August Challenge — Gauss Prime Skin

[Shown 5]

The busted paint looks really clean it reminds me of the esport paint prism but it's animated looking nice and lightning storm is back!!

[Toma.Hawk 279]

The Paints Look So beautiful, while I didn't like the final prize. 

[Pythor 1,354]

The Paints Look So beautiful, while I didn't like the final prize.

 

Agreed

[AbsoluteAlphaZero 2,027]

If I get the skin of Gauss before Gauss, will the skin not be added?

[Toma.Hawk 279]

If I get the skin of Gauss before Gauss, will the skin not be added?

it will be added.

[CooperO 7,956]

Give us extra days to complete challenge, because I'm pretty sure ALOT of people don't use Paypal to purchase items in shop. I'm not wasting my money if I can't complete the challenge and I don't have the time to grind stars.

The credit card and paysafecard options should work again, is this not the case for you?

[Endurance 543]

The credit card and paysafecard options should work again, is this not the case for you?

Yeah working now... Just realised.

Edited August 2, 2019 by Endurance

[Pocket.Rocket 6]

A Question:

 

What constitutes "active during the battle" for DM now?  Wiki quote: "All other places — 1 Star, if you were active during the battle"

 

Previously it was 5 kills in DM; the same amount of kills that would make 75xp in any team mode battle.  70xp is still the cut off point for 1 star in any team mode.

 

Now it seems that DM is now a minimum of 8 kills for one star.  I have played several DM matches where I killed 7 and still got no star.

 

This seems unfair to me since it is more difficult to get a kill in DM.  In team battles you get partial credit for kills made by more than one team member.  In DM it is strictly the last shot that does the opponent in that counts as a kill, making DM the mode of "stealing kills".  Without max drugs and high MUs (quick kill ability), DM is much harder to get a good score than in team battles.  Now it seems that those burdened with daily missions in DM are getting punished even more making DM even less enjoyable.

 

Any moderator input?

Edited August 4, 2019 by Pocket.Rocket

[tankpod1 27]

wow really mostly a waste to do if your using the silver star , nothing but only drugs . seems to be more of these star missions are garbage . due to not many good items being given out for silver stars.. only the gold get better items .. i enjoyed it when this system first came out now its not worth it to do..

I think so too. The amount of supplies from challenges is useless

[Hate 5,582]

A Question:

 

What constitutes "active during the battle" for DM now?  Wiki quote: "All other places — 1 Star, if you were active during the battle"

 

Previously it was 5 kills in DM; the same amount of kills that would make 75xp in any team mode battle.  70xp is still the cut off point for 1 star in any team mode.

 

Now it seems that DM is now a minimum of 8 kills for one star.  I have played several DM matches where I killed 7 and still got no star.

 

This seems unfair to me since it is more difficult to get a kill in DM.  In team battles you get partial credit for kills made by more than one team member.  In DM it is strictly the last shot that does the opponent in that counts as a kill, making DM the mode of "stealing kills".  Without max drugs and high MUs (quick kill ability), DM is much harder to get a good score than in team battles.  Now it seems that those burdened with daily missions in DM are getting punished even more making DM even less enjoyable.

 

Any moderator input?

This is really hard question and since developers didn't explain how EXACTLY the system works and calculates, it is hard to answer. I've went to a few DM battles, tried being last in 3 different battles by getting 5 kills, 6 kills and 7 kills. In 1 of the battles, I got 0 stars for getting 5 kills so I guess it no longer is 5 kills. As for the 6 and 7 kills, it depended, in some battles, I got 1 start and other times I didn't so it is quite strange how the system counts whether you were ''active enough''. But I can say that the minimum is not the 8 you mentioned. Sadly I forgot to save a picture for the 6 kills.

[Pythor 1,354]

This is really hard question and since developers didn't explain how EXACTLY the system works and calculates, it is hard to answer. I've went to a few DM battles, tried being last in 3 different battles by getting 5 kills, 6 kills and 7 kills. In 1 of the battles, I got 0 stars for getting 5 kills so I guess it no longer is 5 kills. As for the 6 and 7 kills, it depended, in some battles, I got 1 start and other times I didn't so it is quite strange how the system counts whether you were ''active enough''. But I can say that the minimum is not the 8 you mentioned. Sadly I forgot to save a picture for the 6 kills.

