Tanki Olympics

[SaulTigh 0]

I have finally realized what my poblem with tankionline was, and how I misunderstood everything. It's amazing how one's own cultural assumptions can be in the way of finding out the truth.

 

I now see that to the Soviet mind, powerups (drugging / doping) are an integral part of any kind of competiton, for example sports. That was a completely new thought to me.

 

But if the assumption is that the best athlete is the athlete that has the most powerful powerups (drugs, dope), the whole tanki gameplay makes a lot more sense.

 

Having been raised outside the Warsaw Pact, I was assuming that fair play and skill mean that you play without drugs, but if to the Soviet mind, a well-organized doping system is at the heart of sports, of course it is logical to use powerups as much as possible in the game.

 

Maybe I will be able to adjust, now that I have figured that one out! I shall for sure use some of my powerups now!

[Stratosphere 2,234]

I don't get what you're trying to say. Can you please re-phrase it?

[caiosilvac 567]

That is one heck of an analogy lol

[Maf 32,307]

The game rules do not allow discussion of politics on the forum. With that in mind, we will not allow this topic to remain open, as it clearly makes nationalistic statements by accusing all Russian/Soviet people of treating drug use as a normal thing in sports. Whether that's true or not - doesn't matter. The reality is that supplies exist in a bunch of different games made by publishers from all over the world, and while their names and specific mechanics may be different, it's absolutely certain that they make the game more interesting, and battles - more dynamic.

 

I will tell you right away that supplies in this game ARE made in a way that encourages players to buy them for real money and thus generate revenue that supports the game and its developers. That's why supplies can't be made free for everyone and why someone with a lot of supplies is usually more powerful than someone without them. But that's not a reason to accuse developers of purposefully making their game unfair.

 

Free players get plenty of options that help them avoid being dominated by "buyers". You get supplies from missions, you can buy supplies with a 50% sale, you get 3x supply rewards from weekly mission chains, or you can avoid supplies altogether by playing only PRO battles with supplies disabled.

 

Yes, it's true that you can't play many hours a day in standard battles using supplies non-stop and still have enough supplies/crystals without buying them, but that's the reality of a free-to-play game. So if you want to play comfortably, you have two options: either limit yourself to 15-20 minutes of battles per day (just enough to complete a mission and keep the chain going) in order to only use a few supplies, or you can play as much as you want, but buy supplies with real money (and support the developers).

 

Please discuss supplies in this topic.

 

Closed.