Drones, Batteries and Modules Update

[wolverine848 13,097]

wow - That is news to me - but I can only play late.

It's a good thing they removed madness map.  :ph34r:

Another way to reduce our crystals?

 

They giveth with one hand and taketh away with the other?

 

I love that promotion blurb you see on loading screens.... "And if your tank flips over, just press self-destruct and you can re-spawn to continue fighting"... or something to that effect.  Of course... the negative effects are not promoted. ;)

[Hancho 3,902]

The only enjoyable changes of this updates are the modules because I can combine any turret I want to be protected from. Although, the prices of a single module is way too much but thinking outside the box - if it was cheap, everybody would buy it without any problem - so, the prices of the modules balances the game-play a bit. 

 

I've created new alt account and the prices for a single module is 5k which is not even bad at all but paying 250k (150k with 50% sale) is really a lot and the protection against any turret barely has any affect because I still get 1 shot by railgun 10/20 with 50% protection equipped. 

[Viking4s 10,791]

Another way to reduce our crystals?

 

They giveth with one hand and taketh away with the other?

 

I love that promotion blurb you see on loading screens.... "And if your tank flips over, just press self-destruct and you can re-spawn to continue fighting"... or something to that effect.  Of course... the negative effects are not promoted. ;)

The crystals generated by the actions during the battles are not affected by the self-destruction - neither your experience points (in the green bar).

 

Only your battle points (BP) shown on the scoreboard will be affected, you will get less crystals compared to your teammates that didn't self-destructed. I guess it penalises the player that drives like noob, however this can increase multing. 

 

On the other hand a lot more crystals have been generated per battle with the new system - so you better not drive in a pit.

[wolverine848 13,097]

The crystals generated by the actions during the battles are not affected by the self-destruction - neither your experience points (in the green bar).

 

Only your battle points (BP) shown on the scoreboard will be affected, you will get less crystals compared to your teammates that didn't self-destructed. I guess it penalises the player that drives like noob, however this can increase multing. 

 

On the other hand a lot more crystals have been generated per battle with the new system - so you better not drive in a pit.

Alright... payout per battle not affected - just individual awards.  10 pts though seems a bit harsh.. no?

 

Not just noobs driving into pits / off cliffs... coughlagcough  :mellow:

[igor1325 17]

I think this is unfair to the people who spent a lot of crystals on upgrading their old modules. some guy that bought every protection for 50 k is a legend now while others (me for example) that were upgrading africa to maximum (and many other protection modules too) but didn't have protections again all turrets are very unlucky now. I think you should refund all crystals and delete all modules from the garage. I would have many more M3+ turrets and hulls If i would now this awful update is coming. now I released that It was a waste of crystals and my time for playing and upgrading protection modules. Also now everyone will be in garage changing their protection combination instead of playing. 

[wolverine848 13,097]

I think this is unfair to the people who spent a lot of crystals on upgrading their old modules. some guy that bought every protection for 50 k is a legend now while others (me for example) that were upgrading africa to maximum (and many other protection modules too) but didn't have protections again all turrets are very unlucky now. I think you should refund all crystals and delete all modules from the garage. I would have many more M3+ turrets and hulls If i would now this awful update is coming. now I released that It was a waste of crystals and my time for playing and upgrading protection modules. Also now everyone will be in garage changing their protection combination instead of playing. 

Yeah - the conversion was not explained well before the change - which would have helped some.  And the way they did the conversion some people benefited a lot (buying all the single modules) while others lost out (those with multiples of same protection).

 

For me...

Pro:

- Have (some) coverage for all turrets

- can now make any combo needed

Con:

- will cost a lot to finish upgrading my modules

- received no compensation (either batteries or boost to < 50 protections) for my duplicate protections

- as of now spending time in garage (and sometimes getting booted) takes away from the already short 10 min battles

 

They did not implement the change the way we were led to believe.

