Status effects and other updates

[yellowghetto 3,206]

When rank limits really don't mean much once you reached Legend. 

Lack of content.

[Nuclear 126]

There are a few changes in the characteristics of the «Defender» drone:

• Effect duration time was decreased from 20 seconds to 15 seconds;

• Now consumes 2 more «Double Armour» supplies;

• The recharge time was decreased from 20 seconds to 3 seconds.

it's not balance, only #paytowin

 

leaders logic

[Thomas11239 366]

What a sad way to try to make us play HTML5.

[Ninja 10,468]

1 hour ago, Thomas11239 said:

What a sad way to try to make us play HTML5.

You will continue to see this more and more as Flash gets phased out. Its a waste of resources to develop features for a platform which wont exist come end of the year.

[Dragon-Judgement 1,529]

Only thing I saw that was progress was rank limits changed in MM...

[Dragon-Judgement 1,529]

17 minutes ago, Ninja said:

You will continue to see this more and more as Flash gets phased out. Its a waste of resources to develop features for a platform which wont exist come end of the year.

I think people are aware of the inevitable end of Flash. I don't blame them for liking it more tbh; I personally do, but my accounts don't work on there unfortunately. For me, HTML5 has way too much going on. I know it's still in it's early days, but it's cluttered to hell and I hope over time it's gets simplified. I dread having to deal with HTML5 when I actually decide to play and right now it's just one of those things I don't enjoy currently. But with that said, again, I don't believe people are ignoring the fact that Flash is about to go out the door, and I believe they understand why no work will be put into it.

[Thomas11239 366]

31 minutes ago, Ninja said:

You will continue to see this more and more as Flash gets phased out. Its a waste of resources to develop features for a platform which wont exist come end of the year.

Yup I know, but I wonder why they implement these updates nobody asked for instead of fixing the problems we all know about (MM, unbalanced stuff, etc).

[Galdar 45]

I end up liking the status effects indication. More information can be gathered in a short time to decide and time movements. Not bad, actually.

[Alklines 1,751]

This is gonna be especially helpful against enemies with Hunter, Mammoth, or Wasps who have their overdrives at 100%. Also, I'm a full time user of the Defender drone, and I agree it needed a nerf. It's a huge advantage over those who aren't using Defender, so 15 seconds is a good thing not for me personally. but for the balance of the game.

[fire199 267]

21 hours ago, gaberili said:

Don't be so happy tankers. 5 seconds is't point of thing, And 3 pieces of Double armor.. Still got thousands of them, Enough to kill level booster Coward players beside Juggernauts, Those who Left battle after  their Juggernaut was dismantled into parts 3:)

Better work On level Boosters Who haven't spent single supply to win a round and reach Legends By only Lucky ping And Juggernaut..

True said, Now excuse me Gotta Dissamble some Cowardnauts into pieces

you dont need drugs to win rounds. i can prove that, you need skills.

your the coward here using drones i have met u in battle using full drugs n maxed defender. you r the reason why they nerfed it. i hope they nerf it more so i can kill u more n more. you are nothing without ur drugs and drones buddy 

and they disabled solo jugg so theres no more ppl jugg hunting except for ender that dude is a true jugg hunter and leaves when he dies and leaves if he dosnt start the round as jugg smh so go ahead and hunt him if u want 

[fire199 267]

ty for status updates now i can kill juggs more easily as i can see when they have used thier ODs and they in turn can see vikings with OD and be more wary.

looks like ppl will have to actually be more sneaky now which is good.

i can also kill those noob wasps, and hunters who have OD and have it hidden and place it at golds now ppl will target them which i am happy about 

[Picassoo 191]

So you didn't nerf my drone, really, you just balanced it out buy making it more expensive? GJ devs. This doesn't need balancing, it all needs removal.

