Why Tanki has lost players?

[Amagi 1,728]

about 2-3 year ago 50k player online was normal site but today even on holidays celebrations it is hard to see even 45k. Don't you think this is because of many unwanted updates and constant ignoring majority voice that force them to leave?

It might've been, but maybe advertising was also a factor.

 

Back when Flash games were still popular (circa 2010-2011), Miniclip used to have these Tanki Online ads (I think, my memory is pretty hazy), and seeing a 3d game run on flash of all things BLEW my mind as a kid, so I hopped on to it and I think a lot of the older players here did as well. Perhaps the fact that TO cut its ads and flash games in general declined in popularity over the years may have contributed to the declining player count. 

 

Perhaps people left simply because they're tired of the game, or because of the updates; maybe both...mere statistics can't answer this. Things aren't always so black and white. 

[Desty 275]

Without players, there'd be no game and the developers would be out of a job. So fact of the matter is that they have to care one way or another. After all, it's in their interest to attract and keep players.

Yet, that is wrong approach. 

 

-Main reason the game is dying is the lack of communication between devs and community. There are no polls for voting! How are devs making decision that vulcan needs buff or nerf? Players feel that all updates are being pushed in terms to generate more revenue. After every update/rebalance some turret is overly OP, many of us feel that this is intentional to make players to buy it.

 

-Constant rebalances is second biggest reason people are leaving. Free to play players do not have stock of 1m+ crystals to buy yet another turret and MU it after their main turret was nerfed.

 

-Social influence from promoters. And by that I mean people who are creating tanki online vids. Less and less videos are being produced daily, barely any good ones available in youtube. 

 

The game needs better leader, someone who would bring community together. Obviously Tanki Online office is happy, because they most likely quadtrippled their revenue compared to 2015(due to all you can buy nowadays), but in next coming years, this will be short lived. If player count will drop as it has dropped past 2 years, there will be barely 5 thousand online. 

[u812ic 1,629]

 

Yet, that is wrong approach. 

 

-Main reason the game is dying is the lack of communication between devs and community. There are no polls for voting! How are devs making decision that vulcan needs buff or nerf? Players feel that all updates are being pushed in terms to generate more revenue. After every update/rebalance some turret is overly OP, many of us feel that this is intentional to make players to buy it.

 

-Constant rebalances is second biggest reason people are leaving. Free to play players do not have stock of 1m+ crystals to buy yet another turret and MU it after their main turret was nerfed.

 

-Social influence from promoters. And by that I mean people who are creating tanki online vids. Less and less videos are being produced daily, barely any good ones available in youtube. 

 

The game needs better leader, someone who would bring community together. Obviously Tanki Online office is happy, because they most likely quadtrippled their revenue compared to 2015(due to all you can buy nowadays), but in next coming years, this will be short lived. If player count will drop as it has dropped past 2 years, there will be barely 5 thousand online.

 

I've already seen it drop down around 1500. The tutorials on YT are outdated.

Edited November 30, 2018 by u812ic

[Guest]

I've already seen it drop down around 1500. The tutorials on YT are outdated.

All what you can find these days are stupid game-killing RTL accounts making new players quit.

[loginci 877]

Because people grow up, many people started this game at their 12-13 and they are 20-21 now. They got things to do in RL, as well as they can't earn many crystals anymore, which means they cannot get a good garage. Imagine, you don't have much time to play Tanki and you need 500k for one M4, interesting.

[Michael828 816]

New players aren't coming at a rate fast enough to overcome the leaving players, and new players have to deal with drugging kit buyers.. not quite an incentive to keep playing!

 

 

I actually believe the main reason it is losing players is not due to the bad updates or being mostly P2W (although they do contribute), but probably due to this genre of games in particular losing their appeal, and competition from other popular games like Fortnite/PUBG.

 

 

There are games with much worse P2W features, Tanki has its flaws but also has its good stuff. The fun factor is what keeps me playing it.

[FrozenRailgun 1,771]

Shaft could make short work of the beat up interlopers.  Not anymore.  Drones restore health and charge for doing damage, thus you can build up OD, while dishing out damage, and ignore damage taken in the process, no attrition involved, so long as you keep dishing it out.

This has to stop, and while I'm always the one that says just leave it alone, but don't mess the game up anymore, these drones, the new ones, THEY HAVE TO GO, just have to.  

 

And some of the new alterations!  "Waaannnnhhhh, mommy, the Shaft sniped me again, they need a laser to I can find them."  But Smokey, the auto-cannon thingy, smokey snipe with it, no telling where it came from, and that's just one little example,  Add these drones to those alterations, and lots of drugs and batteries, and something has gone terribly wrong.

 

I don't mind losing to a team that has more resources, but I can't stand just being shot to death over and over, right out the gate.  Someone fix Tanki, PLEASE.

Shaft's buff on reload is ok. I do agree with you on the drones: Alternativa should remove them. I went to your profile and I have to say, you rarely drug than I do.

 

Thing triggers me:

 

1: A non-Shafter using Shaft protection while me as a Shaft Hornet, only uses Shaft defence. I have to the cat chasing mouse game on backfiring someone's defence on my turret and it's pissing me off.

 

2: Drones. Why Alternativa why?! Why would you add fricking drones! Itz for noobz!

 

3: Drugging. I do admit that my drugging behavior in the game.....

