Drones, Batteries and Modules Update

[Pyre 3,485]

I don't see a problem with the prices of batteries.

No one is forcing you to use or buy them.

The issue is that buyers can spam them and non-buyers have to spend crystals on them, UNLESS we get them in chain rewards.

 

Yes they are! They are giving me batteries for my modules they are taking without paying me for. That is just wrong but you will never convince tanki to do any different. Tanki does not care one iota about the players.

Bruh, you will have the same protection either way.

[xX.GoldBox.Xx 176]

in my opinion Assault drone is the best <3

Edited June 3, 2018 by xX.GoldBox.Xx

[LittleWillie 3,199]

a battery costs 300 crystals... and it's 1 battery per minute... so 3K for every 10 minute battle!? wow... most buyers are gonna realise their wealth isn't infinite as they think :ph34r:

Yes this can test a wallet if you are a spender.  But realistically it does not sound like drones will be active for 10 minutes out of 10 in battle.  Proabably more like 2 to 4 is my guess.

 

Does this mean 10 batteries for every standard battle every time, or 1 battery for every minute when the drone is actually deployed?

 

Thanks. That's good news for those, who complained about drones obstructing the view :P

 

Would be nice to know the price, but I guess we'll find out tomorrow.

1 battery per minute the drone is active.

 

My opinion

 

1. Drones are something else that I have to fool with. If I am in battle and my drone battery runs out then what? What if I don't want to use a drone?

 

2. Drones are something else I have to buy for, which I am sure is tanki's main purpose.

 

3. And ESPECIALLY I don't like 3 sections in the module. That is totally unfair to the older players who have legacy modules. What happens to them and especially what about all the money I spent buying and upgrading them. I am NOT going to be happy with getting batteries for all the money I spent!

Do no equip it if you do not want to use it.

 

Drones are the new development path for garage-builders. Some players like garage-building.  Modules used to be a development path, but in the new system it will not take too terribly long to max out all 14 modules.  So drones provide that more open-ended development path.

 

Your 4-way modules were not as big an advantage in the old system as you think. As far as being "bling" yeah you are losing the bling. It would not have matteed to me anyway.

 

If you are not happy you are not happy. I invested a lot into my modules too. Myself I am happy to know I get some return on my redundant investments. 

[Specialist 13]

lets see...

[Musty9 51]

I went to the test server to try out the drone but every account I make is a recruit so I cant try it. Does anybody know how to increase your rank on the test server and have more crystals to try out the drones?

[LittleWillie 3,199]

That is why the big question is whether Batteries will be as ubiquitous in mission rewards and containers as SB and DA, or as rare as RK.

In daily missions and in the weekly bonus payouts the cost ration of 3:1 is maintained.  You gt 3DD, 3DA, 3SU and 3Mines for every 1RK.  But in containers the 3:1 ratio is more like 5:3.  That is, Containers are more generous with the RKs than the rest of th game.

 

We will soon see how and if that applies to Batteries.

 

they are converting modules to batteries so... the crystals people spent to MU those modules will become spent on batteries instead..

 

That is basically forcing you to buy the farting batteries

 

 

 

No it is giving you something for your sunk investment outlays instead of giving you nothing.  If you never buy a drone you will never use a battery,. No one is forcing you to use drones. Just like no one forces any player to mount a protection module today.  You are forced to use a hull and turrent but that is it.

[romanreing 2]

good atleast some good updates after match making

[Shaftermath 185]

A question every Shaft wants to know...

 

Can we shoot down enemy drones?

[railguniz4noobz 2,394]

No it is giving you something for your sunk investment outlays instead of giving you nothing.  If you never buy a drone you will never use a battery,. No one is forcing you to use drones. Just like no one forces any player to mount a protection module today.  You are forced to use a hull and turrent but that is it.

You aren't forced to upgrade your turret and hull. You aren't forced to try to win battles. You aren't forced to play the game.

[GuidoFawkes 2,361]

No it is giving you something for your sunk investment outlays instead of giving you nothing.  If you never buy a drone you will never use a battery,. No one is forcing you to use drones. Just like no one forces any player to mount a protection module today.  You are forced to use a hull and turrent but that is it.

go back and trace my reply to where it started.

 

It started about complaining about the price of batteries... so if the price was lower I'd be getting more of them from those investments.

 

I agree that no one is forcing me to use them... i never commented about that part

[sharjeel_777 987]

Nice!

[Levi 611]

What if i have 3 modules with 50% protection from Railgun ?

I will get batteries for the other 2 modules ?

[Pathfinder 1,690]

go back and trace my reply to where it started.

 

It started about complaining about the price of batteries... so if the price was lower I'd be getting more of them from those investments.

 

I agree that no one is forcing me to use them... i never commented about that part

Yes, from the price I doubt getting free supplies from missions will be sustainable (we will see). In addition, we should not forget that what we get in batteries, we get less of in other supplies. I suspect we will in effect, be "forced" to buy to remain competitive in this game. Tanki is already expensive enough to play and this is not what we need.

