Holiday Missions, Weekly Rewards Changes

[r_dee02 2]

please give me crystal tanki

[opidude 437]

 I already bought Arachnid and got Nightmare for free, just give me a lot of crystals like you did to me today, container chan :)

weeb alert

[CooperO 7,956]

what week they give the containers?

0 from the first weekly chain, 1 from the second, 2 from the third and 3 from the fourth weekly chain.

Edited January 12, 2018 by CooperO
Corrected number of containers in 4th week.

[Zak 2,532]

Waw , Cool :D

[Hatty1994 819]

0 from the first weekly chain, 1 from the second, 2 from the third and 4 from the fourth weekly chain.

Not 4, its 3 from the 4th weekly chain also. 

[austen_pierce 1,948]

I really think it's time for M5s to come out... At legend rank maybe

This idea has been officially rejected by Hazel himself during one of the older livestreams. The cost in crystals for M5 is simply outrageous.

 

It would also kill the game in one fell swoop. Cmon - how many of you M4 tankers really want to start all over with another MicroUograde cycle. :blink:

 

And Legend rank is not enough. Would have to be Legend 5, maybe 10. Heck, I’m a Legend 6 Premium buyer and I still don’t have a full M4 garage.

[Hatty1994 819]

This idea has been officially rejected by Hazel himself during one of the older livestreams. The cost in crystals for M5 is simply outrageous.

 

It would also kill the game in one fell swoop. Cmon - how many of you M4 tankers really want to start all over with another MicroUograde cycle. :blink:

 

And Legend rank is not enough. Would have to be Legend 5, maybe 10. Heck, I’m a Legend 6 Premium buyer and I still don’t have a full M4 garage.

Agree with you. You need minimum Legend rank 30 or more to acquire full M4 garage including 50% protection modules. 

[austen_pierce 1,948]

Agree with you. You need minimum Legend rank 30 or more to acquire full M4 garage including 50% protection modules.

It won’t take me that long, again, because I buy.

 

I bet someone has run the numbers on this. A lot depends on how you obtain crystals and how you spend them. The calculations get complex quickly, but with some assumptions a few illustrative use cases might tell a compelling story.

 

Use case 1 - a non buyer, non-Premium earns crystals through battle fund and mission/chain rewards only, and maybe gets a bonus here and there from winning a newspaper contest or other minor windfall. He MUs as soon as he can afford them and also during sales. It’s gonna take this guy a very long time to reach M4 garage

 

Use case 2 - Premium player earning double battle funds plus daily crystal bonus. By definition, the double funds alone mean this guy is going to make M4 in about half the time as Player 1.

 

Use case 3 - The Buyer. This guy in theory has unlimited crystals, but in reality will spend both real money and crystals wisely. That means lower numbered MUs will be bought at full price but higher more expensive MUs will only happen on sales. It will still take awhile to complete an M4 garage, but this player is me, and I expect to have my Garage all M4 by Legend 8.

[LittleWillie 3,199]

Perspective: When tankers get more crystals than before in a shorter duration, more tankers will have m4s within months. This adds to balance out the gameplay.  

Correcto Mundo. The game economy was broken. Items were too expensive compared t income. The only way to thrive was to focus on one hull, turret, and modules.  Why have so much variety if most players can never afford it?  So player started to run more than one account to play more than one combo.

 

Simply improving the income side means players can be a little flexible within an account. There is less need for alts. 

 

Plus when everyone has a reasonable source of Supplies then the hated "Drugger" cannot simply dominate a game through pressing 1,2,3,4 and 5.  Everyone can press 1,2,3,4, and 5 when they need to.

 

Overall we are seeing better balance between deep-pocket buyer and free players.

[Ishrak 932]

 

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Don't forget that if anyone still wants to use an alt, they can decide to have a different approach at it in order to get the most out of it now. Because of the highly paying weekly chain rewards (even more since now there are containers) lower ranks players who do not buy at all can benefit extremely from this. Taking an example from my own, I played slowly on a new acc and saved up enough crystals by the rank of Staff Sergeant to buy Keeper Kit. If I keep up with the slow speed and the 4th week chain, I'll probably be able to buy Predator Kit right when I hit Sergeant Major. 

[Okami 3,041]

The rewards will remain increased, but now finishing your weekly mission chain will also include containers in the rewards!

I love you

[N3tralRE 282]

While I myself remain wary of random chance, I'd prefer containers' rarities to look something like this:

 

70.00% chance of getting a Common

25.00% chance of getting an Uncommon

03.99% ... Rare

01.00% ... Epic

00.01% ... Legendary

 

But that's just my numbers. 

 

Anyways, to compensate for the reduced Weekly Rewards and to make it easy for players to get into doing Missions, make it so that container paints can only be obtained starting at Week Chain 3.

 

Moreover, assuming that players will get 2 or more containers starting at Week Chain 3, it'd be nice that players are guaranteed NOT to receive more than one paint from mission containers. 

To illustrate, assuming that completing Week Chain 3 nets you 2 containers, 1 of those 2 containers is guaranteed to give you anything BUT paints.

 

Likewise, assuming that completing Week Chain 4+ nets you 3 containers, 2 of those 3 containers is guaranteed to give you anything BUT paints.