Edited December 3, 2018 by FrozenRailgun

[FogOfWar_XXX 793]

Shaft's buff on reload is ok. I do agree with you on the drones: Alternativa should remove them. I went to your profile and I have to say, you rarely drug than I do.

 

Thing triggers me:

 

1: A non-Shafter using Shaft protection while me as a Shaft Hornet, only uses Shaft defence. I have to the cat chasing mouse game on backfiring someone's defence on my turret and it's pissing me off.

 

2: Drones. Why Alternativa why?! Why would you add fricking drones! Itz for noobz!

 

3: Drugging. I do admit that my drugging behavior in the game.....

 

While you're grasp of English is good, and kudos for the attempt, I apologize, but I could not quite understand your #1 point.

[FrozenRailgun 1,771]

While you're grasp of English is good, and kudos for the attempt, I apologize, but I could not quite understand your #1 point.

Thanks mate! You deserve a cookie for that! And I'm Mandarin Chinese btw.

 

Let me rephrase #1: It's not fair when a Railgun (for example and I don't have Railgun) using Shaft protection while I do not have Railgun protection (even I do) to backfire him/her.

 

My reaction: Fair to him/her, but not fair to me.

 

My turret-hull combination is identical to yours except I only pair them with Eagle module. You use Firebird, Vulcan and Hammer protection. 

 

You see, it's easier for the population of tankers in this server to recover easier since there's no additional requirement.

 

Chinese server however, it's a lot more hard to do so. 

 

You need your REAL goverment name and Chinese Identification Card number (you have be AT LEAST 18 AND be a Chinese citizen).

 

This picture will prove my point.

 

https://imgur.com/a/x3Z7Loh

[FogOfWar_XXX 793]

Thanks mate! You deserve a cookie for that! And I'm Mandarin Chinese btw.

 

Let me rephrase #1: It's not fair when a Railgun (for example and I don't have Railgun) using Shaft protection while I do not have Railgun protection (even I do) to backfire him/her.

 

My reaction: Fair to him/her, but not fair to me.

 

My turret-hull combination is identical to yours except I only pair them with Eagle module. You use Firebird, Vulcan and Hammer protection. 

 

You see, it's easier for the population of tankers in this server to recover easier since there's no additional requirement.

 

Chinese server however, it's a lot more hard to do so. 

 

You need your REAL goverment name and Chinese Identification Card number (you have be AT LEAST 18 AND be a Chinese citizen).

 

This picture will prove my point.

 

https://imgur.com/a/x3Z7Loh

I don't want to cause you any grief, so I won't comment on how I FEEL about needing a GOVERNMENT ID to play a game, but, IF YOU DO have a working ID, what do the requirement of it mean in terms of being able to play and recover?  I mean, as long as you CAN log in, you have access to everything like everyone else right?  You're garage is not monitored and limited by the Party I would assume.

[GorgoBlesk 831]

You're garage is not monitored and limited by the Party I would assume.

Party Hard!

 

Imagine that you are playing Tanki and a Chinese commando breaks your door and says: "Hands up!"

 

"What did I do?"

 

"You are accused of using England paint! England is our enemy!"

[FogOfWar_XXX 793]

Party Hard!

 

Imagine that you are playing Tanki and a Chinese commando breaks your door and says: "Hands up!"

 

"What did I do?"

 

"You are accused of using England paint! England is our enemy!"

Dude.  I would run with this, but, I don't want to cause this guy any trouble.  If he gets a lot of propaganda, they might pull his account.  That said, I am laughing my ass off right now.

[FrozenRailgun 1,771]

I don't want to cause you any grief, so I won't comment on how I FEEL about needing a GOVERNMENT ID to play a game, but, IF YOU DO have a working ID, what do the requirement of it mean in terms of being able to play and recover?  I mean, as long as you CAN log in, you have access to everything like everyone else right?  You're garage is not monitored and limited by the Party I would assume.

My garage? It's in this server. I can't play in Chinese server.....

Dude.  I would run with this, but, I don't want to cause this guy any trouble.  If he gets a lot of propaganda, they might pull his account.  That said, I am laughing my ass off right now.

Mate, I'm not even close to get in trouble. I don't even have a Chinese server account.

Party Hard!

 

Imagine that you are playing Tanki and a Chinese commando breaks your door and says: "Hands up!"

 

"What did I do?"

 

"You are accused of using England paint! England is our enemy!"

Um.... even I am using England paint, there's no way a Chinese commando will do that.

Edited December 6, 2018 by FrozenRailgun

[FogOfWar_XXX 793]

My garage? It's in this server. I can't play in Chinese server.....

Mate, I'm not even close to get in trouble. I don't even have a Chinese server account.

Um.... even I am using England paint, there's no way a Chinese commando will do that.

Glad to hear you aren't too oppressed then.  Why can't you play on the Chinese server?  Isn't that why they have one, to force people to use it only?

[FrozenRailgun 1,771]

Glad to hear you aren't too oppressed then.  Why can't you play on the Chinese server?  Isn't that why they have one, to force people to use it only?

Because I don't have Chinese Identification card yet, I have to be 18 to get it. Glad I'm still Chinese citizen though.

 

Yeah, I can use my mom's, but I don't want to bring additional issues.

 

Reason why it requires ID is to tackle game fraud, real life threats, threating someone in real life etc...