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[Rocket_Raccoon_XXX 1,507]

Ok then. 

[sunhawk 99]

Am I right in assuming that buyers can still buy-and-use-in-battle supplies from recruit rank? While non-buyers can't even find supply drops in battle? This just expands in power and extends in time the gap between buyers and non-buyers.

This will even more frustrate the players who are unable or unwilling to buy.

However, those who could conceivably buy a bundle of supplies will be even more tempted and pressured to do so, right from rank one, even if they are reluctant at first. Don't tell me you cunning bastards didn't think of that.

[tanks48 34]

11 minutes ago, sunhawk said:

Am I right in assuming that buyers can still buy-and-use-in-battle supplies from recruit rank? While non-buyers can't even find supply drops in battle? This just expands in power and extends in time the gap between buyers and non-buyers.

This will even more frustrate the players who are unable or unwilling to buy.

However, those who could conceivably buy a bundle of supplies will be even more tempted and pressured to do so, right from rank one, even if they are reluctant at first. Don't tell me you cunning bastards didn't think of that.

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It's as close as I could get to Recruit without making a new account. Would assume this is also available there.

 

 

 

[sunhawk 99]

I guess it was in the vlog that they mentioned that supply drops in those low-ranked battles will be removed and replaced with crystal-plus-xp boxes. That hasn't actually happened yet.

[Russty 368]

On 5/23/2020 at 12:55 PM, Viking4s said:

It is a completely new game, the old tanki is gone the day they removed crystals boxes, so that is normal for you not to like the new one.

From 120k players down to 18k at peak time, it is indeed the vast majority. But they are not here anymore. I still play it and enjoy it. Legend level is not interesting (still too many players not turning their turrets in those), so I am not playing there anymore.

I say that 2017-present Tanki is the 'sequel game' to the old Tanki. It's sad but I can't accept the fact that the current Tanki is the Tanki we all used to love. I've hit legend rank on my high account and you're correct. It's boring and there's nothing special. This is why I now play on my low account which is slightly more fun.

[Dragon-Judgement 1,529]

On 5/22/2020 at 8:11 PM, Mirza7 said:

@DOUBLE-6 ODs are the only chance for a F2P players like me to play against buyers. hornet OD's absolute power over all kinds of protections is the vulnerability that buyers exploit by using never ending amount of supplies and drones like defender to overcome its low HP that balances its OP OD. All devs need to do is come up with a non-paying countermeasure for that vulnerability. It could be decrease in rate of OD charging with drones that allow exploitation or making it not so absolute in bypassing protection. Why don't you come up with a reasonable countermeasure and suggest it to devs. Just like titan's OD got downgraded.

I find it hilarious that you perpetuate the idea that supplies are something that's being exploited JUST BECAUSE of Hornet's OD when supplies have been (no matter where you are on that topic alone) a "thing" on their own. I have to agree with Double-6 and say that OD's need to find the door (it's not a far-fetched idea; if you can't really balance them or ignore issues like everyone seems to mention Hornet's OD being THAT much more powerful, so why continue to allow them to stay in the game???? Not to say that's where he's coming from, but that's my outlook on it), and I'm not even a buyer, so don't slap that label on me and you can't assume that everyone who objects your opinion is such. That just makes you look like a bit of a muppet. But, the current environment of this game is very disturbing at the very least. It's not just the OD's, there's a bigger picture here. If I had anything to do with development, I'd scrap everything and rebuild. Sure there's gonna have to be some form of monetization for example, but would it be as predatory and arbitrary as current? Nah. Would being a "buyer" give you such a significant edge over what MOST of the community is made up of; F2P? Nope. Would I be more willing to listen to every corner of the community and not just the ones who bring money to the table? No, because this platform is supposed to be for EVERYONE to enjoy. I think the devs have their priorities mixed up, and have had them mixed up for far too long and it needs to end, somewhere.

Edited May 27, 2020 by Dragon-Judgement

[Viking4s 10,791]

On 5/26/2020 at 1:04 PM, Russty said:

I say that 2017-present Tanki is the 'sequel game' to the old Tanki. It's sad but I can't accept the fact that the current Tanki is the Tanki we all used to love. I've hit legend rank on my high account and you're correct. It's boring and there's nothing special. This is why I now play on my low account which is slightlyThe more fun.

In the old time, a new release would replace the old outdated one. The new will have new and better graphics, new features, more resources consumed, ... and we would not be able to use the old one. Therefore we would have every 4-5 years a new exiting game (based on the same theme/concept). Now, the game is regularly updated with small updates and major ones. We could say that they were: the initial game with crystals boxes, then MM and now ODs. Drones, OD,... are ways to try to renew interest, to bring something special with more or less success. But it is also to earn money to keep the company running. In the past when you bought the new game you actually had to pay again for the same theme/concept and reward the company for his investment & development.
There is always a temptation to go back to before as now the technology could technically allow it. But this will be back to something we know, then it won't be special.

Edited May 27, 2020 by Viking4s

[wolverine848 13,097]

1 hour ago, Dragon-Judgement said:

if you can't really balance them or ignore issues like everyone seems to mention Hornet's OD being THAT much more powerful, so why continue to allow them to stay in the game??

Because it's popular (more hornets than any other hull) and can cause a lot of chaos.  The Devs believe this Chaos will prompt players to spent $ to keep up.  Problem is - there's no amount of $ you can spend to prevent the hornet from killing you.  Spend 1M crystals on upgraded defender drone?  Won't make a lick of difference.

Hornet is the darling of TO - the Devs won't do anything to balance it - even though we've been asking for this for a long time.

[Gauss-Hornet 489]

I think the developers are waiting for the time when Hornets are the only hulls being used in battles, then they'll probably introduce a 10,000 Tankoin Hull augment for immunity against Hornet's protection ignore.

[Dragon-Judgement 1,529]

12 hours ago, wolverine848 said:

Because it's popular (more hornets than any other hull) and can cause a lot of chaos.  The Devs believe this Chaos will prompt players to spent $ to keep up.  Problem is - there's no amount of $ you can spend to prevent the hornet from killing you.  Spend 1M crystals on upgraded defender drone?  Won't make a lick of difference.

Hornet is the darling of TO - the Devs won't do anything to balance it - even though we've been asking for this for a long time.

Shows there's either a a GREATER disconnect between the Devs and the playerbase than originally thought, OR blatant ignorance. Either way, that's a wild assumption for them to have with regards to the "chaos". Interesting point that you made.

And it appears that Hornet's OD is even more powerful than even I had initially thought of...I mostly play on my low ranked alt, and I was under the impression that it just allowed you to see the outlines of enemy players, giving away their position and such...a lack of thorough research on my part; I'm still very much behind on the current state of things.

But I can 100% get behind Hornet being the "poster boy" of TO and I can see why everyone's "gripes" or what have you, have gone through to no avail. After all, it has done THAT much for the game...okay then...

[wolverine848 13,097]

1 hour ago, Dragon-Judgement said:

Shows there's either a a GREATER disconnect between the Devs and the playerbase than originally thought, OR blatant ignorance. Either way, that's a wild assumption for them to have with regards to the "chaos". Interesting point that you made.

And it appears that Hornet's OD is even more powerful than even I had initially thought of...I mostly play on my low ranked alt, and I was under the impression that it just allowed you to see the outlines of enemy players, giving away their position and such...a lack of thorough research on my part; I'm still very much behind on the current state of things.

But I can 100% get behind Hornet being the "poster boy" of TO and I can see why everyone's "gripes" or what have you, have gone through to no avail. After all, it has done THAT much for the game...okay then...

Just finished a battle where it was obvious Group vs non-group.  Anyone who claims that Groups always fight other Groups is lying or has no clue what they are talking about.

They had THREE Gauss with augment stunning us while the runner grabbed flag and got away scott-free.  Battle was not even close - it was a laugher.  These are the "balances" that lead people to just give up and quit the game.

[sharifsahaf 656]

14 hours ago, Gauss-Hornet said:

I think the developers are waiting for the time when Hornets are the only hulls being used in battles, then they'll probably introduce a 10,000 Tankoin Hull augment for immunity against Hornet's protection ignore.

considering ur username kinda ironic to be against hornet dont u think?

[Dragon-Judgement 1,529]

40 minutes ago, wolverine848 said:

Just finished a battle where it was obvious Group vs non-group.  Anyone who claims that Groups always fight other Groups is lying or has no clue what they are talking about.

They had THREE Gauss with augment stunning us while the runner grabbed flag and got away scott-free.  Battle was not even close - it was a laugher.  These are the "balances" that lead people to just give up and quit the game.

I genuinely laughed at the absurdity of visualizing a battle like that...I can't even imagine how frustrating it must be to be virtually "pinned" down from the start of a game to the end of it. Devs drinking vodka going, "State of the game is fine." LOL okay.

[G-92 104]

On 5/25/2020 at 8:37 PM, sunhawk said:

Am I right in assuming that buyers can still buy-and-use-in-battle supplies from recruit rank? While non-buyers can't even find supply drops in battle? This just expands in power and extends in time the gap between buyers and non-buyers.

This will even more frustrate the players who are unable or unwilling to buy.

However, those who could conceivably buy a bundle of supplies will be even more tempted and pressured to do so, right from rank one, even if they are reluctant at first. Don't tell me you cunning bastards didn't think of that.

of course they did its all about the cash ....£$£$£$....the devs say one thing and mean a completely different one and thats in between there blatant decieving of players with there updates that they never really give you the complete lowdown on.

 

On 5/28/2020 at 5:56 AM, Dragon-Judgement said:

I genuinely laughed at the absurdity of visualizing a battle like that...I can't even imagine how frustrating it must be to be virtually "pinned" down from the start of a game to the end of it. Devs drinking vodka going, "State of the game is fine." LOL okay.

cash and voody lol