I think it might depend on how many people tied (for kills) above you in the leaderboard. For team battles I know thats a factor.

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

Here is my progress for the 2019 August Challenge:

 

 

Enjoy!

[Kona_Red 1]

Since the last update, DM is too hard to get stars.  It is more difficult to play than any team mode and now the star rewards are at a much higher level.  Previously one star was rewarded at 5 kills.  Now it has changed to 8 minimum kills.  You can see from this screen shot that the majority of players don't get even one star for participating in an entire battle.  At 15xp per kill 5 wold be 70xp an matches team battles.  8 kills is 120xp and almost double of the level for 1 star in a team battle.

 

This should be corrected as soon as possible.  It should really be only 4 kills for 1 star in DM...you guys went the wrong way!

 

Edited August 7, 2019 by Kona_Red

[TheCongoSpider 8,942]

At 15xp per kill 5 wold be 70xp an matches team battles.  8 kills is 120xp and almost double of the level for 1 star in a team battle

There is a difference between score and EXP. 

 

You get 15 score for a kill. 

 

You get 10 EXP for a kill. 

 

So 8 kills in team modes is 120 score. But not in DM mode. After the 2nd of August, it was reduced to 10 score for DM. So 8 kills in DM mode = 80 score. 

[Rocket_Raccoon_XXX 1,507]

Kewl! I just wish these empty Tiers didn't exist... :|

[Kona_Red 1]

There is a difference between score and EXP. 

 

You get 15 score for a kill. 

 

You get 10 EXP for a kill. 

 

So 8 kills in team modes is 120 score. But not in DM mode. After the 2nd of August, it was reduced to 10 score for DM. So 8 kills in DM mode = 80 score. 

I think DM is most players least favorite mode.  This added difficulty makes playing DM even less appealing.  Why should playing in DM mode have a star penalty built in?   If score has been reduced for DM then the threshold for stars needs reduction also.  Something like a score of 40 or four kills for one star.

[ALEX22THEBEST 789]

Done 1750 stars, now is time to back to play only in PRO Battles ...

 

[Showbot 819]

So now there are 2 Mars paints?

 

http://prntscr.com/oqdkx2

http://prntscr.com/oqdl3w

[Heles 9,220]

hmmmmm

Love the monochrome

[RIDDLER_8 5,552]

I have 333 stars.

[Guest]

So now there are 2 Mars paints?

 

http://prntscr.com/oqdkx2

http://prntscr.com/oqdl3w

Should be fixed shortly

[FrozenRailgun 1,771]

Done 1750 stars, now is time to back to play only in PRO Battles ...

 

Wow, now that was fast.

[Okami 3,041]

I noticed that the names of some of the Paints were changed.

 

Earth = Blue Planet

Mars = Red Planet

Venus = White Planet

[Noobisms 6]

List of reported issues in 2019

The list will be updated on a weekly basis

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• Earning stars in DM has become harder because of the reduced experience points per kill
• Gauss is overpowered in the low ranks.
• Complaints about players who take many gold boxes without earning any experience or without actually playing
• Overdrives make it too easy to destroy the Juggernaut
• World Cup paints are not wanted in containers
• Challenges are held too often and their rewards devalue containers
• Empty tiers in the Silver challenge rewards are demotivating

 

 

