Back after 3 years, someone help me catch up.

[destroyer1120 2]

Spent an hour playing this game a few days back and got sorely disappointed with my results. Made it out with 0 frags and many many deaths. Seems like I have simply forgotten how to even play this game already. 

 

If any kind soul could tell me what happened in the last 3 years, I will...uh

 

I don't know, send a virtual cookie maybe.

 

Why are there so many druggers now? Didn't seem to be the case in 2016. Has it got something to do with a few drug sales or what? 

 

And what is this fancy new turret called "striker" and the other one (not magnum, its the one that kinda looks like a pimped thunder)

 

Also if you recognise me, hello. Especially red crown and rubbimiller. 

[destroyer1120 2]

Lost my entire friends list btw. At least I still have my badges. Miss you guys. 

[Merovingian 656]

Paint do not protect you anymore it is just to change the look of your tank. You need to equipe your tank with the protection modules which is empty by default as you just restarted after a long break.

Drugs are easier to get, so yes average usage of them has increased too.

Your KD was alreadyvery low, so you were already accustomed of dying a lot.

Maybe restart fhegame from scratch. With your experience you will get better than the other newbie.

Edited August 22, 2019 by Merovingian

[Viking4s 10,791]

A lot happened since 2016 - you will find a quick summary of tanki evolution from 2016:

Neo-Tanki Versus Tanki 2016 - Part I 

Neo-Tanki Versus Tanki 2016 - Part II 

 

More details here on some new addition to TO

Beginner’s Guide to Overdrives 

Beginners' Guide to Drones 

 

and the rest is available on the wiki

# like the new turrets:

Magnum

Gauss

Striker

 

# like the new game mechanics

Matchmaking System

Alterations

Containers

Daily Missions & Challenges

Tankoins

Edited August 22, 2019 by Viking4s

[SB24 152]

Tanki made this matchmaking system, and idk if you were here when they removed the ability to do missions in pro battles, but you can't do that, and instead you have to go into the heavily drugged up mm battles, which tanki heavily pushes. Every event now only happens in mm battles only, so no more fun xp/bp x5 gold events cuz why should we have fun in the best game mode they've made.

[The-Operator219 1,929]

It's not really worth returning to after such a long gap, it might be best to make a new account or two.

[LONDON.ENGLAND 84]

I think I played against you yesterday on my alt. But welcome back, a lot has changed so definitely have a read through the forum. I would definitely suggest having a watch of YouTube videos So can see how the different overdrives work

[Guest]

Let's see:

• Drugs are a core part of the meta and skill is completely useless.
• Lame new thing called Overdrives, think of it as an ability of some sort.
• Smoky has a freezing and burning alteration.
• Vulcan has a burning alteration
• Firebird's afterburn was buffed for no reason other than to make it OP.
• Rigged MM system to "balance" your wins and losses, meaning that blowouts are the norm for MM
• Maps in MM system have been dumbed down for no reason.
• New thing called Challenges are aimed for no lifers, cause you to waste thousands of supplies for a piddly reward, and cause people to be rude and greedy instead of helping each other in team modes.
• Striker is fine, Gauss is fine, Magnum is okay but completly wrecked Noise and Canyon and was OP for a year before it got nerfed
• Drones are this stupid pay to win scam that barely provide an advantage and only exist so you can get hooked with using them and go to the shop to buy more batteries, a new supply that costs 300 crystals per unit.
• Jump hacking is impossible now. (one of the few good things that have happened)
• Turret/hull skins and custom shot effects are a thing now, but the catch is you can only get them through glorified lootboxes.
• Containers (the lootboxes I was talking about above) have been added, you can get anything from 125 mines to one million crystals. Also you can get a container from a special kind of goldbox that gives you a container instead of 1k crystals.
• Protections are completely different and aren't tied to paints. They're also super overpriced now.
• Assault has been officially added, but works differently from what you saw in the old ASL mode in 2016.
• The 2016 ASL map has been added to the game and is called Yorkshire.
• Idk if you were around for this but repair kit got nerfed
• New mode called rugby, it's a very drug intensive mode where you have to get a ball and take it in the other team's base to score.
• New mode called Juggernaut, it's just DM but a random person spawns as this powerful tank and whoever kills him/her becomes the powerful tank
• Misson system has taken a turn for the worse, the missions have become much harder while the rewards haven't been increased that much.
• No more server list. Everyone is lumped in the same server regardless of what community you're in. This leads to many battles where everyone speaks Russian and you can't understand them/they can't understand you.
• Garage takes over a minute to load, and battles only last 7 minutes.
• Game has gotten more and more buggy.
• Clan system has been left unfinished and is still the same thing as it was on launch.
• You might notice this thing called Tankicoins but they're irrelevant IMO. Just ignore them and you'll be fine.
• Ostrica left the chat mod team recently.
• Average peak player counts don't even go above 20k these days.
• The community has also really degraded since 2016; most people ingame are toxic crybabies who need anger management classes, disgusting weebs, or clueless noobs who don't care for their team. The forum is still a nice place though, but has been getting quieter over the years.

