Overdrives are here!

[ByeByeBye 1,747]

The addiction keeps me in the game, but I do have to stop playing this game at some point. I have to thank Tanki Management for slowly putting me off the game with the new update. It has turned into a silly arcade game.  

Also the Challenges are becoming too time consuming. I worry this can be an impact on a players health. I have mentioned it before, but Tanki Management do what they do best and ignore serious issues. 

I bet I've gained 20 pounds sitting on my butt playing Tanki over the last few years...and for what?  This piece of crap game we have now?  I stopped playing on this account ages ago since higher rank game-play is totally devoid of any fun what so ever.  I keep slugging away in the lower ranks with alt accounts and I've been asking myself WHY?  What is the point and where is the result/payoff?

 

Now maybe with this garbage update, even the lower ranks will become worthless and I will quit Tanki altogether.  It's a pointless game now...not much fun, no social contact, no teamwork, no camaraderie, just hack and bash and really no skill required.  This forum is the best part about Tanki now....and it is is really onlya place to vent frustration with the ruined game.

[Eithern 412]

Continuing what I said earlier, the tactical advantages of having all supplies activated on demand are far greater than that of these overdrives. When carrying a flag as a wasp, I do not wanna drop a bomb behind me while I am at 1 health and being shot at, I wanna get the repair kit from my overdrive.

 

I, along with many other players, enjoyed the camaraderie that the old version of overdrives brought. On one of my lower accounts, I was playing in a Yorkshire MM match as Smoky and Wasp. I found a good teammate (another Smoky/Wasp combo) and shared my overdrives with him. After the match, I sent him a friend request and he accepted, so we played some more matches together and were a pretty good team. With the new overdrive system, the only team-based overdrives are titan (whose overdrive isn't very often used for team benefit), hornet, (whose team affect is involuntary), and dictator (whose affects are the same as pre-update). Wasp, Hornet, Hunter, Viking, and Mammoth all have overdrives that are only for personal use [Yes, I know. Hunter can be an exception in some cases]. This makes the game more self centered and less about the team as a whole.

 

Those self centered overdrives are what is making this update receive the hate that it is. Well... that and the fact that some are way overpowered... *cough cough viking cough cough* If tanki were to make some of the hulls like Wasp, Hornet, Hunter, Viking, and Mammoth have some benefit to their teammates, I believe this update would be widely accepted with a few patches. A way to do this might be adding something different to Dictator, whose affect is the same as before, and adding supply activation to the others. 

 

It could even be changed so that different hulls give different supplies. Viking's OD could activate a double damage for any nearby teammates, Hornet's could activate a speed boost, Wasp's could activate one mine placement, Mammoth's could activate a Double Armor, and Hunter's could activate a repair kit. 

 

A simple change like this could make this update a lot more bearable. I know it would for me.

 

Developers, I hope you consider this change.

 

 

 

Players, Feel free to give any feedback on what I have said here.

Holy words!

[EHAM 0]

Everyone's talking about how OP viking's overdrive is but I m pretty sure mammoth's is the one

It has so much power it kills a titan with double armor and dome generator within 1 sec

Annnnnnnnnd all I see now is mammoths camping for golds and spamming their absolutely OP overdrives

If this update stays,then i ll quit this game cause it's not fun anymore

It's all about saving your overdrive and using it when a gold comes

Oh,and not to mention that mammoth can now survive the blast from a freaking meteorite(along with titan)

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This update is pure trash and unbalanced the game even more

Edited April 12, 2019 by EHAM

[Potdindy 866]

Everyone's talking about how OP viking's overdrive is but I m pretty sure mammoth's is the one

It has so much power it kills a titan with double armor and dome generator within 1 sec

Annnnnnnnnd all I see now is mammoths camping for golds and spamming their absolutely OP overdrives

If this update stays,then i ll quit this game cause it's not fun anymore

It's all about saving your overdrive and using it when a gold comes

Oh,and not to mention that mammoth can now survive the blast from a freaking meteorite

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This update is pure trash and unbalanced the game even more

You did just list the 3 strongest. I've seen Mamoths attacking in assault bc defenders can stop it. Titan has a good OD...I actually like it since the opponent can play around it. Viking is slow to charge but its like a bunch of insta kills when it goes.  Wasp OD takes to long for the bomb to go off, and the radius isnt that much so you drop it and people just move away from it

[Kill_the_Propaganda2 684]

I would fire/heal (give signal to) a titan/mammoth to active OD if enemies are firing at us.  Heavy hull users tend to keep fighting back instead of activating ODs.  With the new ODs, I can either be healed in Titan's dome or hide behind an invincible Mammoth while healing them at the same time.

