Tweaks to the balance of Overdrives and Gauss, and more

[ByeByeBye 1,747]

Doing that is a necessity, because the Game needs to accommodate most of the players, and that means accommodating as most of the Turrets and Hulls as possible.

It is not necessary, in fact it is detrimental.  OK, Shafts love Highways.  One of my joys in the game was Shaft hunting on Highways...gone.  And now where are the good maps for Shafts?...they are part of the game too even though they can be very annoying.  Now Highways is pretty much like any other large map...drive across and kill, or camp and fight off the would be spawn killers. Which is the same on all the maps now.  

 

Does anyone really think that this will keep players from leaving if there is a blow out?...just like they would have probably left if there were too many Sahfts one side.  There is no advantage with this update.

 

Why not use just one map, one turret, and one hull?  Because people like variety.  Making all the maps a happy place for the majority of the hulls/turrets, ruins the maps for the minority of the hull/turrets.  The minority hulls/turrets have a place in the game too and deserve a chance to shine and that usually means maps that are more suited to their particular characteristics.

 

I usually agree with you on almost all of your posts and I like how you generate ideas to try to salvage what little is left of this game...especially after some obnoxious update, but on this particular point I think you are totally wrong and may have been sipping the Kool-Aid...what you are saying sounds much like the party-line.  But, if that is what you truly think, so be it.  Either way our opinions really don't matter one little itty bitty tiny tinsey bit since Tanki has already made the change and will never bother to look back...Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!

[CabbageRoll 3,018]

Gauss was OP, although not for everyone and not for all circumstances.

 

Now they noobified it without reducing damages or adding a laser to it.

• slightly changed the speed of the projectile in standard shooting mode;  idk if it is good or bad because i didnt go to tanki

• increased the effectiveness of splash damage when firing in special mode;  its definitely a buff

• increased damage spread of special shots; definitely buff

• slightly reduced the time required to acquire target in special mode; definitely buff

• greatly accelerated cooldown of special shots. buff

Now please tell me how does this noobify turret or make it weaker? i didnt enter game but 4 out of 5 changes are buffs.

[Truthteller 4,204]

My take on these overdrives,

 

Hunter completely disabling Titan dome feels like overkill for me, but hunter can only do that at close range so you can counter that if you activate a dome far away and snipe from there

 

Hornet OD is useless at lower ranks and at higher ranks its annoying seeing these thunder+railgun+magnums+shafts with hornet but they do have the drawback of lower health

 

I do not like what they have done with Mammmoth OD, I feel that my crystals were wasted on Mammoth, I saw some people defending well with it in assault mode.

 

I stick with Viking Titan or Hunter now depending on the situation

[TheCongoSpider 8,942]

 i didnt enter game but 4 out of 5 changes are buffs.

The projectile speed change was a decrease so that's a nerf. 

[lssimo 1,559]

It is not necessary, in fact it is detrimental.  OK, Shafts love Highways.  One of my joys in the game was Shaft hunting on Highways...gone.  And now where are the good maps for Shafts?...they are part of the game too even though they can be very annoying.  Now Highways is pretty much like any other large map...drive across and kill, or camp and fight off the would be spawn killers. Which is the same on all the maps now.  

 

Does anyone really think that this will keep players from leaving if there is a blow out?...just like they would have probably left if there were too many Sahfts one side.  There is no advantage with this update.

 

Why not use just one map, one turret, and one hull?  Because people like variety.  Making all the maps a happy place for the majority of the hulls/turrets, ruins the maps for the minority of the hull/turrets.  The minority hulls/turrets have a place in the game too and deserve a chance to shine and that usually means maps that are more suited to their particular characteristics.

 

I usually agree with you on almost all of your posts and I like how you generate ideas to try to salvage what little is left of this game...especially after some obnoxious update, but on this particular point I think you are totally wrong and may have been sipping the Kool-Aid...what you are saying sounds much like the party-line.  But, if that is what you truly think, so be it.  Either way our opinions really don't matter one little itty bitty tiny tinsey bit since Tanki has already made the change and will never bother to look back...Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!

 

When trying to accomodate the most it still leaves many upset, now imagine trying to accomodate all.

 

What I'm saying is the reason behind the changes, and that reason is valid. Now the solution is debatable. I think giving less points for killing and giving points to whole team when the team accomplishes something is a better solution.

 

Now please tell me how does this noobify turret or make it weaker? i didnt enter game but 4 out of 5 changes are buffs.

 

Noobify in the sense of making it easier to use, before you had to be more careful. Now it's easier to use and powerful.

Edited June 16, 2019 by lssimo

[The_Pakistani 16,768]

In Spy mode

[ByeByeBye 1,747]

Highways is like two sides with a bunch camping balconies connected with the Valley of Despair below and Bridges of Death above. 

