Matchmaking, Turret Balance changes

[r_Nives5 15,148]

 
Tankers!
 
With the morning restart tomorrow, 02:00 UTC September 6th the long-awaited improvements will come to Matchmaking, Smoky and Striker will receive balance changes, and other, smaller changes will be added to the game.
 
Let’s go over all parts of the update:
 
Matchmaking Improvements

• Matchmaking will find battles for solo players faster, and the prediction accuracy for the wait time will increase. Situations where the actual waiting time is much longer than the estimated wait time will disappear. 
• Rank limits will be added to Battle Groups: all players in the group must be 5 ranks below or above the group’s creator.
  • Example: if your rank is Third Lieutenant, players in your group can be from Warrant Officer 1 to Lieutenant Colonel.
• Friend List:
  • When a friend is playing in a MM battle, next to their name in the Friend List will be written “In battle”.
  • When a friend is in a battle group, next to their nickname in the Friend List will be added “In battle group”.
  • Now it will be possible to invite friends into battle groups even if they are in battle at that moment. If the player agrees to join the group, they will leave battle and join the battle group.

 

PRO-Battle List Changes

• Next to custom battle names in Battle List you will now see the names of maps, so it will be easier to find your favorite map.
• Battles in the list will be sorted by the time of creation, in a descending order. This way, the new battles will always be at the top of the list.

 

Turret Balance Changes
 
Smoky

Smoky will become more viable in a long range fight. To do this, we will slightly increase its critical damage and the maximum hit range, and significantly increase turret’s effectiveness at middle-to-long range, so the damage fall off will be noticeably weaker and will start at a longer range than now.
 
Striker

Missile-launcher turret will receive a small improvement to the target acquiring time and the speed of rockets. The changes will affect the higher modifications the most.

Other changes

• Added option to receive gifts from players that are not in your Friend List. To enable the option, please go to Settings.
• The “Battle!” button in the Battle List renamed to “Matchmaking”.
• Small changes to Matchmaking configurations for maps.
• The first “wave” of supply drops in battles will begin to drop significantly later than now -- close to 2 minutes after the battle starts, and not in about 40 seconds.

The full list of changes can be found in Patch Notes #525.
 
Launch the game on September 6th and share your thoughts on the update in this thread!

[Heles 9,220]

Nice

 

Lol, players can stop complaining about strikers getting some improvement

Edited September 5, 2018 by Heles

[Pyre 3,485]

Nice, the striker buff we all wanted. A little auto aim could have helped too, but o well, looks good.

[Hancho 3,902]

Smoky Buff. I like that. 

[PakZin 1]

Good :3

[r_WarHawk2 0]

isida should have its self-healing ability back

[Lana 5]

Good 

[Condensation 478]

Amazing! =)

[SporkZilla 1,775]

I'm hoping the Smoky buff isn't that big. I don't want a Smoky plague that rivals those of Freeze and Firebird.

 

(Smoky is my main turret)

[The_Specialist 7]

The battles Name is cool now we can find sandbox maps ezz

[9.S 180]

Isn't it going to be harder if Pro Battles are going to be arranged in descending order?

Edited September 5, 2018 by 9.S

[wolverine848 13,097]

Nice, the striker buff we all wanted. A little auto aim could have helped too, but o well, looks good.

I like the changes.  They mention battle-group rank limits, but don't see anything about narrowing MM rank limits though...

 

Smoky can come out of the garage now - was gathering dust.

 

Yes, some auto-aim for striker would have been nice.  Maybe the tweak on targeting time will make salvo actually usable.

[Hands_Up 0]

I have been thinking about suggesting the tanki staff to invite players into groups while they are in battle. It's like they read my mind. I feel like finally they got something right on my part. Good Job!! :)  

[BouDy 110]

I have been thinking about suggesting the tanki staff to invite players into groups while they are in battle. It's like they read my mind. I feel like finally they got something right on my part. Good Job!! :)  

Same , but when i was thinking on PRO battles names.

[D5S 1]

Nice:3

;)

[thethiefofvictory 339]

Say hello, OP Smoky M2 :ph34r:

 

Scary. I hope that doesn't happen. Good update, though!

[MultLegendarySkill 40]

balance for smoky what ._. smoky is to powerfull even now you should balance magnum and striker

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

Can we get percentages/numbers on both buffs, rather than "Improvements"?

[emrakul 7,801]

I like these. Almost nothing I dislike, and wow, changes to drops after start :X Sad to see there will be no free overdrive at the start of battle :( I loved to enter battle and rush to center for that orange box ;(

And heh, time to try out the new striker. Hopefully it will be as OP as freeze and fire after their balance :rolleyes:

[Adab 2,896]

Yay i can see gud updates! 

[Bydo 20,120]

PRO-Battle List Changes would this also effect clans .

seeing some have players lower ranks then them and want to go to battles to practice .. what then will happen..

 

also please remove the star pass in our garages from the last event.

 

 

The first “wave” of supply drops in battles will begin to drop significantly later than now -- close to 2 minutes after the battle starts, and not in about 40 seconds.

 

for this I can see more campers attacking players who are spawning  back into battles. this happened before and lots of players complained that this  did not work good. way too many attacks

 

also fix the GS system its not right to have XT items or paints added into the GS amounts.

Edited September 5, 2018 by Bydo

[S.h.a.d.o.w-04 12]

THIS IS  DUDE!

[Shaftermath 185]

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Small changes to Matchmaking configurations for maps.

 

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So what changes are you making to maps?  The Patch Notes #525 don't say.

[wolverine848 13,097]

THIS IS  DUDE!

which part?

[SporkZilla 1,775]

Say hello, OP Smoky M2 :ph34r:

 

Scary. I hope that doesn't happen. Good update, though!

I hope it doesn't happen either (I've got Smoky M2 at most WO ranks). I love Smoky, but I don't want it to become ubiquitous because everyone thinks it's OP.