Declined New drone idea: Crystal

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

Gives the tanker a boost of crystals after every battle.

Non MUed: 25% boost.
Fully MUed: 300% boost.

Price: 150,000 crystals.
Unlocks: [rank 25]

So what do you guys think? :)

[Maf 32,338]

Declined

 

That's just spending crystals to gradually get more crystals. It would break the economy. Also just plain boring for a drone (although Brutus is also lame, so idk).

[Aigaion 636]

Gives the tanker a boost of crystals after every battle.

 

Non MUed: 25% boost.

Fully MUed: 300% boost.

 

Price: 150,000 crystals.

Unlocks: [rank 25]

 

So what do you guys think?

25% at M0? Sweet Jesus that's too much.

[XxStriker 519]

Even with 300%, unless you have premium the price in batteries outweighs the crystal gain... So you'd end up throwing batteries to keep this guy up so you can buy more batteries. Not sure it makes sense.

[sezze100 416]

It does make sense , but i do not think its a good idea . Many people i know including myself only play with free batteries . 150k even for 25% is easily paid back very fast , 300% for a fully upgraded is expensive but thats like having premium + some kind of holiday promotion . Imagine only stocking it for promo days , together with premium , youll earn the complete drone with upgrades back in just a few of those weekends , on free batteries .

[Maf 32,338]

I understand that the way you thought this would be balanced is that it depends how well people play. If you're good at the game, then you earn lots of crystals in general, so the 300% bonus will offset the battery use and you will make extra crystals, eventually repaying the initial investment of buying and MUing the drone an then go into profit. If you're not as good, you won't earn as many crystals and the use of this drone will be a waste.

 

But the truth is, every person will quickly realise whether or not they are good enough to turn the purchase of this drone into a profit (in fact, a lot of people will realise before even buying it) and in the end the only people using the drone will be those skilled enough to profit from it. As a result, devs simply added a feature that gives extra crystals to players who can take first place in most battles. 

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

I understand that the way you thought this would be balanced is that it depends how well people play. If you're good at the game, then you earn lots of crystals in general, so the 300% bonus will offset the battery use and you will make extra crystals, eventually repaying the initial investment of buying and MUing the drone an then go into profit. If you're not as good, you won't earn as many crystals and the use of this drone will be a waste.

 

But the truth is, every person will quickly realise whether or not they are good enough to turn the purchase of this drone into a profit (in fact, a lot of people will realise before even buying it) and in the end the only people using the drone will be those skilled enough to profit from it. As a result, devs simply added a feature that gives extra crystals to players who can take first place in most battles.

 

TBH, I don't really care if this idea gets implemented or not, I just made it to provide discussion on the matter.

[ILiveOnTheChatBox123 936]

This is not a strategy drone really-why would it improve game play?

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

This is not a strategy drone really-why would it improve game play?

It's not supposed to. It's just one of those booster drones.

[FrozenRailgun 1,771]

Nein! Nein! Nein!.....

[Maf 32,338]

This is not a strategy drone really-why would it improve game play?

Neither is Brutus - it's just a constant passive buff. A lot of the other drones also aren't strategic because you can't really time their activation.

[ILiveOnTheChatBox123 936]

Neither is Brutus - it's just a constant passive buff. A lot of the other drones also aren't strategic because you can't really time their activation.

Yeah-but Brutus is there to get you to use more supplies-Tanki receives no crazy benefit like that-and its not a strategy drone that would improve game play.

[Picassoo 134]

This is not a strategy drone really-why would it improve game play?

Drones make the gameplay worse by a notch, this one does not. Still I don't see any reason to add new drones.

 

Some people are deluded that diversity = fun gameplay.

 

Yeah-but Brutus is there to get you to use more supplies-Tanki receives no crazy benefit like that-and its not a strategy drone that would improve game play.

None of the drones available now add strategy or improve gameplay.

 

But I'd say you're right that adding a drone like this doesn't make sense.

[ILiveOnTheChatBox123 936]

Drones basically enhance your supplies by speeding up recharge time or giving you more supplies. It can be a strategy to use a sprinter-and rush to capture a flag.

Since most drone's effect happens when you do a specific thing-like Assault only works after destroying enemy tanks. So if its equipped you would be less concerned about health-and will be more ready to attack since after you make a kill your supplies will last longer. For Blaster you would try to flip upside down near enemy tanks-to kill all of them.

 Brutus just increases the effect of your supplies-without any strategy over when it works. But-even though it is unlike most drones that it doesn't use strategy-it increases players use of supplies-which is good for Tanki. (Same thing with Booster.)

But why would tanki want to add a drone that doesn't help gameplay-or encourage players to use supplies?-The only thing it does is NOT what tanki wants in giving more crystals. So why would Tanki want to add it?