v-log Episode 236 of the V-LOG is live!

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

2 hours ago, Maf said:

Nah man, that's 2013 Tanki you're talking about  

As soon as micro-upgrades got introduced it was no longer possible to judge the power of any tank in front of you. And don't tell me about "R" info because no one has time to press and read all that mid-battle. Right now we have the semi-helpful Gear Score, but the tank's texture has been useless ever since XTs got turned into skins and became possible to acquire and equip at any modification. Skins are purely cosmetic now - there's no getting away from that.

But most players don't have the exclusive skins. And the basic skins are still helpful, because you can assume it's at least as strong as the modification upgrade as shown.

19 minutes ago, mjmj5558 said:

I think...  There have to be an opinion.  Which skin do you want to equip. M0, 1,2 or 3 I like m3 skin but I think someones prefer m0 skin or m1 because they want to see their paints. 

IMO M0 and M1 skins just seems too noobish and ugly. I like the metal meshing with the paint, makes the tank look badass.

[wolverine848 13,097]

11 minutes ago, DieselPlatinum said:

But most players don't have the exclusive skins. And the basic skins are still helpful, because you can assume it's at least as strong as the modification upgrade as shown.

IMO M0 and M1 skins just seems too noobish and ugly. I like the metal meshing with the paint, makes the tank look badass.

Nah... too much metal.  Paint is almost useless.  We need a plain skin that we can cover with the paints.

[TheCongoSpider 8,962]

3 hours ago, Maf said:

 And don't tell me about "R" info because no one has time to press and read all that mid-battle

chuckles nervously

 

3 hours ago, Maf said:

Right now we have the semi-helpful Gear Score, but the tank's texture has been useless ever since XTs got turned into skins and became possible to acquire and equip at any modification. Skins are purely cosmetic now - there's no getting away from that.

GS still helped with gaining knowledge of a tank's power if you knew what quantity each part of the tank contributed. You had basic templates like 7k GS = M2 10/10 and 3 M2 protection modules. It has been becoming easier over the months with the changes they made to it. 

 

Mk update probably messed that up and I'll need to find new templates. Maybe they're the same, or maybe not. 

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

2 hours ago, wolverine848 said:

Nah... too much metal.  Paint is almost useless.  We need a plain skin that we can cover with the paints.

But no metal, and the tank is just ugly. We can see most of the paint on an m3 model anyway. Plus it looks cool. Like I said it needs to have a perfect balance between the amount t of metal and non metal, and the m2 and m3 models have the best balance of both.

[TheCongoSpider 8,962]

2 hours ago, DieselPlatinum said:

But no metal, and the tank is just ugly. 

I kinda liked the look of Viking and Hornet LGC for that. They just looked like glorified M0s and attracted me to shoot them more. It's satisfying to kill those especially. I'd still prefer my M3 look, but having no metal doesn't seem so bad. 

 

Viking Ultra just looks out of place. It looks like a princess trying to hold up her frilly dress while sliding. 

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

28 minutes ago, TheCongoSpider said:

I kinda liked the look of Viking and Hornet LGC for that. They just looked like glorified M0s and attracted me to shoot them more. It's satisfying to kill those especially. I'd still prefer my M3 look, but having no metal doesn't seem so bad. 

 

Viking Ultra just looks out of place. It looks like a princess trying to hold up her frilly dress while sliding. 

I got the Ultra skin on another account. I think it's pretty cool. It's like a high tech version of the prime skins. Not so sure about a princess, rather odd comparison.

 

As for those gross legacy skins, if I had to choose between those and some speed boosts, I'd choose the speed boosts. Even the basic m0 skins look better than the legacy skins.

[Maf 32,317]

5 hours ago, DieselPlatinum said:

But most players don't have the exclusive skins...

...yet.

The number of skins will only keep going up. Animated paints were also a rarity for the first 6-10 months after they were introduced, but once they started appearing in challenges, people began accumulating them faster than normal paints. Same with skins - I'm sure that in one or two years we will have a vast variety of easily obtainable skins, so no one would be using the default modification skin anyway, even without the Mk update.

 

5 hours ago, TheCongoSpider said:

GS still helped with gaining knowledge of a tank's power if you knew what quantity each part of the tank contributed. You had basic templates like 7k GS = M2 10/10 and 3 M2 protection modules. It has been becoming easier over the months with the changes they made to it. 

 

Mk update probably messed that up and I'll need to find new templates. Maybe they're the same, or maybe not. 

But isn't GS simply a case of comparing whether it's higher or lower than your own? You don't need to try and convert it to an equivalent modification on the fly, since you just check whether the GS is higher than yours, and if it is, then the enemy you're facing is potentially more powerful than you.

[The_Pakistani 16,768]

11 hours ago, Maf said:

"OP tank for $$$" implies equipment more powerful than any other item, and only possible to acquire by paying real money. Not TKs from missions, not challenges, not saving crystals for a long time.

I know Tanki isn't exactly making it easy for free players to get the top tier stuff, but the fact is that it's possible, even oif extremely difficult.

Top tier is not easy without premium account which can only be bought through real money. 

You think you're right because your a mod.

[mjmj5558 2,346]

11 hours ago, wolverine848 said:

Nah... too much metal.  Paint is almost useless.  We need a plain skin that we can cover with the paints.

 

11 hours ago, DieselPlatinum said:

But most players don't have the exclusive skins. And the basic skins are still helpful, because you can assume it's at least as strong as the modification upgrade as shown.

IMO M0 and M1 skins just seems too noobish and ugly. I like the metal meshing with the paint, makes the tank look badass.

Yes thats what I'm talking about. Someone prefer m3 skins whith metal, and somebody likes skins whith less metal because of paints.  There should be an opinion to choose, and both skins must be free.

[a7x_Pedro48 13,999]

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[Maf 32,317]

1 hour ago, The_Pakistani said:

Top tier is not easy without premium account which can only be bought through real money. 

You think you're right because your a mod.

You're confusing it with challenges. By "top tier", I mean a fully upgraded Mk7 tank combo with a drone, supplies, and fully upgraded modules. In other words, highest tier gameplay items that help you win in battles are possible to obtain for free, as opposed to some other games, where the only way to get the highest damaging exclusive weapons is to buy them with real money.

[a7x_Pedro48 13,999]

Dude, don't be blind. It's impossible to have a M4 hull, M4 turret, full MU drones and module and use it in every battles.

 

I use Saboteur drone a lot. But I can't use it in every battles since it consumes too much batteries. I'm forced to buy batteries with crystals just to be able to use the drone for a few battles per day.

 

Items are possible to obtain for free. I got all my turrets and hulls before I even started to spend a few Euros here and there for 2 challenges. But the means to compete (supplies), you need money for that.

[The_Pakistani 16,768]

Right. 

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[The_Pakistani 16,768]

Flash is going to end? Still sending updates

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

13 minutes ago, The_Pakistani said:

Flash is going to end? Still sending updates

Flash isn't ending.

 

Chrome is cutting all support with flash.

[The_Pakistani 16,768]

2 minutes ago, DieselPlatinum said:

Flash isn't ending.

 

Chrome is cutting all support with flash.

Just google it. and tanki is crazy to put endless effort on HTML5?

[DieselPlatinum 5,121]

8 hours ago, The_Pakistani said:

Just google it. and tanki is crazy to put endless effort on HTML5?

Why? 

 

Flash is outdated technology after all.

[Stratosphere 2,234]