 

For the Dictators, teammates will still force/argue/ask or taunt you to active OD :wacko: :wacko:

The players I've been playing with still bother me for my Hunter and my Mammoth's Overdrives.

 

And I keep seeing that players are conplaining and swearing about Hornet's Overdrive being "useless". This is what I mean about Tanki pandering to superficial players. They don't dig deeper, they just go off of what they see. The more you don't know, the better for Tanki.

[RBPenguin 12]

OK, OK, the trial is over...I do not know who tries these new ideas in Beta, but they are very bad resources for the overall game and what made it a great battle game.  Many of your past updates came out of Beta with accolades, but when brought live, dissapointed and hate.  Many of your long time players are complaining...."The game is no fun", "Its a joke", "its childish".  At what point in time do the developers listen to their followers and revert back to the game that many loved to play?

 

Tanki has created many talentless players that became addicted to the OD as it was, and now hate the new self centered OD.  It is time to remove OD from the game altogether and bring the skilled and strategic players back to the forefront.

The players I've been playing with still bother me for my Hunter and my Mammoth's Overdrives.

And I keep seeing that players are conplaining and swearing about Hornet's Overdrive being "useless". This is what I mean about Tanki pandering to superficial players. They don't dig deeper, they just go off of what they see. The more you don't know, the better for Tanki.

Many players who joined Tanki in the past year and a half, they do not know how good Tanki was.  They only know the cartoonish game that it is.

[ImEnde 9]

NICE !! there we go !!

So Mammoth won´t die from meteorite !! :) How can anybody say that overdrives are "BALANCED" ?!

Get a life !!

[wolverine848 13,097]

It is just so very frantic now.  It is only reaction and reaction at break-neck speed.  Not fun at all anymore.

 

 

 

My 4th grade nephew has been visiting us for the past couple of weeks.  I tried to introducing him to Tanki and he didn't care for it.  He told me he got killed too much and it was too hard.  I let him play on my account with high MUs and several different turrets.  We also started his own account so he saw the Recruit rank.

 

I told him to try again today with the new ODs and he likes it.  He likes playing his own account but loves playing on my MUed account becasue he is now competitive.  He even got first place several times.

 

So a total newbie can now thrash veteran players with the new OD system...this is like rank 17 (2nd Lieutenant) and he shreds where last week, before the update, all he did was get killed.  He can also do well with his own low rank account where as last week he was getting slaughtered.

 

 

 

My point here is that Tanki is now a kid's game that takes no practiced skill....a newbie can now be competitive at any level (up to mid-ranks for sure).  That means there is no real skill required anymore...hack and bash works just as well as practiced mastery.

 

Too bad you (and I) spent all that time and effort to get good at this game...because it's all luck and grind now ($$$ with MUs and drugs of course $$$).

 

Battles get boring fast.  The OD is not "special" anymore - it is the norm. They charge way too fast.  DMs are the absolute worst.

 

Stays like this and I'll play even less, and just in Pro-Battles.

 

This overdrives ruin the game...and many other update like MM..

No fun and strategy anymore.i remember the day's that 60.000 players was online,and now it's not even 20,000.developers don't hear what people think and want..RIP

[Love.You 10]

Hello Tankers ! I Think That The New Overdrive Update In Which Hunter Gets The Power To Stun Other Tanks ,Mammoth Gets Immortality , Hornet Exposes The Location And The Health Of Enemy Tanks And Wasp Puts A Bomb. Dictator Is Left With The Normal Overdrive And Titan Puts An Armour Shell. I Think This Makes Tanki More Worse . Almost  Every Single Gold Box On 12th April Has Been Taken By Mammoths Using The Immortality . Don't U Think That Dictator is A Bit Weak Now ? Also , In My Opinion Tanki Was Better Before This Update . Please Support This Topic If You Are Suffering Just Like Me Because Of The New Update . Thank You For Reading . 

[Truthteller 4,204]

Anyone noticed how hornet OD is better for getting kills than viking? it lasts longer ignores protections/supplies/shields of titan

[Triple 98]

nice april joke ,now remove these overdrives ty

[Potdindy 866]

Anyone noticed how hornet OD is better for getting kills than viking? it lasts longer ignores protections/supplies/shields of titan

I actually really like it now...its great with short and long range...freeze/rail etc. My question is, does hornet give protection ignore to the entire team or just you? It lets teammates see enemies, but does it let them ignore protection

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

nice april joke ,now remove these overdrives ty

If over drives was an April fools joke, then challenges are a joke of a life time.