[StuG.III 2]

Can we turn off drones in Pro battles ?

[Holy.Hero 402]

I have so many protections M4 what will happen to them? , Do I need to upgrade again single protections to mix it with other?

The old legendary modules will be removed, but the new ones will be upgraded as it is for now. For example, in the new Lion T-B Module you have twins 49% it will be 49% as a single module as well.

 

Correct me if I am wrong.

[megladon12 11]

1. Drones are literally just another type of drug except more expensive and less effective.

2. We should have been able to switch modules out from the beginning, it's pretty damn late now because I'm sure everyone already faced this problem and had to pay more just to switch out one protection type.

 

I swear I don't know why I keep expecting updates to be good and not just make another way for players to spend money on stupid crap that people who pay can buy a ton of and win every battle. The only good updates I've been seeing (I.E. mission chains, module separation, players who fight the best win a good reward no matter what team they are in) are things that should have been there from the beginning, but we can't even seem to get that without a catch:

 

1. Mission chains no longer kick you back a whole week, but now it's harder to complete missions thanks to matchmaking.

2. Module separation is extremely useful, especially to me as I have legacy protection modules that I still use but not as effectively as I could if I spend an extra 250k, but now we have to deal with a new type of drug that people are sure to spam the hell out of to get #1 in every battle, and, in turn I now have to spend crystals to keep up.

3. You get a decent reward if you play well, but now you can't see the battlefund, and you can't choose which team you're part of (granted, the old system was absolutely horrible, and probably worse than matchmaking is now.).

 

Also, if Tanki devs didn't know that people prefer the old mechanics post matchmaking update, they wouldn't have locked it behind another paywall in pro battles, this may not affect me, but probably is a big thing for a lot of lower ranks who don't make that much crystals, and who can't afford to drug every battle, and if at some point we actually get to complete missions in pro battles, I'm sure Tanki is going to come up with an extra mechanic that makes things worse/more difficult to compensate for it.

 

I do really miss when updates actually introduced mechanics into the game without making another way to spend money, I believe the last time that happened was before the rebalance of 2015. It seems we're spiraling down a hole that will only end with this game becoming a complete cash grab. At this point, I'd rather pay money to buy the game out right and not have to deal with EA-like microtransactions thrown in my face all the time. To me, the game is not lost to money just yet, as I've seen FTP games turn into that, but it's going to end up there pretty damn soon at this pace.

[Tanki_PROS 48]

https://youtu.be/NiF2BZq1LDs

[Furious 81]

Will I get crystals refund for my current modules and their upgrades?

[LittleWillie 3,199]

You aren't forced to upgrade your turret and hull. You aren't forced to try to win battles. You aren't forced to play the game.

And as we see from this posting, one is not forced to have a point in order to write something.

 

MY poitn was this: TO is giving players some return on their redundant protection investments instead of nothing.  You either think this is true or you do not. Now ... do you have anything real to contribute?

 

Yes, from the price I doubt getting free supplies from missions will be sustainable (we will see). In addition, we should not forget that what we get in batteries, we get less of in other supplies. I suspect we will in effect, be "forced" to buy to remain competitive in this game. Tanki is already expensive enough to play and this is not what we need.

There is no reason to claim supplies will be zero sum.  I fully expect all weekly supply payouts to be the same as now with just batteries added. I fully DO NOT expect to see the other supplies reduced in the same number / value as batteries added.

 

If battery supply levels are proportional to the other supplies daily mission players will have no problem competing with buyers from a resources standpoint.

 

go back and trace my reply to where it started.

 

It started about complaining about the price of batteries... so if the price was lower I'd be getting more of them from those investments.

 

I agree that no one is forcing me to use them... i never commented about that part

I see what you mean.  Well the alternative is TO could give players nothing at all for the redundant protection investments. So I do not see reason for complaints. But as you say you are in the middle of a thread I have not read in full.  So ... ciao.

[Kalyan 11]

[MM01.ro 0]

In my opinion, you will continue to destroy this game. It was happened with Tanki X, everyone was waiting for a super game but eventually a rough cartoon came out. Why do not you try to hire a manager with vision not a beginner, it is money, your money, not mine. For me it's simple, I'm looking for another game, it's going to be worse for you. I'm glad I was able to play the beautiful version of the game,until now.

[Tiger97_tanki 0]

I only got two questions, what will be the price of buying one protection module and the cost of upgrading a module?

[EternalGlory 84]

game will be over 95% pay to win after tommorow. Only legends with very resources can countinue enjoying themselves. Now they play with major ranks, will have very batteries also and they are not satisfied too. Than imagine how players in other rank will be satisfied ... Sadly but this game will die soon !

Edited June 3, 2018 by EternalGlory

[a7x_Pedro48 13,999]

1 battery costs 300 crystals.
Drones use 1 battery per minute.
 
:o :o :o :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
Basically, 2000, 2800 crystals per battle :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[ZivOfficial 290]

Will we able to use/equip all drones in the battle?