TANKOINS - New Currency!

[theFiringHand 21,351]

 

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Tankers!

 

Recently, we told you about the new currency that’s coming to the game — Tankoins.

 

We’re pleased to announce that Tankoins were added to the game on August 2!

 

Tankoins can be purchased for money from the Shop, and will be the primary means for buying goods in the Shop.

 

What will change in the game with the arrival of Tankoins?

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  Any content, including paid, can be earned in the game. It won’t be easy, and it’ll take a long time, but it will be possible.
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  Discounts will become available in TO Mobile. However, Tankoins will NEVER be discounted. Instead, the discounts will be on the items you purchase with Tankoins.
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  Tankoins will appear in the monthly challenge silver tier (starting from the September challenge). This selection of free awards will become much more attractive!
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  Weekly containers will be another source of this new currency. In the coming weeks, the game will feature NEW weekly containers with Tankoins inside. The conditions for obtaining them will not change.
  

 

IMPORTANT: all accumulated weekly containers will be renamed to "Old Weekly Containers", and will not drop Tankoins.

 

The new currency will be released in 3 stages:

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  With tomorrow's update Tankoins will become available to buy and spend in the Shop. This will be a short period that will allow us to make sure that everything is working properly.
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  In the subsequent weeks, we will add the Tankoins to challenges and NEW weekly containers.
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  The third stage depends on the first two. During this final stage, we will add a number of places where you can spend coins outside the Shop.
  

 

And, of course, Tankoins will be included as rewards in contests and promotions!

 

How it works

 

Purchasing and spending Tankoins is super easy.

 

You buy them for real money from the Shop. Then you can use them in the Shop to buy a number of different items including crystals, gold boxes, containers and more.

 

The only things you will NOT be able to purchase with Tankoins, are Premium and a number of bundles that will be sold for money only.

 

So enter the game tomorrow, check out the new Tankoins currency and share your feedback on the forum!

 

Original Announcement

 

 

 

 

Tankers!

 

We are pleased to announce that in the coming months we will be releasing a brand new currency in Tanki Online.

 

Why are we doing it? Read below to learn more.

 

Why do we need a new currency?

 

Tanki Online has been around for 10 years. Throughout that time, we’ve only had one currency — Crystals.

 

In the beginning, you could use Crystals to buy anything. You could earn them in the game, and if you wanted more, you could also buy them for real money.

 

Over time, we added exclusive items. These items can only be purchased for real money, and sometimes show up as event prizes.

 

We still kept one important principle — if an item influences gameplay, you should be able to get it by playing. But some special items such as new paints, skins and containers, broke the concept of, “You can get any item without paying real money”.

 

So we created Challenges as a way to allow players to earn exclusive content by playing. But this was just a partial solution.

 

The release of TO Mobile brought another obstacle — it is NOT possible to have Shop discounts. Mobile players are obviously unhappy about this. But it’s Google’s policy, and we have to stick to it.

 

Fortunately, there IS a solution.

 

It will be called… TANKOINS

 

What are TANKOINS?

 

To overcome the obstacles mentioned above, and preserve the exclusivity of certain items, Tanki needs an intermediary currency — a bridge between real money and in-game content, which can also be earned in the game.

 

This will be the role of TANKOINS.

 

TANKOINS will appear in the Shop and will become the main currency to buy items in the SHOP (not the Garage).

 

How will TANKOINS affect the game?

 

TANKOINS are set to bring some exciting changes to in-game content.

 

With the arrival of TANKOINS:

• ANY content, including rare items, will be obtainable by playing. Yes, it will be difficult and time consuming, but it will be possible. The only exception is a Premium account, because it is NOT content, but rather, a service.
• The issue with discounts in the mobile Shop will be solved. But here’s an important distinction. Discounts will be on the amount of TANKOINS needed to buy an item, NOT on the TANKOINS themselves. Discounts on TANKOINS will never happen.
• Challenges and Weekly Containers will get new rewards.
  • TANKOINS will start showing up in Challenges, giving you a HUGE value boost. And the best part? They’ll be in the FREE tier! No need for a Battle Pass. You’ve long been asking for something new in the rewards. Here it is.
  • TANKOINS will also be dropping from Weekly Containers. Pop open a weekly container and you could get some TANKOINS.
    

  
  

A note on existing Weekly Containers

 

With the release of this feature, all of your accumulated Weekly Containers will be renamed to “Old weekly containers”.

 

TANKOINS will only drop from NEW weekly containers.

 

How will the release happen?

 

The new currency will be rolled out in 3 stages:

1. In the first stage, TANKOINS will only be bought and spent in the Shop. This will be a short period to make sure everything is working properly.
2. Once that is done, at the beginning of the FOLLOWING month, we’ll make it possible to earn coins in the silver tier in challenges, and from weekly containers.
3. The third stage will depend on the first two. In this stage, we will start adding areas where you can spend Tankcoins OUTSIDE the Shop.
   

The new currency will be a great reason to participate in activities. With their release, TANKOINS will also start showing up as contest rewards, themed challenges and other events.

 

TANKOINS are scheduled to be released soon. We’re looking at August, or even sooner.

