9 months without playing Tanki, tell me what happened since plz

[a7x_Pedro48 13,999]

Hello, you probably forgot about me :lol:. But I was a regular player of Tanki.

 

Can you tell me what happened in the past 9 months? Any new gun, hull? New alterations? New gameplay? Did they release the new overdrive?

 

What will happen for Halloween? I haven't watched a v-log since January, will they bring back the iconic map? Maybe I'll play a little.

 

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I stopped playing in late January. It was not on purpose. After my last battle, I had no idea it was my last battle before months. I just did not turn on my computer for 1, 2, 3 days and I did not miss the game. And I eventually forgot about Tanki.

 

It's sad because it was a good game. And I know games like that need money. But the last updates were too obvious that it was only for money... The challenges each month, with the pass to buy, the new overdrives made to "make the unpopular hull more popular" when the sole purpose was to make players purchase crystals to buy all hulls. The broken anti cheat system (Semyon S told us they knew it was broken but they did not want to fix it). I forgot about hackers ruining every gold Event and noobs ridding a friend to take a Gold.

 

I don't mind spending some money in game, I know they need it. I did spend money on Tanki. I don't regret it, but I doubt I will ever spend money again here.

Edited October 29, 2019 by a7x_Pedro48

[Guest]

I remember you!

• Overdrives got released, and they're crap. Just press shift and win.
• Gauss got released
• Challenges are only for no-lifers
• Halloweeen map is cool but the event is terrible. You can only take a gold with Mammoth
• Freeze doesn't freeze because Hazel decided to nerf it 
• Player counts have plummeted
• Game has gotten worse IMO, I myself don't play much anymore. I've switched to World of Tanks, which is amazing compared to this p2w craphole
• Oh and Tanki X is shutting down
• One more thing, there's this think called Tankicoins but they're irrelevant. 

Edited October 29, 2019 by Guest

[Initiate 1,306]

 

I would definitely recommend that you check out the wiki: en.tankiwiki.com

You know about challenges (though those have changed a bit), and overdrives are finally released. 

They have a new gun, Gauss (en.tankiwiki.com/Gauss) - I would really recommend that you create a low account to try it out after a quick read on the Wiki, should make sense after playing with it.

A new hull is planned, Ares. It's a heavy hull, floats above the ground (like a hoverboard, sorta).

A bunch of new skins have been added, Tanki X has closed, new paints have been added, Freeze, Duplet Hammer, Magnum, and a couple others received nerfs. Other turrets such as Shaft received buffs for alterations.

 

A new interface has been developed (tankionline.com/play) and it runs off HTML5 (much better than the old one software-wise but as of yet unfinished). Flash is being fazed out and somewhere next year they will stop updating it (if you play on client I think they have a HTML5 client, or at least are developing one). The solo JGR mode is scrapped and a new one (Team JGR - https://en.tankiwiki.com/Battle_modes and scroll to the bottom) has been implemented. A new mode named Siege is planned but no one knows how it works.

 

Not sure what else there was.. others will point out things I've missed :)

Welcome back!

 

*Edit: Tankoins (TKs) are the new way to buy in the shop, made everything more expensive. If you're not going to buy don't bother about 'em.

Edited October 29, 2019 by Initiate

[Ninja 10,468]

List of major updates for returning players

[a7x_Pedro48 13,999]

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Thank you Sam.

 

Thay took there time to release the Overdrives and they are crap? Lol. It does not surprise me...

 

Gauss is a new gun?

 

The event is already on? It's x10, or only during the 31? Oh yeah, Mammoth is immortal now with the overdrive, what a shame lol.

 

Lol Tanki X shutting down, really?

 

I remember they talked about a new currency.

 

I would definitely recommend that you check out the wiki: en.tankiwiki.com

Good idea, I'll do it when I have some time.

 

A new interface has been developed (tankionline.com/play) and it runs off HTML5 (much better than the old one software-wise but as of yet unfinished). Flash is being fazed out and somewhere next year they will stop updating it (if you play on client I think they have a HTML5 client, or at least are developing one).

I play on Client yes.

Edited October 29, 2019 by a7x_Pedro48

[Maf 32,306]

 

Gauss is a new gun, yes. Released by surprise with no prior announcement, but then again it's not really anything new - just a unique mix of Thunder, Railgun and Striker mechanics.

 

The Halloween gold even is planned for 3 days. One already happened, but there's still two more ahead (Thursday and Saturday).