Too funny...literally lol...makes me chuckle just looking at your quote now, even after having read it previously :)

[Bydo 20,119]

not a fan of the new highways map. too many areas now to load mines on it to stop enemy's on taking flag .. also the stadium needs to go still to many sniper points and no chance on doing any CP in the map when its manly one sided battles.

[r_Given6 859]

The older Highways was... simple. The problem of getting sniped, which I hated, was just because of less cover, and the existence of different grounds at varying height. They could have increased cover and made the map a bit lower such that you didn't have to jump down 3 floors to access the lower portion of the map.

I don't hate the new Highways, since it provides a bit of space to avoid getting spawn killed (previously a Firebird using a hull like Viking while drugging couldn't possibly be avoided without jumping off to lower ground, which usually led to getting sniped). Maybe, with a bit of practice, I would get a bit more used to it.

Brest and Highways were really surprising additions to MM maps, because they had dedicated sniping points, unlike Parma.

Edited June 16, 2019 by Given

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

not a fan of the new highways map. too many areas now to load mines on it to stop enemy's on taking flag .. also the stadium needs to go still to many sniper points and no chance on doing any CP in the map when its manly one sided battles.

But if there were less mines to plant, then it'd be too easy.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

I am from the UK. Will Brexit affect Tanki Online?

[FrozenRailgun 1,771]

I am from the UK. Will Brexit affect Tanki Online?

Huh??? What's going on in UK?

[Blutaar 1,904]

Huh??? What's going on in UK?

This has been going on for a couple of years. Great Britain wants to exit the European Union (union of a number of European countries) , trying to be a more independant country by itself. However, solid plans for a decent deal between Britain and the EU haven't been made yet (and will never be made as for now) and so GB's brexit can be considered a big failure. Surprised you haven't heard of it...

 

As for TO, i don't think it will have any consequences

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

This has been going on for a couple of years. Great Britain wants to exit the European Union (union of a number of European countries) , trying to be a more independant country by itself. However, solid plans for a decent deal between Britain and the EU haven't been made yet (and will never be made as for now) and so GB's brexit can be considered a big failure. Surprised you haven't heard of it...

 

As for TO, i don't think it will have any consequences

I've heard "brexit" on the news from time to time, just didn't know what the story was.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

Brexit is about leaving the European Union.

[FrozenRailgun 1,771]

Brexit is about leaving the European Union.

I don't think that will affect Tanki.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

Great, so let continue to always play Tanki Online.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

I am a huge fan of Tanki Online. I will always play it every day. I like the new Gauss turret very much, and I only plan to buy it if developers makes me a favour with a 50% off discount on turrets. By the way, I am so glad that developers recently buffed up the Gauss turret. I have noticed that the Gauss turret was to weak when enemies on the battlefield were shooting at me. Back then, the Gauss turret did too little damage at me, even when using Wasp. Now, the Gauss enemies on my opposing team can manage to destroy me even when I am using Mammoth. Good job developers.

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

I am a huge fan of Tanki Online. I will always play it every day. I like the new Gauss turret very much, and I only plan to buy it if developers makes me a favour with a 50% off discount on turrets. By the way, I am so glad that developers recently buffed up the Gauss turret. I have noticed that the Gauss turret was to weak when enemies on the battlefield were shooting at me. Back then, the Gauss turret did too little damage at me, even when using Wasp. Now, the Gauss enemies on my opposing team can manage to destroy me even when I am using Mammoth. Good job developers.

Well, you're in luck. The next event with 50% sales is tankers day which is September 10th. :D

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

Great. I can't wait until Tankers Day.

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

Great. I can't wait until Tankers Day.

Good luck. :D

[Groonter 89]

Well, you're in luck. The next event with 50% sales is tankers day which is September 10th. :D

I do not want to be pessimistic or come to lower the spirits but are you sure?

 

In all this year there has not been more than a 50% discount event and in the vlog before the recent celebrations they said this:

 

 

I do not know but all this sounds to me like they have decided that 50% discounts have to be really scarce.

[Viking4s 10,791]

I do not want to be pessimistic or come to lower the spirits but are you sure?

In all this year there has not been more than a 50% discount event and in the vlog before the recent celebrations they said this:

 

 

I do not know but all this sounds to me like they have decided that 50% discounts have to be really scarce.

Discount meant a lot when we had less fund and more exp. Now with neo-tanki we get more fund for less exp. So naturally the discounts are now lower to compensate for the difference. So yes expect scare good discount now.

 

Edited June 17, 2019 by Viking4s

[The_Pakistani 16,768]

Hoping to see powerful alt for gauss like striker got uranium.

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

I do not want to be pessimistic or come to lower the spirits but are you sure?In all this year there has not been more than a 50% discount event and in the vlog before the recent celebrations they said this:

 

 

 

 

I do not know but all this sounds to me like they have decided that 50% discounts have to be really scarce.

 

They said "might" which could just be speculation for all I know. I ain't believing what they said there until I see it.