The State of Tanki Online

[Guest]

 

 

Disclaimer before reading: This is not a complaint post to the devs, as we all know they never work. This is a message to the community of Tanki Online

 

 

 

 

 

Hello, @SamGamgee55 here. I've been in the community ever since late 2016 and I just want to put out my observations. I'm returning from a 1 month break so I hoped there would be some interesting changes. Logged in, joined a battle and.....

 

Wow.... just wow. I can't even describe how broken the game has become, both gameplay and performance wise. No problems fixed, as I predicted before leaving  :D

 

I won't bother with writing a text wall because it won't do anything.  This forum has also taken a turn for the worse because there aren't any real discussions anymore, only biased rants and talking about the same stuff over and over. I can group most topics into 4 types:

1.  Complaint topic
2. A nice idea in I&S but gets declined by mods
3. Observation topics (this includes"Tanki is dying" topics)
4. "I'm leaving Tanki"

          As for the game itself it's completely dumbed down now. Activate a supply and REEEEEEE everyone knows where you are. We are in a meta that revolves around drugging, so why add a giant marker indicating where you are? Why are maps like Parma, which is an abomination (it's just an arena, nothing else) and Highways (which is the ultimate camper map), and Polygon, (which is just a cramped moshpit), Non-turret turners, once a minority, now rule the battlefield. Useless things like "garage score" and "shot effects" have been added, removing the ability to identify how strong your opponent is or what M level of the turret that just hit you. I'm thinking this was done to hide buyers, so players THINK they are fighting an equal opponent, but in reality they are not.  

 

 

Next time you log in, ask yourself why you are playing when there are real F2P games that don't have blundering and greedy developers and only require a <1 GB download or are completely browser based. Krunker.io, Xonotic, Assaultcube, Warsow.... all of these are balanced games that require actual skill to play that aren't constantly "rebalanced" just so devs can milk more money. 

 

 

  TL;DR: Why are you still playing? Better games exist. Things aren't going to get any better, so bite the bullet accept the truth.

Edited May 2, 2019 by Guest

[Potdindy 866]

Im playing bc I love the game and want to get better at it. Also the battles are crazy intense. Using overdrives has to be so smart rather than just pressing shift to beat an enemy 1v1 like previously

[wolverine848 13,097]

Im playing bc I love the game and want to get better at it. Also the battles are crazy intense. Using overdrives has to be so smart rather than just pressing shift to beat an enemy 1v1 like previously

 You don't need to be smart about the use - you get them almost every minute.  Holding onto it is the worst thing you can do - you have to wait longer for your next iteration.

 

"Only killed two tanks that time?  Oh well - I'll have that sucker in another 55 seconds... "

 

Back when you only got two ODs per game - that involved strategic use.

[Merovingian 656]

Nothing new under the sun.

[AncientFire 1,894]

i only play because i just wanna feel the satisfactory of ranking up to legend so i can shut those kids up that are calling me a noob right now just because they know i cant do anything about it

 

anyways after that i will be done

[Guest]

Im playing bc I love the game and want to get better at it. Also the battles are crazy intense. Using overdrives has to be so smart rather than just pressing shift to beat an enemy 1v1 like previously

I think you'd like Xonotic  ;).

[kied 10]

I like Krunker.

 

Oh BTW this is also another post ranting about what Tanki has become :P

[AncientFire 1,894]

I like Krunker.

yep it would be fun if like 90% of the players werent noob hackers...

[Guest]

yep it would be fun if like 90% of the players werent noob hackers...

Lmg exists for a reason :P. But yeah, Krunker has a huge hacker issue, and that's why I put other games as well.

Edited May 1, 2019 by Guest

[AncientFire 1,894]

Lmg exists for a reason :P. But yeah, Krunker has a huge hacker issue, and that's why I put other games as well.

probably best way to deal with hackers would be rocketeer...

[CabbageRoll 3,018]

Back when you only got two ODs per game - that involved strategic use.

Overdrives never had any strategic use because everyone wanted it from themselves as extra repair at gold box, or when there is squad of 4 russian friends helping eachother get top places. It is not a developer problem in updates anymore, now the brainless community by itself finds the loopholes of updates for personal benefit.