 

TX is shutting down, I made an announcement here.

[a7x_Pedro48 13,999]

The Halloween Map is only JGR then?

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

The Halloween Map is only JGR then?

The Halloween map is basically Yorkshire with a few tweaks, the two most obvious ones are the graveyard in the middle and dead trees on the outside.

[a7x_Pedro48 13,999]

It's a shame. The first Halloween maps were the best. And Yorkshire used to be the Xmas map.

[a7x_Pedro48 13,999]

I don't think it was that hard, they already created the Halloween map, they just had to take it out of the drawer and put it in the game. Maybe they lost it :ph34r:
 

• Player counts have plummeted

Do we still have that graph that shows the number of players?

Edited October 29, 2019 by a7x_Pedro48

[Ninja 10,468]

https://steamcharts.com/app/562010#1y

Thats only the players attached to Steam. The vast majority are not.

[a7x_Pedro48 13,999]

https://steamcharts.com/app/562010#1y

It's only for those who play on steam.

 

I found it in my bookmarks. When I left, it was 40k, now it's less than 30k. https://tankionline.com/graphic.swf

Edited October 29, 2019 by a7x_Pedro48

[Heles 9,220]

Welcome back a7x_Pedro48

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

Also HTML5 is here.

 

 

Link

[TheCongoSpider 8,957]

Hello, you probably forgot about me :lol:. But I was a regular player of Tanki.

I was wondering where you went. You had just disappeared from Tanki: Picture of the Day. 

[Initiate 1,306]

I was worried about you when you weren't posting at POTD for a while, welcome back!!

What can I say? That's so kind of you. I have been away from TPotD for a while.

[Initiate 1,306]

 

By the way, I didn't introduce myself. I never knew you because I joined this game last December and didn't really join the forum till later. I'm @Initiate :D I'm also HBTY, if you see the name pop up. I'm now only semi-active but I'm still on a bit, and despite the above post I'm not a troll b)

I'm sure we'll be meeting again on the forum though, so till then adios!

[Pythor 1,354]

Pedro! Welcome back brother.

[a7x_Pedro48 13,999]

Also HTML5 is here.

 

 

Link

It says "Loading" and then nothing happens. Opened in Mozilla.

 

The old Client I downloaded will still work? Or I need a new Client?

 

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I forgot a point in my first post. The weekly containers. When I left, devs were slowly starting to introduce them in rewards for events. Now, it seems like rewards are only about weekly containers, and not regular one. So, players have less chances to get XT's, paints, color effect...

 

Another point is the duration of battles, did they lowered it again? I miss the days when you could play 10-15 minutes in the same battle...

Edited October 30, 2019 by a7x_Pedro48

[Ninja 10,468]

It says "Loading" and then nothing happens. Opened in Mozilla.

 

The old Client I downloaded will still work? Or I need a new Client?

 

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I forgot a point in my first post. The weekly containers. When I left, devs were slowly starting to introduce them in rewards for events. Now, it seems like rewards are only about weekly containers, and not regular one. So, players have less chances to get XT's, paints, color effect...

 

Another point is the duration of battles, did they lowered it again? I miss the days when you could play 10-15 minutes in the same battle...

It does not work in Mozilla yet, you need to use Chrome or Opera. The client will work as it always has for Flash, there is no HTML5 client yet.

 

Battles were lowered, yes, now they are 7 mins.

[a7x_Pedro48 13,999]

7 minutes :o Now that there are less players, they need to lower battles duration to make the matchmaking faster. But 7 minutes, wow, that's short.

[Ninja 10,468]

7 minutes :o Now that there are less players, they need to lower battles duration to make the matchmaking faster. But 7 minutes, wow, that's short.

Its short, but arguably better overall. As you said less players makes it quicker and if the battle is imbalanced you don't have to endure it for as long. That said, battles have been pretty good for me lately.

[wolverine848 13,097]

Its short, but arguably better overall. As you said less players makes it quicker and if the battle is imbalanced you don't have to endure it for as long. That said, battles have been pretty good for me lately.

[a7x_Pedro48 13,999]

So far, I join battles with 4 minutes left, in the Halloween map. For CP, I join at the beginning.

[wolverine848 13,097]

So far, I join battles with 4 minutes left, in the Halloween map. For CP, I join at the beginning.

To be "fair"... Matchmaker was doing that 9 months ago. 

 

it's a special treat to wait a minute or two, then get placed in a battle just as it ends.  :rolleyes: