Why is it so difficult to enter an ASL battle

[Joeguy 941]

I have no trouble entering any mode except ASL.  Why is it so difficult to enter an ASL battle?  If I've been in one ASL battle and then wish to go into another, I must click ASL, wait for the loading screen to go through a cycle or two (green bar), log out and log back in.  I usually get into a battle at this point but with only about three minutes left.

 

Anyone else having trouble with ASL like this?

[Ninja 10,468]

Try clearing your cache.

• If you are using a browser: How to clear your browser’s cache?
• If you are using the official client: How to clear cache of Tanki Online client

[Joeguy 941]

 

Try clearing your cache.

• If you are using a browser: How to clear your browser’s cache?
• If you are using the official client: How to clear cache of Tanki Online client

 

Seriously?  Thanks for the suggestion, but of course I have tried clearing the cache.  This has been an ongoing glitch for months and months.  ASL takes forever to load and hangs up about every other battle. 

 

DM can be difficult to get into but that can be attributed to MM and the inefficient queuing employed by MM.   All the other modes load well, but ASL keeps getting hung up forcing a re-login.

 

I'm just wondering if others have noticed this situation.

Edited November 21, 2019 by Joeguy

[Ninja 10,468]

 

Strange since usually clearing cache would fix most loading issues. The only one I've had is with DM as well but as you mention its probably lack of players.

 

Out of curiosity, which version of the game are you playing? And have you tested to see whether this happens in new HTML5?

[Joeguy 941]

Strange since usually clearing cache would fix most loading issues. The only one I've had is with DM as well but as you mention its probably lack of players.

 

Out of curiosity, which version of the game are you playing? And have you tested to see whether this happens in new HTML5?

I haven't played the HTML5 enough yet to really know.  I don't care for the response of the controls in HTML5...shooting seeme inaccurate and the mele turrets seem less effective.  So I intend to wait until it is impossible to play flash anymore, that way everyone will have the same disadvantage.

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

Why would you want to enter such a horrible game mode?

[Thomas11239 366]

Why would you want to enter such a horrible game mode?

Only for daily missions probably, which also explains why there are so few ASL battles to join, (almost) nobody plays it apart from daily missions.

[BadTank 27]

Honestly wondering what's up with DM more than ASL tho.

Haven't got any DM missions in ages, and DM simply doesn't load for me. Tried multiple times and timer always goes to 3 mins and ends.

 

 

Will they remove DM as a game mode?

 

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

Only for daily missions probably, which also explains why there are so few ASL battles to join, (almost) nobody plays it apart from daily missions.

 

I change ASL missions because I know how horribly messed up the battles can be, even if it contests me thousands of crystals.

 

 

 

Honestly wondering what's up with DM more than ASL tho.Haven't got any DM missions in ages, and DM simply doesn't load for me. Tried multiple times and timer always goes to 3 mins and ends.

Will they remove DM as a game mode?

 

 

They removed all DM related missions awhile ago.

[TheCongoSpider 8,943]

Only for daily missions probably, which also explains why there are so few ASL battles to join, (almost) nobody plays it apart from daily missions.

Which would explain why I'm being bombarded with ASL missions every day. 

 

I change ASL missions because I know how horribly messed up the battles can be, even if it contests me thousands of crystals.

Hard for me to do that when I get 2 missions for it. Or if I get an "Earn 800 crystals in Assault", then change it to get "Deal 270,000 damage in Assault", then change that to either get back 800 crystals in Assault or Score 1,500 points in Assault. And if not that, then I'd probably get a "Top 3 in the winning team x 3" or a long mission in another battle mode. 

[Ninja 10,468]

Honestly wondering what's up with DM more than ASL tho.

Haven't got any DM missions in ages, and DM simply doesn't load for me. Tried multiple times and timer always goes to 3 mins and ends.

 

 

Will they remove DM as a game mode?

 

DM missions were removed which means there are almost never enough players to start a match :c

[Joeguy 941]

DM disappeared when Team Juggy missions appeared...fine with me. DM was always difficult to enter especially around restart.  I also never really liked DM...especially after they increased the star threshold from 5 kills to 8 killls and dropped the XP level for each kill.

 

I only do ASL for missions...greedy me :)  I try to click them away mostly because they are so fiddly to enter not because it's a junk mode.  I wouldn't want to play it all the time, but big blow outs now and then are kind of fun.

Edited November 21, 2019 by Joeguy

[BadTank 27]

DM missions were removed which means there are almost never enough players to start a match :c

That is disappointing. Most of my playing hours (in lower ranks) came from DM. Thanks for the update.