[wolverine848 13,097]

I actually really like it now...its great with short and long range...freeze/rail etc. My question is, does hornet give protection ignore to the entire team or just you? It lets teammates see enemies, but does it let them ignore protection

Just you.   Only the radar is shared.

[TWICE 798]

The players I've been playing with still bother me for my Hunter and my Mammoth's Overdrives.

 

And I keep seeing that players are conplaining and swearing about Hornet's Overdrive being "useless". This is what I mean about Tanki pandering to superficial players. They don't dig deeper, they just go off of what they see. The more you don't know, the better for Tanki.

 

 

Tanki has created many talentless players that became addicted to the OD as it was, and now hate the new self centered OD.  It is time to remove OD from the game altogether and bring the skilled and strategic players back to the forefront.

Many players who joined Tanki in the past year and a half, they do not know how good Tanki was.  They only know the cartoonish game that it is.

 

Most causal gamers nowadays have got used to the brainless money grabbing MMOs in the market.  Players with most buffs activated are OP and can usually get the wins. The game companies can surely sell more items which would buff players/ nerf enemies, and that's why some would still bother teammates to activate OD instead of relying on their own skills because they see it as a community norm.

 

Tanki was unique to the others, and had potential to be one of a kind MMO.  But what they did in the last 2-3 years just shown that they are becoming another brainless money grabbing game.  How could you call it a MMO when the game decreased the battle from 10v10 to 8v8...

[jimboe2 35]

Tanki overdrive- DUMB AND DUMBER.

[ghost-guns 1,486]

Forget mammoth... I've caught a load of gold boxes with vikings overdrive. It can obliterate enemies before they even get to the GB.

[Nicola_M 1,563]

Forget mammoth... I've caught a load of gold boxes with vikings overdrive. It can obliterate enemies before they even get to the GB.

I'm seeing Mammoths on OD getting the gold boxes.  They're immune to the meteor and no one can get near them.

They're also considerably fast enough to get to the dropzone.

 

Mammoth needs to be slowed down and it also needs to be as vulnerable to meteor blast like the rest of us.

At the moment that is quite unfair.

Edited April 12, 2019 by Nicola_M

[Nicola_M 1,563]

Anyone noticed how hornet OD is better for getting kills than viking? it lasts longer ignores protections/supplies/shields of titan

So much better, in fact, that they are incredibly easy to kill.  Even with their OD. <_<

[Maf 32,302]

i can promise you right now that you would have never even thought of posting this pic if u didnt take that gold box

obviously when things go by your side, you feel like the worst updates are the best ones

Nah, I didn't care much for the gold box. I just really enjoyed the visual effect and it made me laugh hard when I saw that. You do have a point, since it's true that most players will react positively to an update if it benefits them in particular (even if it's bad for others), but in this case you'll find that the update is getting a lot more positive feedback than usual. Most players are saying that the update works very well and is actually quite balanced.

[wolverine848 13,097]

I'm seeing Mammoths on OD getting the gold boxes.  They're immune to the meteor and no one can get near them.

They're also considerably fast enough to get to the dropzone.

 

Mammoth needs to be slowed down and it also needs to be as vulnerable to meteor blast like the rest of us.

At the moment that is quite unfair.

Original version they said it would be invulnerable and slow.

 

Final product is the opposite - invulnerable and faster.   :huh:   Kinda dumb.  (though I'm sure the mammoth users like it...)

[Maf 32,302]

 

Topic merged

[Kill_the_Propaganda2 684]

Original version they said it would be invulnerable and slow.

 

Final product is the opposite - invulnerable and faster.   :huh:   Kinda dumb.  (though I'm sure the mammoth users like it...)

Well...yeah. I had a good couple of instances where I'd be driving towards one or more of the enemies, they'd see me, start driving away faster than me while looking at me and I'm there like: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medium hulls outrun me. Titans can't outrun them but if they are a good distance apart, the Titan's slightly slower speed would not be considerable enough for the Mammoth to catch up quickly before the Overdrive ends. 

[mirad666 0]

this is total disaster.overdrive like this i dont need it doesnt help me at all.toy blast is more trilling and challeging game now.i neversaw so many big tanks and i am playing this game 5-6 years.obviously they knew zthat overdrive will be conected with hulls.we are being discrimeinatet.people in the games hides somewhere and move tanks not to be removed from batle so we are also outnumberd.huge dissapoitment

 

[D_R_I_N_K 29]

This is interesting update. Well done Tanki!  :)