-6 over and over again. The only thing that I like about MM is that it gives me a new way of power-levelling...

 

Those who don't like the MM as it is now can only give feedback and hope that they work to improve it, run another test to get feedback from us again and then, maybe, introduce it as a permanent feature. If some people don't like MM in the final form then they can just play pro battles instead or find something else to enjoy.

Edited August 9, 2017 by TheBlackChick

[AbsoluteZero 3,729]

As usual, I've been following the server numbers and I can tell you that the online numbers are not falling much at this time, largely because we've hit the floor already. What I have noticed though is a drop of around 10% in the players that are actually playing this game, ie, in battles. I'm sure the devs have these stats too and much more.

 

Let's just assume the trivial stuff that players are moaning about gets fixed, ie the minor bugs, rank brackets, waiting times & group limitations, I think it's a safe assumption that players will only use the play buttons for missions only. The moment they're done they will switch to the battle list. I know I'd do 3 one day and claim them slowly simply to avoid it.

 

Players want freedom, not restrictions and limitiations and I wish the devs would own up and admit this won't be a good thing for the game. Sure they'll complete it and it will be around for a while but it will get scrapped in due course because it's simply won't make the game any better.

 

Another thing I noticed when joining battles were the mults. Yes, you heard me right. But how can there be mults when everyone joining has no idea where they'll be placed I hear you ask! Well there are so many cliques and clans that have allies, players are basically agreeing to go awol when they see their mates on the other side.

 

It's all very disappointing but it's just what we've come to expect from updates and game plans of late.

 

It's time for a players committee or players council. All future update plans need to be signed off by them before going ahead! No brown-noses need apply.

[check_12 9]

The "luxury of not-to-decide"?   Right, I like to be a sheep.  How about the burden of someone else deciding for me, oh yeah, I forgot, this is Russia.  (kidding, 50%).  I hope they lose this update and take into account all the feedback for potential, and I mean, very tentatively potential improvements.

[a7x_Pedro48 13,999]

http://tankionline.com/graphic.swf

[ToiletPaperRoll 1,318]

amount of players dropped so hard. about 10k

 

http://tankionline.com/graphic.swf

[a7x_Pedro48 13,999]

On the russian forum, 177 pages. Only 29 people liked the post about the MM system. The top liked comment has 111 likes and it says "not needed at all" or something like that.

[AbsoluteZero 3,729]

amount of players dropped so hard. about 10k

It's hardly budged but the players in battles has dropped about 2k at any given time compared to that of a few days ago. It's around 10%.