 

Alas, these are just my thoughts.  Do what you will with them.

[wolverine848 13,097]

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Don't forget that if anyone still wants to use an alt, they can decide to have a different approach at it in order to get the most out of it now. Because of the highly paying weekly chain rewards (even more since now there are containers) lower ranks players who do not buy at all can benefit extremely from this. Taking an example from my own, I played slowly on a new acc and saved up enough crystals by the rank of Staff Sergeant to buy Keeper Kit.

 

 

 

If I keep up with the slow speed and the 4th week chain, I'll probably be able to buy Predator Kit right when I hit Sergeant Major. 

What???  :o

That's just obscene :blink:

 

Even my alt created a couple months ago could only afford the Blizzard kit at 1st sergeant.

Last time I looked, Predator cost ~ 80,000 crystals.

It is one of the few kits that cost > than the regular price of turret + hull... because of the paint.

Edited January 11, 2018 by wolverine848

[Ishrak 932]

 

 

What???  :o

That's just obscene :blink:

 

Even my alt created a couple months ago could only afford the Blizzard kit at 1st sergeant.

Last time I looked, Predator cost ~ 80,000 crystals.

It is one of the few kits that cost > than the regular price of turret + hull... because of the paint.

 

 

I am aware. However, considering containers have been added, and that that acc is currently at the rank of Master Sergeant, getting 1k-3k experience done per week, and having 15k crystals saved up on that account already, what are the chances I'll have enough crystals by then? I'm very optimistic that with the new rewards, it will be easier than ever.

 

 

p.s,

Open spoiler to see ratings of the acc

One more

Haha

Sorry lol, http://ratings.tankionline.com/en/user/Mammy/

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 11, 2018 by Ishrak

[venomlazarus7 40]

Good 11/10 updated byers!

[F.I.N.I.S.H.E.R 2,397]

Correcto Mundo. The game economy was broken. Items were too expensive compared t income. The only way to thrive was to focus on one hull, turret, and modules.  Why have so much variety if most players can never afford it?  So player started to run more than one account to play more than one combo.

 

Simply improving the income side means players can be a little flexible within an account. There is less need for alts. 

 

Plus when everyone has a reasonable source of Supplies then the hated "Drugger" cannot simply dominate a game through pressing 1,2,3,4 and 5.  Everyone can press 1,2,3,4, and 5 when they need to.

 

Overall we are seeing better balance between deep-pocket buyer and free players.

 

I couldn't have explained it better. :)

[austen_pierce 1,948]

While I myself remain wary of random chance, I'd prefer containers' rarities to look something like this:

 

70.00% chance of getting a Common

25.00% chance of getting an Uncommon

03.99% ... Rare

01.00% ... Epic

00.01% ... Legendary

 

But that's just my numbers.

 

Anyways, to compensate for the reduced Weekly Rewards and to make it easy for players to get into doing Missions, make it so that container paints can only be obtained starting at Week Chain 3.

 

Moreover, assuming that players will get 2 or more containers starting at Week Chain 3, it'd be nice that players are guaranteed NOT to receive more than one paint from mission containers.

 

To illustrate, assuming that completing Week Chain 3 nets you 2 containers, 1 of those 2 containers is guaranteed to give you anything BUT paints.

 

Likewise, assuming that completing Week Chain 4+ nets you 3 containers, 2 of those 3 containers is guaranteed to give you anything BUT paints.

 

Alas, these are just my thoughts. Do what you will with them.

I would not be surprised at all to learn that behind the scenes some sort of tiered container distribution scheme is or soon will be in play.

 

I ‘would’ be surprised if we are ever told about it.

[FuddleKiller 44]

:D

[a7x_Pedro48 13,999]

10k, 125 mines and 125 nitros. Very good.

[F.I.N.I.S.H.E.R 2,397]

Imagine 4-5 months down the road, this update gets boring as expectations rise. Developers and players have to work hand-in-hand to be creative to improve the gameplay.

[Rocket_Raccoon_XXX 1,507]

Yessss just got 1 container from completing week chain 2!  :D

Expected something better thou...but 3.5k cry still good  :P

[herman357 0]

Why are there no more crystal rewards for completing a mission? Since the official announcement made in this post, all of the missions I have received have supplies as a reward. Will the missions have crystals as a reward again? The amount of crystals received from participation in a battle are very small. The weekly rewards crystals aren't enough to accumulate enough crystals for micro upgrades.

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

Why are there no more crystal rewards for completing a mission? Since the official announcement made in this post, all of the missions I have received have supplies as a reward. Will the missions have crystals as a reward again? The amount of crystals received from participation in a battle are very small. The weekly rewards crystals aren't enough to accumulate enough crystals for micro upgrades.

Don't be so quick to assume things; crystal missions are definitely still around. Just wait a bit; you'll see ;)

[Ninja 10,468]

Why are there no more crystal rewards for completing a mission? Since the official announcement made in this post, all of the missions I have received have supplies as a reward. Will the missions have crystals as a reward again? The amount of crystals received from participation in a battle are very small. The weekly rewards crystals aren't enough to accumulate enough crystals for micro upgrades.

They still exist:

 

 

 

[oOo.Aryan.oOo 968]

XT Container Incoming :ph34r: