The State of Tanki Online

[u812ic 1,629]

Quit, I barely play anymore.

If an alcoholic says, "I've quit drinking. I just have a beer once in a while." Has he quit drinking? OR If someone said, "I quit smoking." Pulls out a cigarette then says, "Oh, I only have a cigarette...maybe once every few days." Has he quit smoking? 

 

Don't try to pull the wool over our eyes. You may not be playing as often as you used to, but you haven't quit by your own admission. 

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

Let me tell you what I think.

 

If the devs just keep making new challenges and wars each month without fixing the issues of MM and other parts of the game first, then they'll lose the remaining players much faster than if they just fixed the issues before adding new challenges and wars each month.

[r_Given6 859]

Let me tell you what I think.

 

If the devs just keep making new challenges and wars each month without fixing the issues of MM and other parts of the game first, then they'll lose the remaining players much faster than if they just fixed the issues before adding new challenges and wars each month.

From real life experience, I have seen that people cry out a lot more if train services are stopped to fix the tracks.

Let Tanki's Challenges keep going while they fix the game.

[u812ic 1,629]

I think they need to shut down the game for a week, but leave the forum open. During that week, they devote their time to taking off all the bandages and sew up all the holes so they can heal properly, exterminate the bugs and pluck out the glitches. Tell us no less than a month ahead of time of the shut down and keep reminding us on the homepage and in lobby chat window, as well as on the forum. They tell us what they are going to do and do as they say. Don't keep us in the dark. 

 

I played a multiplayer game that had gotten so full of lags, bugs and glitches it was difficult to play. We were told about a month ahead of time their intentions, as stated above. Players didn't leave forever and ever. The forum was all abuzz with anticipation and discussions. When the game came back on line, it was running like a brand new engine. The players were full of accolades and praises for the Devs. Many of the old players who left because of the lags, bugs and glitches came back to stay, not for just a visit. The player base increase rapidly.  

[HammerGood 56]

We all knew you'd eventually be able to buy stars  :angry:

[wolverine848 13,097]

From real life experience, I have seen that people cry out a lot more if train services are stopped to fix the tracks.

Let Tanki's Challenges keep going while they fix the game.

They don't seem capable of doing this - or - care enough to do it.  Either way will be same end result.

 

Their quick-fix way to keep/attract players is temporary.  The "new" players they are attracting won't last nearly as long as the "veterans" who are leaving.

[Potdindy 866]

We all knew you'd eventually be able to buy stars  :angry:

This is good. Lets ppl fund the game while not gaining an advantage over others

[u812ic 1,629]

The Devs are digging their own grave. We'll just have to sit back and see how deep they dig before even the ladder is too short to reach the top. We all know none of this stuff reaches the ears of the Devs. CM and Admins tell them only the things they want to hear, and this ain't one of them. We're typing our fingers to the bone, trying to tell a blind person what it's like to see the light of day. All they have to do is read it, right? Except they can't. 

 

I'm not singling out deaf and blind people. This is just a metaphor. . 

[Guest]

I find it funny that no mod has posted here. Usually mods are all over topics like these.

Edited May 2, 2019 by Guest

[u812ic 1,629]

I find it funny that no mod has posted here. Usually mods are all over topics like these.

Don't worry, they're here and reading every word. The forum is overloaded with these types of topics. If you really want to see Mod's responses, go into the archives, you'll see plenty.  

 

When the staff has their meetings, I'd sure like to be a fly on the wall (a Russian fly, that is). 

Edited May 3, 2019 by u812ic

[Triple 98]

 

 

 

  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.

im just browsing forums. nothing interesting in the game anymore, not even interested in doing missions

 

[CooperO 7,956]

CM and Admins tell them only the things they want to hear

What would be the point of that? I really wouldn't want to be spending my time writing pages of compliments and whole reports of how awesome this game is or how amazing of a job the devs are doing. I'd rather spend that valuable time listing the biggest issues in the game and ideas to improve it. At least then I don't feel like I've entirely wasted my time and effort, even though I'm aware many of the issues won't get resolved and complaints will keep coming in no matter what they do.

Besides, typical Dutchies (like me) love to complain, give their unvarnished opinions, don't know how to sugarcoat anything other than sweets and can be incredibly direct. :P

[ghost-guns 1,486]

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 find it is the opposite. The game is now mindless and dominated by those using overdrives and pressing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. The first to use an overdrive, wins in 99% of cases.

[Guest]

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[FogOfWar_XXX 793]

I find it is the opposite. The game is now mindless and dominated by those using overdrives and pressing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. The first to use an overdrive, wins in 99% of cases.

This is not going to be a rant about "bad drug," that's been done many times, by me especially.  Point is, there is nothing left of the game EXCEPT to drug now.  Drugs are not just an advantage, they are the norm.  Even my Hornet overdrive is not enough sometimes to defeat medium hulls it seems, even at full charge, so something is broken in Tanki now.

 

I've watched a Viking/Rico waltz into my base and literally HANG OUT by falling supplies while lit up with all three drugs, spawn camp, take on spawners that spawned father away, eat the local drugs, and use their heal ups to sustain a 3 MINUTES onslaught in OUR base.  I want to you to stop and think about that. Lit up, building overdrive, using heal ups and the ones falling in our base, and lasted 3 MINUTES.  It was literally the teams objective after a minute and a half to regroup and focus on this one unit to FINALLY kill it.  8 on 8, so 8 on 1, and still could not kill the Son of A Bits.