 

Now even today, when i can help my team with dictator overdrive i am just keeping it as extra repair kit. Why? Because i dont get any benefit from sharing it. The overdrive changed from potential unreturned benefit to completely unreturned.

Edited May 1, 2019 by CabbageRoll

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

You don't need to be smart about the use - you get them almost every minute.  Holding onto it is the worst thing you can do - you have to wait longer for your next iteration.

 

"Only killed two tanks that time?  Oh well - I'll have that sucker in another 55 seconds... "

 

Back when you only got two ODs per game - that involved strategic use.

So by what you said, I should use my OD right away even when there are no enemies nearby (wasp, Hunter, mammoth), I'm facing a wall or corner and all the enemies are behind me (Viking), I'm under heavy fire and possibly almost dead (hornet, Viking, Hunter, dictator, titan)?

 

And how did the old ODs involve strategic use?

[kied 10]

Nothing new. You just made a rant topic like you were talking about. Very contradicting  <_<

If you're gonna make a rant topic, at least make it to where people would actually want to talk about. There's enough of these in the Forum already.

 

Like I have said before, I still am into this game.

Yeah, the devs can ruin this game entirely and I might still be playing it :|

[wolverine848 13,097]

So by what you said, I should use my OD right away even when there are no enemies nearby (wasp, Hunter, mammoth), I'm facing a wall or corner and all the enemies are behind me (Viking), I'm under heavy fire and possibly almost dead (hornet, Viking, Hunter, dictator, titan)?

 

And how did the old ODs involve strategic use?

I never said that and you are being silly.  Common sense is involved as well.

 

If you have a bonus replenished very often it does not matter when you use it.

If you get a bonus 1x or 2x a battle, you must be much more selective when you use it.  That is the strategy part.

 

You can afford to destroy 1 or 2 enemies with your Viking OD now - since - you will have it again fairly soon.

With old OD - it would have felt like a waste using it on 1 tank as you have to wait a long time for another.

 

If you wait for the perfect time now to use OD - you may never use it.

[Pyre 3,485]

You also left then soon came back to complain some more? If you hate the game, just leave for real already.

[Guest]

You also left then soon came back to complain some more? If you hate the game, just leave for real already.

I took a break. I didn't quit.

[Guest]

Nothing new. You just made a rant topic like you were talking about. Very contradicting  <_<

If you're gonna make a rant topic, at least make it to where people would actually want to talk about. There's enough of these in the Forum already.

 

Like I have said before, I still am into this game.

How am I contradicting myself? I never said this wasn't a rant (which it unfortunately is. I kinda got lost writing this).  And if you like the game, great, I did as well. 

[Guest]

If you want to keep complaining about the game, and you know your complaints have an 0.0001% chance of being heard. Just quit -_-

Dude.... this isn't for the devs because I know they won't listen.  :lol:  It's for the community. And I've tried to quit, several times in fact!

[Kill_the_Propaganda2 684]

If you want to keep complaining about the game, and you know your complaints have an 0.0001% chance of being heard. Just quit -_-

Come on! That's a defeatist attitude.  :lol:

 

If you wait for the perfect time now to use OD - you may never use it.

This happens too often to me. There are times where I hold onto it hoping I get two or 3 enemies it in or maybe an enemy and a Titan dome but by the time i get to use it, I could have gotten another one if I had used it on an enemy a minute before. 

[Pyre 3,485]

I took a break. I didn't quit.

Sure didnt seem like that based on the big deal I remember you making out of it.

[Guest]

Sure didnt seem like that based on the big deal I remember you making out of it.

I'm not talking about that "goodbye" post lol. If you've noticed, I haven't made any posts since March, other than 3 days ago.  In a sense I kind of did quit Tanki after that post. 

Edited May 2, 2019 by Guest

[Pyre 3,485]

I'm not talking about that "goodbye" post lol. If you've noticed, I haven't made any posts since March, other than 3 days ago.  In a sense I kind of did quit Tanki after that post. 

Quit or break? Make up your mind.

[Guest]

Quit or break? Make up your mind.

Quit, I barely play anymore.

[Merovingian 656]

Break

[Pyre 3,485]

Quit, I barely play anymore.

"barely playing" is different from quitting.