 

 

All in all, the game has taken a turn for the worse and is catering to the diehards, brainless mobile players, and no-lifers.

Edited August 22, 2019 by Guest

[wolverine848 13,097]

Let's see:

 

 

 

• Drugs are a core part of the meta and skill is completely useless.
• Lame new thing called Overdrives, think of it as an ability of some sort.
• Smoky has a freezing and burning alteration.
• Vulcan has a burning alteration
• Firebird's afterburn was buffed for no reason other than to make it OP.
• Rigged MM system to "balance" your wins and losses, meaning that blowouts are the norm for MM
• Maps in MM system have been dumbed down for no reason.
• New thing called Challenges are aimed for no lifers, cause you to waste thousands of supplies for a piddly reward, and cause people to be rude and greedy instead of helping each other in team modes.
• Striker is fine, Gauss is fine, Magnum is okay but completly wrecked Noise and Canyon and was OP for a year before it got nerfed
• Drones are this stupid pay to win scam that barely provide an advantage and only exist so you can get hooked with using them and go to the shop to buy more batteries, a new supply that costs 300 crystals per unit.
• Jump hacking is impossible now. (one of the few good things that have happened)
• Turret/hull skins and custom shot effects are a thing now, but the catch is you can only get them through glorified lootboxes.
• Containers (the lootboxes I was talking about above) have been added, you can get anything from 125 mines to one million crystals. Also you can get a container from a special kind of goldbox that gives you a container instead of 1k crystals.
• Protections are completely different and aren't tied to paints. They're also super overpriced now.
• Assault has been officially added, but works differently from what you saw in the old ASL mode in 2016.
• The 2016 ASL map has been added to the game and is called Yorkshire.
• Idk if you were around for this but repair kit got nerfed
• New mode called rugby, it's a very drug intensive mode where you have to get a ball and take it in the other team's base to score.
• New mode called Juggernaut, it's just DM but a random person spawns as this powerful tank and whoever kills him/her becomes the powerful tank
• Misson system has taken a turn for the worse, the missions have become much harder while the rewards haven't been increased that much.
• No more server list. Everyone is lumped in the same server regardless of what community you're in. This leads to many battles where everyone speaks Russian and you can't understand them/they can't understand you.
• Garage takes over a minute to load, and battles only last 7 minutes.
• Game has gotten more and more buggy.
• Clan system has been left unfinished and is still the same thing as it was on launch.
• You might notice this thing called Tankicoins but they're irrelevant IMO. Just ignore them and you'll be fine.
• Ostrica left the chat mod team recently.
• Average peak player counts don't even go above 20k these days.
• The community has also really degraded since 2016; most people ingame are toxic crybabies who need anger management classes, disgusting weebs, or clueless noobs who don't care for their team. The forum is still a nice place though, but has been getting quieter over the years.

 

 

 

All in all, the game has taken a turn for the worse and is catering to the diehards, brainless mobile players, and no-lifers.

I like this condensed version better...

