Episode 250 of the V-LOG is live!

[TaffyTank 1,890]

Alterations give major advantages in various circumstances in battles...having them all exclusively for buyers gives a power advantage to buyers in any battle situation while non-buyers have virtually 0 chance of gaining the alterations that suit them. So the game is Pay to win.

I'm just glad I played this game when it was good, now it's a much worse game sadly. Shame really... the core of the game is decent enough but developer decisions lately have been abysmal.

It always had a Pay-to-win side to it but now it's completely out of control and devs don't even give a damn how blatant their cash grabs look. It's cringe-worthy to watch how desperate for cash they are. All businesses need cash but most manage to make money without looking utterly pathetic.

This game is like watching an old mate totally lose the plot. The rep of this game is shot to pieces.

Edited April 24, 2020 by TaffyTank

[tanks48 34]

Can't wait to get Alterations of turrets/hulls don't own or use, or getting something useless for the ones I do use. Put Rubberized rounds and Electromagnetic salvo in containers too while you're at it. And not only will Firebird lose 90% of it's damage, I can't even counter that with getting Incendiary Mix.

Also, have fun trying to compete in Parkour contests with people using Lightweight Construction, I'm sure that won't cause any issues. Was debating on whether or not to get mk7 kits when I ranked up, but now I know that that will be useless as I can't get the alterations for them. Great update to also piss off the people who buy in the game. I'm not going to buy loot boxes.

Turret and hull specific missions are bad enough, this is a whole different level of bad.

 

[Volturo 181]

58 minutes ago, Nicola_M said:

So PTB (PonyTail Boy) said they noticed modules against Thunder and Rail were unbalancing the game, so they decided to bring in this stupid hull alteration crap and move all alterations out of the garage and made them only available through Ultra containers.....

PonyTail Boy im dead

[distroeryXXX 33]

So basically all alterations will be unavailible in shop in about few days?

[Nicola_M 173]

1 minute ago, distroeryXXX said:

So basically all alterations will be unavailible in shop in about few days?

Yes.  They mentioned an upcoming Update in the v-log, wonder if that's when it'll happen.

[ParkourPro_FX 2]

2 hours ago, 2shots2kills said:

They won't. I have seen enough to know better.

 

 

 

2 hours ago, Nicola_M said:

Nope.  Have they ever taken any notice of criticism on here?  MM a prime example.

 

2 hours ago, distroeryXXX said:

No, they won't

I guess so

[KillerDiesel 188]

Ultra containers are basically the normal green containers. Only difference is that the ultra containers also drop hull alterations.

 

And speaking of the devil, they put hull alts into ultra containers because many people have rail and thunder modules? Nice work hazel, you showed them who's boss. LMFAO.

 

But let's be honest here. My main has a max upgraded thunder. And I just deal with the amount of protections that are against my turret. It's called adapting.

Here's my view on the percentages:

0 to 19 - easy prey.

20 to 30 - moderate threat.

31 to 39 - formidable opponent.

40 to 50 - oh crap.

[distroeryXXX 33]

54 minutes ago, Nicola_M said:

Yes.  They mentioned an upcoming Update in the v-log, wonder if that's when it'll happen.

I want them not to do this, but if they are planning they should do it because I don't want to buy 400k worth of alts on 25% sale and in the end they won't do it.

[fghjkl54 1,520]

Where is standard containers i looked for them in both versions and didn't found them? even in the shop not avaible as i complted a weekly mission

also i still have lags in HTML5 but the update reduced them

Edited April 24, 2020 by fghjkl54

[Nicola_M 173]

3 hours ago, distroeryXXX said:

I want them not to do this, but if they are planning they should do it because I don't want to buy 400k worth of alts on 25% sale and in the end they won't do it.

Eventually you won't need any alts, because there won't be any players either.

It's probably the most monumentally stupid change Tanki have ever come up with.

So bad that the only other monumentally stupid change I can compare it to is Brexit.

Edited April 24, 2020 by Nicola_M

[Knedlik_s_Omackou 21]

There is literally no single positive comment and if it were, I wouldn't believe that it's from an actual person.
This update is literally the biggest proof of your despair for money and absolute carelessness about the game. 
But I don't think that you're planning on actually improving the game, what I think is that you want to get this game over with very soon and so you're looking for new ways on how to get as much money from us as possible before you unexpectedly shut the game down.
 

[distroeryXXX 33]

33 minutes ago, Knedlik_s_Omackou said:

There is literally no single positive comment and if it were, I wouldn't believe that it's from an actual person.
This update is literally the biggest proof of your despair for money and absolute carelessness about the game. 
But I don't think that you're planning on actually improving the game, what I think is that you want to get this game over with very soon and so you're looking for new ways on how to get as much money from us as possible before you unexpectedly shut the game down.
 

Not long ago I thought of another theory lmao. What if tanki devs r doing these stupid updates just to make players leave so they can shut the game down.

[Nicola_M 173]

That's the only explanation.