 

What do you think about TANKOINS? Give your feedback in the forum!

 

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Any information you need on Tankoins can be found on the official Wiki page.

[Benefactor 6,888]

Not exactly sure how it works. 

[hornet_vulcan 0]

OMG!Tanki will be more F2P now!Take that complainers!

[Guest]

Not exactly sure how it works. 

Don't worry, we'll give even more details closer to the release,

OMG!Tanki will be more F2P now!Take that complainers!

Not exactly, but we're trying to strike a good balance. We're never gonna be able to make everyone 100% happy, but we're always trying to find a good middle ground where it's fairer for everyone. It's a tough quest though lol

[FenrisLupus 8]

HELL YEAH!!!!!! 

whats the estimated amount of crys a tankoin is worth?

and does his mean we can get old challenge paints (ancient dragon, lightning storm, etc) from tankoins or no? 

[concretehill 8]

hmm hope that I can buy containers with these things can you? 

[cdiddy2000 48]

WILL the TANKOINS replace CRYSTALS AT ANY TIME in the future? 

 

Are you eliminating direct currency purchases from the shop then? (needing to use only Tankoins?)

 

Thanks!  :D 

[Stamina 143]

This is great.

[Zak 2,532]

At least we will have a chance to get them from the challenges..  :lol:

[ALEX22THEBEST 789]

Not bad, thanks!  B) 

[The_Pakistani 16,768]

Who cares about another shop item? I don't.

[Adab 2,896]

Waw, that sounds cool & interesting...now it's going to be, like an additional goal in this game, finally..  ;)

Edited July 12, 2019 by adab_online

[Destrod 2,634]

Personally, I think this is the first step forward towards currency balancing. It is also a good marketing strategy for the devs and they deserve my respect and admiration for not draining the community blood dry, and instead following a mutually beneficial approach. With my respect however, I wish they had done this way earlier when shop items and containers devalued pretty much everything that post-change tankers considered a rare find.

But then again, business economics isn't my specialty, hence me no lifing in TO so I guess there's a lot more which I haven't been able to consider.

[Raeve 6]

With this, its possible to balance Tanki.

Please pull that off. Its no fun fighting buyers with m4's when you are m2.

[Genuine_Noob 34]

the economy of tanki online is the only thing that i have no complaints about, hope tankoins won't change that.

[CabbageRoll 3,018]

More like jahcoin

 

The concept is great but i doubt it will work

Edited July 12, 2019 by CabbageRoll

[360 7]

Here it is the game that i ve been waiting since 2016 till this day i am still here and always had the hope to see the great memories i had in the past from 2012 once again, thanks.

[ETIENNE15 0]

NICE

[Bydo 20,119]

Personally, I think this is the first step forward towards currency balancing. It is also a good marketing strategy for the devs and they deserve my respect and admiration for not draining the community blood dry, and instead following a mutually beneficial approach. With my respect however, I wish they had done this way earlier when shop items and containers devalued pretty much everything that post-change tankers considered a rare find.

But then again, business economics isn't my specialty, hence me no lifing in TO so I guess there's a lot more which I haven't been able to consider.

sir I don't think the currency balance will be changing . all it do's it  will have players buy from there country with cash ..

example..

if its like tanki X , they have a stage one which is the red crystals  where you pay cash with your pay pal or other system . once purchased then you can buy in game items.its not changing much . just we will loose out on the shop for in store items .

unless they create another purchasing way similar to tanki X..

 

this is the time to buy shop items such as drug kits , containers ( even though you only get current stuff / its better then nothing )  and gold box's . not sure if we will be able to purchase these later when system changes..

Edited July 12, 2019 by Bydo

[The_End_Is_Near 146]

So does this mean we have to buy Tankoins, because if we have to do that then what's the point?

[PurpleRazor 1]

Will items like battle pass and product kits be purchasable with this new currency?
From what I understood is that everything except premium will be purchasable with these TANKOINS.

[wolverine848 13,097]

sir I don't think the currency balance will be changing . all it do's it  will have players buy from there country with cash ..

example..

if its like tanki X , they have a stage one which is the red crystals  where you pay cash with your pay pal or other system . once purchased then you can buy in game items.its not changing much . just we will loose out on the shop for in store items .

unless they create another purchasing way similar to tanki X..

 

this is the time to buy shop items such as drug kits , containers ( even though you only get current stuff / its better then nothing )  and gold box's . not sure if we will be able to purchase these later when system changes..

Not sure why you think so...

 

"TANKOINS will appear in the Shop and will become the main currency to buy items in the SHOP"

 

 

So does this mean we have to buy Tankoins, because if we have to do that then what's the point?

You only need to buy Tankoins if you want something from the SHOP.

[Tanker_23 22]

I think it will be bad. Because we play tanki online eagerly to get skins and paints everytime. If we get them easily we dont have to play tanki online anymore. Playing tanki eagerly is better than getting everything easily. You will see it after you get everything if you release this update.

Edited July 12, 2019 by Tanker_23

[P_O_T_A_T_O 136]

i'm sure this update will be disappointing the same way MM was.