[Initiate 1,306]

 

Welcome back... too bad you'll have your good memories ruined!  :mellow:

As regards to Youtubers, Oufa and Claudiu left, came back (together) about a month ago, and then seemingly left again. The big things now are Ghost Animator TO and Mr.Thunder, and, uh... basically every channel has taken to copying them. This means that essentially every decently big channel is a huge buyer, and when they start to run out of money the subs stop, and drop. Almost every new video is either "Road to _____ Skin!" or "Opening 500 containers!!" or "Challenges Video #__" (this one is where they do nub stuff, such as "take gold with M0" and the go on an alt and take a gold) or "Getting ______ Animated Paint!" The last one happens almost every day.

 

• Jump hacking is impossible now. (one of the few good things that have happened)
• Ostrica left the chat mod team recently.

^ The only two good things in the list that you mentioned. On that note... it seemed like people liked her in the goodbye topic. Why is that? She seemed SO rude whenever I or anyone I knew interacted with her.

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

1)

[*]The community has also really degraded since 2016; most people ingame are toxic crybabies who need anger management classes, disgusting weebs, or clueless noobs who don't care for their team. The forum is still a nice place though, but has been getting quieter over the years.

 

 

2) All in all, the game has taken a turn for the worse and is catering to the diehards, brainless mobile players, and no-lifers.

1) chat toxicity has existed in early 2014 and maybe even before that.

 

2) this one is true though.

[Viking4s 10,791]

Let's see:

• Ostrica left the chat mod team recently.

Who is that? 

 

Adriel.RB is still here so the forum is still active and entertaining. :) :) mi hermano

 

it seemed like people liked her in the goodbye topic. Why is that? She seemed SO rude whenever I or anyone I knew interacted with her.

"Rude", oy, that was my title, you can't give it to her like that! I want it back! Now. Plus she was adorable, smart and empowered. Don't feel small toward strong personality.

 

[destroyer1120 2]

My good memories were indeed ruined...give me back my friends list so I can chat with my friends dammit. 

 

Welcome back... too bad you'll have your good memories ruined!  :mellow:

As regards to Youtubers, Oufa and Claudiu left, came back (together) about a month ago, and then seemingly left again. The big things now are Ghost Animator TO and Mr.Thunder, and, uh... basically every channel has taken to copying them. This means that essentially every decently big channel is a huge buyer, and when they start to run out of money the subs stop, and drop. Almost every new video is either "Road to _____ Skin!" or "Opening 500 containers!!" or "Challenges Video #__" (this one is where they do nub stuff, such as "take gold with M0" and the go on an alt and take a gold) or "Getting ______ Animated Paint!" The last one happens almost every day.

 

^ The only two good things in the list that you mentioned. On that note... it seemed like people liked her in the goodbye topic. Why is that? She seemed SO rude whenever I or anyone I knew interacted with her.

I think I played against you yesterday on my alt. But welcome back, a lot has changed so definitely have a read through the forum. I would definitely suggest having a watch of YouTube videos So can see how the different overdrives work

That's cool, industrial zone? Or was it the grassy map with an elevated area and loads of hard cover?

I remember back when Ghost Animator was growing his channel in 2016...you saw him everyday in general chat begging for subs and announcing giveaways. 

[Zak 2,532]

 

If you want to know how Overdrives work, please check this page. :)

Also check News archive, you will find there some informations about the past and recent updates. If you have any question about an update or you want an explanation then I will gladly help :D

[Guest]

Spam 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, but not 6

[wolverine848 13,097]

Spam 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, but not 6

LOL

 

coughremapcough

[Person_Random 4,991]

your friends are all gone

 

note: i dont mean to be mean but a lot of people have left.

Edited August 23, 2019 by Person_Random

[featwasath 267]

I still miss Polygon CP XP/BP and Sandbox CTF XP/BP  :(

The good old times are gone  :mellow:

[lssimo 1,559]

If you want to stay only do missions, to save supplies and other rewards without consuming then too fast. I do 10 missions per cycle, not 20 like some do.

 

Many battles are unbalanced, it feels like Pros vs Noobs. I quit many unbalanced battles once I see that my team is set up to lose.

 

Noise is ruined with Magnums and now Hunters.

[jelly_beans 35]

Welcome back!

[Heles 9,220]

Wlc back