Edited May 22, 2020 by Picassoo

[The_Pakistani 16,768]

2 hours ago, Ninja said:

You will continue to see this more and more as Flash gets phased out. Its a waste of resources to develop features for a platform which wont exist come end of the year.

Let me see who plays on HTML5 Good Luck

[Eithern 412]

Another awful update... congrats

[Bydo 20,122]

yea its not good at all. the drug system is so messed up . you can't even tell when you can activate drugs . one minute you have them equip then there gone . I normally can get a 1 tier completed with in a hour so far i'm only 28 % completed . its just a waste. if you wanted to remove or have  less drugs in game then cut back on giving. but it will end up buyers over non-buyers . right now its ok.. but later its going to end up ...only buyers playing..trust me it wont even be this seeing you have changed the mechanics of the game so much its getting impossible to battle now..

Edited May 22, 2020 by Bydo

[fire199 267]

30 minutes ago, The_Pakistani said:

Let me see who plays on HTML5 Good Luck

html isint that bad now, its still a long way off with its bugs n glitches but overall its playable hopefully they focus and prioritize on fixing these bugs and not release any more new updates until its phased out

[Viking4s 10,791]

15 minutes ago, DOUBLE-6 said:

[...] get back to us and answer some direct questions with DIRECT HONEST answers...[...]

So what are your questions?

[2shots2kills 2,366]

On 5/21/2020 at 4:05 PM, Marcus said:

There are a few changes in the characteristics of the «Defender» drone:

• Now consumes 2 more «Double Armour» supplies;

I knew this change was gonna come, this drone seemed way too good, especially compared to the booster drone.

[Bydo 20,122]

new issue with this system. is you get pulled into a battle in regular time but then no sooner you join the game it's over. your left with about 2 minutes more or less still to play in. making the games now only 3 to 4 minute long battles.. so where is the fun in playing now , its turning out to be a waste of my time to put money into a game when I get nothing out of it. I'm washing my money down the drain....

Edited May 22, 2020 by Bydo

[Viking4s 10,791]

39 minutes ago, DOUBLE-6 said:

[...]I have asked multiple questions on multiple subjects relating to the various updates the devs have implemented over these past couple of years. there is no way im going to through all the relevant ones AGAIN. every player knows where i stand in trying to ask the devs to make this game as fair as possible to ALL players. im not stupid i no they have to generate cash in order to make this work. no probs with that at all. [...]

I can try to answer the one about the fairness for all player.

Well, unfortunately it is impossible to be fair with all players. Not on every feature of Tanki anyway. There is the pay to win part of it (premium, drones, product kit before f2p,...). That would be fair if product kit could be unlock at same rank for all. Drones are bloody expensive to upgrade and operates (battery plus extra supplies consumption). If you increase more the cost of it, it would be worse for F2P because even less accessible.

The main problem is that anything that is beneficial for F2P are actually also to the benefit of buyers (Missions, containers, ...). The only feature that is not P2W are the Overdrives, it is the same feature for all players and you don't have to pay for it, it is free (and no micro upgrades required). Somehow you don't want it.  Furthermore ODs are the best tool to counteract powerful buyers. 
It is a competitive game, so if you made mistakes a the start you will suffer and every battle will seem unfair. Once I got a product kit it all got better. The other option if you are no too high in rank is to start again.

[wolverine848 13,097]

1 hour ago, Bydo said:

new issue with this system. is you get pulled into a battle in regular time but then no sooner you join the game it's over. your left with about 2 minutes more or less still to play in. making the games now only 3 to 4 minute long battles.. so where is the fun in playing now , its turning out to be a waste of my time to put money into a game when I get nothing out of it. I'm washing my money down the drain....

There is very little of that.  MM is terrible - they have implemented a horrible version of it.

And instead of fixing MM, they keep adding money-generating gimicks.