[terrierist1967 34]

Tried two drones - and they really don't seem to help that much!  I would have hoped for something far more effective. 

[Bydo 20,120]

This needs to go or be placed with the drugs row.. its a distraction to the  eye and interferes in battles.. also I take it this is still a issue with scores in team battles? also limit the players in group battles or only keep them in pro battles.. too many battles for only one sided games. this was a issue even before MM game came into play and still never changed..

 

 

Edited June 5, 2018 by Bydo

[Dliver 436]

Well, the theft has been done.They've taken everything you built up and given you batteries. Though, I have to admit the new module protection scheme is a good idea that should have been done a long time ago. Say, when the paint and protection split took place in July of 2016. In fact This was my post on July 20, 2016  when I wrote this in the forum discussion about the Paint Separation Update :

 

If you really want to do what you said you were trying to do, that is give us freedom of choice, first of all do what you did when you re-balanced the game awhile back. Refund all the crystals spent on paint (not including speedup costs) and start from zero and let everyone rebuild with the new system. Then sell empty modules and let us fill them with what we want. Let us upgrade each protection separately then place them in the module. Set a limit on the maximum  that each protection in the module can have. For example maximum protection in the single slot module 60% (Anyone willing to run around basically naked to everything else should be rewarded). Double and triple slot modules 50%. Then you could even add a 4 slot module at 35% or 40% maximum, or even more modules with lower protection levels. Of course all dependent on maintaining game balance.

 

Then individual protections could be micro upgraded to 60% (the proposed maximum of single slot module) then when placed in a module it would automatically be adjusted to the max of that module if it's protection level is over that amount. Otherwise, if it is below that max then it would just stay at that level. So then each person would have the freedom to customize their protections to exactly what they feel they need for each battle by removing or adding specific protections that fit what they are facing.

 

If you had put in such a simple system (even without the refund) I think people would have been more open to it. All you had to do was do what you said you were going to do instead of putting in the complicated monstrosity that you did.  What people hate is being forced to buy certain protections over and over again with other protections that just don't make sense. To see all their hard work and effort be devalued tremendously.  If you really want to make us happy and have us stay then do updates that make sense. Make it simple, make sure it allows real choice and is affordable.

 

Now they might not have gone with the complete suggestion but the update with modules follows the basic premise I and others put forth back then. To bad they had to wait til now to do it. More people may have stuck around. Also too bad they had to mess it up with the way they implemented the drone roll out too. I'm still undecided about drones. I see potential, but the anti-supply guys have to be fuming over this one. Also the way they ripped us off by giving us batteries instead of crystals. This basically forces you to buy drones (and probably spend money) if you want to see any benefit from those batteries. Why didn't they just reimburse us with crystals so we could spend them the way we want? Why not? Because it's just the same as it was back when the paint separation  took place in 2016. They don't want you to have a choice. It's the only way that they, in their minds, can be assured that the drones have any possibility of success. In order to do that they have to force us to buy drones if we want to benefit from all those wonderful batteries.  So once again we see bad decision making on the part of Pony Tail Boy and the Dev's. This one might have been a total success but they had to ruin it by getting greedy.

[Viking4s 10,791]

Alright... payout per battle not affected - just individual awards.  10 pts though seems a bit harsh.. no?

 

Not just noobs driving into pits / off cliffs... coughlagcough  :mellow:

You destroy an enemy tank you get 10 Battle Points (BP). One could say that if you destroy your own tank you should remove the same amount o BP. That would seemed logic and a fair point.

The dev did recalculated all the battle points for each positive action of the game, and seemed to have missed that negative action.

They have not communicated on the other changes either. The value that are circulating are done/estimated by players - no details were officially provided and they could still change upon review

 

 

[TaffyTank 1,890]

Do drones automatically un-equip at the end of battle. I got one but haven't used it yet and will only be using it if needed in certain situations and modes. No need to waste batteries at the start of battles or in easy battles.