 

Tanki is broken.  Drugs are no longer a advantage, they are necessary, period.  Cool downs are too short, drones enhance them, and overdrives can turn a DD into a full auto nightmare.  The game, especially at higher levels now, moves too quickly for anything other than shoot and scoot.  There is no thinking beyond what is in front of you, because everything is moving so quick you can't plan, only group and bum rush.  I see people talk about "coordinated and smart play" but the truth is, roving gangs of three or more on all drugs is not exactly exquisite strategy by any measure.  Drunken sailors can do that all night in a bar district and the effect would resemble a round of matchmaking.  No turret turning Viking/Thunders and Ricos roll across the game with impunity.  Titans with izzies bring up the rear, it's so predictable it's boring now.  They have all three on, they battle to the enemy base, build up their ODs, Titan kicks in the shield, the others fire up the Viking OD, blast their way in and out, and heal up on the way, with one of the izzies in tow, rinse, and repeat.

 

It's so formulaic it's enough to make you want to yawn.  They need to level off and add tools to change up strategy and game play, not just make things hit harder and go faster.

[FrozenRailgun 1,771]

This is not going to be a rant about "bad drug," that's been done many times, by me especially.  Point is, there is nothing left of the game EXCEPT to drug now.  Drugs are not just an advantage, they are the norm.  Even my Hornet overdrive is not enough sometimes to defeat medium hulls it seems, even at full charge, so something is broken in Tanki now.

 

I've watched a Viking/Rico waltz into my base and literally HANG OUT by falling supplies while lit up with all three drugs, spawn camp, take on spawners that spawned father away, eat the local drugs, and use their heal ups to sustain a 3 MINUTES onslaught in OUR base.  I want to you to stop and think about that. Lit up, building overdrive, using heal ups and the ones falling in our base, and lasted 3 MINUTES.  It was literally the teams objective after a minute and a half to regroup and focus on this one unit to FINALLY kill it.  8 on 8, so 8 on 1, and still could not kill the *CENSORED*

 

Tanki is broken.  Drugs are no longer a advantage, they are necessary, period.  Cool downs are too short, drones enhance them, and overdrives can turn a DD into a full auto nightmare.  The game, especially at higher levels now, moves too quickly for anything other than shoot and scoot. 

Then why don't you start to drug too? Then you can stand a chance or two and not complaining here. I do agree about Drones are OP though.

 

Play something else other than CTF for godsake! Like DM and Juggernaut again. I know you complained about Twin spawn-kill you, but let's face it, teammates are not always reliable. Depending on yourself is one solution.

[FogOfWar_XXX 793]

Then why don't you start to drug too? Then you can stand a chance or two and not complaining here. I do agree about Drones are OP though.

 

Play something else other than CTF for godsake! Like DM and Juggernaut again. I know you complained about Twin spawn-kill you, but let's face it, teammates are not always reliable. Depending on yourself is one solution.

One, not "complaining".  Stating a fact.  The game is nearly unplayable WITHOUT drugs.  Not harder, not VERY challenging, it's nearly impossible these last few months to do better than 1.2 with an M4 Shaft and M4 Hornet, and that's including the dang OD.  IT was magic the first week or two, and then people I guess got wise or something, but hard to get shots down range when in OD, and when you do, they're all healed up anyways it seems, so I just left a wounded punk for a team mate to come and steal my kill.

 

Two, I do play rugby and assault.  Everybody knows that Shaft is nearly useless in Deathmatch without a ton of drugging too, and you had better sport and Mammy to go with it.

 

As for drugging well, like I said, I'm not complaining.  I did that for a very long time with a bunch of others, that it would appear have since left the game.  A question was posed, and I gave my answer, that being what is the state of tanki online.  The simple fact is what I said, it's Druggie Online, or expect disappointment.  I have dignity and some pride, I don't drug.  I hate magic fairy powers spiking units into new levels of capability.  It's a armored combat game, it shouldn't be a mario cart with mushrooms that make your tank "super",

[FrozenRailgun 1,771]

Two, I do play rugby and assault.  Everybody knows that Shaft is nearly useless in Deathmatch without a ton of drugging too, and you had better sport and Mammy to go with it.

 

As for drugging well, like I said, I'm not complaining.  I did that for a very long time with a bunch of others, that it would appear have since left the game.  A question was posed, and I gave my answer, that being what is the state of tanki online.  The simple fact is what I said, it's Druggie Online, or expect disappointment.  I have dignity and some pride, I don't drug.  I hate magic fairy powers spiking units into new levels of capability.  It's an armored combat game, it shouldn't be a mario cart with mushrooms that make your tank "super",

Huh??!! Me using Mammy with Shaft in DM??? *No* Just pop Double Power with Hornet's OD will do the magic. Tons of drugging to make Shaft effective in DM? Not really.

 

But you should at least pick up those Supply crate if you choose not to spam 1-5 buttons. Thing is... that pride and dignity is bringing down your performance, significantly. Unless you are in No-Supply Pro Battle. 

[u812ic 1,629]

You use Shaft M3 and Hornet M3, your K/D is 1.36 and your supply usage is low for your rank. I don't think your doing to shabby. 

[FrozenRailgun 1,771]

You use Shaft M3 and Hornet M3, your K/D is 1.36 and your supply usage is low for your rank. I don't think your doing to shabby.  

 

He camps, and only play team mode.

[Tanker-Arthur 2,971]

To be honest, since we all have different views on the state of Tanki Online, this topic should be renamed to something like:

"What Is Your Opinion About the Current State of Tanki Online?"

 

 

 

 

 

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