Edited May 22, 2020 by wolverine848

[Viking4s 10,791]

7 minutes ago, DOUBLE-6 said:

start again and have to go through all the MK ranks ....no thanks. THE MAIN PROBLEM is OVERDRIVES the unfair MM system the nerfing of various turrets alts that make them useless e.g (SHOCK FREEZE). the devs make so many u-turns it frustrates players to the point they no longer enjoy the game. ANOTHER MAIN PROBLEM is the massive difference in ranks in battles .......put that alongside a buyer lets say he is colonel rank ..... he has the ability to wipe out entire enemy bases on his own  because the MM system has put him against ranks 4/5 below him. the devs have introduced to many un-balanced flaws into the game and now they are going to struggle putting it all right. only they wont they will carry on with there little tweaks that actually do nothing to even TRY and correct at least some of there updates that have players raging in battle and ultimately venting there dislike at yet another update that favours the few. my advice is sort out the HTML5 before flash becomes redundant and to implement changes that balance the game out as much as they can. [...] the overdrive that dictator has that was not a game changer but was i admit a great update. HTML5 has to be ready and working without any flaws before the end of the year, that is what the devs should be working on.[...]

Restarting is an option, if you enjoy it, you can repeat any number of time (different combo, different friends).

MM is a system based on rank (maybe other parameter) and number of played in the queue. It is set up like this for variety and allow every level of skills to play. Unfortunately due to the low number and some group it allows a wider range of rank. But this is the same for both team, not only your team, they will also have low rank as well as high rank. Low ranks do not mean less skills or disadvantageous GS. Plus wide rank range was already existing prior to MM, it is not new.

The thing is due to the slow production process features area added one after another, therefore adjustment is needed even if it was something rightfully balance form the start. When something is OP, it has to be adjust, otherwise you will get more complaints. I would not say u-turn, more fine tuning at the best or keep things in tracks. The noticeable U-turn was self-healing, it was a good concept.  All in all tweaks will always be part of this game.
HAve you reported the flaws in the specific topic? 

[wolverine848 13,097]

52 minutes ago, Viking4s said:

The only feature that is not P2W are the Overdrives, it is the same feature for all players

Let me stop you right there.

You keep avoiding the fact that ODs combine with the P2W features to make buyers even more powerful.

For instance... hornet is considered 'weak' by some, so it's allowed to have an OP OD.  But combine it with the P2W Defender drone, and hornet is no longer "so weak" right? Thus it's able to use the full 20 seconds of OD way more often than average Joe sans Defender.   The ODs just widen the gap in power.  And this is just one example.

it's like a team that is winning - they generate their ODs faster, and the battles get out of reach of the "losers" faster.  Positive-Feedback-Loop.

 

[Viking4s 10,791]

15 minutes ago, wolverine848 said:

Let me stop you right there.

You keep avoiding the fact that ODs combine with the P2W features to make buyers even more powerful.

For instance... hornet is considered 'weak' by some, so it's allowed to have an OP OD.  But combine it with the P2W Defender drone, and hornet is no longer "so weak" right? Thus it's able to use the full 20 seconds of OD way more often than average Joe sans Defender.   The ODs just widen the gap in power.  And this is just one example.

it's like a team that is winning - they generate their ODs faster, and the battles get out of reach of the "losers" faster.  Positive-Feedback-Loop.

As I said, everything that is beneficial too F2P is also available to buyers (small or big). However buyers are also in your team, they will help you get OD faster, it is the same for both side.

TO remain a competitive team game so Joes and such are most of the time not going to be the strong heroes. This is why the large rank MM battles is made for, to put different level of strength in the same team. It is up to each player to play their best and contribute to their level (strategy, team work, right decision and right equipment). I have saved our Juggernaut many time by  shielding it with my hull. Even a weak person can do that. If I had Dictator i wold have activated the OD near it...

[Ninja 10,468]

5 hours ago, The_Pakistani said:

Let me see who plays on HTML5 Good Luck

I've played on it since day one of release and its been hit or miss, slowly improving though.