 

Ideally I'd like to be able to equip mine when needed then it un-equips automatically at the end of battle, less hassle for me.

[Guest]

this NOT fair for old players, we want our crystals back from legacy modules not by batteries,  we free to do what ever we want with our crystals .

LGC modules weren't fair for new players either. 

[ORPU 119]

Reward for week 8 chain. 8 Batteries.
 

Edited June 5, 2018 by ORPU

[ORPU 119]

LGC modules weren't fair for new players either. 

Still. Old players are veteran, they were here at the beginning of the game, they deserve something. But devs took away everything from veterans. Rare paints, LGC modules...

[a7x_Pedro48 13,999]

At Staff Sergent, the reward wor week 8 is 4 batteries.

 

[GuidoFawkes 2,361]

Still. Old players are veteran, they were here at the beginning of the game, they deserve something. But devs took away everything from veterans. Rare paints, LGC modules...

veterans my arse! old palyers are old players... this isn't the state army. They did not risk their lives to protect us... they did not work for us... all they did was start playing this game early...

[troyc 11]

 

Hey Tanki, 

I had 14 M3 Triple Modules with upgrades and got NO BATTERIES ?? what the heck ?? PLEASE FIX or take another look NIVES and Development team.  I am very upset.  wow..

 

Thanks,

troyc

Edited June 5, 2018 by Ninja
Please do not quote the entire announcement.

[Hancho 3,902]

veterans my arse! old palyers are old players... this isn't the state army. They did not risk their lives to protect us... they did not work for us... all they did was start playing this game early...

I mean it's kinda true...I'm here since 2012 and I don't feel special at all nor I should be. I've just started early that's all. 

[Matt_Black 203]

I need to rank up faster not slower, Most of my garage is at 100% and the rest is not far off. still got a gazillion exp to go to unlock them.

[Ninja 10,468]

Hey Tanki, 

I had 14 M3 Triple Modules with upgrades and got NO BATTERIES ?? what the heck ?? PLEASE FIX or take another look NIVES and Development team.  I am very upset.  wow..

 

Thanks,

troyc

Batteries were compensated based on the crystal value of your old modules.

 

14 M3 triple modules would cost 3.5M crystals. Now you should have 14 of the new modules in your garage which also total 3.5M crystals. Micro upgrade costs are also transferred to the new modules. Therefore no battery compensation is applied.

[r_Issimo2 1,495]

has said that many more players have requested for Drones to stay than those that want it removed.

 

My question is, where are those players that requested for Drones to stay?

 

I request Drones to be removed.

[DestroyerPRFG 0]

Awesome update!  :)  :)  :)

[Ramarrone 8]

AS soon as the 10th MU step on an m2 item finishes, you can "buy" the m3 version at a "cost" of zero Cry.

Thank you!!

[sezze100 416]

has said that many more players have requested for Drones to stay than those that want it removed.

My question is, where are those players that requested for Drones to stay?

I request Drones to be removed.

Where was the vote ??

Personally , the drones .. not my thing and not interested in it . People want it ... upto them , if its my choice my vote is out but i can stand them as long as they dont overtake the game .

The MM nobody stated that people want this ... on the contrary ... much more people in the game do not like it and do not want it . But all they say is like " it is needed " .

Both answers are basically the same ... oh not too many complaints ... much more people like it so we introduce it  or oh people do not want it but we dont give we gonna do it anyway .

Since no votes are questioned ... every answer is correct and they do what they like . But its still my choice if i pay and play or not also ... and they can never ever take that choice from me .

Edited June 5, 2018 by Viking4s
Kindly refrain from writing profanities

[wolverine848 13,097]

Reward for week 8 chain. 8 Batteries.

 

 

So... maybe 2 or 3 battles worth?  :D   Then ya gotta start forking out 300 crystals per use?  :D :lol:

 

Guess you won't be buying a drone anytime soon.