• In the mobile version, the way the camera moves the turret makes it harder to turn the turret
• The ability to spawnkill shifts the balance even more to the winning team
• Magnum shoots too fast and makes it benefit from the booster drone more
• Dictator's overdrive unbalances small maps in PRO battles
• Twins has a serious disadvantage from Viking overdrive because it also gets increased self-damage
• Tied matches do not towards the finish top 3 mission
• Camper drone is too advantageous
• Wasps are dominating the low ranks
• The WAR missions encourage players to sabotage
• There’s too much focus on special events compared to focus on improving the core game elements
• Hornet's overdrive indicator obstructs players' long distance aiming
• Wasp’s overdrive is too strong in the low ranks because tanks are too slow to escape it
• Dictators got nerfed with the overdrive buff, because it only boosts other tanks
• Nothing can stop Mammoths with overdrive in Rugby mode
• Overdrives promote blow out games
• Viking’s overdrive has been nerfed too much
• Assault on Forest always favors the red team
• Players are leaving the losing team all the time because of the WAR mission to earn stars in the winning team
• Mobile players cannot complete all missions in the WAR
• Challenge missions are too hard and take too much time to complete, especially for the casual player
• Players don’t like having the same paint rewarded in multiple challenges
• The anti-hack system is often making players self-destruct
• The PRO-pass is too expensive, considering it's not possible to complete missions there
• Many Mammoth users are saving their overdrives for golds instead of using it to help their team
• Complaint about groups being placed against random players
• The Lifeguard drone and the overdrives of Mammoth and Titan spoil the fun of increased gold events, because skill isn’t rewarded anymore
• Hulls are too weak in comparison with the damage turrets, drones, overdrives and mines inflict
• During celebrations with increased golds, many players are sabotaging the battles to get golds
• Challenge rewards weren't made public before the challenge started (April Challenge)
• Players want TO to be more connected with players and their wishes for the game
• Some MM maps are too small for the number of players
• The beginner ranks cannot report hackers on the forum
• On the mobile version, the Exit button is too close to the Garage button
• Game settings are not always being saved
• Players loading into MM games slowly and unbalancing the team in the first few minutes
• The mission to take one of the top 3 places in the winning team is a team mission, not an individual mission
• Players are receiving Deathmatch missions too often
• Lopsided MM battles do not get terminated, while they should
• There is no compensation for Challenge rewards that players already own
• Too many Shop items that could previously only bought with money are given out for free 
• Star distribution is flawed and doesn't reflect the contribution of a player towards the team
• Mines have too big of an impact on battles, because they are everywhere and there are too many of them
• Kits in the shop containing equipment available 6 ranks before the unlock rank
• Some turrets with an alteration require two protection modules instead of one to protect oneself against it
• Players don't want to receive the same battle mode mission twice in a row
• Too many gold box hunters sabotage battles during celebrations
• Inactive players don't get removed from battles despite not getting any score
• New players feel the game is not suitable for casual players but only for hardcore players
• There's too much focus on developing new things and not enough on fixing issues in the game 
• Too much power is sold for real money (product kits, drones, battle pass..). This discourages new players 
• Players feel the developers are not considering feedback from players enough
• Sandal is too crowded for MM battles 
• It’s a lot harder and more time consuming to finish missions with shorter battles 
• MM maps were made too uniform, there should be more variation
• The YoutuberTO site is partially in Russian, it's missing info on when the rewards are sent and a number of players hasn't received promo codes
• The indicator on the mission icon in the lobby is obsolete. To get rid of the indicator, the mission window has to be closed and re-opened again
• The rewards of the 2nd challenge are too low and garage paints aren't motivational
• The word ‘frag’ used to describe kills has a negative connotation 
• Garage loads too slow for changing equipment when battles are so short  
• It’s difficult to earn score and stars when battles are only 7 minutes
• Battles finish too soon with the updated score caps
• In 7 minute battles, players can only use overdrive once. This will also make completing the overdrive missions harder 
• 7 minute battles are too short to vote or record battle violators
• Players want maps changed in matchmaking, because it is boring to play the same maps over and over again
• Search function on the forum does not work
• Players are being sent to matchmaking battles that are nearly finished (< 2 minutes left on the clock)
• Rank range in matchmaking battles is too wide
• Teams in matchmaking battles are not balanced
• It's hard to earn stars because of the above three issues and the minimum amount of score required to get stars
• Garage descriptions of drones and alterations don't contain enough information about the statistics
• It takes too long for the EN Wiki to receive official information from the developers after new updates
• The weekly mission ‘finish in top 3 15 times’ is too hard and takes too long to finish, it's impossible to change the mission 
• It is unclear what modification a hull or turret is, because of gear score, shot colors and XTs

 

 

The last point. Empty tiers. The Demolition/Destructive War rewards don't seem worthwhile at all so I thought I'll just do the August Challenge. This time around there are far more empty reward tiers for a longer format(there are more tiers this time) which really kills the motivation to finish. I'm totally disappointed.

[The_Pakistani 16,768]

Saw 1st Gauss Prime

Edit: 7000 Posts

Edited August 19, 2019 by The_Pakistani