Changes in drone mechanics, turret balance and more

[Marcus 17,296]

 

Tankers!

 

Lots of cool stuff happening this week!

We’ve got our Black Friday event kicking off tomorrow, featuring great discounts and bundles and other fun stuff.

We’re also releasing the Hyperion Drone and the re-designed Prime skins for Viking and Thunder.

 

And that's not all!

 

After a week of in-depth testing, we’re implementing some interesting changes in Drones, Turrets, Alterations and Overdrives to make the game more balanced. 

Check out the detailed patch notes here.

Make sure you enter the game tomorrow and check out these changes for yourselves.

[TheCongoSpider 8,942]

These changes were made after a week of "in-depth testing", huh? Let's see how it plays out.

 

I don't agree with the change for Thunder, but at least Sledgehammer is finally getting nerfed. 

[Adab 2,896]

Sounds good.

[Retaliate 503]

"Booster: Consumes 3 additional Double Damages."  I would've never bought the drone if this was the case  

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

Thunder didn't need the projectile mechanics change. It was fine as it was. 

[a7x_Pedro48 13,999]

1 hour ago, Retaliate said:

"Booster: Consumes 3 additional Double Damages."  I would've never bought the drone if this was the case  

Same for Saboteur. It consumes now 4 mines. This is just stupid.

 

This changes are dumb and will just result in less usage of drones, since not everyone spends money in the game.

 

Edited November 28, 2019 by a7x_Pedro48

[Rocket_Raccoon_XXX 1,507]

Oki.

[TheCongoSpider 8,942]

1 hour ago, a7x_Pedro48 said:

Same for Saboteur. It consumes now 4 mines. This is just stupid.

I mean, to be fair, Saboteur doing this when it was implemented would have made the most sense. And I use a mine every time I spawn and I still have stacks of them. People can effortlessly lock down bases with mines. It's basically a won game if your team has 2 Saboteur users defending  and your team is ahead. 

[Joeguy 941]

With these drone changes it is obvious emphasis on "pay to win".  Drones now chew up batteries AND supplies.  I just don't see much motivation to bother ranking up any more.

[a7x_Pedro48 13,999]

2021

• Drone will now consume crystals when activated.

[Viking4s 10,791]

Thunder :(, but why? this brings nothing apart add a complexity on the alterations, we already have lag for the delay... also what about Smoky gun and Shaft ?
Some of the changes for drones are welcomed, for some others this is way too late when we already have spent crystals upgrading them. Their only interest now is their added protection and power. At least devs should reduces the battery cost. I saw a couple of typos in the patch.

[FrozenRailgun 1,771]

33 minutes ago, Viking4s said:

Thunder :(, but why? this brings nothing apart add a complexity on the alterations, we already have lag for the delay... also what about Smoky gun and Shaft ?
Some of the changes for drones are welcomed, for some others this is way too late when we already have spent crystals upgrading them. Their only interest now is their added protection and power. At least devs should reduces the battery cost. I saw a couple of typos in the patch.

That just make Grizzly module even more powerful than Thunder itself. ;(  #RIPThunder #OPGrizzlyModule

45 minutes ago, Joeguy said:

With these drone changes it is obvious emphasis on "pay to win".  Drones now chew up batteries AND supplies.  I just don't see much motivation to bother ranking up any more.

I mean, Alternativa did try to tackle against OP P2W, but.... it failed. ;( 

[aBiglongfatNICK 68]

i could tolerate this new changes, making spend more suplies every battle.

But prices of shop not for a moderate buyer like me. So good luck whit your balances. 

Seems you dont want my money)

[Heles 9,220]

Sounds gr8

[Michael828 816]

I'm a bit concerned that drones are being given too many advantages. They're becoming nearly as important as your tank itself, and are basically a must-have at this point.

[FrozenRailgun 1,771]

4 hours ago, vaitaprocaralho said:

i could tolerate this new changes, making spend more suplies every battle.

But prices of shop not for a moderate buyer like me. So good luck whit your balances. 

Seems you dont want my money)

Haha! Good one! 

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

Just tested thunder, and it's not as bad as I thought it would be. Still kinda silly that you took away it's one thing that made it unique from the other splash turrets.

 

Now it's more like a downgraded version of Gauss.

[Zekrom 316]

Damn, I want Sprinter now. (Despite the fact that it consumes SBs *cough* Pakistani.) 

Uranium has a well deserved buff as well. (Although, you'd get more DPS from a regular Striker salvo, wouldn't you?) 

[Xx_BICHO_PIRULETA_xX 1]

I come here to talk about the new thunder update started on 11/29/2019.
I ask the developers to return it to the old state, because it was very detrimental to players who like to play thunder the shot was very slow similar to Gauss.
You could just let her hang on the Prime skin. up up pls help

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

While it was silly to take away it's one thing that made it unique from all the other splash turrets, I'm just glad that they didn't make it as slow as strikers rockets or even slower.

[lssimo 1,559]

Is this accurate?

Quote

 

Added mechanics for additional supplies consumption while using  the following drones:

• Trooper:
  • Consumes 1 additional Double Armour. 
• Sprinter: 
  • Consumes 1 additional Speed Boost 
• Booster: 
  • Consumes 3 additional Double Damages.
• Lifeguard: 
  • Consumes 3 additional Repair Kits.
• Blaster:
  • Consumes 1 additional Double Damage .
• Saboteur:
  • Consumes 4 additional 4 Mines. 

 

 

[Stratosphere 2,234]

14 minutes ago, lssimo said:

Is this accurate?

 

Yes.

 

You can find more information on our Wiki, which has been updated: https://en.tankiwiki.com/Drones

[TheCongoSpider 8,942]

I hope it wasn't done just so that they had a way to nerf Sledgehammer. 

 

Because SCCM has the same projectile speed as Stock, but has less damage. Its reload is similar to Sledgehammer's which would make one think that SCCM should have also gotten a decreased projectile speed. 

[Thomas11239 366]

Sometimes, it'd be nice to hear why you're ruining changing certain turrets and their alterations.

[raze_avenger 221]

The prime skin is very nice it makes the paint on your tank a lot more detailed. I personally don’t mind the projectile speed being nerfed because  It actually makes the turret more realistic.