Matchmaking is coming May 29th

[a7x_Pedro48 13,999]

-make it so players will not be thrown into battles in last 2 minutes or

 

What if there is super close CP battle. And 3 minutes before the end, a player leaves (own choice or lag). The team is supposed to play 8 vs 7 for the last 3 minutes?

[bozo88 450]

What if there is super close CP battle. And 3 minutes before the end, a player leaves (own choice or lag). The team is supposed to play 8 vs 7 for the last 3 minutes?

I've thought about it, but people seem to be really pissed about being thrown into battles that promptly finish on them. There is no way to predict how a battle could turn. I would prefer TO cut the time as close as they could, 60 seconds would probably work to. I hope they do not make a cutoff longer than 3 min, else it will be TX all over again.

 

Tanki had 10 months to figure times like these ^^^ out, yet the spent the time doing what? plezzuring themselves with redacteds? 

[a7x_Pedro48 13,999]

Yeah CP is fixed - when capping with several tanks - 25 battles points (3 tanks, 3CP maps, 8v8).

Only for maps with 3 Points? Because I just captured a point with a teammate in Serpuhov (from beginning to the end) and we got 0 point.

 

Serpuhov has 5 Points.

[austen_pierce 1,948]

Yeah CP is fixed - when capping with several tanks - 25 battles points (3 tanks, 3CP maps, 8v8).

Thank you for reporting and following up. That issue was definitely irksome.

[Zombiebabe 0]

I have been saving up money since Christmas. I planned to buy lots of crystals to upgrade my garage in the Tanki birthday sale next month. But what you just did really make me feel angry, very very angry. Today I used those money to buy myself a nice phone but don't be happy cuz I won't play Tanki with it. I even won't play Tanki anymore. I want to tell you because you made me very very very angry, I spent the money that was supposed to buy Tanki crystals to something else. I don't know how much other players spend may be they are rich and you don't care mine but I am telling you: today you have lost a couple of hundreds dollars.

[Gavra_the_crazy 0]

Most people do not like matchmaking. Give us the freedom of choice.  :rolleyes:

[r_Issimo2 1,495]

You just wouldn't believe how much stuff I have gone done tonight that I usually don't have time for as I'm playing tanki……..

 

This is the first day in months I have not played any tanki on any of my 30+ accounts.

 

I will not play tomorrow either, or the day after, or the day after that ad nauseum.

 

I'll try to take a break after the celebration. Need to break the habit or at least practice breaking it.

 

I know that if you don't play one day nothing happens, except that you are not making crystals for coming discount dates. But it's hard to internalize that idea for me.

 

I'm doing well with Matchmaking though. My issue is/will be with the coming Drones.

[bozo88 450]

 

I'm doing well with Matchmaking though. My issue is/will be with the coming Drones.

The more I think about drones the more I think they are another stupid mechanic to buffalo us out of hard earned crystals and waste our time.

[Viking4s 10,791]

Only for maps with 3 Points? Because I just captured a point with a teammate in Serpuhov (from beginning to the end) and we got 0 point.

 

Serpuhov has 5 Points.

Interesting, I was on Tribute.

[BlackWasp777 4,498]

Only for maps with 3 Points? Because I just captured a point with a teammate in Serpuhov (from beginning to the end) and we got 0 point.

 

Serpuhov has 5 Points.

how many enemies were online in your battle?

You gain no score while the enemy team is empty.

[a7x_Pedro48 13,999]

No, it's was already 6v6 when we captured. I noticed throughout all day that we were getting sometimes 25 points and sometimes not. Now I see the pattern, it does not work in map with 5 Points.

[ByeByeBye 1,747]

How and why would anyone spend real money on this game at this point?  This has got to take a major toll on Tanki's income for June which in turn will probably trash the entire 2nd quarter for them.

 

If I had spent money in the past, I'd be furious right now....hell, I'm really angry and frustrated just because of all the time I wasted on this game just to have it ruined like it is now.  I'm pretty sure most people want what they pay for...and brother, this iteration of Tanki ain't even close to what they thought they were buying.

 

I've been playing on and off since MM even though I said I was taking a holiday...I kinda want to see if and when some of the bugs get worked out.  The problem I see though is the game really isn't fun anymore.  It's just boring and repetitive...well, that is when you are not waiting in queue which is reallly boring.  It's no fun getting put into the last minute or two of a battle after waiting in queue...just to have to do it all over again.  It's no fun getting slaughtered by outrageously higher ranks.  It's no fun getting tossed in on the losing team.

 

I play games to win.  I like winning.  Previously I picked battles where I thought I could win.  I don't wanna lose...it isn't fun.  Between rank brackets, and MM tossing me in on the losing team, I lose WAY more than win now...this is not fun.  Who in their right mind is going to spend money to lose?  Even if you are a whale buyer, you will still get games where you are in the lowest ranks and you will still get put with the losing team.

 

Are the money people at Tanki awake?  Can't they see that this is a poor course?  Do they think mobile users will make up for the revenue loss?...the mobile users will lose games more than win too.  All business is based on supplying a good product.  In game terms, this means a FUN product.  Developers need to make Tanki fun, not force people to dance to some fools misconceived ideas.  Tanki addiction will only go so far and people will eventually stop playing altogether if the game is more frustrating than fun.