I don't buy the "feedback will be passed on" when they say "we'll make changes to fix game imbalances" because if they actually read the feedback they wouldn't do something so stupid that would need fixing.

 

Right now I'm past caring. The game I joined up for is dead.

Edited April 24, 2020 by Nicola_M

[Guest]

This is the exact same mistake TX did with lootbox based progression. Hope you enjoy your dead game in 2021.
 

Going to shoot an email to customer service to delete my account today or tomorrow. No, this isn’t a spur of the moment thing but I’ve been planning to do so for a while.

 

[mjmj5558 2,346]

36 minutes ago, distroeryXXX said:

Not long ago I thought of another theory lmao. What if tanki devs r doing these stupid updates just to make players leave so they can shut the game down.

Sadly, this can be true. The other reason is they know the game is dead, so the only want as much money as possible.

[HappyFace 63]

buy as many alts as you can this sale, they'll become unavailable in the garage 

[fghjkl54 1,520]

can anyone join a battle in HTML5 some players can't 

and  if it isn't fixed before May 1st we will lose our minde of ''blaster drone'' task is missid due to this glitch

[sunhawk 99]

Putting alterations only in containers is so monumentally stupid I can't even express it.

Why do they always---ALWAYS--try to fix their own past mistakes by penalizing the players?

And why do their explanations for it never, never ever make any sense--at all? It's like the devs are all autistic nine year olds who don't actually understand the context they're working in. (Sorry, RIDDLER; no offence to autists.)

It's the disbelief of watching someone drive off a (really obvious) cliff. All I can say is: WTF?

I regret ever spending any real money on this game--and I've been spending a small but steady flow since challenges started, and even before.

 

Edited April 25, 2020 by sunhawk

[sunhawk 99]

Tanki developers: Could you please make one really genuine, really honest attempt to explain why you are going to make turret alterations effectively unavailable to players who don't have them, or don't have the one they want?

Many players do not buy, or continue to upgrade, more than a few turrets--just their favorites, or the ones for this or that account. Getting the right alteration, for the right turret, randomly out of a container is going to be impossible. You are effectively taking them away from those who don't have them yet. But they're already in the game; many people do have them (so how exactly are you helping any balance issues?); and they are a much-appreciated piece of customizeability.

So please explain, in words that make sense this time, what exactly you think you're doing? You cannot possibly be this unintelligent.

[SporkZilla 1,775]

1 hour ago, sunhawk said:

Tanki developers: Could you please make one really genuine, really honest attempt to explain why you are going to make turret alterations effectively unavailable to players who don't have them, or don't have the one they want?

I'd like an explanation too

I'm happy to accept most of the disadvantages of being an F2P player (I won't spend more than 60 euros a year on any game), but I think this is going too far

After saving up my crystals for two years I was planning to buy a couple of products kits, but they were moved to the shop lottery on HTML5

Was planning to buy alterations for them in the next 50% sale (if they ever happen again, seems unlikely given this trend)

Now I have to decide if it's worth buying a load of alterations within the next few hours (I hate pressure), including some for turrets I don't even own yet, because nobody has said "all alterations will be removed from the garage on <insert date>"

Arguments about the amount of P2W in TO seem trivial now, the game is heading towards Pay2Play

I've got loads of crystals, but I'm running out of things to spend them on; TO might as well introduce the option of converting crystals in to tankoins so that some people can spend their savings

 

Edited April 25, 2020 by SporkZilla

[distroeryXXX 33]

1 hour ago, sunhawk said:

Tanki developers: Could you please make one really genuine, really honest attempt to explain why you are going to make turret alterations effectively unavailable to players who don't have them, or don't have the one they want?

I sent email to TO help and they said "Only hull alterations will be in containers, turret alts are gonna stay the same way."

[sunhawk 99]

1 minute ago, distroeryXXX said:

I sent email to TO help and they said "Only hull alterations will be in containers, turret alts are gonna stay the same way."

I hope you're right. That is not what was said in the vlog.

If that is so, we don't have to worry as much about those hull alterations as I thought. Few people below legend are going to have them. At least for a while. Tanki will continue its slow decline, instead of roaring into the really fast one that I was picturing.

Still, castrating firebird and freeze by allowing hull alterations to take away their essential character is utter nonsense.

[Coriolano 78]

Please don't buy ultracontainer.... we only can protest like this

 

[wolverine848 13,097]

29 minutes ago, sunhawk said:

I hope you're right. That is not what was said in the vlog.

If that is so, we don't have to worry as much about those hull alterations as I thought. Few people below legend are going to have them. At least for a while. Tanki will continue its slow decline, instead of roaring into the really fast one that I was picturing.

Still, castrating firebird and freeze by allowing hull alterations to take away their essential character is utter nonsense.

Our modules are taking a hit though.

What are you going to do when you are battling firebirds with compact tanks or freeze or any other turret with afterburn alteration?

[N3tralRE 73]

All in all, another lackluster solution to the alteration problem Tanki itself created.