 

I think even if you fix the long waits in queue, get the rank brackets in line, optimize the reward system, fix the group/friends problem, adjust mission to interface with MM better, and repair a bunch of other stuff that I haven't thought of for this post....you are still left with a boring, bland and homogenized ghost of the former Tanki.  Comradery and team bonding are gone, so the community will ultimately fail (if Tanki stays afloat long enough).  New players are not going to like this garbage any better than old players so I doubt player base will get much new blood....the mobile player will just be PC players on their phones.

 

Overall, I think Tanki has really stuck their foot in it this time.

[DocWho6 47]

CP is NOT fixed!  Points should be shared on a joint capture no matter the number of points in a game not just when there are three points or less.  Simply divide the points.

[bozo88 450]

"boring and repetitive" That's the definition of grind, which there is a lot to do in a game whos basic premise is scoring 1.7million exp, with an estimated beginner non-buying completion time of: 3 years.

[law2831 3]

Well, I thought I'd give MM a chance since the "bugs" were supposedly fixed.

For some odd reason I never got to play on a map I particularly liked.

In fact I got put into battles on maps I wouldn't have picked at all.

 

This MM crap is ridiculous.

You've managed to suck all the fun out of playing Tanki.

[jjg_the_dark 455]

I am starting to see a trend in the battles I play, for the first battle of each session (every time I start up the client), I will suffer FPS drops for the first 2 or 3 minutes of the very first match, and so do others. For the rest of the battle and any other battles I play, I don't have any extraordinary (I have a potato PC) FPS drops. 

 

Current fix list:

-more conservative displayed avg wait time

-allow us to do other things while waiting

-suspend Finish Top 3 mission for the time being

-make it so players will not be thrown into battles in last 2 minutes or

--DM if any player has 90 kills or more

--TDM any side is above 90 kills

--CTF if any side has 6 flags

--CP is any side is at 40 or more points

-ASL is any side s at 85 points or more

--RGB same as CTF

This will put an end to the time-wasting of putting players into matches that are about to end. TX has this mechanic, except it is botched because it won't send in new players if the battle if there are less than 5 minutes on the clock, basically damning any team that happens to suffer from desertion.

 

jjg, you are beyond reason. I'll ignore the failure to decide between sarcasm and genuine speech, but your take on containers is just pure bull-poo. the numbers speak otherwise.

Bozo

you name says it all. I rest my case. I guess you must be a true Bozo in real life to ignore the complains from the majority of the players. But then again Soviet style dictatorships are for sheep like you.  Always towing the party line and trying to defend something as atrocious as this. As i can see from your fix list even you will admit that this is something that not too much thought went into it. 

[NastyCaptKlutz 20]

This game has become unbalanced, please put it back the way it was, Matchmaking is a hopeless system, your algorithm is flawed.

[jjg_the_dark 455]

This game has become unbalanced, please put it back the way it was, Matchmaking is a hopeless system, your algorithm is flawed.

Nah, Bozo88 says otherwise! It is the best update so far! But then again, with a name like Bozo do not expect much.

The more I think about drones the more I think they are another stupid mechanic to buffalo us out of hard earned crystals and waste our time.

Hey Bozo, the drones update will be the best ever! Just like MM!

[bozo88 450]

Nah, Bozo88 says otherwise! It is the best update so far! But then again, with a name like Bozo do not expect much.

Hey Bozo, the drones update will be the best ever! Just like MM!

lol

[jjg_the_dark 455]

 

My suggestion is to vote.

Only with two options. Yes or no.

Yes, for those who agree with the changes and no for us, the opposition.

If you agree with my proposal, take this photo after your post.

 

Vote? Are you kidding? There was never a vote in the Soviet Union of Tanki and it will never be. Stalin aka Hazel Rah will banish you to the Siberian Gulag for suggesting such a democratic idea. After all, he knows what's best for you!

[Bilel.Super.3 0]

Sorry that is bad update 

[Viking4s 10,791]

CP is NOT fixed!  Points should be shared on a joint capture no matter the number of points in a game not just when there are three points or less.  Simply divide the points.

It works now on map where it didn't work before.  I just did a CP game on Aleksandrovsk (3 CPs), and one 2 hours ago on Tribute (3 CPs) and it worked for me - I got 25 battle points for capping every time.

 

Please specify which map you experienced the issue.

 

7 control points: Highways

5 control points: Brest, Desert, Iran, Future, Industrial Zone, Kungur, Massacre, Osa, Rio, Serpuhov, Solikamsk, Wolfenstein, Yorkshire.

3 control points: Aleksandrovsk, Barda, Bridges, Highland, Polygon, Red Alert, Silence, Tribute, Year 2042

[Hancho 3,902]

Tried MM system for the 2nd time and it was awful. 

[Gico 19]

The update is so bad it can't be real. Please give us back the "Continue" function so we can play again in the same map with the same teams. That was one of the funniest thing in tanki, playing more battles with the same people.

I also want to choose the map. Often I just want to play a specific map. Because some maps are infested by heavy druggers with twins or magnum campers. Those really ruin a lot of battles and maps.

[zira_fluff 12]

Okay, so on the plus side with this update:    I've haven't seen a mult yet - I greatly disliked intentional mults.

 

The choice of map being taken away was a bit harsh though.

 

I've idea that could  possibly be an acceptable compromise:

 

What if we had a further selection of map type ?

 

Small/Medium/Large. 

 

This way people with limited garages can choose the map mode and map size.

 

For example, one of my alts is Rail focused - I would not choose small map and deathmatch !

I would possibly choose medium large map and any of the map modes.

 

Better choice of map or a map size selection would be better than what we have now.

 

Thanks.

Edited May 31, 2018 by zira_fluff